January 2016 - ENOG

VeRoLog 2016 - One week left to submit your abstract !
by Fabien LEHUEDE 22 Jan '16

22 Jan '16

Dear colleagues, Please do not forget that you have only one week left to submit your abstract to the VeRoLog 2016 conference that will take place in Nantes in June ! http://verolog2016.sciencesconf.org Information has been added on the website to help you prepare your trip to Nantes. You may also have a look at the schedule and the social program: http://verolog2016.sciencesconf.org/resource/page/id/10 Due to other important events taking place in the city on the same period, we recommend that you do not to wait too much for your accommodation booking. A list of hotels is available here: http://verolog2016.sciencesconf.org/resource/page/id/9 Best regards, The VeRoLog 2016 organizing committee

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MIP 2016: Call for registration and poster submissions
by Kati Wolter 22 Jan '16

22 Jan '16

*** MIP 2016: CALL FOR REGISTRATION AND POSTER SUBMISSIONS *** Date: May 23 - 26, 2016 Location: University of Miami in Coral Gables, FL Web site and registration: https://sites.google.com/site/mipworkshop2016/ Poster submission deadline: March 1, 2016 Registration deadline: April 1, 2016 You are cordially invited to participate in the upcoming workshop in Mixed Integer Programming (MIP 2016). The registration page is now open until April 1, 2016: https://sites.google.com/site/mipworkshop2016/registration The 2016 Mixed Integer Programming workshop will be the thirteenth in a series of annual workshops held in North America designed to bring the integer programming community together to discuss very recent developments in the field. The workshop series consists of a single track of invited talks and features a poster session that provides an additional opportunity to share and discuss recent research in MIP. All workshop participants are invited to submit a poster abstract before March 1, 2016. There will be an award for the best poster presented by a student. To submit an abstract, please email a two page PDF containing a detailed abstract of the poster to: mip2016(a)lists.discovery.wisc.edu Space for posters is limited; and the submitted poster abstracts will be used to select the accepted posters. Therefore, it is important that the abstract provides a good description of the research to be presented. We expect to send out acceptance notifications around March 15. One of the aims of the workshop is to facilitate research collaboration; thus it is designed to provide ample time for discussion and interaction between the participants. Thanks to the generous support by our sponsors, registration is free; and travel support is available for some students and postdocs who present posters at the workshop. Students and postdocs who wish to apply for travel support must submit a poster abstract by the March 1 deadline and indicate that they wish to be considered for funding. We expect to make funding decisions around March 15. This years confirmed speakers are: Tobias Achterberg, Gurobi Optimization Amir Ali Ahmadi, Princeton University Shabbir Ahmed, Georgia Institute of Technology Gustavo Angulo, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Egon Balas, Carnegie Mellon University Merve Bodur, Georgia Institute of Technology Natashia Boland, Georgia Institute of Technology Claudia D'Ambrosio, Laboratoire dInformatique de lÉcole Polytechnique Daniel Espinoza, Universidad de Chile Vineet Goyal, Columbia University Qie He, University of Minnesota Stefan Heinz, FICO Ruth Misener, Imperial College London Timm Oertel, ETH Zurich Dimitri Papageorgiou, ExxonMobil Kostya Pashkovich, University of Waterloo Mohit Tawarmalani, Purdue University Hans Raj Tiwary, Charles University Alejandro Toriello, Georgia Institute of Technology Levent Tuncel, University of Waterloo Tallys Yunes, University of Miami Giacomo Zambelli, London School of Economics and Political Sciences See you in Miami! Sincerely, Program Committee - Alberto Del Pia (chair), University of Wisconsin-Madison - Sanjeeb Dash, IBM Research - Fatma Kilinc-Karzan, Carnegie Mellon University - Dan Steffy, Oakland University - Kati Wolter, MOSEK ApS Local Committee - Tallys Yunes, University of Miami - Hari Natarajan, University of Miami

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Winter School in Network Optimization , January 2016 - 1st Announcement
by Luis Eduardo Neves Gouveia 17 Jan '16

17 Jan '16

The 5th edition of the Winter School on Network Optimization will take place at the Hotel Sana, Estoril, from the 11th to the 15th of January 2016. Its main objective is to provide an opportunity for PhD students to get together and attend high level courses in the field of Network Optimization. Non-PhD students are welcome to attend the school, but the number of participants is limited and priority will be given to PhD students. In this edition of the school, the lecturers and subjects to be addressed are: Karen Aardal (Univ. Delft): Algorithms for facility location problems Tolga Bektas (Univ. Southampton): Compact formulations, projections and some polyhedral results for the vehicle routing problem Elena Fernandez (Univ. Politècnica de Catalunya): Hub location and optimum communication spanning trees: models, formulations and solution techniques Martine Labbé (Univ. Libre de Bruxelles): Bilevel programming: Stackelberg games and pricing problems Ivana Ljubic (Univ. Vienna): Solving (uniform) Steiner trees and related problems to optimality Since the first edition in 2009, the school has been part of the activities of the CIO (Centro de Investigação Operacional) University of Lisbon as well as of the ENOG (European Network Optimization Group). Recently, CIO has been merged with the Centro de Matemática e Aplicações Fundamentais (CMAF). The event will become part of the activities of the new CMAF+CIO and is also endorsed by the EURO (the Association of European Societies) and APDIO (the Portuguese OR society). Candidates are invited to submit their CVs to NetOpt2016(a)fc.ul.pt<mailto:NetOpt2016@fc.ul.pt> before the 30th of October 2015. After a short period of evaluation, the participants will be notified and be invited to register. More information is available at http://NetOpt2016.fc.ul.pt<http://netopt2016.fc.ul.pt/>.

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MSRI-IMUS School on Mixed Integer Nonlinear Programming
by Bernard Fortz 15 Jan '16

15 Jan '16

SUMMER GRADUATE SCHOOL IMUS- MSRI-2016 MIXED INTEGER NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING: THEORY, ALGORITHMS AND APPLICATIONS SEVILLE (SPAIN), JUNE 20TH- JULY 1ST, 2016. This school is an exceptional event that will take place once and it is oriented to the presentation of theory, algorithms and applications for the solution of MIXED INTEGER NONLINEAR PROBLEMS (MINLP). Its goal is to present, in a unified way, the current theory together with the more recent algorithms designed to address some families of problems; we will also introduce the participants to the use of specific solvers devoted to formulate and to solve instances of these problems. The lecturers will start with basic concepts, in order to be interesting for beginners, finalizing discussing advanced topics of this emerging area of mathematical optimization. This school is intended for PhD students and young researchers (a maximum of 30) who wish to advance knowledge or to gain expertise in this specific field. MSRI and the local organizers will select a number of candidates (between 20-25) that will receive a grant to support their expenses to attend the school. The registration deadline is February 20^th^, 2016. LECTURERS: JEFF LINDEROTH, University of Wisconsin-Madisson, USA. ROBERT WEISMANTEL, ETH Zurich, Switzerland. The program activities is organized in two lectures taught in the mornings Lectures: 1. The Theory of Mixed Integer Non-linear Programming. (Robert Weismantel, ETH Zurich, Switzerland.) 2. Modeling aspects and applications of Mixed Integer Non-linear programming. (Jeff Linderoth, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA.) Problem solving and applications sessions will be organized during the afternoon, and led by the TAs. These sessions will be devoted to working on problem sets, on real life applications, and on various projects developed by the students. Lab sessions with available MINLP solvers will also be included. A cornerstone of the program is having students’ presentations about basic topics in the field. This allows students, even those with a more limited background, to work with source materials, and to practice lecturing about what they learn. We will ask students to prepare short (25-30 minute) talks on research papers of their choice. We will guide them in the preparation of their talk, as well as provide constructive criticisms of their presentation. The Course will be held at IMUS, the Institute of Mathematics of the University of Seville, from June 20th till July 1^st^, 2016 (http://www.imus.us.es/IMUS-MSRI2016/es/ ) and will be co-organized by the MSRI (Berkeley), the IMUS Universidad de Sevilla and it is partially supported by EURO. The course has been approved by the MRSI board and additional information is available at http://www.msri.org/summer_schools/773 . LOCAL ORGANIZERS: _FRANSCISCO J. CASTRO_, Universidad de Sevilla, Spain. _ELENA FERNÁNDEZ_, Universidad Politécnica Cataluña, Spain. _JUSTO PUERTO_, Universidad de Sevilla, Spain.

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2016 INFORMS Telecommunications Conference
by Bernard Fortz 14 Jan '16

14 Jan '16

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VEROLOG 2016 call for abstracts - extended deadline
by Fabien LEHUEDE 06 Jan '16

06 Jan '16

Dear colleagues, The deadline for submitting an abstract to the *VeRoLog 2016 *conference in Nantes is extended to *January 29* ! Please note that before submitting your abstract you need to create an account on the submission system. The validation of this account may take some time so do not hesitate to create it now if you intend to submit. Best regards, The VeRoLog 2016 committee CALL FOR ABSTRACTS VEROLOG 2016 The fifth meeting of the EURO Working Group on Vehicle Routing and Logistics Optimization - VeRoLog *Nantes, France, June 6-8 * http://verolog2016.sciencesconf.org/ The fifth meeting of the EURO Working Group on Vehicle Routing and Logistics Optimization will take place at the Mines Nantes Graduate School of Engineering, in Nantes 6-8 June 2016. The VeRoLog conference is an annual meeting bringing together the large community of researchers and practitioners interested in vehicle routing optimization and its relationship with logistics. The conference is open to high quality methodological contributions, relevant real-world applications, and case studies from industry and the service sector. *Abstract submission * Submissions to VeRoLog 2016 are in the form of a (max.) 250-words abstracts. Abstracts should be electronically submitted via the "Submissions" link in the left menu. Accepted abstracts with a registered presenter will be included in the book of abstracts. At most one presentation per registered participant will be accepted. All selected abstracts will be presented within parallel sessions during the conference. A list of relevant topics for the conference is given below. *Special issues * Special issues of international journals with full-paper versions of the work presented in Nantes will be edited after the conference. The call for papers will be launched in late June 2016. *Keynote speakers * Michael Hewitt (Loyola University Chicago) Recent advances in service network design Stefan Ropke (Technical University of Denmark) 10 years of Adaptive Large Neighborhood Search (ALNS) *Organizing committee * Christelle Guéret (University of Angers, LARIS) Fabien Lehuédé (Mines Nantes, IRCCyN) Jorge E. Mendoza (Polytech Tours, LI) Olivier Péton (Mines Nantes, IRCCyN) Marc Sevaux (University of South Brittany, LabSTICC) *Important dates * Jan 29, 2016: extended submission deadline March 01, 2016: acceptance notification April 01, 2016: camera ready submission deadline April 15, 2016: early bird registration closes May 18, 2016: registration closes *Registration * Early student: 250 euros Late Student: 350 euros Early regular: 350 euros Late regular: 450 euros The fee includes lunch and coffee breaks, the social program and conference dinner. *Follow us on Facebook and Twitter: * http://www.facebook.com/verolog2016 http://www.twitter.com/verolog2016 *Research topics include but are not limited to: * + Decision support systems in logistics + State-of-the-art methods for exact solution of routing and logistic optimization problems + Innovative methods for heuristic solutions of routing and logistics optimization problems + Planning tools and tool-based environments for routing and logistics + Design and management of logistic infrastructure and networks + Analysis and evaluation of environmental impact induced by logistics (e.g., air and noise pollution) + Sustainable design and operation of logistic facilities + Integrated planning and control of logistic infrastructures + Analysis of logistic operations + Heuristic and meta-heuristic implementation in logistic-related models + ERP and information systems-related applications in logistics + Geographic information systems related to routing and logistics + On-board navigation and positioning systems + Dynamic routing optimization + Strategies and operations of logistic service providers + Service integration of agents or carriers within the logistics industry + Consolidation and distribution for agents or shippers within the logistics industry + Cooperation in intermodal supply chains + Fleet management

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Reminder : VEROLOG 2016 call for abstracts
by Fabien LEHUEDE 03 Jan '16

03 Jan '16

Dear colleagues, the abstract submission deadline to present at VeRoLog 2016 in Nantes is January 6. Happy new year from the organizing committee ! CALL FOR ABSTRACTS VEROLOG 2016 The fifth meeting of the EURO Working Group on Vehicle Routing and Logistics Optimization - VeRoLog *Nantes, France, June 6-8 * http://verolog2016.sciencesconf.org/ The fifth meeting of the EURO Working Group on Vehicle Routing and Logistics Optimization will take place at the Mines Nantes Graduate School of Engineering, in Nantes 6-8 June 2016. The VeRoLog conference is an annual meeting bringing together the large community of researchers and practitioners interested in vehicle routing optimization and its relationship with logistics. The conference is open to high quality methodological contributions, relevant real-world applications, and case studies from industry and the service sector. *Abstract submission * Submissions to VeRoLog 2016 are in the form of a (max.) 250-words abstracts. Abstracts should be electronically submitted via the "Submissions" link in the left menu. Accepted abstracts with a registered presenter will be included in the book of abstracts. At most one presentation per registered participant will be accepted. All selected abstracts will be presented within parallel sessions during the conference. A list of relevant topics for the conference is given below. *Special issues * Special issues of international journals with full-paper versions of the work presented in Nantes will be edited after the conference. The call for papers will be launched in late June 2016. *Keynote speakers * Michael Hewitt (Loyola University Chicago) Recent advances in service network design Stefan Ropke (Technical University of Denmark) 10 years of Adaptive Large Neighborhood Search (ALNS) *Organizing committee * Christelle Guéret (University of Angers, LARIS) Fabien Lehuédé (Mines Nantes, IRCCyN) Jorge E. Mendoza (Polytech Tours, LI) Olivier Péton (Mines Nantes, IRCCyN) Marc Sevaux (University of South Brittany, LabSTICC) *Important dates * Jan 06, 2016: submission deadline March 01, 2016: acceptance notification April 01, 2016: camera ready submission deadline April 15, 2016: early bird registration closes May 18, 2016: registration closes *Registration * Early student: 250 euros Late Student: 350 euros Early regular: 350 euros Late regular: 450 euros The fee includes lunch and coffee breaks, the social program and conference dinner. *Follow us on Facebook and Twitter: * http://www.facebook.com/verolog2016 http://www.twitter.com/verolog2016 *Research topics include but are not limited to: * + Decision support systems in logistics + State-of-the-art methods for exact solution of routing and logistic optimization problems + Innovative methods for heuristic solutions of routing and logistics optimization problems + Planning tools and tool-based environments for routing and logistics + Design and management of logistic infrastructure and networks + Analysis and evaluation of environmental impact induced by logistics (e.g., air and noise pollution) + Sustainable design and operation of logistic facilities + Integrated planning and control of logistic infrastructures + Analysis of logistic operations + Heuristic and meta-heuristic implementation in logistic-related models + ERP and information systems-related applications in logistics + Geographic information systems related to routing and logistics + On-board navigation and positioning systems + Dynamic routing optimization + Strategies and operations of logistic service providers + Service integration of agents or carriers within the logistics industry + Consolidation and distribution for agents or shippers within the logistics industry + Cooperation in intermodal supply chains + Fleet management

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