September 2017 - ENOG

7th edition of the Winter School on Network Optimization (1st announcement)
by Luis Eduardo Neves Gouveia 29 Oct '17

29 Oct '17

? ? The 7th edition of the Winter School on Network Optimization will take place at Hotel Londres, Estoril, from the 15th to the 19th of January 2018. 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: Adam Ouorou (Orange Labs) - Robust optimization in telecommunications; Martine Labbé (Univ. Libre de Bruxelles) - Bilevel programming: Stackelberg games and Pricing Problems; Ivana Ljubic (ESSEC, Paris) - Recent Developments on Exact Solvers for the (Prize-Collecting) Steiner Tree Problem; Silvano Martello (Univ. of Bologna) - Packing problems in one and more dimensions; Juan José Salazar-Gonzalez (Univ. de La Laguna) - Models and Algorithms for Vehicle Routing Problems with Pickups and Deliveries. Since the first edition in 2009, the school has been part of the activities of the CIO, now CMAFCIO (Centro de Matemática, Aplicações Fundamentais e Investigação Operacional) University of Lisbon as well as of the ENOG <https://www.euro-online.org/enog/display.php?page=1> (European Network Optimization Group). The event is also endorsed by the EURO (the Association of European Societies) and APDIO (the Portuguese OR society). Potential participants are invited to submit their CVs to the address NetOpt2018(a)fc.ul.pt no later than the 31st October . Further information is available in the webpage (http://netopt2018.campus.ciencias.ulisboa.pt<http://netopt2018.campus.ciencias.ulisboa.pt/>)??

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Call for papers: Joint EURO/ALIO International Conference 2018 on Applied Combinatorial Optimization
by Enrico Malaguti 26 Sep '17

26 Sep '17

Apologies for any cross-postings. ----------------------------------------- Joint EURO/ALIO International Conference 2018 on Applied Combinatorial Optimization The Joint EURO/ALIO International Conference 2018 on Applied Combinatorial Optimization is an event jointly promoted by the Association of European Operational Research Societies (EURO) and the Association of Latin-Iberoamerican Operational Research Societies (ALIO), both within the International Federation of Operational Research Societies (IFORS). Bologna, Italy, June 25-27, 2018 https://events.unibo.it/euroalio2018 Call for papers Contributions dealing with any aspect of Applied Combinatorial Optimization are welcome. This includes theoretical achievements, algorithm development and real-world implementations. Two kinds of submission are possible: short abstracts of at most 1500 characters including up to three references, and extended abstracts of up to 8 pages. All submissions will undergo a review process. Short abstracts will be distributed at the conference. Extended abstracts will be published on a special issue of Electronic Notes in Discrete Mathematics (ENDM) associated with the conference. A Feature Cluster of the European Journal of Operational Research, devoted to Applied Combinatorial Optimization, will be published. High quality papers presented at the conference will be invited to this cluster. Important Deadlines Submission of Extended Abstracts 08/01/2018 Submission of Short Abstracts 19/02/2018 Early Registration 16/03/2018 Plenary Speakers Andrea Lodi, École Polytechnique de Montréal Nelson Maculan, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro David Pisinger (EURO Plenary Speaker), Technical University of Denmark Venue The conference will be held at the School of Engineering and Architecture of the Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna, Viale del Risorgimento, 2 Bologna. The School is within walking distance from the city center, hotels, bars and restaurants. The city of Bologna offers a lively cultural environment, and is well connected by high-speed trains to Florence (35min), Venice (1h 25min), Milan (1h), Rome (2h), Turin (2h 15min), Naples (3h 30min). A short video on the city of Bologna: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObBreSoNzZY On behalf of the Organizing Committee Paolo Toth, Valentina Cacchiani, Enrico Malaguti

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Department Chair position in ISE at Lehigh University
by Frank E. Curtis 25 Sep '17

25 Sep '17

Dear Colleagues, The P.C. Rossin College of Engineering & Applied Science at Lehigh University invites applications and nominations for the position of Chair of the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE). We seek a high-profile, accomplished researcher who is a dynamic leader with a vision to build upon the continued growth and success of the Department and to expand its interdisciplinary efforts within Lehigh. The Department currently has 14 tenured or tenure-track faculty members and three Professors of Practice. Our undergraduate, Masters, and Ph.D. programs are vibrant and growing, with current enrollments of approximately 180 undergraduate, 190 Masters, and 40 Ph.D. students. ISE faculty members maintain outstanding international reputations in a variety of areas, including mathematical optimization, analytics, high performance computing, data science, manufacturing systems, financial optimization, healthcare systems, logistics, and supply chain analysis. Research expenditures currently exceed $3 million. ISE has extensive interdisciplinary ties with other academic departments at Lehigh. It also plays active roles with various programs, centers, and other initiatives, such as with the Integrated Business and Engineering (IBE) Honors Program, the Research Computing Group, the Analytical Finance Program, the Integrated Networks for Electricity (INE) Center, and Lehigh’s ADVANCE initiatives. The Department houses the Enterprise Systems Center, offers a Masters of Engineering in Healthcare Systems Engineering, and maintains excellent computational and manufacturing/robotics laboratory facilities. For its achievements, the Department has been recognized as a four-time finalist for the UPS-INFORMS George D. Smith Prize for innovative programs to educate OR/Analytics professionals. Further information can be found through the Department website: http://ise.lehigh.edu/. Lehigh University is in Bethlehem, PA, in the rapidly growing Lehigh Valley metropolitan area. The Lehigh Valley, with a population over 800,000, is located approximately 1 hour north of Philadelphia and 1.5 hours west of New York City. The University has a current enrollment of approximately 5,000 undergraduate students and 2,000 graduate students, and is planning to increase these enrollments significantly in the next few years. Lehigh is investing substantially over the next few years in new innovative research and academic programs to enhance its intellectual footprint. These investments, based on faculty-driven initiatives, will advance the University’s commitment to enhance student experiences. We welcome applications from, and nominations for, individuals with a strong background in any ISE- relevant discipline, including industrial engineering, operations research, and applied mathematics. A candidate should possess a Ph.D., have an exemplary record of achievement in research, teaching, and service at a level sufficient for appointment as a tenured Professor, and demonstrate commitment to supporting the advancement of fellow faculty members at all levels. The candidate should also be able to communicate a clear vision for the future of the Department. The audience for this communication should include members of the industrial, governmental, academic, and alumni communities. Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled. For full consideration, application materials should be received on-line https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/9673 by October 15, 2017. Candidates should provide a statement of educational, research, and leadership philosophy, a curriculum vitae, full contact information of at least three references, and a cover letter. Any inquiries regarding this search should be directed to Professors Wojciech Z. Misiolek and Frank E. Curtis, Co-Chairs of the Search Committee at (ISE.Chair.Search(a)lehigh.edu) Applications and nominations from female or minority candidates are strongly encouraged. Lehigh University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, color, disability, gender, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, national or ethnic origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, or veteran status. Lehigh provides competitive salaries and comprehensive benefits, including partner benefits. Regards, Frank E. Curtis -- http://coral.ise.lehigh.edu/frankecurtis

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SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS - Special issue on Optimization for heterogeneous wireless networks - Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Journal
by Paolo Detti 11 Sep '17

11 Sep '17

*CALL FOR PAPERS* *SPECIAL ISSUE ON: Optimization for heterogeneous wireless networks integrating cellular and ad-hoc networks* *Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing - Hindawi-Wiley open access journal* *Important DATES *Submission Deadline Friday, 27 October 2017 *Publication Date March 2018 *TOPIC SUMMARY* In our networked society, wireless devices will constantly interact with each other as well as with their environment, communicating over licensed and unlicensed frequency bands, employing any possible link, from short-range device-to-device communications integrated into the existing and evolving cellular infrastructure to satellite communications. The efficient and effective management of these heterogeneous network architectures requires new optimization approaches, including central and distributed optimization schemes, or a combination thereof, where optimization can have very different objectives, including spectral efﬁciency, latency, reliability, energy efﬁciency meeting constraints on the available spectrum, backhaul network capacity, and deployment or operational costs. In this special issue we solicit contributions on optimization-based approaches to the design, dimensioning, deployment and operation of heterogeneous wireless networks integrating cellular and ad-hoc networks, using low and high frequencies, including traditional cellular and millimeter wave bands. The topics addressed may include, but are not limited to: • Exact and heuristic optimization approaches for the dimensioning, deployment, and efﬁcient management of heterogeneous networks; • Optimization techniques for cellular and heterogeneous networks in decentralized scenarios; • Multi-objective optimization approaches for heterogeneous networks; • Cooperative and non-cooperative game theoretic analysis of cellular and ad-hoc networks, • Optimal spectrum allocation algorithms for cellular systems with multiple-antenna terminals; • Optimal spectrum sharing between multi-operator cellular and ad-hoc networks; • Radio resource optimization for shared terrestrial and satellite networks; • Optimal interference management for full-duplex and cognitive radio in LTE networks; • Optimal resource sharing between cellular and ad-hoc networks for ultra-reliable low-latency communications. **GUEST EDITORS* * Paolo Detti, University of Siena, Siena, Italy Andrea Abrardo, University of Siena, Siena, Italy Gabor Fodor, Royal Institute of Technology, and Ericsson Research, Stockholm, Sweden Marco Moretti, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy Ana Pérez-Neira, Centre Tecnologic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya, Castelldefels, Spain Angela Yingjun Zhang, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China *SUBMISSION GUIDELINES* The Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Journal is published using an open access publication model. Authors can submit their manuscripts through the Manuscript Tracking System at https://mts.hindawi.com/submit/journals/wcmc/ocni/ The Call is available at: http://www.hindawi.com/journals/WCMC/si/237462/cfp/ -- -------------------------------------------------------------------- Paolo Detti Department of Information Engineering and Mathematics University of Siena Via Roma, 56 53100 Siena, Italy phone: +39-0577-234850 (int. 1022) fax: +39-0577-233602 e-mail:detti@dii.unisi.it Home page:http://www.dii.unisi.it/~detti/ --------------------------------------------------------------------

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