April 2020 - ENOG

PhD and Postdoc Positions in Mathematical Programming at Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria
by Markus Sinnl 30 Apr '20

30 Apr '20

The Institute of Production and Logistics Management at the Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria, is inviting applications for PhD and Postdoc positions within FWF and LIT-funded projects in different areas of mathematical programming: *One or two 1- to 1,5-year Postdoc Positions within the project "MOMIP: Multi-Objective Mixed-Integer Programming" (funded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF)) * The project concerns the further development of generic branch-and-bound based methods for bi-objective and three-objective (mixed) integer optimization problems. For further information please contact Prof. Sophie Parragh (sophie.parragh(a)jku.at) Starting date: as soon as possible. *2-year PhD Position (30 hours/week) within the LIT-funded project "HEROpt - Solution algorithms for hierarchical optimization problems"* The project concerns the development of generic exact solution algorithms for bilevel optimization problems and interdiction problems, as well as algorithms for special classes of optimization problems with a bilevel-type structure, such as competitive facility location problems. For further information please contact Dr. Markus Sinnl (markus.sinnl(a)jku.at) Starting date: August 1, 2020. *3-year PhD position within the FWF-funded project "Hybrid Algorithms for Redesigning MRP"* The project "Hybrid Algorithms for Redesigning MRP" is a joint project with the University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria. The part carried out at JKU mainly concerns the (further) development of two- and multi-stage stochastic optimization models for medium-term production planning and the design and implementation of appropriate optimization algorithms. For further information please contact Prof. Sophie Parragh (sophie.parragh(a)jku.at) Starting date: October 1, 2020. Candidates interested in one or more of the above positions should have * PhD/Master’s degree in Operations Research, Industrial Engineering, Computer Science or a related field * C++/python/Java/Julia programming skills * experience with Gurobi or CPLEX * experience in the implementation of optimization algorithms * a background in mathematical programming (especially mixed integer programming) and optimization * a strong interest in the respective area of the research project. The salary follows FWF-rules for doctoral/postdoctoral candidates: https://www.fwf.ac.at/en/research-funding/personnel-costs/ Participation and presentations at scientific conferences are expected and will be funded. If you are interested in working in a young international research team at one of the nicest campus universities in Austria, only 1 hour and 20 minutes by train from Vienna, please send the following documents * motivation letter * detailed CV * certificates * list of MSc or PhD courses and grades * PhD/Master’s thesis (if in another language than English, a three-page abstract in English) * reference letter from your supervisor * list of publications to plm(a)jku.at <mailto:plm@jku.at>, until May 15, 2020. Please indicate in your motivation letter in which position(s) you are interested. Applications will be considered until the positions are filled. The Johannes Kepler University wishes to increase the proportion of academic female faculty and, for this reason, especially welcomes applications by qualified women. If applicants are equally qualified, a woman will be given preference for this position. The university welcomes applications from qualified applicants with physical disabilities. These applications will be given special consideration.

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OJMO and scientific publishing
by Michael Poss 18 Apr '20

18 Apr '20

Dear ENOG members Some of you may have seen a call for papers for a new and fair open access journal entitled Open Journal of Mathematical Optimization (OJMO <https://ojmo.centre-mersenne.org/>). OJMO is a journal owned by academics and for academics. Its only purpose is to offer our fellow mathematical optimizers a high-quality forum where papers are published in open access free of charge. Hence, the results published in that journal are freely available to anybody. In contrast, the purpose of traditional publishing companies such as Springer and Elsevier is mostly commercial, as summarized in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnxqoP-c0ZE (NOTE: English subtitles can be activated in the settings.) It is up to us to take hold of our publications back! Please stay healthy, Michael.

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Announcing the EURO WISDOM Forum and Webinar on Bias/Fairness and Artificial Intelligence 20th April 2020, 15.00 (UTC+1)
by Sarah Fores 15 Apr '20

15 Apr '20

Dear Working Groups, I would be grateful if you could disseminate the following information to your members. With best wishes. Sarah Following the EURO 2018 Women in Science and EURO 2019 Women in OR sessions, interested members of the OR community are working with the EURO Executive Committee on an initiative to create the EURO WISDOM Forum (Women In Society: Doing Operational Research and Management Science). This initiative restates the need for gender main-streaming and affirms that OR/MS can offer exciting opportunities for all women if they have equal access to resources and adequate training. Gender main-streaming aims to integrate a gender dimension into existing institutions and practices in order to achieve meaningful gender equality. WISDOM is a forum to support, empower, and encourage the participation of all genders in OR/MS within EURO. In particular, it aims to promote inclusivity by the following actions: 1. Advise/make recommendations/highlight best practices to the EURO executive on issues facing women in OR. Such guidelines can be disseminated to EURO member societies and Working Groups. Positive progress, outcomes and activities of member societies can serve as a template for other member societies; 2. Promote championing, networking and mentoring, particularly of women at the early stages of their career in OR; 3. Promote a conversation around how OR can be utilised to help create a diverse and inclusive future. In January 2020, all EURO member societies were invited to nominate one or two members to participate in establishing the EURO WISDOM Forum. At the moment, the WISDOM Forum organising committee (OC) includes 21 members from 10 European OR societies including two EURO representatives, the EURO Vice Presidents Julia Bennell and Claudia Archetti. The chair of the WISDOM OC is Paula Carroll and the Secretary is Annunziata Esposito Amideo, both from the University College Dublin, Ireland. The WISDOM Forum will operate through three subcommittees focusing on Research, Events and Public Relations (PR). The subcommittees chairs are: Research : Paula Carroll, Events : Renata Mansini (University of Brescia ,Italy), and PR: Tatiana Tchemisova (University of Aveiro, Portugal). ====================================== Our first event is a webinar on “Bias/Fairness and Artificial Intelligence”. You can register for the webinar and subscribe to WISDOM Forum updates by emailing WISDOM(a)euro-online.org. Webinar Format * Expert panellists explains data bias in their respective disciplines and application areas (~10/15 minutes each); * Roundtable discussion with audience participation (~15 minutes). Panellists Prof Alan Smeaton is Professor of Computing at Dublin City University, Ireland and a Founding Director of the Insight Centre for Data Analytics at DCU. He will speak on Data bias in automatic image and video captioning and its impact. For more information about Alan see https://www.computing.dcu.ie/~asmeaton/ Dr Claire Gormley is an Associate Professor in the School of Mathematics and Statistics in University College Dublin, Ireland and a Funded Investigator in the Insight Centre for Data Analytics and the VistaMilk research centre. Her research develops novel statistical methods for the analysis of complex data arising from substantive problems. The methods solve applied problems across a range of disciplines, including epigenetics, metabolomics, genomics, social science, sports science and political science. She will speak on Be fair to the models: the importance of assumptions in data analytics and modelling. For more information about Claire see https://people.ucd.ie/claire.gormley; Dr Fintan Costello, is an Associate Professor in the School of Computer Science, University College Dublin, Ireland. His research interests cover a number of different areas in computer science, psychology and maths. His main interests are: biases in human reasoning and decision making; processes of rational inference in cognition; the origins of bias and rationality in human thought; computational models of probabilistic reasoning; computational models of decision making. He will speak on Bias and rationality in human reasoning (and why the same biases apply to AI). For more information about Fintan see https://people.ucd.ie/fintan.costello. Dr Susan Leavy is an Assistant Professor in the School of Information and Communication Studies, University College Dublin, Ireland with research interests in artificial intelligence and digital policy, developing interdisciplinary frameworks for the governance and regulation of machine learning algorithms. She will speak on Gender bias and Artificial Intelligence. For more information about Susan see https://people.ucd.ie/susan.leavy Facilitator Dr Paula Carroll, UCD, Chair WISDOM Forum -- Dr Sarah Fores, FORS Manager of EURO <http://goog_1482421387> <https://www.euro-online.org/web/pages/1/home>

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Winter School Netopt2020 (1st announcement)
by Luis Eduardo Neves Gouveia 06 Apr '20

06 Apr '20

? The 9th edition of the Winter School on Network Optimization will take place at Hotel Estoril-Éden, Monte Estoril, from the 20th to the 24th of January 2020. 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: Arie Koster (RWTH Aachen University) - Robust Network Optimization; Elena Fernandez (Universidad de Cadiz) - Formulations for Location-Routing; Hande Yaman (KU Leuven) - Hub Location Problems; Ivana Ljubic (ESSEC Business School of Paris) - Branch-and-Benders-cut algorithms: modern implementations of Benders Decomposition; Mario Ruthmair (University of Vienna))- Optimization in Social Networks? The school is part of the activities of the of the ENOG (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 netopt2020(a)fc.ul.pt no later than the 31st October. Further information is available in the webpage (http://netopt2020.campus.ciencias.ulisboa.pt<http://netopt2020.campus.ciencias.ulisboa.pt/>) ?

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