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.
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.
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).
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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
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Dr Sarah Fores, FORS
Manager of EURO
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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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