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Deadline extension : EJTL special issue on Advances in Vehicle Routing and Logistics Optimization
by Fabien LEHUEDE 14 Oct '16

14 Oct '16

Dear colleagues, we would like to announce that the deadline for submitting to one of the two special issues of EJTL that followed VeRolog 2016 in Nantes and EURO 2016 in Poznan has been postponed to November the 15th 2016. The call for papers is available here: https://verolog2016.sciencesconf.org/data/pages/Si_EJTL_VEROLOG_cfp_final_e… Submissions are not limited to papers presented at VeRoLog 2016 or Euro 2016. Best regards, The SI guest editors

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Call for Abstracts & Papers - 2017 IISE Annual Conference (Pittsburgh, May 20-23, 2017) - Security Engineering Track
by Jorge Sefair 12 Oct '16

12 Oct '16

Dear Colleagues: The Institute of Industrial & Systems Engineers (IISE) is sponsoring the Security Engineering Track at the 2017 IISE Annual Conference and Expo at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania May 20-23, 2017. The conference is a forum for exchanging knowledge and discoveries in the industrial and systems engineering research and practitioner communities. The 2017 IISE Annual Conference and Expo will be one conference. There are no longer separate ISERC and Applied Solutions sessions. This exciting change will bring researchers and practitioners together to share the latest advances in national and international security. To see the additional changes for the 2017 IISE Annual Conference and Expo, please visit: http://www.xcdsystem.com/iise/files/Annual2017_AbstractsWhatsNewUPDATE_0913… As track chairs of the Security Engineering Track, we would like to encourage you to contribute to the conference by submitting an abstract. Authors of accepted abstracts will be invited to present their work in a session. Each session will be 80 minutes and have four presenters. Each speaker will have 20 minutes for his or her presentation. Abstracts are welcome for the Security Engineering Track – we are looking for abstracts that share the latest research, case analyses, and applications in all areas of national and international security, including but not limited to extreme event modeling, counter terrorism, critical infrastructure risk analysis, and emergency/disaster preparedness assessment. Below is a list of Security Engineering topics that we hope to see in Pittsburgh: Border Security Counter Terrorism Critical Infrastructure Protection Cybersecurity Design of Resilient / Robust Systems Disaster Planning and Preparedness Emergency Response Energy Security Environmental Security Exercises / Modeling and Simulation Extreme Event Modeling Food Security Homeland Defense Information Security Military Applications/Case Studies Network Security Public Safety / Law Enforcement Security Policies/Initiatives Supply Chain and Logistics Security Surveillance Systems Transportation Systems and Processes War Systems and Processes We strongly encourage all presenters to submit a full length paper for the conference proceedings. The papers should contain results that are significant and have archival value to the industrial and systems engineering research and practitioner community. Full papers have a six-page limit and will undergo a double-blind peer review process. All accepted papers are indexed by ProQuest. IISE is currently working on uploading papers of previous years onto the IISE website. Papers are not required, but strongly encouraged. Presentation only submissions will not be indexed in the conference proceedings. The important deadlines for the conference are: • Abstract Submission Deadline: November 7, 2016 • Notification of Decision on Abstract: November 28, 2016 • Submission of Full Papers (optional but encouraged): January 16, 2017 • Notification of Decision on Paper: February 20, 2017 • Final Version of Full Paper Due: March 6, 2017 • Presenting Author Registration Deadline: March 13, 2017 • Schedule Published April 3, 2017 • 2017 IISE Annual Conference and Expo May 20-23, 2017 If your abstract or paper is accepted: (a) the presenting author for the paper must register for the conference by March 13, 2017 (presentations/papers without the presenting author registered for the conference will be withdrawn from the program and the proceedings); (b) the presenting author must attend and present the paper at the conference (presenting authors who fail to attend will have their paper withdrawn from the proceedings); and (c) we ask that you be ready to serve as a reviewer for fellow authors and follow review deadlines - all authors who submit a paper are expected to review two papers. There are also opportunities to organize invited sessions or panels – if you would like to serve as a Session Chair within the track, please reach out to us. In addition to research and practitioner presentations, the annual conference offers many opportunities for attendees, including plant tours, networking, and keynote speakers. The deadline for abstract submission is November 7, 2016. Abstracts are required to be between 100 and 200 words. To submit an abstract please visit: https://www.xcdsystem.com/iise/abstract/index.cfm?ID=A3abIcc. Conference web site: www.iise.org/annual We look forward to seeing you in Pittsburgh! Regards, Paul L. Goethals, Ph.D. Alan W. Johnson, Ph.D. Jorge A. Sefair, Ph.D. Track Chairs, Security Engineering Track 2017 IISE Annual Conference & Expo

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Special Issue of Annals of Operations Research on Decomposition Methods
by Ivana LJUBIC 08 Sep '16

08 Sep '16

*********************************************************** Call for Papers - Annals of Operations Research Special Issue Recent Advances in Decomposition Methods for Hard Optimization Problems *********************************************************** Motivation Divide and conquer, from Latin divide et impera, is one of the key techniques for tackling combinatorial optimization problems. It relies on the idea of decomposing complex problems into a sequence of subproblems that are then easier to handle. Decomposition techniques (such as Dantzig-Wolfe, Lagrangian, or Benders decomposition) are extremely effective in a wide range of applications, including cutting & packing, production & scheduling, routing & logistics, telecommunications, transportation and many others. Moreover, decomposition techniques are playing an important role in many different fields of mixed-integer linear and non-linear optimization, multi objective optimization, optimization under uncertainty, bilevel optimization, etc. Despite the tremendous amount of research on these topics, the mathematical optimization community is constantly faced with new challenges coming from theoretical aspects and real world applications that require the development of new advanced tools. This special issue will be a point of reference for researchers and practitioners that want to learn more about the recent advances in decomposition techniques for hard combinatorial optimization problems. We solicit original and high-quality papers presenting the latest improvements in the field. Topics The purpose of this issue is to provide a view on state of the art decomposition methods in the field of mathematical optimization. We will consider high-quality manuscripts addressing the development of new theoretical insights, algorithmic approaches and computational studies in the context of exact and heuristic methods based on decomposition techniques. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to): - Dantzig-Wolfe decomposition - Stabilization techniques - Row and column generation - Column generation - Branch-and-price - Branch-and-cut-and-price - Branch-and-cut - Benders decomposition - L-shaped method - Generalized Benders decomposition - Lagrangian decomposition - Cross decomposition - Decomposition for non-linear programming - Decomposition for robust and stochastic combinatorial optimization - Heuristic methods derived from exact methods based on decomposition - Applications to challenging real world problems involving some of the above techniques We strongly encourage participants of the EURO 2016 conference to submit full versions of their presented papers to this special issue. This Call for Papers is also open to the entire community of academics and practitioners working in the field of mathematical optimization. Submission Prospective authors are asked to follow the Annals of Operations Research guide for authors (see http://www.springer.com/business+%26+management/operations+research/journal…) Authors should submit a cover letter and a manuscript by January 31, 2017, via the Journal’s online submission site. Manuscripts submitted after the deadline may not be considered for the special volume and may be transferred to a regular volume. Please select "SI Decomposition Methods" as the article type during the submission process. Submitted papers will undergo a regular review process according to the high standard of Annals of Operations Research. Important Dates Paper Submission Open: July 2016 Paper Submission Due: January 31, 2017 Notification of Review Results: July 2017 Revised Manuscript Due: December 2017 Final Decision: no later than October 2018 Guest Editors Fabio Furini, Université Paris-Dauphine, France Ivana Ljubic, ESSEC Business School, France Emiliano Traversi, Paris 13, France ******************************************************** -- Ivana Ljubic Professor of Operations Research ESSEC Business School of Paris 3 Av. Bernard Hirsch B.P. 50105, 95021 Cergy Pontoise Cedex, France Phone: +33 1 34 43 97 26 http://www.essec.edu/faculty/ivana-ljubic

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Survey Paper on Energy Optimization in Communication Networks
by Antonio Capone 15 Aug '16

15 Aug '16

Dear colleagues, I just want to point you out a survey paper that I believe can be of interest for this community. The paper is on energy management in communication networks and focuses on optimization models: B. Addis, A. Capone, G. Carello, L.G. Gianoli, B. Sansò, Energy management in communication networks: a journey through modeling and optimization glasses, Computer Communications, Volumes 91–92, 1 October 2016, Pages 76-94, ISSN 0140-3664, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.comcom.2016.05.009. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140366416302158) Pre-print available at: http://home.deib.polimi.it/capone/papers/COMCOM_survey.pdf Regards Antonio Capone -- Antonio Capone, PhD Professor, Politecnico di Milano, DEIB, piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133, Milano, Italy Email: antonio.capone(a)polimi.it, Tel: +39 02 2399 3449, Web: http://home.dei.polimi.it/capone, http://antlab.elet.polimi.it

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HICSS-50: Minitrack Proposal “Intelligent Decision Support and Big Data for Logistics and Supply Chain Management”
by Institut für Wirtschaftsinformatik 13 Jun '16

13 Jun '16

(Apologies for cross-postings of this announcement.) ************************************************* CALL FOR PAPERS Fiftieth Annual Hawai'i International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-50) January 4-7, 2017 (Wednesday-Saturday) Hilton Waikoloa Village (http://www.hiltonwaikoloavillage.com) Submission deadline: June 15, 2016, 11:59 PM Hawaii Time HICSS-50: Minitrack Proposal (within the Decision Analytics, Mobile and Service Science Track): “Intelligent Decision Support and Big Data for Logistics and Supply Chain Management” The minitrack features theoretical developments, real-world applications and information systems related to solving decision problems in logistics and supply chain management. Methods include optimization, heuristics, meta-heuristics and matheuristics, simulation, agent technologies, and descriptive methods. Recent advances incorporating big data and cloud computing are especially welcome. Minitrack description: Information technology (IT) and information systems (IS) are prerequisites and enablers for successful supply chain management (SCM). With related advances, the logistics and SCM field is developing very dynamically. Business-to-business transactions are made via the Internet and enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems support managing the transactional information within the enterprise. Cooperation and coordination is only possible based on IT and IS. While IT and IS are vital components in supply chains, their successful management rests on intelligent and coordinated decision making throughout the logistics network. Intelligent decision support and decision analytics using advanced decision technologies and analytics methodology are of utmost importance in logistics and SCM. Sensor networks, social network activities, RFID deployment, internet search histories and retail transactions are just a few examples of sources to provide data to support efficient decision analytics. Big data issues are well recognized and offer opportunities long waited for but also provide challenges in handling and decision analytics. Cloud computing allows also small and medium sized enterprises to access resources to support analytics functions. Business intelligence and data mining can be used to store and analyze logistics, product, inventory, and sales information. Simulation and optimization, which can be found in advanced planning and scheduling systems, can be employed for, e.g., inventory, production, procurement, and distribution planning. Intelligent agents can, e.g., communicate with different partners in the supply chain, assist in collecting information, share product information, negotiate prices, and distribute alerts throughout the logistics networks. The design and implementation of intelligent decision analytics tools to support human agents in computational logistics and SCM is a very active field in research, consulting and software development. Many such technologies or systems are continuously being developed, implemented and used in real-world scenarios. We do, therefore, believe that this minitrack will be recognized by both the scientific community and practitioners developing or using logistics and SCM solutions. We aim at organizing a minitrack consisting of two sessions depending on the number of high quality submissions. We seek papers dealing with decision analytics, business intelligence, big data, cloud computing and decision technologies which contribute to intelligent decision support in the whole field of logistics and in particular in all categories of SCM. This includes but is not restricted to simulation, optimization, heuristics, metaheuristics, agent technologies, decision analytics, descriptive models, and data mining. We are especially interested in real-world applications and in information systems and software solutions which assist in solving decision problems. This is extended towards, e.g., computational logistics, advanced planning systems and the intelligent use of ERP systems. Also conceptual ideas, reports on projects in progress, and case studies are welcome. Moreover, teaching cases both at the university as well as the executive level may be of interest. For additional information or to submit abstracts, please contact the minitrack co-chairs: Prof. Dr. Stefan Voß University of Hamburg stefan.voss(a)uni-hamburg.de Prof. Dr. Hans-Jürgen Sebastian RWTH Aachen University sebastian(a)or.rwth-aachen.de Prof. Dr. Julia Pahl University of Southern Denmark julp(a)iti.sdu.dk Full papers will be included in the Conference Proceedings published by the IEEE Computer Society and maintained in the IEEE Digital Library. HICSS publications account for the top 2% downloads of all IEEE conferences, and have been consistently ranked as the most cited papers in top journal publications. Dates for submission to HICSS-50: April 1: Paper Submission and Review System for HICSS-50 goes live. June 15 (11:59 PM, Hawaii Time): Deadline to submit full manuscripts for review. August 16: Acceptance/Rejection notification will be sent to authors. September 4: Submission deadline for AM papers. September 15: Deadline for submitting final manuscript for publication to the Publication System. October 1: At least one author of each paper should register by October 1 in order secure publication in the Conference Proceedings. For further submission information, please see the general HICSS-50 Call for Papers (http://www.hicss.org/#!authors/ccjp)

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VeRoLog 2016: registration closes soon
by Fabien LEHUEDE 13 May '16

13 May '16

Dear colleagues, we would like to remind you that the deadline for registration at VeRoLog 2016 is May the 18th. If you plan to come to Nantes, please register as soon as possible on the website of the conference: http://verolog2016.sciencesconf.org/ Best regards, The VeRoLog 2016 committee

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Call for Presentations/Sessions for the Telecommunications Cluster at INFORMS Annual Meeting in Nashville, Tennessee from Nov 13-16, 2016
by Chen, Richard Li-Yang 03 May '16

03 May '16

We would invite you and any interested colleagues to submit a session or a presentation to the Telecommunications Cluster at the 2016 INFORMS Annual Meeting in Nashville, Tennessee. The Telecommunications Cluster focus is broad and encompasses applied and theoretical work in computer science, operations research, management science, information systems, network security, etc. Example topics include, but are not limited to: Telecommunications modeling, policy, and technology, network economics, network design, algorithms and optimization, sensor networks, wireless and broadband networks, vehicle and mobile computing, semantic networks, network survivability and reliability, network security games, computational game theory, information security and privacy, quality of service, internet and multimedia, data mining applications in telecommunications networks. If you would like to organize a session, then please let us know and we can give you access to your session. If you would like to submit a single presentation, then we can give you the appropriate login information so you can submit your session online. Please submit your abstracts as soon as possible to help in the scheduling process. We look forward to seeing you in Nashville! Cluster Co-Chairs, Fabio D'Andreagiovanni Zuse Institute Berlin (ZIB) and Freie Universität Berlin d.andreagiovanni(a)zib.de Richard L.-Y. Chen Quantitative Modeling and Analysis, 8954 Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore CA rlchen(a)sandia.gov<mailto:rlchen@sandia.gov>

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8th International Network Optimization Conference (INOC2017) (1st announcement)
by Luis Eduardo Neves Gouveia 02 Apr '16

02 Apr '16

? 8th International Network Optimization Conference (INOC2017) The 8th International Network Optimization Conference will take place in Lisbon, Portugal, February 26-28 2017. The aim of this conference is to provide researchers from different areas of Operations Research, with the opportunity to present and discuss their results and research on the field of Network Optimization, in an inspiring and bridge building environment where fruitful ideas may flow freely. Conference Chairs: Luis Gouveia (Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon-CMAFCIO) and Pedro Moura (Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon-CMAFCIO) In this edition, the keynote speakers are: W. Cook, University of Waterloo (Canada) A. Martin, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität (Germany) R. Möhring, TU Berlin (Germany) A. Schrijver, Univ. of Amsterdam (The Netherlands) The authors are invited to submit their papers describing original, previously unpublished research results and not currently under review. There are two types of submission: full papers (8-10 pages) and extended abstracts (1-2 pages). Accepted full papers and extended abstracts will be available in the conference material. Accepted full papers will be published in the Eletronic Notes in Discrete Mathematics (ENDM), Elsevier. There will be a special issue of the Networks journal, Wiley, associated with the conference. The important dates are: ENDM paper submission deadline: October 31, 2016 Paper submission deadline: January 20, 2017 Acceptance Notification: January 25, 2017 Early Registration: January 31, 2017 INOC is the conference of the European Network Optimization Group (ENOG), a working group of EURO and the previous editions were held in Warsaw (2015), Tenerife (2013), Hamburg (2011), Pisa (2009), Spa (2007), Lisboa (2005) and Paris (2003). The conference is also part of the activities of the CMAFCIO (the Centro de Matemática e Aplicações Fundamentais e Centro de Investigação Operacional), University of Lisbon. For more information on the conference visit http://inoc2017.fc.ul.pt?

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7th International Conference on Computational Logistics: Deadline for submission of full papers extended to April 15
by Ana Paias 31 Mar '16

31 Mar '16

? 7th International Conference on Computational Logistics (ICCL'16) "Road to logistics excellence" September 7-9, 2016 in Lisbon, Portugal http://iccl2016.widescope.pt<http://iccl2016.widescope.pt/> The 7th International Conference on Computational Logistics will be held at the Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal. This stream of conferences provides an opportunity for academia, industry, and governmental agencies to share solutions, address new challenges, and discuss future research directions on the application of information, communication, optimization and control technologies to logistic activities. The conference will feature keynote lectures, technical sessions, tutorials, on-site computational logistics experience and a social program, in an informal and inspiring setting. Keynote Speakers: Tolga Bektas (University of Southampton) Filipe Carvalho (Wide Scope) Ricardo Saldanha (Siscog) Call for papers: High quality papers in the field of logistics management, operations, control, and information systems are welcomed. Of particular interest are papers on heuristic and formal approaches as well as on innovative ICT tools for decision support and control for improving coordination in logistic systems at the operational level. We consider all varieties of logistics activities, taking into account any mode of transportation or manner of cargo storage, respectively. Special emphasis will be put on studies about real-world cases providing practical experiences and insights of the odds and challenges to balance both (individual) economic interests and the requirements of public welfare. Extended abstracts are also accepted for presentation only. Conference Proceedings: The conference proceedings will be published by Springer Verlag in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science series. Dealines: Full papers (presentation & proceedings)..................Extended to April 15, 2016 Abstracts (presentation only)..................................... May 15, 2016 Acceptance/rejection notification.............................. June 1, 2016 Camera-ready papers................................................. June 15, 2016 Early Registration until.............................................. June 30, 2016 Registration for inclusion in the proceedings............ June 30, 2016 Registration fees: Before June 30, 2016 After June 30, 2016* Regular EUR 360 EUR 410 Student EUR 260 EUR 310 * The access to all availabilities is only guaranteed for registrations done before July 15, 2016. Contact email: ICCL2016(a)fc.ul.pt<mailto:ICCL2016@fc.ul.pt>. Looking forward to seeing you in Lisbon, Ana Paias, Ana Sofia Pereira, Mario Ruthmair and Stefan Voss?

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MIP 2016: Call for Registration
by Fatma Kilinc-Karzan 22 Mar '16

22 Mar '16

*** MIP 2016: CALL FOR REGISTRATION *** Date: May 23 - 26, 2016 Location: University of Miami in Coral Gables, FL Web site and registration: https://sites.google.com/site/mipworkshop2016/ 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. 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. Information on the accepted posters is now available on the workshop website. This year’s 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  • Dimitris Bertsimas, Massachusetts Institute of Technology  • Merve Bodur, Georgia Institute of Technology  • Natashia Boland, Georgia Institute of Technology  • Claudia D'Ambrosio, Laboratoire d’Informatique de l’École 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 -- Fatma Kilinc Karzan Assistant Professor of Operations Research Tepper School of Business Carnegie Mellon University fkilinc(a)andrew.cmu.edu (+1) 412 268 9198

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