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Fwd: PhD or Postdoctoral Position -- Zuse Institute Berlin
by Roland Wessäly 27 Apr '10

27 Apr '10

Sorry for cross-posting! -------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: PhD or Postdoctoral Position -- Zuse Institute Berlin Datum: Tue, 27 Apr 2010 17:50:19 +0200 Von: Christian Raack <raack(a)zib.de> An: dmanet(a)zpr.uni-koeln.de CC: Ralf Borndörfer <borndoerfer(a)zib.de> The Konrad-Zuse-Zentrum für Informationstechnik Berlin (Zuse Institute Berlin - ZIB) is a non-university research institute under public law of the state of Berlin. In close interdisciplinary cooperation with the Berlin universities as well as national and international scientific institutions, ZIB conducts research and development in the field of information technology, applied mathematics, and computer science. The department Optimization invites applications for a PhD Student or PostDoc Position (f/m) - Vgr. IIa/Ib BAT/Anwendungs-TV Land Berlin - Application code: WA 11/10 Within an interdisciplinary project on scientific questions related to the development of innovative mathematical optimization algorithms for the design of robust communications networks. Research Topics * Network planning with uncertain traffic matrices * Network planning of multiple technological layers and routing protocols * Development of mathematical models for multi-layer networks including survivability and robustness requirements * Development of sophisticated optimzation algorithms * Computation of networks with guaranteed solution quality Requirements * a university degree in mathematics, computer science or communications engineering with excellent knowledge in applied mathematics * interest in application oriented research & development * a strong interest in integer programming and polyhedreal theory * excellent programming skills in C/C++ or Java under Microsoft Windows or Linux * experience in the development of reusable software code * very good communication skills in English The successful candidate will work in an inspiring and pleasant environment and will receive adequate professional support. We offer a challenging scientific task, a high degree of autonomy and state-of-the-art technical infrastructure. Candidates are encouraged to pursue a doctoral degree in conjunction with their work at ZIB. The position will be initially financed for a period of two years with the possibility of extension. The salary is based upon wage group IIa/Ib as per Berlin Collective Agreement for the Public Sector. We prefer to balance the number of female and male employees in our institute. Thus, we kindly encourage female candidates to apply to this job offer. Handicapped persons will be given preference to other equally qualified candidates. Please send your application, referring to application code WA 11/10 (ROBUKOM), including CV and all relevant documents until 07 May 2010 to Konrad-Zuse-Zentrum für Informationstechnik Berlin (ZIB) - Verwaltung -, Takustr. 7, 14195 Berlin, Germany or via e-mail to our personnel department (jobs{at}zib.de). You will find additional information on our web site: http://www.zib.de/Optimization For technical information, please contact Dr. Axel Werner, phone +49 30 84185-356, E-Mail: werner{at}zib.de.

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EURO 24 Lisbon - Network Optimization stream
by Bernard Fortz 17 Feb '10

17 Feb '10

Dear friends and colleagues, Luis Gouveia and myself are organizing the stream Network Optimization of the forthcoming EURO conference in Lisbon, July 11-14, 2010. http://www.euro2010lisbon.org/ If you would like to submit a paper for the stream, please visit http://www.euro-online.org/conf/euro24/?nomenu=-1 and use invitation code fe402d71 If (even better!) you would like to organize a full session of 3-4 papers, please contact me directly. Best regards, Bernard Fortz -- Bernard Fortz Département d'Informatique, Université Libre de Bruxelles, CP 210/01 Boulevard du Triomphe B-1050 Brussels, Belgium Tel: + 32 2 6503095 Email: bernard.fortz(a)ulb.ac.be --

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EWGLA XVIII Second Announcement
by Bernard Fortz 22 Jan '10

22 Jan '10

http://www.ewgla2010.unina.it Dear ENOG members, The XVIII International Meeting on Locational Analysis (EWGLA XVIII) Scientific and Local committees are pleased to wish you a fantastic 2010. The meeting, organized under the auspices of the EURO Working Group on Locational Analysis (EWGLA), will be held at the University Federico II in Naples (Italy) April 28-30, 2010. We invite participation from all related areas in location theory. Contributions dealing with applications in the field of Logistics and Transportation are welcome. Researchers and practitioners are invited to send an abstract of the presentation (in MS Word or LaTeX format, at most 300 words) to: ewgla2010(a)unina.it. We would also like to remind you that the submission deadline for the meeting is January 31st, 2010. On the conference website (www.ewgla2010.unina.it) you can find the latest news about invited speakers and hotel accomodation. We are looking forward to meeting you in Naples. Best Regards EWGLA XVIII - Local and Scientific Committees www.ewgla2010.unina.it

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INFORMS Telecom - Extended Deadline
by Bernard Fortz 16 Jan '10

16 Jan '10

*Call for Papers* *INFORMS Telecom 2010* https://www.cirrelt.ca/Informs-Telecom2010/ May 5-7, 2010 Concordia University, Montreal, Canada *Important Dates* Extended abstract submission: February 15, 2010 Acceptance notifications: March 5, 2010 Camera-ready due: March 19, 2010 *Scope *The INFORMS Technical Section on Telecommunications solicits papers and extended abstracts for its tenth biennial conference. The theme of the conference is on large scale optimization tools in telecommunication network design and management. The conference organizers invite you to submit theoretical and applied work that highlights the conference theme. Specific areas of interest include (but are not limited to) network design, network management, data mining, national and international policy making, new technologies and business models, and convergence of digital and mobile technologies. *Keynote Speakers* * * *Antonio Capone*, Dipartimento di Elettronica e Informazione, Politecnico di Milano *Mauricio Resende,* AT&T Labs Research /Application of Metaheuristics in Telecommunications/ *Dominic Schupke*, Multi-Layer Networks and Resilience, Nokia Siemens Networks GmbH & Co. KG, Germany *Extended Abstract - Submission Guidelines * 1000 words containing no mathematical notation for presentations. In order to use the submission system, you must first log in and then use the online submission system : <https://symposia.cirrelt.ca/Informs-Telecom2010/en/submit> For information: telecom2010(a)cirrelt.ca <mailto:telecom2010@cirrelt.ca> -- Brigitte Jaumard Professor and Concordia Research Chair on the Optimization of Communication Networks Concordia University CIISE - Concordia Institute for Information Systems Engineering Tél./Phone (514) 848-2424 #5380 Fax (514) 848-3171 http://users.encs.concordia.ca/~bjaumard/

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CfP: MSOM 2010
by Bernard Fortz 14 Dec '09

14 Dec '09

Call for Papers INFORMS MSOM (Manufacturing and Service Operations Management) Conference Technion, Haifa, Israel, June 28th & 29th, 2010 http://msom.technion.ac.il The MSOM Conference will be preceded by the SIG (Special Interest Group) Conferences on June 27, 2010 Dear Colleagues and Friends, We invite you to submit a paper to the 2010 MSOM Annual Conference and the Special Interest Group Conferences to be held on June 27–29, 2010 at the Industrial Engineering and Management Faculty of the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel. Both events are sponsored by the Manufacturing and Service Operations Management Society (MSOM) of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS). The Special Interest Group (SIG) Conferences will take place on Sunday, June 27th. The MSOM conference will take place on Monday, June 28th and Tuesday, June 29th. This year there will be four (4) SIG Conferences: Supply Chain Management, Service Management, iFORM (interface of Finance, Operations, and Risk Management), and this year a new SIG – Health Care Operations Management. In addition to building an exciting and stimulating academic program, the conference committee is also planning an equally exhilarating and interesting social program. This includes a conference banquet, pre‐ and post‐conference tours, spouse program, and post‐conference get‐together. Details, as they become available, will be posted on the conference web site. If you are interested in presenting your research in either the MSOM Conference or a SIG Conference, we invite you to submit your work by Monday February 8th, 2010. Submissions will be reviewed by a panel of experts. For the MSOM 2010 conference: the process for accepting papers will be as decided by the MSOM Society, i.e. blind abstracts will be submitted for blind review. Each abstract should consist of (no more than) a 3‐page description of the work to be presented. The abstract should include a brief description of the research problem, the key methodology and assumptions used, and a summary of major results and their significance, but should not include any math or Greek symbols. Note that submission requirements for the MSOM conference and the SIG Conferences may differ. Important Dates: Submission deadline: February 8th, 2010 (Monday) • Review deadline: March 15th, 2010 (Monday) • Notification of acceptance: April 12th, 2010 (Monday) • Submission instructions: Those interested in presenting at the MSOM conference should submit their extended abstracts in PDF format through http://msom.technion.ac.il. Author/s’ names should not appear in the PDF file; this and other information will be collected by the electronic system at the time of submission. For papers with multiple authors, the submission must designate one author as the presenter. Participants cannot present more than one talk at the MSOM conference. Each SIG Conference has its own submission requirements and review process. For more information and a copy of the SIG call for papers we invite you to visit the conference web site (http://msom.technion.ac.il) and click on the SIG tab. Even though the same work cannot be presented at both the MSOM conference and a SIG Conference, authors may have their submission considered by both. To do so, they should only make a single submission to the SIG Conference and let the SIG Conference Chair know that they would also like to be considered for the MSOM conference, should space not allow their inclusion in the SIG Conference. We look forward to welcoming you to Israel in June. The best way of contacting the MSOM 2010 Conference Committee is to send an email to msom2010(a)gmail.com Conference Chair: Yale T. Herer • Organizing committee: Nicole Adler, Shoshana Anily, Yigal Gerchak, Boaz • Golany, Moshe Kaspi, Retsef Levi, Michal Tzur, Michal Penn, Georgia Perakis, Segev Wasserkrug Thanks to our sponsors The Technion SEE Center (SEE = Service Enterprise Engineering) The Daniel Rose Yale University - Technion Initiative IBM Research The Ira Center for Business, Technology & Society Yedioth Information Technologies

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Three year research position
by Roland Wessäly 26 Nov '09

26 Nov '09

*** Sorry for cross-postings *** Dear Optimizers, please find attached the announcement of an open position at TU Berlin in the project "Optimization models and methods for telecommunication network design with varying and uncertain demands". I would be very happy, if you could pass this announcement to potential candidates. All the best, Roland

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Two year postdoctoral research position at the Université Libre de Bruxelles.
by Bernard Fortz 13 Nov '09

13 Nov '09

*** Sorry for cross-postings *** A two-year research position is available in the group "Graphs and Mathematical Optimization" of the Computer Science Department of Université Libre de Bruxelles, in Belgium. The project, due to start in December, is an industrial collaboration with Advanced Information Systems (www.aisystems.eu) aiming at developing parallel algorithms for solving large planning and scheduling problems. The objectives of the project are to: * Improve the speed and quality of the optimization algorithms in the field of advanced planning and scheduling. * Develop the parallelization of heuristic methods such as simulated annealing, tabu search, and genetic algorithms in the field of resource allocation, scheduling and cutting plan optimization. * Define the best programming paradigm to design, develop and maintain optimization techniques with a high but controllable level of concurrency. * Develop insight and methods for the tuning of concurrent search algorithms. * Develop methods to detect parallelization opportunities in existing search algorithms. We are looking for a researcher holding a PhD in mathematics, computer science or operations research, or with a significant research experience related to the project. A good knowledge in one or more of the fields of parallelization techniques, local search heuristics and constraints programming is required. The position is subject to the acceptance of the candidate by Advanced Information Systems. For more information about our group, please visit http://www.ulb.ac.be/di/gom/ To apply or for more information about the position, please contact Bernard Fortz (bernard.fortz(a)ulb.ac.be)

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Call for abstracts and sessions, Network Optimization stream @ EURO 2010 Lisbon
by Bernard Fortz 23 Oct '09

23 Oct '09

Dear colleague, We are organizing the stream on Network Optimization in the EURO 2010 conference in Lisbon (Portugal), July 11-14, 2010 (http://www.euro2010lisbon.org/) We would like to invite you to propose and chair a session with three (or four) papers, or alternatively, to submit an abstract to be included in a session of the cluster. If you want to organize a session, please contact us and we will send you further details. To submit an abstract, just go to http://www.euro-online.org/conf/euro24/ and use invitation code fe402d71. With best regards, Bernard Fortz (bernard.fortz(a)ulb.ac.be) Luis Gouveia (legouveia(a)fc.ul.pt)

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Cluster on Network Optimization - ALIO-INFORMS 2010
by Bernard Fortz 08 Oct '09

08 Oct '09

Dear colleague, We are organizing the Cluster on Network Optimization in the ALIO-INFORMS 2010 Joint International Meeting, to be held in Buenos Aires on June 6-9, 2010 (see http://meetings.informs.org/BuenosAires2010/) We would like to invite you to propose and chair a session with three (or four) papers, or alternaively, to submit an abstract (with no more than 500 characters) to be included in a session of the cluster. Let us know by the end of November. In case of accepting out invitation, further details will be sent to you on how to subnit the session or the abstract. With best regards, Bernard Fortz (bernard.fortz(a)ulb.ac.be) Luis Gouveia (legouveia(a)fc.ul.pt)

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EWGLA XVIII First Announcement
by Bernard Fortz 08 Oct '09

08 Oct '09

Dear ENOG Members, The XVIII International Meeting on Locational Analysis, organized under the auspices of the EURO Working Group on Locational Analysis (EWGLA), will be held at the University Federico II in Naples (Italy) April 28-30, 2010. We invite participation from all related areas in location theory. Contributions dealing with applications in the field of Logistics and Transportation are welcome. Researchers and practitioners are invited to send an abstract of the presentation (in MS Word or LaTeX format, at most 300 words) to: ewgla2010(a)unina.it. The deadline for abstract submission is January 31st, 2010. Notification of acceptance will be provided by February 20th, 2010. Further details are available at the conference website http://www.ewgla2010.unina.it. EWGLA2010 will be organised by the DIEG (Department of Engineering Management) of University of Naples Federico II in cooperation with EURO (Association of European Operational Research Societies) and AIRO (Italian Association of Operational Research). Prof. Giuseppe Bruno (Ph.D.) Dipartimento di Ingegneria Economico Gestionale Piazzale Tecchio 80 - 80125 Napoli Tel. 081 7683637 - Fax 081 7682154 email: giuseppe.bruno(a)unina.it

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