May 2019 - Ewgla

Call for a new board member
by KALCSICS Joerg 03 Jun '19

03 Jun '19

Dear members, as you might recall, in the last meeting we agreed to change the rules about the duration of service on the EWGLA coordination board. This year, Olivier Péton will leave the board and we are looking for one volunteer to replace him. Due to the rules, the new board member cannot work in Hungary or the UK. We plan to announce the list of candidates on Friday, 31 May. If you are interested please send us a one page document where you state and promote your candidacy until Thursday, 30 May. If you have any questions about that please feel free to contact us. If there are several candidates, registered EWGLA members will be asked to vote before Friday, 7 June and the result will be announced during the EWGLA session in Brussels. Best wishes and hoping to see you all in Brussels, Bogi, Jörg & Olivier ---------------------------------------------- Joerg Kalcsics Lecturer in Operational Research Programme Director OR MSc School of Mathematics University of Edinburgh James Clerk Maxwell Building Peter Guthrie Tait Road Edinburgh, EH9 3FD, UK Room: 6226 Phone: +44 (0)131 650 5953 Email: joerg.kalcsics(a)ed.ac.uk<mailto:joerg.kalcsics@ed.ac.uk> Web: http://www.maths.ed.ac.uk/people/show?person=450 The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336.

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Candidature for new member for the EWGLA board
by Carmela Piccolo 30 May '19

30 May '19

Dear all, I'd like to submit my candidature for the election of the new member of the EWGLA board. Kind Regards, Carmen

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2nd CfP: ICCL'19: 10th International Conference on Computational Logistics
by Institut für Wirtschaftsinformatik 23 May '19

23 May '19

Dear sir/madam, May we kindly ask you to submit the following CfP again to your mailing lists. Thank you very much in advance and best regards, -- Julia Bachale Institut für Wirtschaftsinformatik/ Institute of Information Systems Secretary room no. 3065 Von-Melle-Park 5 D-20146 Hamburg phone:+4940 42838 3064 fax: +4940 428385535 mail: iwi(a)uni-hamburg.de julia.bachale(a)uni-hamburg.de opening hours: mo-fr 09:00-12:00 h, 14:00-15:00 h ******apologies for cross-postings***** image.png image.png Call for Papers Submission deadline: June 15, 2019 * * Authors are kindly invited to submit their contributions in the area of logistics management, operations, control, and information systems, relevant to all types of logistics activities and on any mode of transportation, with a particular focus on practical cases providing insight and real-world experience. Submissions are invited in one of the two following forms: (a) Full papers for publication in Springer's Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) (b) Abstracts for presentation only All papers should be submitted electronically following the instructions on this page and by following this link. <https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iccl2019> Full paper submissions Full papers should have a length of at most 15 pages following the LNCS style files. For a paper to be included in this volume, it should be presented at the conference by one of the authors. The style files for LNCS submissions can be found here. <https://www.springer.com/la/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu…> This site contains all relevant style files for CS Proceedings and Multiauthor Volumes as well as the Springer copyright form. If you have any questions concerning the style files, please consult the corresponding technical instructions on the website. Additionally, we kindly ask you to have a look at the "Checklist of items to be sent to the volume editor". The authors are required to use the submission form available here <https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iccl2019> to: * Upload the pdf file of the 15-page regular paper in LNCS style <http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html> on the easychair platform. * Paste in the Abstract textbox a 1-page abstract (maximum 3000 characters, including spaces) to be included in the abstracts booklet which will be distributed during the conference. At most 4 references can be included. Mathematical formulas can be included in LaTeX notation. Abstracts, presentation only * * Submitted abstracts should not exceed one page (maximum 3000 characters, including spaces). At most 4 references can be included. Mathematical formulas can be included in LaTeX notation. Accepted Abstracts should be presented at the conference by one of the authors. To submit an abstract, please go here <https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iccl2019> and paste the text in the abstract textbox of the submission form. Do not upload a pdf file of the abstract. Accepted abstracts will appear in the abstracts booklet which will be distributed during the conference. A special issue of the International Journal of Logistics Systems and Management by Inderscience will be edited in Smart Port Logistics, from selected invited papers from the conference and from an open CFP. Please note that a participant can present only one contribution (full paper or abstract). Topics to be covered include (but are not limited to): * Facility (re-)layout decision problems * Routing problems * Emergency logistics * Reverse logistics * Crowd logistics * Freight transportation * Green supply chain * Metropolitan/city logistics * Smart Agro-Logistics * Uncertainty modelling in planning and control * Large-scale evolutionary optimization to logistics * Multi-agent system in logistics * Machine learning applications in supply chain * Internet of things on smart logistics * Applications of Blockchain * Last generation ICT networks * Port smart logistics * ICT for port governance * Computational issues in foreign trade supply chains * ICT systems for port communities C-14562_SM_DCR_VOW_ ICCL-2019-Español-01.png ICCL 2019 [EN].png

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Zvi Drezner's interview
by Sibel Alumur Alev 22 May '19

22 May '19

Dear Locators, INFORMS just published an interview of Zvi Drezner by Stefan Nickel dated November 2018. Zvi talks about his early life, beginnings of location science, paper productivity, academic career, his most interesting papers, obnoxious facilities, and the publication of the book edited by H.A. Eiselt and Vladimir Marianov for his 75th birthday celebrations. You can watch the interview from: https://www.informs.org/Explore/History-of-O.R.-Excellence/Biographical-Pro… Best regards, Sibel Sibel Alumur Alev, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Management Sciences Faculty of Engineering | University of Waterloo 200 University Avenue West | Waterloo | Ontario | N2L 3G1 | Canada Office: CPH 4321 | Tel: 1-519-888-4567, ext. 33365 Email: sibel.alumur(a)uwaterloo.ca<mailto:sibel.alumur@uwaterloo.ca> Url: http://www.mansci.uwaterloo.ca/~salumura/

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FW: Postdoctoral position
by Sibel Alumur Alev 17 May '19

17 May '19

From: Michael Kuby <mikekuby(a)asu.edu> Sent: Friday, May 17, 2019 12:49 PM To: Sibel Alumur Alev <sibel.alumur(a)uwaterloo.ca> Subject: FW: Postdoctoral position Hi Sibel, could you please share this with SOLA and EWGLA. Thanks! Los Alamos has an immediate opening for postdoctoral researcher position focused on Network and Spatial Optimization (https://lanl.jobs/los-alamos-nm/network-and-spatial-optimizaiton-postdoc/ac…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__lanl.jobs_los-2Dalamos…>). Postdoc salaries at Los Alamos start at $74,000 (https://www.lanl.gov/careers/career-options/postdoctoral-research/index.php<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.lanl.gov_careers_c…>). The position will be in Computation Earth Science Group (www.lanl.gov/EES-16<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.lanl.gov_EES-2D16&d…>). The research position will be working with network optimization techniques and applications for the SimCCS model. For more information see: Software download: https://github.com/SimCCS/SimCCS<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__github.com_SimCCS_SimC…> SimCCS1.0 paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301421508005132<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.sciencedirect.com_…> SimCCS2.0 paper: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1QNQSfJho9KoInCCU40pKdvZ1HLv5SNaA<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__drive.google.com_open-…> YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZtbfuKLI34&feature=youtu.be<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.youtube.com_watch-…> R&D 100 Entry: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1iE2O3VO2XdDWhKeXUAVgNwoNorSfjr8T<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__drive.google.com_open-…> The postdoc position will focus on a range of network and spatial optimization technique related to SimCCS, with a significant flexibility in terms of work scope. The position strong emphasizes publications: the candidate will be joining a small and dynamic team with a strong publication record and a wide collaborative network. Thanks Richard ----------------------------------------- Richard S. Middleton Deputy Group Leader (Computational Earth Science; EES-16) and Senior Scientist Earth and Environmental Sciences Los Alamos National Laboratory MS T003 Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA +1-505-665-8332 (office) +1-505-412-5193 (cell) www.lanl.gov/EES-16<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.lanl.gov_EES-2D16&d…> www.lanl.gov/expertise/profiles/view/richard-middleton<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.lanl.gov_expertise_…>

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Last days to register for EWGLA 2019 in Brussels
by EWGLA 2019 10 May '19

10 May '19

Dear all, This is a kind reminder to inform you that the deadline for registration for the upcoming meeting is May 15th: https://www.vub.ac.be/en/events/2019/xxv-euro-working-group-on-locational-a… We look forward to meet you in Brussels! Kind regards, the organising committee of EWGLA XXV 5-7 June 2019, Brussels (Belgium) https://www.vub.ac.be/en/events/ewgla2019

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INFORMS Annual Meeting SOLA sessions
by Sibel Alumur Alev 08 May '19

08 May '19

Dear Colleagues, I would like to remind you that the abstract submission deadline for the upcoming INFORMS 2019 Annual Meeting to be held in Seattle on October 20-23 is May 15th. I'm responsible for organizing the SOLA cluster. Currently, we have 13 SOLA sponsored sessions 3 of which are jointly sponsored with other clusters (TSL & ENRE). I have already received a couple of emails recently and I have a backup session in place for those of you who plan to come and want to present in a SOLA sponsored session. I would like to remind you that (non-sponsored) contributed talks may be scheduled in sessions that contain 6 talks. So, I strongly suggest presenting in a sponsored session. Please let me know if you would like to present in a SOLA sponsored session as soon as possible so that I can plan accordingly. Best regards, Sibel Sibel Alumur Alev, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Management Sciences Faculty of Engineering | University of Waterloo 200 University Avenue West | Waterloo | Ontario | N2L 3G1 | Canada Office: CPH 4321 | Tel: 1-519-888-4567, ext. 33365 Email: sibel.alumur(a)uwaterloo.ca<mailto:sibel.alumur@uwaterloo.ca> Url: http://www.mansci.uwaterloo.ca/~salumura/

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Location analysis
by Hale, Trevor Schuyler 06 May '19

06 May '19

Location colleagues: And greetings from my new home in the Mays Business School at Texas A&M! I am writing to the location communities of SOLA and EWGLA listservs for advice. A location paper of mine has been plagiarized and I’m perplexed about what to do about it. Here is a passage from my paper in Annals of Operations Research in 2003. Please take special note of the incorrect spellings of both “Evangelista” and “Cavalieri”: “Location science is an area of analytical study that can arguably (although there does exist some contention) be traced back to Pierre de Fermat, Evagelistica Torricelli (a student of Galileo), and Battista Cavallieri. They, independently, proposed (and some say solved) the basic Euclidean spatial median problem (otherwise known as the Weber problem; a name which only adds to the confusion) early in the seventeenth century.” Compare that to the passage below from the Introduction (written, so to speak, by the editors, Reza Farahani and Masoud Hekmatafar) of an edited Physica-Verlag Heidelberg book entitled Facility Location: Concepts, Models, Algorithms and Case Studies in 2009: “Location science is an area of analytical study that can be traced back to Pierre de Fermat, Evagelistica Torricelli (a student of Galileo), and Battista Cavallieri. Each one independently proposed (and some say solved) the basic Euclidean spatial median problem early in the seventeenth century.” And there are other sentences, passages, and paragraphs that were stolen from my ANOR paper in the book. This passage was just the most blatant with the same exact two spelling errors. Indeed, I have run this (and the other passages) by a professor who has expertise on plagiarism and he not only emphatically agreed with me that it is plagiarism…he wanted to use the text above as a prime example in an upcoming paper of his on the topic of what is plagiarism. Thoughts? Anyone have experience with this? Cheers, Trevor __________________________________________ Trevor Hale `97 Information & Operations Management Department Mays Business School | Texas A&M University 301F Wehner | 4217 TAMU | College Station, TX 77843-4217<x-apple-data-detectors://19/0> thale(a)mays.tamu.edu<mailto:thale@mays.tamu.edu> | Wikipedia<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__nam05.safelinks.protec…> | Scholar<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__nam05.safelinks.protec…> | Pearson<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__nam05.safelinks.protec…> __________________________________________ WE STEP UP mays.tamu.edu<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__nam05.safelinks.protec…>

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