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Location papers are welcome in EJTL
by Olivier PETON 23 Apr '20

23 Apr '20

Dear Locators, First of all, I hope that this message finds you well in a safe location. This is to inform you that submissions on location problems in the field of transportation and logistics are more than welcome in the EURO Journal on Transportation and Logistics. Olivier // --------------------------------------------------------------- EURO Journal on Transportation and Logistics --------------------------------------------------------------- From January 1st 2020, the journal has known important publishing and editorial changes. The journal is now published by Elsevier with an open access status. Open access fees will be covered by EURO for articles submitted up to 31st December 2021. So, authors will benefit from open access at no charge. This important change also concluded the term of Pr. Michel Bierlaire as EiC of the journal. The new EiC is Pr. Dominique Feillet (Mines Saint-Etienne, LIMOS, France). New website of the journal: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/euro-journal-on-transportation-and-logist… -- IMT Atlantique <http://www.imt-atlantique.fr> *Olivier PÉTON* Professor +33 251 858 313 La Chantrerie 4 rue Alfred Kastler BP 20722 44307 Nantes Cedex 3 Site web IMT Atlantique <http://www.imt-atlantique.fr>Twitter <https://twitter.com/olivierp44240>Facebook IMT Atlantique <https://www.facebook.com/IMTAtlantique>LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/in/olivierpeton/> Blog IMT Atlantique <http://www.imt-atlantique.fr/l-ecole/actualites> Une école de l'IMT <https://www.imt.fr>

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Mailing list address change
by Bernard Fortz 07 Apr '20

07 Apr '20

Dear subscribers, Due to a recent change of email architecture, the address to submit news to the EWGLA mailing list is now ewgla(a)mail.euro-online.org You can manage your subscribtion at https://www.euro-online.org/mailman/listinfo/ewgla Best regards, Bernard Fortz

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Lifetime Achievement in Location Analysis Award
by Sibel Alumur Alev 03 Apr '20

03 Apr '20

Dear Colleagues: This is a Call for Nominations for the Lifetime Achievement in Location Analysis Award. The Lifetime Achievement in Location Analysis (LALA) award is a triennial honor awarded to a person who has made significant lifetime contributions to location analysis research. The award is given every third year at the closing dinner of ISOLDE, the International Symposium on Locational Decisions, which will take place in Germany on June 14-19, 2020 (www.isolde2020.de<http://www.isolde2020.de>). Nominations will be received until April 30, 2020. The nomination process consists of sending by email the following three items: (1) A letter of nomination, including significant reasons why this individual should be considered for this award. (2) An up-to-date curriculum vitae of the nominee. (3) Information about citations and service to the profession for the nominee. All nominations should be sent to Sibel Alumur Alev (sibel.alumur(a)uwaterloo.ca<mailto:sibel.alumur@uwaterloo.ca>) by April 30, 2020. The selection committee consists of: Sibel Alumur Alev sibel.alumur(a)uwaterloo.ca<mailto:sibel.alumur@uwaterloo.ca> University of Waterloo, Canada Gilbert Laporte gilbert.laporte(a)cirrelt.net<mailto:gilbert.laporte@cirrelt.net> HEC Montreal, Canada Stefan Nickel stefan.nickel(a)kit.edu<mailto:stefan.nickel@kit.edu> Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany Sibel Alumur Alev, PhD Associate 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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PhD Scholarship.
by Francisco Saldanha da Gama 18 Feb '20

18 Feb '20

Dear Locators, I would like to draw your attention to the following announcement on a PhD scholarship at The Polytechnic University of Hauts-de-France, Valenciennes, France. I thank you in advance for disseminating this announcement. Best regards, Francisco. ____________________________________________ Multi-period stochastic programming models and techniques for logistics distribution systems. In general problems addressed in the literature are more and more complex and integrate more and more information, thanks to the emergence of new technologies. However, studied problems still represent in most of the cases simplified versions of something that happens in the reality. For example, one aspect that is usually neglected in the literature is the aspect of stochasticity. More precisely, it is assumed that all data are given in advance, and there is nothing that could perturb the data. However, in the reality we have the opposite. There is a lot of uncertainty and systems and their data are subject to perturbations and changes. Hence, the aim of this PhD thesis is to further reduce this existing gap between the literature and practice. This would be achieved by proposing corresponding mathematical models and solution frameworks capable to deal with complex, stochastic problems usually encountered in practice. This thesis will focus on an integrated problem of network design and vehicle routing. The first problem to study will be a hub location routing problem. This problem is faced in many large companies like AMAZON, DHL, FeedEX etc. It consists in satisfying the customer demands within a given planning horizon using a distribution network that needs to be constructed and a given fleet of vehicles. The aim is to determine hub and spoke network through which the demands are transferred and to determine vehicles’ routes. Each demand is processed first at a distribution center, then it is transferred to one or more intermediated hubs, and finally to a customer. The transfers through the network are accomplished by the traditional vehicles (e.g., trucks) except for the last mile delivery where the delivery nowadays is accomplished also by (unmanned aerial vehicles) UAVs and electric vehicles. The second problem is a location arc routing problem. The aim of the problem is to simultaneously determine depots (i.e., locations from where vehicles departs and returns to), and design vehicles’ routes so that prespecified objective function is minimized. In addition, all demands located along edges need to be satisfied. In the frame of this thesis we are going to extend the studied problems by considering important aspects usually encountered in the practice: the aspect of stochasticity/ uncertainty that usually occurs in demands and travel times; and the aspect of multi-periodicity where the decisions need to be provided for a given planning horizon. Hence, the thesis will provide a thorough study on a robust network design and vehicle routing planning, with special emphasize on the stochasticity and multi-periodicity of problems under study. Modeling and studying theoretical properties will be the first step in the solution process of a problem at hand. Due to stochasticity/ uncertainty and/or multi-periodicity of the problems, the obtained models will be large scale mixed integer nonlinear problems. Therefore, the exact methods would be used to solve small test cases, in order to validate approach, while for large scale test cases we will be obliged to resort to heuristic solution approaches. In addition, in order to come up with strong upper/lower bounds, hybridization of exact and heuristic solution approaches will be considered as well. The thesis will be done in the framework of scientific collaboration between LAMIH UMR CNRS 8201 - Polytechnic University of Hauts-de-France (UPHF), France and Faculty of Science, University of Lisbon, Portugal. The student will be co-supervised by Francisco Saldanha da Gama (University of Lisbon) and Raca Todosijevic (LAMIH, UPHF). Required competences: - Master degree in Operations Research / Mathematics / Computers Science or equivalent; - Strong knowledge in operations research including metaheuristics and mathematical programming; - Knowledge in stochastic optimization and/or optimization under uncertainty is a plus; - Excellent programming skills (e.g., C/C++, C#, Python, Java); - Knowledge of optimization software (CPLEX, GUROBI, GAMS, BARON etc) is a plus; - A high degree of autonomy and commitment to work; - Strong written and verbal communication skills in English; - Knowledge of French and Portuguese languages are not necessary. Duration: 3 years Salary: around 1450 euros net per month. The candidate will have possibility of teaching at UPHF, which is paid extra. Application: All candidates should send their applications by e-mail to the below contacts. Application must contain: CV, motivation letter, two or more recommendation letters, copies of most recent diplomas along with exam marks. Any other document that may strengthen candidate’s application is welcome. Contacts: Francisco Saldanha da Gama, University of Lisbon, Portugal Email: fsgama(a)ciencias.ulisboa.pt Raca Todosijevic LAMIH UMR CNRS 8201 – Polytechnic University of Hauts-de-France, France Email: racatodosijevic(a)gmail.com , racatodosijevic(a)uphf.fr ______________________________________________________________________________ Francisco Saldanha da Gama, PhD Departamento de Estatística e Investigação Operacional Centro de Matemática, Aplicações Fundamentais e Investigação Operacional Faculty of Science, University of Lisbon, Portugal Phone: +351 217 500 019 | Fax: +351 217500081 | E-mail: fsgama(a)ciencias.ulisboa.pt<mailto:fsgama@fc.ul.pt> http://webpages.fc.ul.pt/~faconceicao www.deio.fc.ul.pt<http://www.deio.fc.ul.pt/> | www.fc.ul.pt<http://www.fc.ul.pt/> | http://www.fc.ul.pt/en/unidade/cmafcio Coordinator of the Undergraduate Program in Applied Mathematics https://fenix.ciencias.ulisboa.pt/degrees/matematica-aplicada-5645004366153… Editor-in-Chief Computers & Operations Research http://www.journals.elsevier.com/computers-and-operations-research

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Associate Professor position in Transportation and Logistics in Nantes, France
by Fabien Lehuédé 10 Feb '20

10 Feb '20

IMT Atlantique is recruiting an Associate Professor in Optimization and AI for Transportation and Logistics in Nantes, France. The selected candidate will join the SLP or TASC team of the Nantes research laboratory in Computer Science (https://www.ls2n.fr/?lang=en) For further information, please see https://partage.imt.fr/index.php/s/8gXRDwY9wB79kCX -- Fabien LEHUÉDÉ - fabien.lehuede(a)imt-atlantique.fr Professor, Head of the Logistics and Production group, IMT Atlantique, Laboratoire des Sciences du Numérique de Nantes (LS2N) +332 51 85 83 21 La Chantrerie 4 rue Alfred Kastler BP 20722 44307 Nantes Cedex 3, France

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GRANT EWGLA XXVI - ISOLDE XV
by Carmela Piccolo 28 Jan '20

28 Jan '20

Dear Locators, the next EWGLA conference will be held in Hamburg together with ISOLDE on June 14 - 19, 2020, and we hope to meet you all there (http://www.isolde2020.de) We are pleased to announce that EWGLA is again offering a number of grants to support participants. These grants will cover your expenses up to a maximum of ?600. Eligible expenses are costs for travel & accommodation and the conference fee. To apply, you have to be a EWGLA member and should send the following documents as a single pdf by e-mail to the EWGLA Board (ewgla-board(a)euro-online.org ): - An extended abstract of at least two full pages, - Your CV, - A letter of recommendation from your supervisor, if you are a PhD student. The deadline for applications is 10 February, 2020. Decisions about grants will be made by 15 March, 2020. We especially encourage young researchers and researchers from economically weak countries to apply. We would appreciate if you could forward this announcement to your PhD students in case they are not yet members of EWGLA and, of course, encourage them to become EWGLA members! Below you can watch the video made by students that received the grant for participating to the last edition of the EWGLA meeting in Brussels: https://www.dropbox.com/s/zab912zhhljyvo3/Video_Ewgla_XXV.mp4?dl=0 If you have questions, please do not hesitate to contact us. See you all in Hamburg, Boglárka G.-Tóth, Carmela Piccolo, Jörg Kalcsics

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IFORS 2020: Stream on Location Problems & Supply Chain Design
by KALCSICS Joerg 13 Jan '20

13 Jan '20

Dear all, We organize a stream on "Location Problems and Supply Chain Design" at IFORS 2020, Seoul, June 21-26, and you are kindly invited to submit an abstract. We welcome contributions in any area of facility location and supply chain design, whether it is theoretical or applied, exact or heuristic. Topics include, but are not limited to, planar, network and discrete location, hub location, location-routing, location in logistics & supply chain management, network design. If you wish to submit an abstract, please go to the submission platform https://www.euro-online.org/conf/ifors2020/ and choose "Abstract in an organized session" using the Code: 9457e363. If you would like to organize your own session, please let us know and we will set one up for you. Please remember that the abstract submission deadline is January 17, 2020. Sincerely, Sibel Alumur Alev Joerg Kalcsics ---------------------------------------------- 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<mailto:joerg.kalcsics@ed.ac.uk%3cmailto: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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Call for papers ICCL2020
by Institut für Wirtschaftsinformatik 10 Jan '20

10 Jan '20

International Conference on Computational Logistics (ICCL'20) Call for Papers and Sessions University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands, September 27-30, 2020 https://iccl2020.nl/ The 11th Conference on Computational Logistics will be held September 27-30, 2020 at the University of Twente in Enschede, The Netherlands. In the tradition of the previous conferences, the conference will focus on the theory and applications of operations research, artificial intelligence, and management science to problems in logistics. The theme of this edition is /Optimization and Artificial Intelligence in Logistics Management./ *Topics of the conference include among others:* * Operations Research and Management in logistics * Routing problems * Emergency logistics * Reverse logistics * Crowd logistics * Freight transportation * Green supply chain * Metropolitan/city logistics * Smart Agro-Logistics * Uncertainty modeling in planning and control * Large-scale evolutionary optimization in logistics * Multi-agent systems in logistics * Self-organizing logistics * Internet of things in smart logistics * Artificial Intelligence in logistics * Machine learning applications in supply chain * Last generation ICT networks * Land and maritime smart logistics * ICT in logistics * Computational issues in foreign trade supply chains * Facility (re-)layout decision problems *Important Dates* * February 21, 2020: Submission deadline for proposal special sessions * March 6, 2020: Notification of acceptance session proposals * May 1, 2020: Submission deadline full papers (conference proceedings) * June 12, 2020: Submission deadline abstracts for presentation only * June 26, 2020: Notifications of acceptance (for both full papers and abstracts) * July 15, 2020: Deadline for submission camera-ready paper * August 14, 2020: End of early registration (reduced conference fee) Guidelines for special session proposals Session proposals (length up to 400 words) should be submitted to Martijn Mes (m.r.k.mes(a)utwente.nl <mailto:m.r.k.mes@utwente.nl>) and Eduardo Lalla-Ruiz (e.a.lalla(a)utwente.nl <mailto:e.a.lalla@utwente.nl>), and should cover the following points: * Session title. * The organizer(s). Include names, addresses, affiliations, and indicate the main responsible person. * A brief summary of the scope/topic. Further details can be found in: https://iccl2020.nl/call-for-papers/#sessions Guidelines for paper submission Two kinds of submissions are invited, i.e., a proposal can be submitted for: * Conference papers for publication in Springer's Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS). * Abstracts for presentation only. Further details can be found in: https://iccl2020.nl/call-for-papers/#sessions Publication Conference papers will be published in Lecture Notes in Computer Sciences (LNCS), Springer. Selected papers will be invited to a post-conference special issue in *Annals of Operations Research*. Conference Chairs * Eduardo Lalla-Ruiz (e.a.lalla(a)utwente.nl <mailto:e.a.lalla@utwente.nl>) * Martijn Mes (m.r.k.mes(a)utwente.nl <mailto:m.r.k.mes@utwente.nl>) * Stefan Voß (stefan.voss(a)uni-hamburg.de <mailto:stefan.voss@uni-hamburg.de>)

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EURO Support for NATCOR Bursaries
by KALCSICS Joerg 08 Jan '20

08 Jan '20

Dear Locators, This might be of interest to some of you. Best wishes, Joerg. --- NATCOR, a National Taught Course Centre in Operational Research, delivers taught courses in the UK to PhD students on a number of different topics in OR. Please see the NATCOR website for more details: http://www.natcor.ac.uk/ EURO is pleased to announce the availability of a limited number of bursaries for PhD students to attend NATCOR courses. https://www.euro-online.org/web/pages/1568/natcor-bursaries *Heuristics & Approximation Algorithms, Nottingham, 20th-24th April 2020 *Convex Optimization, Edinburgh, 1st-5th June 2020 *Forecasting & Predictive Analysis, Lancaster, 21st-25th September 2020 The NATCOR course fees and accommodation (typically bed and breakfast) will be funded by EURO for successful candidates. Applicants must be PhD students, from one of the EURO member countries or studying in one of the EURO member countries. (see https://www.euro-online.org/web/pages/1457/current-member-societies) Applicants must have good English Language skills as all NATCOR courses will be in English. Preference will be given to students in their first or second years but all are welcome to apply. Preference will also be given to applicants who have not previously received support from EURO for NATCOR or other PhD schools. To apply for a bursary, candidates from a EURO member society country, or studying in a EURO member society country, should submit a zip file containing the application form, their curriculum vitae (including their academic track record), a letter outlining their motivation to attend, and a letter of recommendation from their supervisor to https://www.euro-online.org/awards/natcor2020/registration.php. Applicants should declare on their application if they are receiving any additional support from their PhD funding body or other sponsor. Important Dates Deadline for applications: January 20, 2020 Notification of acceptance: February 4, 2020 -- Dr Sarah Fores, FORS Manager of EURO <http://goog_1482421387> [https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1VRNIaqackHVVtOdcU_1v9_XoQFhu…]<http://www.ifors2020.kr/> <http://euro2018valencia.com/> The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336.

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Optimization 2020.
by Francisco Saldanha da Gama 18 Dec '19

18 Dec '19

Dear Locators, Dear friends, Once every three years we organize an Optimization International Conference in Portugal. In 2020 the conference will be held at the University of Aveiro in July 27--29 (https://optimization2020.web.ua.pt/) This is usually a very good conference with topics of interest to many of us. Aveiro is also a very nice city in between Oporto and Coimbra (https://porto-north-portugal.com/aveiro-portugal-guide.html) In caso you are interested in attending this conference, please let me know because I would be very glad to organize one or two sessions on Location Analysis. It would be nice to have a couple of such sessions. I take this opportunity to wish you all a Merry Season and a great 2020. With kind regards, Francisco. Francisco Saldanha da Gama, PhD Departamento de Estatística e Investigação Operacional Centro de Matemática, Aplicações Fundamentais e Investigação Operacional Faculty of Science, University of Lisbon, Portugal Phone: +351 217 500 019 | Fax: +351 217500081 | E-mail: fsgama(a)ciencias.ulisboa.pt<mailto:fsgama@fc.ul.pt> http://webpages.fc.ul.pt/~faconceicao www.deio.fc.ul.pt<http://www.deio.fc.ul.pt/> | www.fc.ul.pt<http://www.fc.ul.pt/> | http://www.fc.ul.pt/en/unidade/cmafcio Coordinator of the Undergraduate Program in Applied Mathematics https://fenix.ciencias.ulisboa.pt/degrees/matematica-aplicada-5645004366153… Editor-in-Chief Computers & Operations Research http://www.journals.elsevier.com/computers-and-operations-research

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