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INFORMS Annual Meeting 2020
by Sibel Alumur Alev 09 Jul '20

09 Jul '20

Dear EWGLA members, We recently received an email from INFORMS that the Annual Meeting will be hosted online this year. I'm forwarding this email to you below. If you would like to chair a SOLA sponsored invited session or present in one, please email Ismail Capar (capar(a)tamu.edu) as soon as possible. This year SOLA is preparing a panel on "The Future of Location Analysis: Challenges and Opportunities" with distinguished speakers and we would like all of you to be a part of these discussions. We will share the details of its schedule. We look forward to seeing you all in the first-ever virtual INFORMS annual meeting! Best regards, Sibel 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/ We were looking forward to hosting this year's Annual Meeting attendees in the Washington, DC area, however, COVID-19 has changed that. Now, instead of meeting in person, we're holding our first-ever virtual annual meeting, featuring the same great content that you would have experienced at a traditional meeting along with many new features! This new format will ensure the global INFORMS community stays safe, healthy, and well-connected during these challenging times. We hope that you and your sessions chairs can still present at the conference. The system is open for you to invite session chairs, that may have declined to fill a session because of COVID-19. The system will remain open for Cluster Chairs, Session Chairs and Presenters, until July 30th. Presenters and all attendees will be required to register at a reduced fee. The conference will take place in Eastern Time zone. We would also like to let you know that structure may change (ie) time, dates, length of session, etc) further details will be provided in the upcoming weeks. Attendees that register will have access to many live presentations and Q&A opportunities, combined with 24/7 access to on-demand sessions. All told, our virtual meeting attendees will have the chance to hear more than 5,000 presentations from their peers and colleagues around the world. And that's just the start. The INFORMS virtual meeting will also feature chat rooms and other online networking opportunities; a virtual exhibit hall; an online career center, and so much more. Join us for the inaugural INFORMS virtual Annual Meeting! We look forward to seeing you online!

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Call for Papers: Advances in Facility Location and Logistics
by Olivier PETON 30 Jun '20

30 Jun '20

Please accept our apologies in case of cross-posting! Dear locators, We cordially invite you to submit an article to the special issue of the *EURO Journal of Transportation and Logistics *dedicated to *Advances in Facility Location and Logistics*. The detailed call for papers is attached. Alternatively, you can visit https://www.journals.elsevier.com/euro-journal-on-transportation-and-logist… The submission deadline is *15 December 2020*. Please forward this email to any interested colleagues. With our best regards, Isabel Correia, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa& CMA (Portugal) *isc(a)fct.unl.pt <mailto:isc@fct.unl.pt> Teresa Melo, Saarland University of Applied Sciences (Germany) *teresa.melo(a)htwsaar.de <mailto:teresa.melo@htwsaar.de> Olivier Péton, IMT Atlantique (France) *olivier.peton(a)imt-atlantique.fr <mailto:olivier.peton@imt-atlantique.fr> -- 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> -- L'absence de virus dans ce courrier électronique a été vérifiée par le logiciel antivirus Avast. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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Invitation to ISOLDE 2021 in Germany
by Anita Schoebel 25 Jun '20

25 Jun '20

Dear Locators, if ISOLDE had taken place as planned, we would have seen each other last week. This was unfortunately not the case :-( But I hope you are all safe and healthy. And I have good news! We invite you to ISOLDE 2021 together with EWGLA XXVI in Germany which will take place from 4.-9. July 2021 in Kaiserslautern ("K-town") and Baden-Baden We will enjoy the Palatinate with its great wines, a spa resort at the edge of the Black Forest, visit the Hambach Castle and have (most likely) a ride on an old steam train. For more information, see the flyer in the attachment or visit our new homepage www.isolde2021.de We are looking forward to seeing you in Germany next year! For the organizing team Anita -- Prof. Dr. Anita Schöbel ! Tel: +49 (0)631 205 5048 Fachbereich Mathematik ! Fax: +49 (0)631 205 2748 TU Kaiserslautern ! Gebäude 48, Raum 529 ! Gottlieb-Daimler-Straße ! 67663 Kaiserslautern ! schoebel(a)mathematik.uni-kl.de

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SOLA Dissertation Award
by Sibel Alumur Alev 04 May '20

04 May '20

Call for Submissions for the SOLA Dissertation Award The INFORMS Section on Location Analysis (SOLA) announces the biennial "SOLA Dissertation Award" given to the best dissertation in the area of Location Analysis. Dissertation eligibility is as follows: 1. written in English 2. completed between January 1, 2018 and December 31, 2019 3. primary focus on substantive, theoretical or methodological issues in location analysis and modeling Completed dissertations from all disciplines, including management science, industrial engineering, transportation science, geography, and economics, will be considered. Applicants are required to submit a dissertation package that includes the following as a single PDF file: 1. a cover letter stating the name of their supervisor(s) 2. a letter from their supervisor supporting their submission 3. a two-page summary of their dissertation research 4. a copy of the dissertation Complete packages should be submitted via e-mail no later than June 1st, 2020 to the Chair, SOLA Dissertation Award at the following address. Prof. Vladimir Marianov Department of Electrical Engineering Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile Email: marianov(a)ing.puc.cl<mailto:marianov@ing.puc.cl> Competition results and awards will be announced at the INFORMS 2020 Annual Conference. Questions regarding this competition should be directed to Prof. Vladimir "Vlad" Marianov. 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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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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