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EWGLA XX Call for Papers
by Sibel Alumur Alev 05 Nov '12

05 Nov '12

EWGLA XX CALL FOR PAPERS - Submission deadline: 18 January 2013 Dear colleagues, This is the first announcement for the 20th EURO Working Group on Locational Analysis Meeting, EWGLA XX, to be held in Ankara, Turkey on April 17-19, 2013. The conference will take place in the conference center of the TOBB University of Economics and Technology. More information regarding the conference can be found in the conference web site: <http://www.ewgla2013.org> www.ewgla2013.org We apologize for cross-posting. Aims and Scope The meeting intends to gather the operations research community from different parts of the world to share experiences in the field of locational analysis We invite participation from all areas related to location theory including: * network location, * continuous location, * discrete location, * obnoxious location, * competitive location, * hub location, * location-routing, * advanced location models, * location applications (logistics, network design), * exact and heuristic solution methods. Contributions are welcome from academia, industry or the public sector. In addition to presentations, the meeting is intended to be a forum for exchange of recent experiences and results. A special issue will be devoted to recent developments on location analysis in the journal Computers & Operations Research published by Elsevier. Important Dates · Abstract submission deadline: 18 January 2013, Friday · Notification of acceptance: 15 February 2013, Friday · Early registration: 8 March 2013, Friday · Conference: 17-19 April 2013 Committees Scientific Committee: Sibel Alumur Alev - TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Turkey (Co-Chair) Giuseppe Bruno - University of Naples Federico II, Italy James Campbell - University of Missouri St. Louis, United States Emilio Carrizosa - University of Sevilla, Spain H.A. Eiselt - University of New Brunswick, Canada Erhan Erkut - Özyeğin University, Turkey Elena Fernandez - University Politecnica de Cataluña, Spain Ioannis Giannikos - University of Patras, Greece Horst Hamacher - University of Kaiserslautern, Germany Mercedes Landete Ruiz - University Miguel Hernandez of Elche, Spain Vladimir Marianov - Universidad Catolica de Chile, Chile Alfredo Marin - University of Murcia, Spain Stefan Nickel - Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany Justo Puerto - University of Sevilla, Spain Francisco Saldanha da Gama - University of Lisbon, Portugal Barbaros Tansel - Bilkent University, Turkey Bahar Yetiş Kara - Bilkent University, Turkey (Co-Chair) Local Committee: Sibel Alumur Alev - TOBB University of Economics and Technology (Co-Chair) Burçin Bozkaya - Sabancı University Nilgün Fescioğlu Ünver - TOBB University of Economics and Technology Gültekin Kuyzu - TOBB University of Economics and Technology Haldün Süral - Middle East Technical University Hünkar Toyoğlu - Bilkent University Hande Yaman - Bilkent University Bahar Yetiş Kara - Bilkent University (Co-Chair) EWGLA Coordination Board: Sibel Alumur Alev - TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Turkey Ioannis Giannikos - University of Patras, Greece Mercedes Landete Ruiz - University Miguel Hernandez of Elche, Spain You can contact the conference secretariat regarding all the academic and organizational issues by e-mailing to <mailto:info@ewgla2013.org> info(a)ewgla2013.org.

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RA Advert
by Gabor Nagy 05 Nov '12

05 Nov '12

UNIVERSITY OF KENT KENT BUSINESS SCHOOL Postdoctoral Research Associate in Facility Location and Logistics Applications are invited for a 2-year fixed term position as a postdoctoral researcher associate (PDRA) in the area of Facility Location and Logistics starting in February 2013 (or soon thereafter). The PDRA will join the Management Science group of the Kent Business School. The PDRA will be expected to actively engage in basic research and work closely with Drs Jesse O’Hanley, Maria Paola Scaparra, and Gábor Nagy and other academics in the Management Science group with the primary goal of publishing in top operational research journals. The PDRA will have wide latitude to help frame and design the specific programme of research. Potential areas of investigation include but are not limited to facility protection planning, robust supply chain systems, disaster management, hub location, and energy and the environment. The post holder will further assist in the preparation of grant applications and support the general research culture of the Business School by organising and delivering seminars. Applicants are expected to hold a PhD in Operational Research / Management Science, Mathematics, Computer Science or a closely related discipline. The ideal candidate will have a firm knowledge of integer programming and heuristic methods and a demonstrated interest in facility location planning and logistics. Good computer programming experience as well as excellent written and communication skills is essential. Applications will be assessed based on relevant skills and previous publication record. Salary: £31,020 - £35,938 (Grade 7) How to Apply Please see the link below to view the full job description and to apply for this post. http://www11.i-grasp.com/fe/tpl_kent01.asp?s=xgIfLQnAyPBgDdPyv&jobid=37082,… Applications should include all of the following materials: • A short cover letter explaining your specific interest in the research project, relevant training and skills • A curriculum vitae (CV) • Names and contact information of two potential references who can supply letters of support if short-listed for the position If you require further information regarding the post or application process please contact Louise Barlow at l.j.barlow(a)kent.ac.uk<mailto:l.j.barlow@kent.ac.uk>. Please note applications must be made online via the University website. Details sent directly via email will not be considered. Informal enquiries may be directed by email to: Dr Jesse O’Hanley at j.ohanley(a)kent.ac.uk<mailto:j.ohanley@kent.ac.uk> Completed applications should be received no later than: 23 November 2012 Interviews are expected to be held: week commencing 10 December 2012

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Winter School Network optimization 2013
by Luis Eduardo Neves Gouveia 09 Oct '12

09 Oct '12

The 3rd Winter School on Network Optimization (http://NetOpt2013.fc.ul.pt) will take place at the Hotel Sana, Estoril, from the 14th to the 18th of January, 2013. Its main objective is to provide an opportunity for PhD students to get together and attend high level courses in the field of Network Optimization. Non-PhD students are welcome to attend the school, but the number of participants is limited and priority will be given to PhD students. Since the first edition in 2009, the school has been part of the activities of the Centro de Investigação Operacional, University of Lisbon as well as of the European Network Optimization Group (ENOG). The event is also endorsed by the EURO – the Association of European Societies – and APDIO – the Portuguese OR society. School Lecturers Antonio Frangioni Università di Pisa Decomposition in multicommodity flows: old ideas and new developments Michel Gendreau CIRRELT and MAGI, École Polytechnique de Montréal Stochastic network design problems Arie Koster RWTH Aachen University Network design under demand uncertainty by robust optimization Martine Labbé Université Libre de Bruxelles Combinatorial optimization problems in biology and medicine: haplotyping and phylogeny Paolo Toth Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna Algorithms and formulations for the asymmetric salesman problem Organizing Committee Luis Gouveia (chair) CIO – University of Lisbon Walid Ben-Ameur TELECOM SudParis Miguel Constantino CIO – University of Lisbon Maria Conceição Fonseca CIO – University of Lisbon Bernard Fortz Computer Science Department – Université Libre de Bruxelles Rodrigo Marques CIO Marta Mesquita CIO & ISA – Technical University of Lisbon Pedro Moura CIO – University of Lisbon Maria Cândida Mourão CIO & ISEG – Technical University of Lisbon Margarida Moz CIO & ISEG – Technical University of Lisbon Ana Paias CIO – University of Lisbon João Telhada CIO – University of Lisbon

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First Call XVEGC
by XV Spanish Meeting on Computational Geometry 08 Oct '12

08 Oct '12

XV Spanish Meeting on Computational Geometry Sevilla, June 26-28, 2013 http://congreso.us.es/ecgeometry/ We apologize for multiple postings. FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS ======================================= The Organizers of the 15th EGC Meeting have a great pleasure of inviting you to take part in this Conference to be held in Sevilla, June 26-28, 2013. We are convinced that the ECG2013 will be an excellent opportunity for the Combinatorial & Computational Geometry community to get together again in a pleasant atmosphere, and, thus, we are looking forward to seeing you in Sevilla, the capital of Andalucía, in 2013! Please, visit the website (http://congreso.us.es/ecgeometry/) for more information. PLENARY SPEAKERS ================= - Jorge Urrutia, UNAM, Mexico. - Rolf Klein, University of Bonn, Germany. - Pedro A. Ramos, University of Alcalá de Henares, Spain. CALL FOR PAPERS: ============================= The XV ECG (Encuentros de Geometría Computacional, in Spanish) will be held on June 26-28, 2013, at the School of Engineering of the University of Seville, Spain. The focus of the conference is on current topics in discrete and computational geometry, including both theoretical and applied results. EGC has been held since 1990 (bi-annually since 1995) and combines a strong scientific tradition with a friendly and informal atmosphere. The conference will feature presentations of accepted submissions as well as invited talks. As in the previous EGC, the meeting will have an international character, and we would be pleased to welcome all CG-community members interested in joining us in this event. Authors are invited to submit articles describing original research in computational & combinatorial geometry. Notice that EGC'2013 will not have formal proceedings. A booklet of abstracts, without ISBN number, will be distributed among attendees. In order to guarantee that submissions are in scope and not below basic standards, there will be a limited reviewing process. Contributions presented at ECG are expected to appear in other conferences with formal proceedings and/or in journals. A special issue with selected papers is planned to be published in a CG journal. Please see the call for papers and the submission instructions for details. We invite all researchers, academicians, practitioners, as well as students interested in any branch of combinatorial & computational geometry to participate at the Meeting and to present their papers. Topics include, but are not limited to: · discrete and combinatorial geometry; · linear programming applied to geometric problems; · geometric algorithms and data structures; · theoretical foundations of computational geometry; · questions of interest in the implementation of geometric algorithms; · applications of computational geometry (computer graphics, virtual reality, robotics, simulation and visualization, solid modelling, CAD, pattern recognition, graph drawing, circuits layout, image processing, GIS, multimedia and animation, etc.); IMPORTANT DATES: ================ Deadline for abstract submission: April 1, 2013. Notification of acceptance: May 1, 2013. Deadline for early registration: May 23, 2013. Conference: June 26-28, 2013. SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE: ==================== • Oswin Aichholzer. • Sergey Bereg. • Prosenjit K. Bose. • Sergio Cabello. • José Miguel Díaz-Báñez (Co-Chair). • Alfredo García. • Ferran Hurtado. • Rolf Klein. • Stefan Langerman. • Mario López. • Alberto Márquez (Co-Chair). • Belén Palop. • Pedro Ramos. • David Rappaport. • Vera Sacristán. • Gelasio Salazar. • Toni Sellarès. • Jorge Urrutia (Co-chair). • David Wood. ORGANIZING COMMITTEE: ===================== • Carmen Cortés. • Mª José Chávez. • José Miguel Díaz-Báñez (Chair). • Isabel Fernández. • Delia Garijo. • Mª Ángeles Garrido. • Alberto Márquez. • Pablo Pérez-Lantero. • Inmaculada Ventura. REGISTRATION FEES: ================== - Regular: 175 Euros (early); 250 Euros (late). - Student: 75 Euros (early); 150 Euros (late). Early registration ends May 23, 2013. The regular/student registration fee includes: - Participation in all sessions. - Conference materials (Final Program, Book of Abstracts), - Gala Dinner and Flamenco show. - Coffee breaks and lunches. For more details, consult the conference site, http://congreso.us.es/ecgeometry/, where all relevant information will progressively be included. For any further information please contact: E-mail: 15egc(a)us.es Yours Sincerely, Organizing Committee

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Repository for PhD theses
by Γιάννης Γιαννίκος 17 Sep '12

17 Sep '12

Dear EWGLA members, In order to promote the dissemination of research, we have created a separate area in the EWGLA web page for PhD theses in Location Analysis or other related areas. This PhD theses repository will be accessible only to registered members of EWGLA. Any member who wishes to make his/her thesis available is encouraged to send a copy to ewgla-board(a)euro-online.org, preferably in English, in PDF format so that we can upload it in the repository. We hope this will facilitate the dissemination of research within the group and increase the chances of collaboration. Sibel Alumur Alev, TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Turkey Ioannis Giannikos, University of Patras, Greece Mercedes Ruiz Landete, Universidad Miguel Hernández, Elche, Spain

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WG: LAST CALL - SOLA Cluster for 2012 INFORMS Annual Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona, October 14-17
by Nickel, Stefan 12 May '12

12 May '12

Dear EWGLA members, it might be nice to see some of us at INFORMS in the location cluster. Regards Stefan Von: Kutanoglu, Erhan [mailto:erhank@austin.utexas.edu] Gesendet: Samstag, 12. Mai 2012 17:52 An: location-analysis(a)list.informs.org Cc: Nickel, Stefan Betreff: LAST CALL - SOLA Cluster for 2012 INFORMS Annual Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona, October 14-17 Dear SOLA Members, This is just to remind everyone that the deadline for abstract submission for the Informs Annual Meeting in Phoenix is Tuesday, May 15. If you'd like to organize a SOLA session, or submit an abstract to the SOLA cluster, please let us know. Please see the original call for sessions below for more information. Looking forward to see you in Phoenix! Erhan Kutanoglu (erhank(a)austin.utexas.edu<mailto:erhank@austin.utexas.edu>) and Stefan Nickel (Stefan.nickel(a)kit.edu<mailto:Stefan.nickel@kit.edu>) SOLA Cluster Co-Chairs From: Kutanoglu, Erhan Sent: Monday, March 05, 2012 12:48 PM To: 'location-analysis(a)list.informs.org' Cc: Nickel, Stefan (stefan.nickel(a)kit.edu<mailto:stefan.nickel@kit.edu>) Subject: SOLA Cluster for 2012 INFORMS Annual Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona, October 14-17 Dear SOLA Members, If you would like to organize a SOLA sponsored session for the INFORMS Annual Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona, October 14-17, 2012, please send us an email in your earliest convenience. The abstracts submission deadline is May 15; we have time, but we'd like to set up the sessions early so that your speakers have sufficient time to upload their abstracts. Phoenix is America's sixth-largest city that still has real cowboys and rugged mountains and the kind of cactus most people see only in cartoons. This cosmopolitan city is the gateway to the Grand Canyon, and its history is a testament to the spirit of puebloans, ranchers, miners and visionaries. The meeting will be held October 14-17, at the Phoenix Convention Center, under the leadership of Ronald Askin, Arizona State University, as General Chair. For more information about the Annual Meeting, please visit http://meetings2.informs.org/phoenix2012/. Hope to see you in Phoenix in October! Erhan Kutanoglu (erhank(a)austin.utexas.edu<mailto:erhank@austin.utexas.edu>) and Stefan Nickel (Stefan.nickel(a)kit.edu<mailto:Stefan.nickel@kit.edu>) SOLA Cluster Co-Chairs

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Extension of the submission deadline of ISOLDE XII
by SUZUKI Atsuo/鈴木敦夫 02 Apr '12

02 Apr '12

Dear EWGLA members, We are very sorry that ISOLDE XII registration system did not work on March 31st. We organizing committee decided to extend the deadline to April 20th considering this system failure. We reopen the registration system today. Please visit our WEB site http://www.ms.nanzan-u.ac.jp/uor/isolde/ We are very looking forward to seeing you in Japan. Atsuo Suzuki Department of Information Systems & Mathmatical Sciences, Nanzan University 27 Seto-shi, Aichi 489-0863, Japan

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Fw: Vacancy for a Senior Research Fellowship "EconomicSciences" at VUB.
by Γιάννης Γιαννίκος 05 Mar '12

05 Mar '12

Dear EWGLA members, Please find attached an announcement for a Senior Research Fellowship in Economic Sciences at VUB in Brussels. The EWGLA Coordination Board -----Αρχικό μήνυμα----- From: faplastr@vub.ac.becjmachar@vub.ac.be Sent: Monday, March 05, 2012 12:37 PM To: ewgla-board(a)euro-online.org ; riccardo.rossi(a)unipd.it ; luce.brotcorne(a)inria.fr ; ewg.verolog(a)gmail.com ; rita.decclesia(a)uniroma1.it Subject: [Ewgla-board] Vacancy for a Senior Research Fellowship "EconomicSciences" at VUB. Dear coordinator, May I ask you to transmit this announcement to the members of your EURO Working Group. Sincerely F.PLastria Vacancy for a Senior Research Fellowship "Economic Sciences" at VUB. See details in attachment. _______________________________________________ Ewgla-board mailing list Ewgla-board(a)euro-online.org http://www.euro-online.org/mailman/listinfo/ewgla-board

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SOLA sponsored session for the INFORMS Annual Meeting in Phoenix
by Nickel, Stefan 03 Mar '12

03 Mar '12

Dear EWGLA members, If you would like to organize a SOLA sponsored session for the INFORMS Annual Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona, October 14-17, 2012, please send us an email in your earliest convenience. The abstracts submission deadline is May 15 so we have time, but we’d like to set up your sessions early so that your speakers have sufficient time to upload their abstracts. For more information about the Annual Meeting, please visithttp://meetings2.informs.org/phoenix2012/. Hope to see you in Phoenix in October! Erhan Kutanoglu (erhank(a)austin.utexas.edu) and Stefan Nickel (stefan.nickel(a)kit.edu) SOLA Cluster Co-Chairs We would like to cordially invite you to join us at the 2012 INFORMS Annual Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona. Phoenix is America’s sixth-largest city that still has real cowboys and rugged mountains and the kind of cactus most people see only in cartoons. This cosmopolitan city is the gateway to the Grand Canyon, and its history is a testament to the spirit of puebloans, ranchers, miners and visionaries. The meeting will be held October 14-17, at the Phoenix Convention Center, under the leadership of Ronald Askin, Arizona State University, as General Chair.

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ISOLDE XII 2ndCFP
by SUZUKI Atsuo/鈴木敦夫 07 Feb '12

07 Feb '12

Dear EWGLA members, The website of ISOLDE XII www.ms.nanzan-u.ac.jp/uor/isolde/index.html is updated. We uploaded information about the symposium. Please check the importatnt dates for your schedule. We extended the deadline of the submission to March 31 because of the delay of our preparation. The registration webpage will be open hopefully in a week. Please note that people who registered and submitted papers last year needs to register and submit the paper again. I am sorry for this inconvenience. We are very looking forward to seeing you in Japan. Atsuo Here is the first CFP of ISOLDE XII. ISOLDE XII Call for Papers Nagoya & Kyoto, July 19 – 24, 2012 Because of the earthquake and the tsunami which struck Tohoku area in Japan on March 11th in 2011 and the following Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear plant accidents, we postponed the ISOLDE XII for one year. Now the nuclear plant situation is stabilized. Foods and water are completely inspected and radiationally contaminated foods are never served in Japan. Considering these situations, the organizing committee and the scientific committee have decided to have ISOLDE XII in Japan in July 2012. We will restart the registration process by the end of January. We hope that many location scientists and practitioners come to Japan and have a fruitful time for both their careers. The ISOLDE Conferences have been held every three years since 1978. The conference attendees are scientists and practitioners whose research interests deal with quantitative and qualitative methods for location theory, modeling and planning. Researchers and practitioners who are working in all related areas of economics, engineering, geography, mathematics and operations research are also invited to participate. We are proud to hold the first ISOLDE meeting outside of Europe and North America, and are pleased to invite you to attend the ISOLDE XII conference to be held in Nagoya and Kyoto from July 19 through 24, 2012. Following a tradition started with ISOLDE III, the conference will take place in two locations: the first three days we will meet in Nagoya, on the campus of Nanzan University. From there, we will move to Kyoto, an old capital of Japan. The first three days of the meeting, we will meet in Nagoya, the central city of the Chubu region. Nagoya is located at the center of Honshu ( the main island of Japan) and the most economically successful industrial city in Japan. The hosting institution is NANZAN University, which was founded by the Divine Word Missionaries and is one of the most prestigious universities in this region. Sessions will be held at Nagoya Campus which is located in the rolling hills overlooking metropolitan Nagoya city. The URL of Nanzan University’s website is http://www.nanzan-u.ac.jp/English/ The second part of the conference will be held in Kyoto, the old capital of Japan Kyoto was established more than 1200 years ago and is a World Heritage site. Kyoto is famous for their historical temples, shrines and houses. Following a short tour of Kyoto, the sessions will take place at Hotel Granvia Kyoto, which is located next to Kyoto Station. The URL of the hotel’s website is http://www.granviakyoto.com/ The preliminary conference website is now open. As the site is in development, contents are subject to change. The URL is http://www.ms.nanzan-u.ac.jp/uor/isolde/ We hope to see all of you in Nagoya in July 2012. Atsuo Suzuki, Conference Chairman on behalf of the Organizing Committee Important dates: January 2012: Registration start 31 March, 2012: Deadline for abstract submission 30 April, 2012: Notification of acceptance 15 June, 2012: Deadline for early registration 19-24 July, 2012: ISOLDE XII 18th: Welcome reception at Nanzan University 19th-21st: Sessions in Nanzan University 21st: Transfer to Hotel Granvia Kyoto 22nd: Excursion in Kyoto 23rd-24th: Sessions in Hotel Granvia Kyoto 24th: Banquet Registration fee will be announced soon at the website. The preliminary estimate of the regular fee isabout 50,000 JPY. Subsidies for students, retirees, and the special rates for accompanying family will be also determined. We are also arranging post or pre conference tours in Japan – please watch the website for announcements Department of Information Systems & Mathmatical Sciences, Nanzan University 27 Seto-shi, Aichi 489-0863, Japan

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