Special Volume: Day-to-day dynamic traffic assignment models
Guest Editors: Martin Hazelton, David Watling
Submission deadline: June 01, 2012

 

Special Volume: Pricing in transportation networks
Guest Editors: Michael Florian, Toi Lawphongpanich
Submission deadline: September 01, 2012

 

Special Volume: Risk Management
Guest Editors: Simon French, Alec Morton, Ortwin Renn
Submission deadline: September 30, 2012

 

An official journal of The OR Society. It is an interdisciplinary journal promoting the idea that all aspects of health and healthcare delivery can be viewed from a systems perspective. The journal will launch in 2012.
Editors: Sally Brailsford, Paul Harper, Cynthia LeRouge, Fay Cobb Payton

 

The aim of the winterschool is to bring together scientists from different disciplines within the area of Logistics and Supply Chain Management and to stimulate the interaction between the disciplines. In addition, PhD students get the opportunity to work under supervision of scientific experts with the aim to make significant progress.

 

Breda, The Netherlands - January 30 - February 3, 2012

 

 

The main objective of this course is to give the PhD students a solid knowledge of metaheuristics and their application to problems in logistics. After participating in this course, the PhD students should be able to perform high quality research using metaheuristic tools. The course will give a thorough study of a number of metaheuristics and the students will be introduced to the state-of-art within the area, e.g. Math heuristics and Hyper heuristics. Various methods for handling problems with multiple objectives will also be explored. Furthermore, practical matters of performing research with the use of metaheuristics will be considered. These include issues such as how metaheuristics are properly compared and how tuning is dealt with. Examples from logistics in the broad sense will be used throughout the course. Lecturers: Graham Kendall (University of Nottingham), Stefan Voss (University of Hamburg), Karl Doerner (University of Vienna)

 

Aarhus University, Denmark - February 6-11, 2012

 

 

EWSCS is a series of regional-scope international winter schools held annually in Estonia. EWSCS are organized by Institute of Cybernetics, a research institute of Tallinn University of Technology. The main objective of EWSCS is to expose Estonian, Baltic, and Nordic graduate students in computer science (but also interested students from elsewhere) to frontline research topics usually not covered within the regular curricula. The working language of the schools is English.

 

Palmse, Estonia - February 26- March 2, 2012

 

 

On completion of the block, the student should have a working knowledge of the theory, applications and implementation issues of the main heuristic approaches to combinatorial optimization and their practical application. Main contributors: Prof Sanja Petrovic (University of Nottingham, UK), Professor Julia Bennell (University of Southampton, UK), Professor Edmund Burke (University of Stirling, UK), Dr Dario Landa Silva (University of Nottingham, UK), Professor Erwin Pesch (University of Siegen, Germany), Professor Chris Potts (University of Southampton, UK), Dr Jonathan Thompson (Cardiff University, UK), Dr Greet Vanden Berghe (KaHo Sint-Lieven, Belgium).

 

University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK - April 16-20, 2012

 

 

A growing demand of optimization techniques and decision support systems is observed in the maritime industry since many years. Based on advances in information and equipment technologies, maritime shipping, cargo handling and hinterland transportation yield complex logistics processes that have to be managed in increasingly competitive environments. Aim of this EURO summer institute (ESI) is to bring together young researchers with academic experts from operations research, logistics and the maritime business. Every participant will present an own research paper which is intensively discussed within a workshop, for example on ship routing, terminal design, and seaside or yard operations management in container terminals. Next to focused workshops, tutorial lectures on selected topics and invited surveys on recent and future developments in the maritime sector complete the scientific program. With its orientation, the ESI offers a unique opportunity for young researchers in the field to share experience with colleagues from all over Europe and to enter the scientific community.

 

Bremen, Germany - June 3-15, 2012

 

 

AIMS OF THE COURSE: 1) To develop knowledge of different aspects of convex optimization and its applications. 2) To develop an ability to model real life problems as mathematical programming problems and an ability to adapt industry standard solvers to process them. 3) To develop an ability to analyze optimization algorithms for their merits and shortcomings. 4) To develop an ability to work independently as well as in a peer group with limited supervision.

 

Brunel University, London, UK - July 2-6, 2012

 

 

This one-week program undertakes an in-depth study of discrete choice models (logit, nested logit, generalized extreme value, probit, logit mixtures), data collection, specification, estimation, statistical testing, forecasting, and application. The covered topics include analysis of revealed and stated preferences data, sampling, and simulation-based estimation, discrete panel data, Bayesian estimation, discrete-continuous models, menu choice, and models with latent variables. The course includes practical application sessions where participants will be provided with discrete choice software to learn how to estimate and test discrete choice models taught in lecture using real databases, and gain hands on experience in using new discrete choice techniques for practical applications. By examining actual case studies of discrete choice methods, students will be familiarized with problems of model formulation, testing, and forecasting.

 

MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA - July 11-15, 2012

 

 

The course aims at providing the participants with a working understanding of the main concepts of efficiency analysis, modelling approaches used in DEA and practical applications of the method. Main contributors: Dr Victor Podinovski (University of Warwick).

 

Brunel University, London, UK - July 7, 2012

 

 

Cutting and packing problems are hard combinatorial problems, which arise in the context of many real-world applications, both in industry and in services. In general, they require that “large objects” are to be divided into “small items” in such a way that waste is minimized. Problems of this kind may involve the cutting of paper rolls into narrower rolls in the paper industry, the cutting of large wooden boards into smaller rectangular panels in the furniture industry, the cutting of irregularly shaped components of garment from fabric rolls in the fashion industry, but also the packing boxes into containers or the loading boxes on pallets in logistics applications. The aim of the EURO Summer Institute on Cutting and Packing (ESI-CP) is bringing together young researchers with academic experts in the field. Every participant will present an unpublished research paper on a topic from Cutting and Packing which will be intensively discussed during workshop sessions of the ESI-CP. In addition to these workshops, the Scientific Program will include tutorials on selected topics and invited surveys of recent and an outlook on future developments in the area of Cutting and Packing. An attractive social program will allow for meeting and socializing with other young researchers and established experts in the field. In other words: the ESI-CP will offer a unique opportunity for establishing a personal network, addressing an international audience and creating new research groups.

 

Porto, Portugal - July 16-27, 2012

 

 

Modeling and simulation methods are essential elements in the design and operation of transportation systems. Congestion problems in cities worldwide have prompted at all levels of government and industry a proliferation of interest in Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) that include advanced supply and demand management techniques. Such techniques include real-time traffic control measures and real-time traveler information and guidance systems whose purpose is to assist travelers in making departure time, mode and route choice decisions. Transportation researchers have developed models and simulators for use in the planning, design and operations of such systems. This course draws heavily on the results of recent research and is sponsored by the Intelligent Transportation Systems Laboratory of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

 

MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA - August 6-10, 2012

 

 

The purpose of the summer school is to give an introductory overview of some recent exciting results in the area of linear and semidefinite programming, to present current research directions, and to give students working in this or related fields the opportunity to meet and to get to know each other.

 

Dollnsee, Germany - August 14-16, 2012

 

Canary Islands, Spain - March 21-23, 2012

 

The Abbey Hotel Golf and Country Club, Worcestershire, UK - March 27-28, 2012

 

Paderborn, Germany - March 28-30, 2012

 

, Tallinn, Estonia - March 31 -April 1, 2012

 

Leuven, Belgium - April 1-4, 2012

 

Malaga, Spain - April 11-13, 2012

 

Athens, Greece - April 17-21, 2012

 

Imperial College London, London, UK - April 18-20, 2012

 

Nottingham, UK - April 20-22, 2012

 

Antalya, Turkey - April 26-28, 2012

 

Lyngby, Copenhagen, Denmark - May 10-11, 2012

 

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada - May 13-16, 2012

 

Crete, Greece - May 13-17, 2012

 

Orlando, FL, USA - May 19-23, 2012

 

Bucharest, Romania - May 23-25, 2012

 

Bundeswehr University Munich, Munich, Germany - May 29-31, 2012

 

Nantes, France - May 29, 2012

 

Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, USA - June 4-6, 2012

 

Brisbane, Australia - June 10-15, 2012

 

University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK - June 18-23, 2012

 

Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada - June 22-23, 2012

 

Boston, USA - June 24-27, 2012

 

Natal, Brazil - June 26-29, 2012

 

Nizhni Novgorod, Russia - July 3-7, 2012

 

Philadelphia, USA - July 7-11, 2012

 

Vilnius, Lithuania - July 8-11, 2012

 

Beijing, China - July 12-15, 2012

 

University of California, Davis, USA - July 16-19, 2012

 

University of Twente in Enschede, the Netherlands - July 15-20, 2012

 

Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary - July 19-20, 2012

 

Niagara Falls, Canada - July 19-21, 2012

 

Nice, France - July 22-27, 2012

 

Bangkok, Thailand - July 25-27, 2012

 

Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, USA - July 30 -August 1, 2012

 

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, USA - August 15-17, 2012

 

Berlin, Germany - August 19-24, 2012

 

Budapest, Hungary - August 20-24, 2012

 

Son, Norway - August 28-31, 2012

 

Taormina, Italy - September 1-5, 2012

 

The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK - September 4-6, 2012

 

Vietri sul Mare (Salerno), Italy - September 4-7, 2012

 

EPFL Campus, Lausanne, Switzerland - September 4-7, 2012

 

Wroclaw, Poland - September 9-12, 2012

 

Ljubljana, Slovenia - September 10-12, 2012

 

Hamburg, Germany - September 13-14, 2012

 

Ljubljana, Slovenia - September 13-14, 2012

 

Angra dos Reis, Brazil - September 16-21, 2012

 

University of Oxford, Oxford, UK - September 17-19, 2012

 

Indianapolis, Indiana, USA - September 17-19, 2012

 

Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey - October 3-6, 2012

 

Herceg Novi, Montenegro - October 4-7, 2012

 

Phoenix, Arizona, USA - October 14-17, 2012

 

Port El Kantaoui, Sousse, Tunisia - October 27-31, 2012

 

Cité Internationale Universitaire, Paris, France - December 12-14, 2012

 

Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA - January 5-8, 2013

 

Tokyo, Japan - November 10-12, 2010

 

EUROCONTROL Experimental Centre, Bretigny-sur-Orge, France - December 7-9, 2010

 

Berlin, Germany - June 13-17, 2011

 

Poznan, Poland- September 6-9, 2011

 

Ecole Nationale de l’Aviation Civile (ENAC) in Toulouse, France - November 29 - December 1, 2011

 

University of Westminster, UK - January 10, 2012

 

Amsterdam RAI - March 6-8, 2012

 

University of Berkeley, California, USA - May 22-25, 2012

 

Imperial College, London, UK - May 29-31, 2012

 

Tainan, Taiwan - June 27-30, 2012

 

Braunschweig, Germany - November 27-29, 2012