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OR for development
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LATEST EVENTS
Call for papers. The OR Society’s, UK, 52nd Annual conference in September 2010 will include a stream on OR in Developing Countries. Please contact Alberto Paucar-Caceras, Manchester Metropolitan University A.Paucar@mmu.ac.uk and see the website
http://www.orsoc.org.uk/orshop/(ckrlnoagach15345aupcoy45)/orcontent.aspx?inc=or52_main.htm
CALL FOR PAPERS - still open just!
"A EURO ORD Workshop on OR for Developing Countries - Young
Researchers and PhD Symposium", University of Lisbon, Portugal, July
10, 2010.
This is a satellite event of EURO24, July 11-14. Contributions that show the outworking of OR methods within the particular context of developing countries are welcome!
This workshop provides an opportunity for doctoral students to present and
discuss their research within a focused environment and with other academics
and practitioners with similar interests in Operational Research (OR) and
Development. It is organized by EURO ORD, the new EURO Working Group on OR
for Development (http://www2.ing.puc.cl/~fcrespo/eurofdv/). The symposium
will comprise plenary sessions, research clinics as well as the opportunity
to have research dialogues led by senior academics working in the field.
Contact: honora.smith@soton.ac.uk
ALIO-INFORMS Joint International Meeting, June 2010
A stream on OR for developing countries will form part of the ALIO-INFORMS Joint International Meeting, see http://meetings.informs.org/BuenosAires2010/
Contact: Claudia C. Rave, I.C., M.Sc.
Grupo de Análisis y Modelamiento Energía Ambiente Economía
Universidad Nacional de Colombia, sede Medellín
ccraveh@unal.edu.co
The annual international conference of the German OR society
Munich September 1-3, 2010
http://www.or2010.de/
The 6th Annual International ORSEA Conference will be held at the Makerere University Business School in Kampala, Uganda on October 14 and 15, 2010.
The theme for the conference is 'Innovation in OR and Economic Transformation.' The organizers hope the exciting opportunity to interact with researchers from around the world and enjoy Lake Victoria, the Kasubi Tombs, the Uganda Museum, Bujagali falls, and several nearby game reserves and eco-tourism sites will entice you to attend this conference. For more information contact Conference Chair Musa Moya of the Makerere University Business School at mmoya@mubs.ac.ug or +256-772-564-130.
IFORS 2011 Melbourne Convention Centre, Melbourne, Australia
The19th Triennial Conference of the International Federation of Operational Research Societies (IFORS) which will be hosted by the Victorian chapter of the Australian Society for Operations Research (ASOR).
http://www.ifors2011.org/
Stream on OR and Development: Pankaj Chandra chandra@iimb.ernet.in
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Department of Management
University of Bristol
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Prof. Gerhard-Wilhelm Weber |
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Prof. Gerhard-Wilhelm Weber
Middle East Technical University
Institute of Applied Mathematics
Department of Scientific Computing
Department of Financial Mathematics
ODTÜ
Ankara
06531 Turkey
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Additonal Coordinators
Fernando Crespo,Pontifical Catholic University of Chile,facrespo@puc.cl
Marthi Harmse, Sasol, South Africa, marthi.harmse@sasol.com
Pedamallu Chandra Sekhar, New England Biolabs Inc., USA, pcs.murali@gmail.com
Honora Smith, University of Southampton, honora.smith@soton.ac.uk
Advisory Board
Prof. Dorien DeTombe
Prof. Gustav Feichtinger
Prof. Ali Gökmen
Mr. Hans Ittmann
Prof. Jonathan Rosenhead
Prof. Ravichandran Narasimhan
Prof. Maurice Shutler
Prof. Theo Stewart
Prof. Alexis Tsoukias
Prof. Gerhard Wilhelm Weber
Prof. Luk Van Wassenhove
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Purpose and history
The goal of EWG ORD is to promote and to facilitate communication links among European (and other) researchers working in areas of operational research for development. EWG ORD was established with numerous founding members at a satellite meeting of the EURO XXI 2006 Conference in Iceland, July 2-5, 2006.
If you are interested in EWG ORD, please contact us! In case of your kind consideration and, maybe, your wish to join us as a member electronically, you are warmly welcome! We sincerely like to collaborate with you.
The new members can automatically subscribe themselves to the EWG ORD mailing list. To subscribe, send mail to: majordomo@bristol.ac.uk and include the subject line: subscribe euro-ordc-wg
Objectives of EWG ORD:
-to disseminate state-of-the-art knowledge and to support research in operational research for development,
-to assist in gathering the operational research for development communities in Europe organized under the umbrella of EURO,
-to support preparation, refereeing and editing of publications,
-to establish regular information channels and regular meetings,
-to involve industrial organizations and users of optimization in the activities listed above,
-vivid exchange between scientific experience and enthusiasm of the youth,
-encouragement of building up a common and developing Europe, and
-deepening of peace and friendship in Europe and in the world.
Past activities
5th International Vilnius Conference and EURO-Mini Conference
Knowledge-Based Technologies and OR Methodologies for Strategic
Decisions of Sustainable Development (KORSD-2009) Vilnius, Lithuania,
September 30 - October 3, 2009.
http://www.mii.lt/KORSD-2009/index.php
4th Summer School “Achievements and Applications of Contemporay Mathematics, Informatics and Physics” (AACIMP-2009), Kiev, Ukraine, August 5-16, 2009 (http://www.summerschool.ssa.org.ua/),
Streams on OR for development and Developing Countries: EURO XXIII, Bonn, 2009. The 23rd European Conference on Operational Research.
Germany, Europe, July 5-8, 2009
http://www.euro-2009.de/
The State of the art workshop, related to related to EURO XXIII / EUROPT / EURO ORD, took place on July 5th, 2009, in Remagen near Bonn.
http://www.euro-2009.de/workshops.php. It was a mutual session of special researchers of several Euro working groups:
Or and Development,
Ethics,
Decision making,
Methodology of Societal Complexity
and others
organized by Prof. dr. Dorien DeTombe, Prof. dr. Cathal Brugha & Prof. dr. Gerhard-Wilhelm Weber
The 2nd PhD Workshop on "OR for Developing Countries" run by the
EURO Working Group 'OR for Development', took place at the University of Applied Sciences, Remagen (near Bonn), Germany, July 4th, 2009.
The workshop aimed to provide a forum for doctoral students and others involved in OR and Development to
- share and discuss their research activities,
- encourage students to establish and maintain a research network,
- foster a research environment to support career development in the any domain of a practical OR discipline.
We honoured Hans Ittmann as Fellow 2009 and Claudia Rave as Junior Fellow 2009.
For further information please go to:
http://www2.ing.puc.cl/~fcrespo/eurofdv/Bonnconference/homepage.htm
EURO Mini Conference EUROPT-2008. May 20-23, Neringa, Lithuania.
“Continuous Optimization and Knowledge-Based Technologies”
"Regional Meeting on Water in the Mediterranean Basin" took place on 09-11 October 2008, at Near East University in Northern Cyprus.
The meeting involved paper/poster presentations followed by workshops and panel discussions. The overall outcome of the 3-day long scientific activity was eventually conveyed to the 5th World Water Forum. Information can obtained from Prof. Dr. Hüseyin GÖKÇEKU, President Regional Meeting / Organizing Committee (Vice Rector of the Near East University)Near East University- Lefkoa -TRNC via MERSIN 10 - TURKEY
OR50 9–11 September 2008.
University of York
A stream took place on "OR for development countries and community OR". Details can be found at
http://www.orsoc.org.uk/orshop/(o4onl1m1gx1yuziru5md5y45)/orcontent.aspx?inc=or50_ORforDevelopment.htm
IFORS2008 OR in Development Prize competition. There were presentations of papers for the prize at the IFORS conference in Sandton, South Africa. Details can be found at http://www.acitravel.co.za/event/index.php?eventID=3
Workshop on "Complex Societal Problems, Sustainable Living and
Development?", May 16, 2008, METU, Ankara, Turkey
EURO-ORD Workshop. PhD Workshop in OR for Development
Prague, Czech Republic, July 7, 2007
The Working Group on the OR Practice in Africa 11th-14th September at University of Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa
The 2007 ORPA/ORSSA conference focused on the use of Operations Research (OR) in Africa to aid development and propagate sustainable growth through the use of some of the cutting edge techniques unique to our field. The conference was intended to bring academics from all over the world together to discuss and present some of the most recent developments in our field. It was also intended as a vehicle to bring industry and the academic world together in order to produce effective and accurate relationships that may result in effective and beneficial implementations of OR in practice.
Further information can be found at:
http://www.orssaorpa2007.org.za
Future activities
"A EURO ORD Workshop on OR for Developing Countries - Young
Researchers and PhD Symposium", University of Lisbon, Portugal, July
10, 2010.
This is a satellite event of EURO24, July 11-14.
ALIO-INFORMS Joint International Meeting, June 2010
A stream on OR for developing countries will form part of the ALIO-INFORMS Joint International Meeting, see http://meetings.informs.org/BuenosAires2010/
Contact: Claudia C. Rave, I.C., M.Sc.
IFORS 2011 Melbourne Convention Centre, Melbourne, Australia
The19th Triennial Conference of the International Federation of Operational Research Societies (IFORS) which will be hosted by the Victorian chapter of the Australian Society for Operations Research (ASOR).
http://www.ifors2011.org/
Stream on OR and Development:
Pankaj Chandra, chandra@iimb.ernet.in
The annual international conference of the German OR society
Munich September 1-3, 2010
http://www.or2010.de/
The 6th Annual International ORSEA Conference will be held at the Makerere University Business School in Kampala, Uganda on October 14 and 15, 2010.
The theme for the conference is 'Innovation in OR and Economic Transformation.' The organizers hope the exciting opportunity to interact with researchers from around the world and enjoy Lake Victoria, the Kasubi Tombs, the Uganda Museum, Bujagali falls, and several nearby game reserves and eco-tourism sites will entice you to attend this conference. For more information contact Conference Chair Musa Moya of the Makerere University Business School at mmoya@mubs.ac.ug or +256-772-564-130.
IFORS 2011 Melbourne Convention Centre, Melbourne, Australia
The19th Triennial Conference of the International Federation of Operational Research Societies (IFORS) which will be hosted by the Victorian chapter of the Australian Society for Operations Research (ASOR).
http://www.ifors2011.org/
Stream on OR and Development:
Pankaj Chandra chandra@iimb.ernet.in
Grupo de Análisis y Modelamiento Energía Ambiente Economía
Universidad Nacional de Colombia, sede Medellín
ccraveh@unal.edu.co
CALL FOR PAPERS
Participants of EURO XXIII 2009 or any of its satellite events are invited to submit papers to the journal Organizacija for a special issue on
Sustainability, Education, and Migration. For details, please see
http://www.euro-2009.de/Call%20for%20Papers%20-%20Organizacija%20special%20issue.pdf
Call for papers: Special Issue on OR for development, meeting the millenium goals: March 2009
Publications
M. Kljajic, G.-W. Weber and H. Akar (guest editors), Recent Advances
in Systems, Decision Making, Education and other Complex Problems,
Organizacija
(Organization - Journal of Management, Information Systems and Human
Resources) (at the occasion of EURO XXIII 2009), to appear in June 2010.
M. Grasserbauer, L. Sakalauskas and E. Zavadskas, KORSD-2009 ISI Proceedings
at the occasion of 5th International Vilnius Conference and EURO-Mini
Conference Knowledge-Based Technologies and OR Methodologies for
Strategic Decisions of Sustainable Development (KORSD-2009) Vilnius,
Lithuania, September 30 - October 3, 2009.
D. DeTombe and G.-W. Weber, State of the Art Workshop Societal Complexity
2009 EURO XXIII Conference Bonn, Germany, Europe, July 5, 2009, 23 European
Conference on Operational Research, Volume 19, Greenhill & Waterfront
(publisher), Europe: Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Guilford, UK,
North-America:
Montreal, Canada, ISBN/EAN 978-90-77171-29-5, Version 001 (small
book), Nur 916, June 2009.
Special issue on Technological and Economic Development of Economy (Baltic Journal on Sustainability) on the occasion of the 20th Mini EURO Conference 2008 in Lithuania.
EJOR Special Issue “OR for Better Management of Sustainable Development” on the occasion of EURO XXI 2006. The guest editors are U. Leopold-Wildburger (Karl-Franzens University of Graz, Austria), G.-W. Weber (METU, Ankara, Turkey) and M. Zachariasen (University of Copenhagen, Denmark). EJOR Volume 193, Issue 3, March 2009.
http://www.euro-2009.de/Call%20for%20Papers%20-%20Organizacija%20special%20issue.pdf.
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