Euro is the "Association of European Operational Research Societies"
within IFORS, the "International Federation of Operational Research Societies"
ORP3 - Third Announcement
Operation Research Peripatetic Postgraduate Programme
A EURO conference for young OR researchers
July 16 – 20, 2012
Johannes Kepler University
Linz, Austria
Aims and Scope
ORP3 is the EURO peripatetic conference, each edition of which is hosted by a European university. It is organised (bi-)annually and is devoted to the Operational Research field in its broadest sense. Previous conferences have been held in Paris (2001), Lambrecht (2003), Valencia (2005), Guimarães (2007), Cadiz (2011).
ORP3 aims at being a forum promoting scientific and social exchanges between the members of the future generation of Operations Research in academic research.
The conference is open to the whole scope of Operations Research, but the following topics are mostly welcome:
- Integer Programming and Combinatorial Optimization
- Discrete Optimization; graphs & networks
- Supply Chain Management
- Cutting and Packing
- Machine and Project Scheduling
- Timetabling
- Production Planning and Lotsizing
- Transportation and Logisticst
- Stochastic Optimization
- Multiobjective Optimization
- Location Analysis
- Metaheuristic
The conference is composed only of plenary sessions and each participant will act as the chair and discussant of another session. In addition, the Scientific Program includes five keynote tutorials dedicated to specific issues whose speakers are internationally renowned experts:
Tutorial I: Multiobjective Optimization - Xavier Gandibleux, University of Nantes, France.
Tutorial II: Heuristic Techniques for Stochastic Combinatorial Optimization - Walter J. Gutjahr, University of Vienna, Austria.
Tutorial III: Metaheuristics - Richard F. Hartl, University of Vienna, Austria.
Tutorial IV: Scheduling issues in vehicle routing - Gilbert Laporte, CIRRELT, Montreal, Canada.
Tutorial V: Models and Algorithms forPassenger Railway Optimization Problems - Paolo Toth, Professor in Operations Research - University of Bologna, Italy.
Conference Venue
The conference will be held at the Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria organized by the Institute of Production and Logistics Management.
The conference will take place in July, 16-20, 2012, at the campus of the Johannes Kepler University Linz.
Submission Requirements
In order to attend ORP3 as a participant you must satisfy one of the following conditions::
- A young PhD student
- A young post doctoral OR researcher (maximum two years after completing your doctoral thesis at the deadline for submission)
The selection of participants is made by the scientific committee on the basis of full paper submissions of publishable quality in an international OR journal.
Co-authored papers are acceptable as long as they are presented by a participant satisfying the aforementioned requirements.
The paper submission may be in a PDF or Postscript format sent to: orp3@jku.at.
Registration Fee
The registration fee is only 200 €. This includes all expenses (conference fee, meals, coffee breaks, accommodation, social program, conference dinner, preprints,…)
Important dates
February 28, 2012 Extended deadline for submission
April 30, 2012 Notification of acceptance
May 15, 2012 Deadline for registration
Special Issue
The Scientific Committee intends to prepare a special or feature issue of an internationally renowned OR Journal devoted to the ORP3 Meeting.
Committees
Scientific Committee
| Chair: | Karl F. Doerner, University of Vienna, Austria |
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| Members: | Claudia Archetti, Universiy of Brescia, Italy |
| Angel Corberan, University of Valencia, Spain | |
| Jean-Francois Cordeau, HEC, Montreal, Canada | |
| Xavier Gandibleux, University of Nantes, France | |
| Walter Gutjahr, University of Vienna, Austria | |
| Richard F. Hartl, University of Vienna, Austria | |
| Vittorio Maniezzo, University of Bologna, Italy | |
| Gilbert Laporte, HEC, Montreal, Canada | |
| Ulrich Pferschy, University of Graz, Austria | |
| Marc Reimann, University of Graz, Austria | |
| Antonio M. Rodriguez-Chia, University of Cadiz Spain (Chairman ORP 2011) | |
| Juan-Jose Salazar Gonzalez, University of La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain | |
| Frederic Semet, University of Lille, France | |
| Gerhard Wäscher, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Germany | |
| Günther Zäpfel, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria |
Social Programme
An excursion is planned:
- Visit of Linz
- Boat trip on the river Danube (including a traditional fish lunch)
- Visit of VOEST Alpine Steal production
- Traditional dinner
Further Information
Send your request by e-mail to orp3@jku.at.
Website: orp3
