First Friday Webinar – Operational Research and Quantum Computing: can they join forces?
We experience the benefits of classical computing every day. However, there are challenges that today’s systems would never be able to solve. To stand a chance at solving some of […]
First Friday Webinars – The Intersection of Operational Research and Public Communication
The Intersection of Operational Research and Public Communication during the Covid-19 Pandemic About this event In May 2020, I joined the group Independent SAGE. At the time, I thought I […]
EURO 2021
In addition to the general invite we would also like to especially recommend the "Practice of OR" track that the working group organizes and that is especially aimed at practitioners […]
First Friday Webinars – Recent developments of real-time train scheduling optimization in the practice
Trains running through railway networks are monitored and guided in real time by train dispatchers. They control train movements by taking various relevant decisions, such as where trains should pass […]
First Friday Webinars – OR in Practice
Thanks to all great developments in mathematics and computing power, we are able to solve more complex problems within a reasonable amount of time. Machine learning and other AI-techniques can […]
First Friday Webinars – Improving Global Risk Management of Emerging Health Threats with Facilitated Decision Analysis
OnlineProfessor Gilberto Montibeller (Loughborough University, UK; University Southern California, USA), Professor L. Alberto Franco (Loughborough University, UK; University del Pacifico, Peru) Emerging health threats, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, create […]
Working Group meeting 2021
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First Friday Webinars – Optimization Approaches in e-commerce: Network Design & Marketplace Dispatching
OnlinePresented by Çağrı Doğuş Iyican (Trendyol Express) and Yahya Ertuğrul Geçkil (Trendyol Express) Trendyol Express (TEX) is the sub-branch in Trendyol that leads daily cargo operations. As in other cargo […]
First Friday Webinars – Julia and Python – differences and features comparison on an example use case
OnlinePresented by Moulay Driss El Alaoui Faris, Energy Decision Scientist (Air Liquide) Embedding OR functionalities in operational tools to address a large class of problems requires designing the software architecture […]
First Friday Webinars – Courier-oriented route optimization for last-mile delivery at Deutsche Post
OnlineTraditional last-mile delivery planning purely based on optimization methods often lacks important real-life aspects and thus does not satisfy relevant operational requirements. Only experienced couriers have tacit knowledge about the […]