INFORMS Open Forum

  • 1.  Summer 2017 schools in ORMS

    Posted 02-20-2017 11:47
    Dear colleagues,

    I am keeping a list of interesting summer schools for the upcoming break:

    Summer 2017 schools on algorithms, combinatorics, learning, optimization, and other relevant #orms topics

    If you are aware of other schools that should be in the list, please let me know!

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    Thiago Serra
    PhD Candidate, Carnegie Mellon University
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  • 2.  RE: Summer 2017 schools in ORMS

    Posted 02-24-2017 17:32
    Dear Thiago,

    This looks like a very comprehensive list, thanks! Could you please add Healthcare OR Summer School in Twente to the list. Here is the website https://www.utwente.nl/en/choir/SummerSchool/ and below is the information.

    Thank you,
    Derya

    Healthcare Operations Research Summer School in Twente
    July 21 – 25, 2017
    University of Twente, Enschede, the Netherlands
    We are excited to announce a special summer school on Healthcare Operations Research this summer at the University of Twente, the Netherlands! The event targets PhD students working on OR applications focused on improving healthcare. Participants will learn state-of-the-art OR techniques taught by renowned international professors, learn about how to successfully engage with the healthcare practice, and meet other PhD students from around the world. The program includes a wide variety of components including technical lectures, tutorials, inspiring seminars, interactive activities and a design competition of a serious game that demonstrates a healthcare OR/OM concept to healthcare professionals. The total workload of the summer school is 2 European Credits (2 ECs = 56 hours), consisting of preparation and contact hours.
     
    Where and when?
    The event will take place on University of Twente’s campus in Enschede, the Netherlands, fromJuly 21st to July 25th 2017, right after the IFORS conference in Quebec City, Canada (July 17 – 21) and before the INFORMS Healthcare 2017 meeting in Rotterdam, the Netherlands (July 26 – 28) and the ORAHS meeting in Bath, UK (July 31 – August 4). The INFORMS Rotterdam conference can be easily reached by train from Enschede, immediately following the summer school.
     
    Contributing professors
    Topics (not necessarily in this sequence)
     Title
    Description
    Total time
    You’re wanted!
    We look back at the history of OR in Healthcare, and give an overview of what has and has not been accomplished so far. Also, we outline the great challenges that current and near future healthcare faces.
    0.5 day
    Update your toolbox
    We lecture various techniques from Operations Research that are indispensable for the healthcare domain. These include amongst others (topics under reservation):
    ·         Advanced topics in queueing theory
    ·         Markov decision processes
    ·         Inverse optimization
    ·         Hybrid simulation
    ·         Machine learning and mathematical programming
    ·         Serious gaming
    2 days
    Making an impact?!
    We discuss how to engage practice, how to organize your research to maximize impact. We also address the tension between consultancy and research, "easy solutions" and "fancy (but too complex for practice) OR". The professors will give inspiring talks about their experiences of trying to make an impact.
    0.5 day
    Game on!
    Participants team up and design a prototype serious game that demonstrates a healthcare OR/OM concept to healthcare professionals. The result is presented on the final day.
    1 day
     
    Surrounding the teaching events we’ll organize various social activities.
     
    Who can apply?
    ·         PhD students working on a OR/OM in Healthcare project.
    ·         Participants are assumed to have a MSc level background in (deterministic and stochastic) operations research.
    ·         Post-docs have a lower priority than PhD students. They may apply, but are only accepted if there are places left.
     
    When and how to apply?
    You must apply before March 31st. Admission will be on a competitive basis. Approximately 30 participants will be admitted: in addition to overall quality of CV, factors such as personal motivation, progress towards the PhD degree and institutional/geographical representation will be taken into account.
    ·         Send your Curriculum Vitae including information about education, research projects, publications, awards and other pertinent experiences (pdf format) by email to:summerschool-choir@utwente.nl
    ·         A max. 1 page motivation statement outlining your perspective and motivation to participate
     
    Participation fee, accommodation, traveling, and catering
    We are in the process of securing funding in order to keep the participation fee at an absolute minimum. In any case we will charge no more than €100 per participant, but we are striving for a €0 fee. We expect to know the precise fee in May.
     
    Catering and accommodation are included in the participation fee. Traveling costs will be paid by the participant. Accommodation is on-campus in shared cabins. The cabins are cozy and are nicely located between sports facilities, and a short walking distance to the summer school and various amenities. A very nice place to be in summer time – very fitting for a summer school. They are shared (gender separated) by at most 10 people. If you prefer to have a hotel room for yourself, you can stay at your own expense at the on-campus Hotel Drienerburght, where rooms are approx. €70 per night.
     
     
    Looking forward to seeing you in Twente!
     
    Richard Boucherie
    Derya Demirtas
    Erwin Hans


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    Derya Demirtas
    Assistant Professor
    University of Twente
    Enschede
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