Thanks to the great work of TSL Conference Chairs Pitu Mirchandani and Maciek Nowak, and the Organizing Committee of Mike Ball, Mike Hewitt, Warren Powell, and Barry Thomas, the First Triennial TSL Conference in Chicago was a tremendous success. We had a fantastic turnout in Chicago from all over the work, and the quality of the presentations and plenaries were excellent.
INFORMS Transportation and Logistics Society
First Triennial Conference
Hosted at Loyola University Chicago
Chicago, Illinois, USA
July 26 – 29, 2017
The Transportation Science and Logistics Society Conference has been created to provide an opportunity for all members to gather on a triennial basis to present and to discuss the state-of-the-art in transportation science and logistics. The conference welcomes abstracts on all transportation science and logistics topics including air transportation, facility logistics, freight transportation and logistics, intelligent transportation systems, and urban transportation planning and modeling. Abstracts supporting the conference theme, MOBILITY 2020: Traffic, Transportation and Logistics in a Cyber Connected World, are highly encouraged. Submissions focusing on innovation in transportation and logistics will receive special attention.
Program
The program with schedule and short abstracts may be found here: Complete Program. In addition, the program will feature two plenary speakers:
Thursday, July 27, 11:00 AM: Transportation Optimization – Experiences from the Field
Dr. Kimberly Ross, Vice President, Research & Development, Science, Manhattan Associates - Abstract and Bio
Friday, July 28, 11:00 AM: Providing Reliable Transportation at Uber
Dr. Peter Frazier, Staff Data Scientist and Data Science Manager, Uber - Abstract and Bio
Extended Abstracts
Track 1: Multimodal Transportation Services
Track 2: Traffic and Mobility
Track 3: Vehicle Routing Models and Applications
Track 4: Supply Chain Logistics and Methods
Logistics
A map of all conference venues may be found here. The conference begins on Wednesday, July 26 at 3:15 PM with a joint session with the ISTTT Conference. This session will be held in the Prentice Women's Hospital, 250 E Superior St, 3rd Floor Conference Room. Immediately following the session will be the welcome reception from 5:30-7:00 in the Schreiber Center at 16 E. Pearson Ave., on the 9th Floor.
All remaining sessions and lunches will be located in the Schreiber Center on the 8th, 9th and 10th floors.
Social Agenda
In addition to a broad look at the future of transportation, this workshop will provide numerous opportunities to network with colleagues and establish new working relationships.
A welcome reception overlooking downtown Chicago will start the event on Wednesday evening from 5:30-7:00 in the Schreiber Center at 16 E. Pearson Ave. on the 9th Floor. The welcome reception is open to all registrants and has been generously sponsored by APICS.
APICS is the premier professional association for supply chain management and the leading provider of research, education and certification programs that elevate supply chain excellence, innovation and resilience. The APICS Certified in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM), APICS Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP), APICS Certified in Logistics, Transportation and Distribution (CLTD) and APICS Supply Chain Operations Reference Professional (SCOR-P) designations set the industry standard. With over 45,000 members, over 130,000 certified professionals, and approximately 300 channel partners internationally, APICS is transforming the way people do business, drive growth and reach global customers. APICS is dedicated to building greater awareness of the supply chain profession and develops lifelong learning content to ensure that the number and quality of students and professionals meets industry's needs.
For more information, visit apics.org.
On Friday evening, we will adjourn for dinner at the Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art, with an opportunity to explore the collection prior to and after dinner. This reception is open to all those who submitted a regular (non-student) registration.
Lunches will be provided on site each day of the conference.
Extracurriculars
For those of you who are looking for activities outside of the conference, there is plenty to do besides the standard tourist venues. Chicago is famous for its street festivals in the summer and there are two that weekend, the Taste of Lincoln Avenue (http://www.tasteoflincolnchicago.com/) and Wicker Park Fest (http://www.wickerparkbucktown.com/embedded/home-mid-wpfest/). For baseball fans, we have our crosstown rivalry playing out all week as the Cubs play the White Sox, with games at Wrigley Field on Monday and Tuesday and at Guaranteed Rate Field (formerly Comiskey) on Wednesday and Thursday. This is a hot ticket, so expect to pay a premium on StubHub. Finally, the architectural boat tour on the Chicago River is highly recommended as it provides a great perspective on our beautiful downtown (https://www.architecture.org/experience-caf/tours/detail/chicago-architecture-foundation-river-cruise-aboard-chicagos-first-lady-cruises/). Please let us know if you need any additional recommendations.
Lodging
The conference hotel is the Cambria Chicago Magnificent Mile, located just off of Michigan Avenue in the heart of downtown Chicago (https://www.choicehotels.com/illinois/chicago/cambria-hotels/il521). Our conference block has closed, but you may still be able to make reservations through the hotel.
Venue
The conference will be held on Loyola’s Water Tower Campus, located along Pearson Street, just off North Michigan Avenue, Chicago’s famed “Magnificent Mile. The Water Tower Campus derives its name from the famous Chicago Water Tower, which survived the Great Chicago Fire in 1871. The campus sits in the shadow of the iconic John Hancock Center. Other nearby architectural landmarks are the Tribune Tower, the Wrigley Building, the Trump Tower, and the site of Fort Dearborn, around which the city of Chicago was founded. Holy Name Cathedral and the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago are located just south of campus, across Chicago Avenue. Cultural points of interest include the Museum of Contemporary Art, the Newberry Library, and Navy Pier. In addition to the unparalleled shopping on Michigan Avenue, the Water Tower Campus is also within a few minutes’ walk of numerous dining and entertainment options.
Abstract submission
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=tslconference2017
Abstracts should be 3-5 pages in length. To ensure all presentations are of the highest quality, abstracts should highlight the main contributions of the research and include outcomes of computational studies, if applicable.
Dates of Interest
- Abstract submission deadline (extended): 1/5/2017
- Notification of acceptance: 3/5/2017
- Deadline for early registration: 4/15/2017
- Conference: 7/26/2017-7/29/2017
Registration
You may register at https://online.informs.org/informsssa/evtssareg.custid?p_event_id=1215 or by submitting this form via email or mail: Conference Registration Form
All attendees, including session chairs and speakers, must register and pay the registration fee. Each presentation must be accompanied by at least one regular (non-student) registration.
Cancellation Policy
Cancellations must be in writing, received no later than July 14,
2017 for a refund less a $50 processing fee. After July 14, 2017 no refunds will be issued.
If you need an official invitation letter for travel or reimbursement purposes, please send your request to Maciek Nowak at mnowak4@luc.edu.
Regular Registration: $425
On-site Registration: $500
Student Registration (does not include conference dinner): $150
Guest Registration (welcome reception and conference dinner): $200
Non-TSL members add $25 to each registration above.
The goal is to keep the conference small enough for deep interactions and large enough to accommodate the TSL Society's wide interests. With this in mind, there may be at most one paper presentation per registered presenter.
Organizing Committee
Pitu Mirchandani, Chair – Arizona State University
Maciek Nowak, Local Chair – Loyola University Chicago
Mike Ball – University of Maryland
Mike Hewitt – Loyola University Chicago
Warren Powell – Princeton University
Barry Thomas – University of Iowa
Scientific Committee
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Nicole Adler
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Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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Niels Agatz
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Erasmus University
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Hillel Bar-Gera
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Ben Gurion University
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Rajan Batta
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University of Buffalo
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Michel Bierlaire
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École Polytechnique Fédérale de
Lausanne
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Steve Boyles
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University of Texas
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Ann Campbell
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University of Iowa
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Marielle Christiansen
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Norwegian University of Science and
Technology
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Jean-Francois Cordeau
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HEC Montreal
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Francesco Corman
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TU Delft
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Theo Crainic
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Université du Québec à Montréal
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Mark Daskin
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University of Michigan
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Maged Dessouky
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University of Southern California
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Irina Dolinskaya
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National Science Foundation
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Jan Ehmke
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Free University of Berlin
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Alan Erera
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Georgia Tech
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Ozlem Ergun
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Northeastern University
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Yueyue Fan
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UC Davis
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Song Gao
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University of Massachusetts
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Michel Gendreau
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École Polytechnique de Montréal
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Bernard Gendron
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Université de Montréal
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Monica Gentili
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University of Louisville
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Ricardo Giesen
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Pontifical Catholic University Chile
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Bruce Golden
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University of Maryland
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Kevin Gue
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University of Louisville
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Geir Hasle
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SINTEF
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Andreas Hegyi
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TU Delft
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Mark Hickman
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University of Queensland
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Serge Hoogendoorn
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TU Delft
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Bogumil Kaminski
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Warsaw School of Economics
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Natalia Kliewer
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Free University of Berlin
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Martine Labbe
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Université libre de Bruxelles
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Gilbert Laporte
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HEC Montreal
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Janny Leung
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Chinese University of Hong Kong
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Ronghui Liu
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University of Leeds
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Hong Lo
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Hong Kong University of Science and
Technology
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Yingyan Lou
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Arizona State University
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David Lovell
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University of Maryland
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Guglielmo Lulli
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Lancaster University
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Hani Mahmassani
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Northwestern University
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Lavanya Marla
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University of Illinois
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Dirk Mattfeld
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Braunschweig University of Technology
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Elise Miller-Hooks
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University of Maryland
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Juan Carlos Munoz
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Pontifical Catholic University Chile
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Marco Nie
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Northwestern University
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Otto Anker Nielsen
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Technical University of Denmark
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Amedeo Odoni
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MIT
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Carolina Osorio
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MIT
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Yanfeng Ouyang
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University of Illinois
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Dario Pacciarelli
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Roma Tre University
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Dario Pacino
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Technical University of Denmark
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Markos Papageorgiou
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Technical University of Crete
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Sophie Parragh
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University of Vienna
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Carlo Prato
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University of Queensland
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Harilaos Psaraftis
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Technical University of Denmark
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Martin Savelsbergh
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Georgia Tech
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Anita Schöbel
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University of Göttingen
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Karen Smilowitz
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Northwestern University
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Larry Snyder
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Lehigh University
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Senay Solak
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University of Massachusetts
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Grazia Speranza
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University of Brescia
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Alejandro Toriello
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Georgia Tech
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Satish Ukkusuri
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Purdue University
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Halit Uster
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Southern Methodist University
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Hans Van Lint
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TU Delft
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Tom Van Woensel
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Eindhoven University of Technology
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Francesco Viti
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University of Luxembourg
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Stefan Voss
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University of Hamburg
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Thomas Vossen
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University of Colorado
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Stein Wallace
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Norwegian School of Economics
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S. Travis Waller
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University of New South Wales
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Chip White
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Georgia Tech
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Hai Yang
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Hong Kong University of Science and
Technology
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Yafeng Yin
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University of Florida
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Lei Zhao
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Tsinghua University
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Xuesong Zhou
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Arizona State University
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