TSL Conference 2026

INFORMS Transportation and Logistics Society

Third Triennial Conference

Hosted at MIT
Cambridge, Massachusets, USA
July 26 – 29, 2026

All information can be found on the conference website:
https://mitsloan.mit.edu/faculty/academic-groups/about-2026-transportation-science-and-logistics-conference

On behalf of the MIT Sloan School of Management, we are delighted to invite you to the 2026 INFORMS TSL Conference. 

The Transportation Science and Logistics Society Conference is held every three years, providing an opportunity for all members of the TSL Society to present and discuss state-of-the-art research in transportation science and logistics. The conference focuses on all transportation science and logistics topics including but not limited to air transportation, facility logistics, freight transportation and logistics, intelligent transportation systems, and urban transportation planning and modeling. Contributions shall explore various methodologies in transportation science and logistics, including but not limited to optimization, decision analysis, stochastic modeling, network science, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. The conference also provides a platform to explore social good applications, and participants are encouraged to contribute new problems that address major societal challenges in and around transportation science and logistics.

View of the Samberg Conference Center along the Charles River and across the Boston skyline.

Key dates

  • Abstract submission deadline: December 12, 2025
  • Notification of acceptance: February 28, 2026
  • Deadline for early registration: April 3, 2026
  • Deadline for speaker registration: May 1, 2026
  • Conference: July 26 – 29, 2026

Local Committee

  • Alexandre Jacquillat (Chair) Maurice F. Strong Career Development Associate Professor of Operations Research and Statistics
  • Saurabh Amin Edmund K. Turner Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  • Daniel Freund Associate Professor of Operations Management
  • Matthias Winkenbach Principal Research Scientist and Director of Research of the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics
  • Jocelyn Climent Academic Area Coordinator

Program Commitee

  • Halit Uster (Chair) Professor of Operations Research & Engineering Management
  • Sibel Alumur Alev Professor of Management Science and Engineering
  • Lavanya Marla Associate Professor of Industrial & Enterprise Systems Engineering