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<td>2019 ELAVIO Travel Scholarship: Call for Participation</td>
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<th nowrap="nowrap" valign="BASELINE" align="RIGHT">Fecha: </th>
<td>Tue, 18 Dec 2018 11:35:22 -0700</td>
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<td><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:secretary@ifors.org">secretary@ifors.org</a></td>
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<td>Mary Magrogan <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:secretary@ifors.org"><secretary@ifors.org></a></td>
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<th nowrap="nowrap" valign="BASELINE" align="RIGHT">CC: </th>
<td><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:rosiane@dcc.ufam.com.br">rosiane@dcc.ufam.com.br</a>, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:gduran@dm.uba.ar">gduran@dm.uba.ar</a>,
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:lmpla@matematica.udl.cat">lmpla@matematica.udl.cat</a>, Mary Magrogan
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:secretary@ifors.org"><secretary@ifors.org></a></td>
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<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12pt;"><span
style="font-family: "times new roman", times;"
mce_style="font-family: "times new roman", times;">Dear
IFORS Member Societies,</span></div>
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style="font-family: "times new roman", times;"
mce_style="font-family: "times new roman", times;"><br>
</span></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size:
12pt;" align="center"><span style="color: #3366ff;"
mce_style="color: #3366ff;"><span style="font-family:
"times new roman", times;"
mce_style="font-family: "times new roman",
times;"><b>Call for Participation in ELAVIO
XXIII, Lleida, Spain<span style="" lang="EN-GB"><o:p
style=""></o:p></span></b></span></span></p>
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font-size:12pt;;" align="center"><span style="color: #3366ff;"
mce_style="color: #3366ff;"><span style="font-family:
"times new roman", times;"
mce_style="font-family: "times new roman",
times;"><b>July 1-5, 2019</b></span></span></div>
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font-size:12pt;;" align="center"><span style="font-family:
"times new roman", times;" mce_style="font-family:
"times new roman", times;"><br>
</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
font-size:12pt;;"><span style="font-family: "times new
roman", times;" mce_style="font-family: "times new
roman", times;">IFORS is pleased to announce the
travel-sponsorship of one
participant to join the XXIII ELAVIO - Latin- American
Summer School in
Operations Research.<o:p style=""></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
font-size:12pt;;"><o:p style=""><span style="font-family:
"times new roman", times;"
mce_style="font-family: "times new roman",
times;"> </span></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
font-size:12pt;;"><span style="font-family: "times new
roman", times;" mce_style="font-family: "times new
roman", times;">The ELAVIOs are schools supported by
ALIO (the Latin- Iberoamerican
Association of Operations Research) and mainly are addressed
to young
researchers and postgraduate students (both at the PhD and
master level) from
Latin-Iberoamerican countries. However, Ph.D. students from
all over the world
with excellent skills and special interest in the areas of
Operations Research,
Informatics, and Applied Mathematics are also welcome to
apply.<o:p style=""></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
font-size:12pt;;"><o:p style=""><span style="font-family:
"times new roman", times;"
mce_style="font-family: "times new roman",
times;"> </span></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
font-size:12pt;;"><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><span
style="font-family: "times new roman", times;"
mce_style="font-family: "times new roman",
times;">ELAVIO XXIII will be held in 2019 in Spain from
July 1st to July 5th, in
Lleida located between Barcelona (160 km) and Madrid (450
km). Lleida is a
Spanish city having the oldest University foundation in
Catalonia and the third
oldest of Spain. In addition, it is a touristic
destination for skiing in the
Pyrenees and visiting the Boi Valley hosting an important
concentration of
Romanic style churches (Humanity heritage recognition).
The event will be held
at the University of Lleida, in the Cappont Campus, by the
river Segre crossing
the city.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
font-size:12pt;;"><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><span
style="font-family: "times new roman", times;"
mce_style="font-family: "times new roman",
times;"><br>
</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
font-size:12pt;;"><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><span
style="font-family: "times new roman", times;"
mce_style="font-family: "times new roman",
times;">Registration for ELAVIO XXIII and the Opening
Ceremony will take place
on Sunday, June 30<sup style="">th</sup> at the student’s
Residence located in the same
Campus where participants will have accommodation. Over
the following 5 days, a
range of mini-courses and tutorials on advanced topics of
specific interest
will all be held at the Faculty of Law, Economics and
Tourism. Closing Ceremony
will take place on Friday afternoon.<o:p style=""></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
font-size:12pt;;"><o:p style=""><span style="font-family:
"times new roman", times;"
mce_style="font-family: "times new roman",
times;"> </span></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
font-size:12pt;;"><span style="font-family: "times new
roman", times;" mce_style="font-family: "times new
roman", times;">Research topics of the school
include, but are not limited to:</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
font-size:12pt;;"><span style="font-family: "times new
roman", times;" mce_style="font-family: "times new
roman", times;"><br>
</span></div>
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<ul style="">
<li style=""><span style="font-family: "times new
roman", times; font-size: 12pt;"
mce_style="font-family: "times new roman",
times; font-size: 12pt;" lang="EN-GB"><span
style="font-family: "times new roman",
times;" mce_style="font-family: "times new
roman", times;">Combinatorial optimization;
linear, nonlinear and integer programming.</span></span></li>
<li style=""><span style="font-family: "times new
roman", times; font-size: 12pt;"
mce_style="font-family: "times new roman",
times; font-size: 12pt;" lang="EN-GB"><span
style="font-family: "times new roman",
times;" mce_style="font-family: "times new
roman", times;">Stochastic optimisation,
stochastic processes and probabilistic models.</span></span></li>
<li style=""><span style="font-family: "times new
roman", times; font-size: 12pt;"
mce_style="font-family: "times new roman",
times; font-size: 12pt;" lang="EN-GB"><span
style="font-family: "times new roman",
times;" mce_style="font-family: "times new
roman", times;">Metaheuristics and its
applications.</span></span></li>
<li style=""><span style="font-family: "times new
roman", times; font-size: 12pt;"
mce_style="font-family: "times new roman",
times; font-size: 12pt;" lang="EN-GB"><span
style="font-family: "times new roman",
times;" mce_style="font-family: "times new
roman", times;">Discrete, continuous and agent
based simulation.</span></span></li>
<li style=""><span style="font-family: "times new
roman", times; font-size: 12pt;"
mce_style="font-family: "times new roman",
times; font-size: 12pt;" lang="EN-GB"><span
style="font-family: "times new roman",
times;" mce_style="font-family: "times new
roman", times;">Big data analytics and related OR
methods.</span></span></li>
<li style=""><span style="font-family: "times new
roman", times; font-size: 12pt;"
mce_style="font-family: "times new roman",
times; font-size: 12pt;" lang="EN-GB"><span
style="font-family: "times new roman",
times;" mce_style="font-family: "times new
roman", times;">Applications of operational
research to problem solving in areas such as
sustainability, health care, logistics, sports,
agroindustry, engineering,
telecommunications, finance and production, big data,
cutting and packing
problems.</span></span></li>
</ul>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
font-size:12pt;;"><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><o:p style=""><span
style="font-family: "times new roman", times;"
mce_style="font-family: "times new roman",
times;"> </span></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
font-size:12pt;;"><span style="font-family: "times new
roman", times;" mce_style="font-family: "times new
roman", times;">The official languages of the school
are: English, Spanish and
Portuguese. Talks and lectures will be in either of the
languages (in all the
cases with English slides). Candidates selected MUST be
proficient in both English
and Spanish or Portuguese.<o:p style=""></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
font-size:12pt;;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"
mce_style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family:
"times new roman", times;"
mce_style="font-family: "times new roman",
times;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
font-size:12pt;;"><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><span
style="font-family: "times new roman", times;"
mce_style="font-family: "times new roman",
times;">Chairs of the ELAVIO XXIII Organizing Committee:<o:p
style=""></o:p></span></span></div>
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font-size:12pt;;"><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><o:p style=""><span
style="font-family: "times new roman", times;"
mce_style="font-family: "times new roman",
times;"> </span></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="color: rgb(0, 0,
0); font-size: 12pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
style="font-family: "times new roman", times;"
mce_style="font-family: "times new roman", times;">1.
<!--[endif]-->EWG ORAFM coordinator and
ELAVIO General Chair Prof. Lluís M. Plà Aragonès <span
style="" lang="ES-CO"><a
href="mailto:lmpla@matematica.udl.cat" style=""
moz-do-not-send="true"><span style="" lang="EN-US">lmpla@matematica.udl.cat</span></a></span>
<o:p style=""></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="color: rgb(0, 0,
0); font-size: 12pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
style="font-family: "times new roman", times;"
mce_style="font-family: "times new roman", times;"><span
class="MsoHyperlink" style=""><span style="" lang="ES-CL">2.
</span></span><!--[endif]-->ALIO President and ELAVIO
Chair. <span style="" lang="ES">Prof. Guillermo Durán, </span><span
style="" lang="ES-CO"><a href="mailto:gduran@dm.uba.ar"
style="" moz-do-not-send="true"><span style="" lang="ES">gduran@dm.uba.ar</span></a></span><span
class="MsoHyperlink" style=""><span style="" lang="ES-CL"><o:p
style=""></o:p></span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="color: rgb(0, 0,
0); font-size: 12pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
style="font-family: "times new roman", times;"
mce_style="font-family: "times new roman", times;"><span
style="" lang="ES-CL">3. </span><!--[endif]-->SEIO
President and ELAVIO
Chair. <span style="" lang="ES">Prof. Emilio Carrizosa
Priego </span><span style="" lang="ES-CO"><a
href="mailto:emilio.carrizosa.seio@gmail.com" style=""
moz-do-not-send="true">emilio.carrizosa.seio@gmail.com</a></span><span
style="" lang="ES-CL"><o:p style=""></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
font-size:12pt;;"><span style="" lang="ES-CL"><o:p style=""><span
style="font-family: "times new roman", times;"
mce_style="font-family: "times new roman",
times;"> </span></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
font-size:12pt;;"><o:p style=""><span style="font-family:
"times new roman", times;"
mce_style="font-family: "times new roman",
times;"> </span></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
font-size:12pt;;"><span style="" lang="ES-AR"><span
style="font-family: "times new roman", times;"
mce_style="font-family: "times new roman",
times;">IFORS sponsors a fellowship for a young researcher
from a developing
country to attend the Summer School for Young Scholars
(ELAVIO).<o:p style=""></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
font-size:12pt;;"><span style="font-family: "times new
roman", times;" mce_style="font-family: "times new
roman", times;"><span style="" lang="ES-AR"><br
style="">
Requirements for applicants to the fellowship
are:</span><span style="" lang="ES-AR"><o:p style=""></o:p></span></span></div>
<ul style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12pt;" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="" lang="ES-AR"><span
style="font-family: "times new roman", times;"
mce_style="font-family: "times new roman",
times;">To have done work in the specific fields to be
studied that year at the Institute.<o:p style=""></o:p></span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="" lang="ES-AR"><span
style="font-family: "times new roman", times;"
mce_style="font-family: "times new roman",
times;">To be a PhD or Master student, or to have
completed PhD no more than 2 years ago.<o:p style=""></o:p></span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="" lang="ES-AR"><span
style="font-family: "times new roman", times;"
mce_style="font-family: "times new roman",
times;">To come from a developing country.<o:p style=""></o:p></span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="" lang="ES-AR"><span
style="font-family: "times new roman", times;"
mce_style="font-family: "times new roman",
times;">To be able to present some of his/her work and
answer questions in English.<o:p style=""></o:p></span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="" lang="ES-AR"><span
style="font-family: "times new roman", times;"
mce_style="font-family: "times new roman",
times;">To be highly recommended by their advisor in
their area of work.<o:p style=""></o:p></span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="" lang="ES-AR"><span
style="font-family: "times new roman", times;"
mce_style="font-family: "times new roman",
times;">The chosen candidate will be required to submit
a final report to IFORS regarding the impact of their
participation.<o:p style=""></o:p></span></span></li>
</ul>
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font-size:12pt;;"><o:p style=""><span style="font-family:
"times new roman", times;"
mce_style="font-family: "times new roman",
times;"> </span></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
font-size:12pt;;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"
mce_style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family:
"times new roman", times;"
mce_style="font-family: "times new roman",
times;">Young reserachers interested in applying for
travel grant must
send the following </span></span><span style="font-family:
"times new roman", times; font-size: 12pt;">documents
(pdf file format) to
Rosiane de Freitas (Vice-President of IFORS for ALIO, </span><a
href="mailto:rosiane@dcc.ufam.com.br" style="font-family:
"times new roman", times; font-size: 12pt;"
moz-do-not-send="true">rosiane@dcc.ufam.com.br</a><span
style="font-family: "times new roman", times;
font-size: 12pt;">), Guillermo Durán (ALIO President, <a
href="mailto:gduran@dm.uba.ar" moz-do-not-send="true">gduran@dm.uba.ar</a>)
and </span><span style="font-family: "times new
roman", times; font-size: 12pt;">Lluís M. Plà Aragonès
(ELAVIO General Chair, </span><a
href="mailto:lmpla@matematica.udl.cat" style="font-family:
"times new roman", times; font-size: 12pt;"
moz-do-not-send="true">lmpla@matematica.udl.cat</a><span
class="MsoHyperlink" style="font-family: "times new
roman", times; font-size: 12pt;">):</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
font-size:12pt;;"><o:p style=""><span style="font-family:
"times new roman", times;"
mce_style="font-family: "times new roman",
times;"> </span></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
font-size:12pt;;">
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: "times new roman",
times;" mce_style="font-family: "times new
roman", times;">a short curriculum vitae;</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "times new roman",
times;" mce_style="font-family: "times new
roman", times;">a recommendation letter from
his/her advisor;</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "times new roman",
times;" mce_style="font-family: "times new
roman", times;">summary (max. 2 pages) of a work to
present at the school in
case of acceptance.</span></li>
</ul>
</div>
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font-size:12pt;;"><span style="font-family: "times new
roman", times;" mce_style="font-family: "times new
roman", times;"><o:p style=""></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
font-size:12pt;;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"
mce_style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #3366ff;"
mce_style="color: #3366ff;"><span style="font-family:
"times new roman", times;"
mce_style="font-family: "times new roman",
times;"><b><u>Important dates:<br>
</u></b></span></span></span></div>
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font-size:12pt;;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"
mce_style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #3366ff;"
mce_style="color: #3366ff;"><span style="font-family:
"times new roman", times;"
mce_style="font-family: "times new roman",
times;"><b><u><br>
</u></b></span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
font-size:12pt;;"><span style="font-family: "times new
roman", times;" mce_style="font-family: "times new
roman", times;"><o:p style=""></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
font-size:12pt;;"><span style="font-family: "times new
roman", times;" mce_style="font-family: "times new
roman", times;">31/01/2019 deadline for applications;<o:p
style=""></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
font-size:12pt;;"><span style="font-family: "times new
roman", times;" mce_style="font-family: "times new
roman", times;">28/02/2019 - publication of results;<o:p
style=""></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
font-size:12pt;;"><span style="font-family: "times new
roman", times;" mce_style="font-family: "times new
roman", times;">20/03/2019 - deadline for confirming
participation;<o:p style=""></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
font-size:12pt;;"><span style="font-family: "times new
roman", times;" mce_style="font-family: "times new
roman", times;">1-5/07/2019 - ELAVIO XXIII.</span></div>
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font-size:12pt;;"><span style="font-family: "times new
roman", times;" mce_style="font-family: "times new
roman", times;"><br>
</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
font-size:12pt;;"><span style="font-family: "times new
roman", times;" mce_style="font-family: "times new
roman", times;">The accepted candidate will receive the
travel grant from IFORS
and the accommodation grant from ELAVIO.</span><font
face="times new roman, times"><o:p style=""></o:p></font></div>
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