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      -------- Mensaje reenviado --------
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            <th nowrap="nowrap" valign="BASELINE" align="RIGHT">Asunto:
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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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            <th nowrap="nowrap" valign="BASELINE" align="RIGHT">De: </th>
            <td><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:secretary@ifors.org">secretary@ifors.org</a></td>
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            <th nowrap="nowrap" valign="BASELINE" align="RIGHT">Para: </th>
            <td>Mary Magrogan <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:secretary@ifors.org">&lt;secretary@ifors.org&gt;</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">&lt;secretary@ifors.org&gt;</a></td>
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            style="font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;, times;"
            mce_style="font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;, times;">Dear
            IFORS Member Societies,</span></div>
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                mce_style="font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;,
                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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            mce_style="color: #3366ff;"><span style="font-family:
              &quot;times new roman&quot;, times;"
              mce_style="font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;,
              times;"><b>July 1-5, 2019</b></span></span></div>
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          font-size:12pt;;" align="center"><span style="font-family:
            &quot;times new roman&quot;, times;" mce_style="font-family:
            &quot;times new roman&quot;, times;"><br>
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        <div class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
          font-size:12pt;;"><span style="font-family: &quot;times new
            roman&quot;, times;" mce_style="font-family: &quot;times new
            roman&quot;, 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:
              &quot;times new roman&quot;, times;"
              mce_style="font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;,
              times;"> </span></o:p></div>
        <div class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
          font-size:12pt;;"><span style="font-family: &quot;times new
            roman&quot;, times;" mce_style="font-family: &quot;times new
            roman&quot;, 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:
              &quot;times new roman&quot;, times;"
              mce_style="font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;,
              times;"> </span></o:p></div>
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          font-size:12pt;;"><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><span
              style="font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;, times;"
              mce_style="font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;,
              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>
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          font-size:12pt;;"><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><span
              style="font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;, times;"
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              style="font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;, times;"
              mce_style="font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;,
              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:
              &quot;times new roman&quot;, times;"
              mce_style="font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;,
              times;"> </span></o:p></div>
        <div class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
          font-size:12pt;;"><span style="font-family: &quot;times new
            roman&quot;, times;" mce_style="font-family: &quot;times new
            roman&quot;, times;">Research topics of the school
            include, but are not limited to:</span></div>
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          font-size:12pt;;"><span style="font-family: &quot;times new
            roman&quot;, times;" mce_style="font-family: &quot;times new
            roman&quot;, times;"><br>
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          <ul style="">
            <li style=""><span style="font-family: &quot;times new
                roman&quot;, times; font-size: 12pt;"
                mce_style="font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;,
                times; font-size: 12pt;" lang="EN-GB"><span
                  style="font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;,
                  times;" mce_style="font-family: &quot;times new
                  roman&quot;, times;">Combinatorial optimization;
                  linear, nonlinear and integer programming.</span></span></li>
            <li style=""><span style="font-family: &quot;times new
                roman&quot;, times; font-size: 12pt;"
                mce_style="font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;,
                times; font-size: 12pt;" lang="EN-GB"><span
                  style="font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;,
                  times;" mce_style="font-family: &quot;times new
                  roman&quot;, times;">Stochastic optimisation,
                  stochastic processes and probabilistic models.</span></span></li>
            <li style=""><span style="font-family: &quot;times new
                roman&quot;, times; font-size: 12pt;"
                mce_style="font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;,
                times; font-size: 12pt;" lang="EN-GB"><span
                  style="font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;,
                  times;" mce_style="font-family: &quot;times new
                  roman&quot;, times;">Metaheuristics and its
                  applications.</span></span></li>
            <li style=""><span style="font-family: &quot;times new
                roman&quot;, times; font-size: 12pt;"
                mce_style="font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;,
                times; font-size: 12pt;" lang="EN-GB"><span
                  style="font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;,
                  times;" mce_style="font-family: &quot;times new
                  roman&quot;, times;">Discrete, continuous and agent
                  based simulation.</span></span></li>
            <li style=""><span style="font-family: &quot;times new
                roman&quot;, times; font-size: 12pt;"
                mce_style="font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;,
                times; font-size: 12pt;" lang="EN-GB"><span
                  style="font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;,
                  times;" mce_style="font-family: &quot;times new
                  roman&quot;, times;">Big data analytics and related OR
                  methods.</span></span></li>
            <li style=""><span style="font-family: &quot;times new
                roman&quot;, times; font-size: 12pt;"
                mce_style="font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;,
                times; font-size: 12pt;" lang="EN-GB"><span
                  style="font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;,
                  times;" mce_style="font-family: &quot;times new
                  roman&quot;, 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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                style="font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;, times;"
                mce_style="font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;,
                times;"> </span></o:p></span></div>
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          font-size:12pt;;"><span style="font-family: &quot;times new
            roman&quot;, times;" mce_style="font-family: &quot;times new
            roman&quot;, 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>
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              mce_style="font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;,
              times;"> </span></span></div>
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              style="font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;, times;"
              mce_style="font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;,
              times;">Chairs of the ELAVIO XXIII Organizing Committee:<o:p
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          font-size:12pt;;"><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><o:p style=""><span
                style="font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;, times;"
                mce_style="font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;,
                times;"> </span></o:p></span></div>
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            mce_style="font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;, 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>
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              </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>
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            mce_style="font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;, 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>
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                mce_style="font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;,
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          font-size:12pt;;"><o:p style=""><span style="font-family:
              &quot;times new roman&quot;, times;"
              mce_style="font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;,
              times;"> </span></o:p></div>
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          font-size:12pt;;"><span style="" lang="ES-AR"><span
              style="font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;, times;"
              mce_style="font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;,
              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>
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          font-size:12pt;;"><span style="font-family: &quot;times new
            roman&quot;, times;" mce_style="font-family: &quot;times new
            roman&quot;, 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: &quot;times new roman&quot;, times;"
                mce_style="font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;,
                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: &quot;times new roman&quot;, times;"
                mce_style="font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;,
                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: &quot;times new roman&quot;, times;"
                mce_style="font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;,
                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: &quot;times new roman&quot;, times;"
                mce_style="font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;,
                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: &quot;times new roman&quot;, times;"
                mce_style="font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;,
                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: &quot;times new roman&quot;, times;"
                mce_style="font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;,
                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>
        <div class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
          font-size:12pt;;"><o:p style=""><span style="font-family:
              &quot;times new roman&quot;, times;"
              mce_style="font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;,
              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:
              &quot;times new roman&quot;, times;"
              mce_style="font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;,
              times;">Young reserachers interested in applying for
              travel grant must
              send the following </span></span><span style="font-family:
            &quot;times new roman&quot;, 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:
            &quot;times new roman&quot;, times; font-size: 12pt;"
            moz-do-not-send="true">rosiane@dcc.ufam.com.br</a><span
            style="font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;, 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: &quot;times new
            roman&quot;, times; font-size: 12pt;">Lluís M. Plà Aragonès
            (ELAVIO General Chair, </span><a
            href="mailto:lmpla@matematica.udl.cat" style="font-family:
            &quot;times new roman&quot;, times; font-size: 12pt;"
            moz-do-not-send="true">lmpla@matematica.udl.cat</a><span
            class="MsoHyperlink" style="font-family: &quot;times new
            roman&quot;, 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:
              &quot;times new roman&quot;, times;"
              mce_style="font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;,
              times;"> </span></o:p></div>
        <div class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
          font-size:12pt;;">
          <ul>
            <li><span style="font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;,
                times;" mce_style="font-family: &quot;times new
                roman&quot;, times;">a short curriculum vitae;</span></li>
            <li><span style="font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;,
                times;" mce_style="font-family: &quot;times new
                roman&quot;, times;">a recommendation letter from
                his/her advisor;</span></li>
            <li><span style="font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;,
                times;" mce_style="font-family: &quot;times new
                roman&quot;, times;">summary (max. 2 pages) of a work to
                present at the school in
                case of acceptance.</span></li>
          </ul>
        </div>
        <div class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
          font-size:12pt;;"><span style="font-family: &quot;times new
            roman&quot;, times;" mce_style="font-family: &quot;times new
            roman&quot;, 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:
                &quot;times new roman&quot;, times;"
                mce_style="font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;,
                times;"><b><u>Important dates:<br>
                  </u></b></span></span></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:
                &quot;times new roman&quot;, times;"
                mce_style="font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;,
                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: &quot;times new
            roman&quot;, times;" mce_style="font-family: &quot;times new
            roman&quot;, times;"><o:p style=""></o:p></span></div>
        <div class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
          font-size:12pt;;"><span style="font-family: &quot;times new
            roman&quot;, times;" mce_style="font-family: &quot;times new
            roman&quot;, 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: &quot;times new
            roman&quot;, times;" mce_style="font-family: &quot;times new
            roman&quot;, 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: &quot;times new
            roman&quot;, times;" mce_style="font-family: &quot;times new
            roman&quot;, 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: &quot;times new
            roman&quot;, times;" mce_style="font-family: &quot;times new
            roman&quot;, times;">1-5/07/2019 - ELAVIO XXIII.</span></div>
        <div class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
          font-size:12pt;;"><span style="font-family: &quot;times new
            roman&quot;, times;" mce_style="font-family: &quot;times new
            roman&quot;, times;"><br>
          </span></div>
        <div class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
          font-size:12pt;;"><span style="font-family: &quot;times new
            roman&quot;, times;" mce_style="font-family: &quot;times new
            roman&quot;, 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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