Subject: Eighth Triennial Symposium on Transportation Analysis
From: "TRISTAN" <info@tristan.cl>
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Call for Abstracts
TRISTAN VIII – EIGHTH TRIENNIAL SYMPOSIUM ON TRANSPORTATION ANALYSIS
June 9 – 14, 2013
San Pedro de Atacama, Chile
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The Complex Engineering Systems Institute, ISCI, would like to invite you
to submit an abstract to the eighth version of the TRISTAN Triennial
Symposium.
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Presentation
TRISTAN is an international scientific conference that provides a high
quality forum for the presentation of mathematical models, methodologies
and computational results, and for the exchange of ideas and scientific
discussions on advanced applications and technologies in transportation.
The scope of the conference is wide and comes from different areas of
interest within Transportation Science and Operations Research; among the
most relevant ones, we can mention location and network design, vehicle
routing, inventory routing, transit system planning, vehicle scheduling,
railway transportation, marine transportation,freight planning, traffic
control strategies, fleet management, crew scheduling, supply chain,
real-time operations, travel demand models.
The seven previous conferences took place in Montréal (Canada, 1991),
Capri (Italy, 1994), San Juan (Puerto Rico, 1998), San Miguel (Azores
Islands, 2001), Le Gosier (Guadeloupe, 2004), Phuket (Thailand, 2007) and
Tromso (Norway, 2010).
The chosen location for TRISTAN VIII is San Pedro de Atacama, Chile. As in
all previous meetings, we expect to gather top research scientists from
universities and research institutes from all over the world along with
scientific participants from private sectors, public agencies, and
graduate students. This time, the discussions regarding state of the art
methodological as well as practical issues will take place in the middle
of the amazing landscapes of one of the recognized most beautiful places
on earth, an island of civilization in the middle of the desert!
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The conference will be held June 9 to 14, 2013, at the Kunza Hotel & Spa
(www.hotelkunza.cl) in San Pedro de Atacama. Information about
registration, airfares, accessibility,
accommodation in San Pedro, etc., will be published soon on the official
web site of the Conference, still under construction (www.tristan.cl).
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Executive Committee
· Cristián E. Cortés, Universidad de Chile (Chair)
· Michel Gendreau, CIRRELT and MAGI, École Polytechnique de Montreal
· Pablo A. Rey, Universidad Diego Portales
· Doris Sáez, Universidad de Chile
Local Organizing Committee
· Andrés Weintraub, Universidad de Chile
· Fernando Ordóñez, Universidad de Chile
· Francisco Martínez, Universidad de Chile
· Juan Carlos Muñoz, P. Universidad Católica de Chile
· Ricardo Giesen, P. Universidad Católica de Chile
· Vladimir Marianov, P. Universidad Católica de Chile
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Important Dates and General Information
· Extended abstract submission open: July 2nd, 2012
· Deadline for extended abstract submission: September 28th, 2012
· Notification of acceptance: January 31st, 2013
· Deadline for early registration: April 16th, 2013
· Deadline for submission of revised extended abstracts: May 21st,
2013
· Conference: June 9th-14th, 2013
· Venue: Kunza Hotel & Spa (www.hotelkunza.cl)
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