[APDIO] IFORS Announces Search for A Scholar to the ALIO Summer School (ELAVIO 2014)

[Ana Luisa Custodio <algb@fct.unl.pt>]

IFORS Announces Search for A Scholar to the ALIO Summer School (ELAVIO 2014)

IFORS is pleased to announce that it is sponsoring a scholar to the ELAVIO.
Under the auspices of the Latin American Association of Operations 
Research Societies (ALIO), the XVIII ELAVIO Summer School will be held 
in PARAIBA (BRASIL) from 14th to 21th February, 2014. It is sponsored by 
CNPQ (Brazil), CAPES (Brazil) and FAPESQ (Fundação de Apoio à Pesquisa 
do Estado da Paraíba), ALIO, and the International Federation of 
Operational Research Societies (IFORS). The XVII School will be 
organized by Centro de Informatics, University Federal da Paraíba and as 
in the past, will include mini-courses, tutorials, discussion panels, 
and conferences on advanced topics of research interest. The 
participants will have the opportunity of presenting their work in the 
areas of: combinatorial optimization, multicriteria optimization, 
heuristics, metaheuristics, mathematical programming, and algorithms.

Additional information may be found at: www.ci.ufpb.br/eventos/elavio2014

IFORS will cover the participant’s airfare from his/her country (subject 
to a maximum limit) while ELAVIO organizers will provide living expenses 
during the school.
To be considered, the applicant must:

- have done work in any of these topics: Optimization, Multiobjective 
and multicriteria, Heuristics and Metaheuristics, Mathematical 
Programming, Fuzzy Logic, Decision Support Systems, Artificial 
Intelligence, Simulation, Networks, Logistics;
- be at the early stage of his/her career;
- be able to present his/her unpublished work and answer questions in 
English;
- be highly recommended by the adviser/supervisor of the work;
- agree to submit a report on the outcome of the activity and its benefits.

Those satisfying the above requirements are enjoined to submit the 
following:

curriculum vitae
a two-page abstract of his/her work to be presented, and
a recommendation by his/her adviser

to: IFORS Vice President for ALIO Lorena Pradenas, lpradena@udec.cl

Please note that candidates from developing countries will have an 
advantage in the selection.

Important dates:
Last day of submitting requirements: December 20, 2013
Notification of selected candidate: January 10, 2014