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CUSO PhD Seminars

The CUSO Doctoral Programme in Operations Research comprises a winter seminar and a summer seminar. The seminars consist of lecture series, presentations by PhD students, dialogues with editors of leading OR journals, and meetings with alumni. Other activities of the program contribute to integrating PhD students into the scientific community and strengthening the network between research groups in Switzerland.

All PhD students in the field of Operations Research affiliated with a research group in Switzerland are kindly invited to join the program. Registered students can also participate in generic-competence courses (e.g., scientific communication and writing, project management, or patenting) offered by the CUSO. Please visit https://www.cuso.ch for more information.

2016

Summer Seminar in Zinal

May 26-30, 2016

Organization: Norbert Trautmann (University of Bern), Michel Bierlaire (EPFL), Nadine Zumsteg (University of Bern)

Lecturers:

  • Prof. Dr. Cinzia Cirillo, University of Maryland
  • Prof. Dr. Pierre L'Ecuyer, University of Montreal

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Winter Seminar in Zinal

January 17-21, 2016

Organization: Norbert Trautmann (University of Bern), Michel Bierlaire (EPFL), Dominique de Werra (EPFL), Nadine Zumsteg (University of Bern)

Lecturers:

  • Prof. Dr. Bernard Gendron, University of Montreal
  • Prof. Dr. Patrick Jaillet, MIT

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2015

Summer Seminar in Zinal

June 7-11, 2015

Organization: Norbert Trautmann (University of Bern), Daniel Kuhn (EPFL), Michel Bierlaire (EPFL), Manuela Fahrni (University of Bern)

Lecturers:

  • Prof. Dr. Shabbir Ahmed, Georgia Institute of Technology
  • Prof. Dr. Gautier Stauffer, Grenoble Institute of Technology

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Winter Seminar in Zinal

January 11-15, 2015

Organziation: Norbert Trautmann (University of Bern), Daniel Kuhn (EPFL), Dominique de Werra (EPFL), Manuela Fahrni (University of Bern)

Lecturers:

  • Dorit Hochbaum, UC Berkeley
  • Melvyn Sim, National University of Singapore

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2014

Autumn Seminar in Zinal

August 31 - September 3, 2014

Organization: Norbert Trautmann (University of Bern), Michel Bierlaire (EPFL), Gerald Reiner (University of Neuchâtel), Yelka Eggenschwiler (University of Bern), Manuela Fahrni (University of Bern)

Lecturers:

  • Emma Frejinger, University of Montréal
  • Stefan Minner, Technische Universität München

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Winter Seminar in Zinal

January 12-16, 2014

Organziation: Norbert Trautmann (University of Bern), Michel Bierlaire (EPFL), Ola Svensson (EPFL), Dominique de Werra (EPFL), Yelka Eggenschwiler (University of Bern)

Lecturers:

  • Daniel Kuhn, EPFL
  • James B. Orlin, MIT
  • Mohit Singh, Microsoft Research

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2013

Autumn Seminar in Zinal

September 8-12, 2013

Organization: Norbert Trautmann (University of Bern), Michel Bierlaire (EPFL), Yelka Eggenschwiler (University of Bern)

Lecturers:

  • Jacques Desrosiers, HEC Montréal
  • Georgia Perakis, MIT

 

Winter Seminar in Zinal

January 13-17, 2013

Organziation: Norbert Trautmann (University of Bern), Michel Bierlaire (EPFL), Yelka Eggenschwiler (University of Bern)

Lecturers:

  • Teodor Crainic, Université du Québec à Montréal
  • Alain Hertz, École Polytechnique de Montréal
  • Stein W. Wallace, Norwegian School of Economics

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2012

Autumn Seminar in Zinal

September 9-13, 2012

Organization: Norbert Trautmann (University of Bern), Michel Bierlaire (EPFL), Yelka Eggenschwiler (University of Bern)

Lecturers:

  • Roel Leus, KU Leuven
  • Michael Patriksson, Chalmers University of Technology

Meet-an-editor:

  • Stefan Nickel, Editor-in-Chief of Computers & Operations Research

Meet-an-alumni:

  • Daniel Costa, Head of Demand & Supply Planning, Nestlé Suisse S.A.

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Winter Seminar in Zinal

January 15-19, 2012

Organziation: Norbert Trautmann (University of Bern)

Lecturers:

  • Laurent El Ghaoui, UC Berkeley
  • Alain Martel, University Laval, Québec

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