Report: ÖGOR Annual Meeting 2013

Nov
22
2013

22. November 2013, 13:00 – 18:00
Techno-Z Events Centre, Salzburg

This year’s Annual General Meeting of ÖGOR (Austrian Society for Operations Research ) was organised by Salzburg Research.

Keynote speeches by Hans-Georg Beyer (University of Applied Sciences Vorarlberg) with an overview of new results of evolution strategy research, and Herbert Meyr (University of Hohenheim) with the question of how useful customer prioritization is within demand fulfillment of stock production.

ÖGOR president Marc Reimann and Günther Raidl, responsible for youth development, awarded outstanding scientific work in the area of ​​Operations Research:

  • The Bank Austria UniCredit Group Dissertation Prize 2013 for Operations Research went to Stefan Gollowitzer for his dissertation “Mixed Integer Programming Approaches to the problem Combining Network Design and Facility Location” at the University of Vienna. As the award winner is currently working abroad , the price was handed over to the supervisor Ivana Ljubic.
  • The Magna Steyr Master Thesis Award 2013 for Operation Research went to Jan Pöschko for his thesis “Optimization of a Purlin Punching Process” at TU Graz. Since this winner is currently conducting research abroad as well, the price was presented to his supervisor Johannes Hatzl.

The Annual Meeting of the Austrian Society of Operations Research (ÖGOR) is an important meeting place for the local OR community. In addition to a high-profile keynote speech and the awarding of the diploma work and dissertation ÖGOR prices, the event offers plenty of opportunities for networking activities.

 
How to find us
Salzburg Research Forschungsgesellschaft
Jakob Haringer Straße 5/3
5020 Salzburg, Austria