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- -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [DMANET] FAU Optimization Challenge Date: Wed, 13 May 2015 13:16:01 +0200 From: Andreas Bärmann Andreas.Baermann@math.uni-erlangen.de To: dmanet@zpr.uni-koeln.de

Dear Optimization Community,

The University of Erlangen (FAU), Germany, is organizing an optimization challenge focussed on optimal train timetables. The task is to come up with models and algorithms to compute timetables that are minimal with respect to the resulting energy cost by the operation of the trains. All researchers (from students up to professors) may participate in teams between two and five people. The only condition is that at least one team member is non-German or is affiliated to a non-German university. Teams affiliated to the University of Erlangen may take part out of competition.

We especially encourage young scientists to take part. So feel free to pass this email to your students. The team with the best solutions to the challenge instances will be invited to Erlangen for one week this October, all expenses covered. During this time, the winners have the opportunity to visit our research group on discrete optimization, discuss their solutions with us, explore possibilities for future collaboration or career development, get to know the cultural and culinary highlights of Germany in general and Bavaria in particular, and finally present their work at the popular science fair "Long Night of Science".

More information can be found here: https://openresearchchallenge.org/

Note that the FAU Open Research Challenge comprises three seperate challenges, whose topics are digital forensics, discrete optimization, and photonic technologies.

The homepage of our optimization challenge is here: https://openresearchchallenge.org/discreteOptimization/ChairofEconomics

The challenge is already online and closes by the end of July.

We look forward to your participation and will be happy to greet the winners here in Erlangen!

Prof. Dr. Alexander Martin and Dipl-Math. Andreas Bärmann Chair of Economics, Discrete Optimization, and Mathematics FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany

PS: You can ask your questions concerning the rules of the competition and the functioning of the challenge website here: openresearchchallenge[at]fau.de

For questions concerning the formation of teams and the optimization task itself, you can use the challenge forum on the website (preferred) or directly send them to: Andreas.Baermann[at]math.uni-erlangen.de

- -- Andreas Bärmann Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg Department Mathematik Lehrstuhl für Wirtschaftsmathematik Cauerstraße 11 91058 Erlangen

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