Winter School on Data Science, Optimization and Operations Research

Previous events

This workshop has been proposed until 2016 in the context of a doctoral program sponsored by the Conférence universitaire de Suisse occidentale (CUSO). Since 2017, it is organized by the Transport and Mobility Laboratory at EPFL, directed by Prof. Michel Bierlaire. It has a long tradition of hosting key researchers in optimization and operations research, as the following list witnesses.

January 14-19, 2024: Winter School on Optimization and Operations Research Hotel Europe, Zinal (Organizer: Bierlaire)
- Jordi Castro, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Dept. of Statistics and Operations Research
- Marie-Eve Rancourt, HEC Montréal
January 15-20, 2023: Winter School on Optimization and Operations Research Hotel Europe, Zinal (Organizer: Bierlaire)
- Ivana Ljubic, ESSEC Business School, Paris, France
- Stefan Ropke, Department of Technology, Management and Economics, Technical University of Denmark
January 17-21, 2022: Winter School on Optimization and Operations Research Hotel Europe, Zinal (Organizer: Kuhn)
- Marco Cuturi, Apple Research, École Nationale de la Statistique et de l'Administration Économique
- Angelia Nedich, Arizona State University
January 19-24, 2020: Winter School on Optimization and Operations Research Hotel Europe, Zinal (Organizer: Bierlaire)
- Marco Campi, University of Brescia
- Negar Kiyavash, EPFL
August 15-20, 2021: Winter School on Optimization and Operations Research Hotel Europe, Zinal (Organizer: Bierlaire)
- Niao He, ETH Zuerich
- Yurii Nesterov, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) at Catholic University of Louvain (UCL), Belgium
January 13-18, 2019: Winter School on Optimization and Operations Research Hotel Europe, Zinal (Organizer: Bierlaire)
- William Pulleyblank, United States Military Academy, West Point
- Louis-Martin Rousseau, Polytechnique Montréal
January 14-19, 2018: Winter School on Optimization Hotel Europe, Zinal (Organizer: Bierlaire)
- Simon Lacoste-Julien, University of Montreal
- Dolores Romero Morales, Copenhagen Business School
January 15-20, 2017: Winter School on Optimization Hotel Europe, Zinal (Organizer: Bierlaire)
- Michael Ferris, Computer Sciences Department, University of Wisconsin
- Andrea Lodi, Polytechnique Montréal
June 26-30, 2016: Summer Seminar Hotel Europe, Zinal (Organizer: Trautmann)
- Cinzia Cirillo, University of Maryland
- Pierre L'Ecuyer, University of Montréal
January 17-21, 2016: Winter seminar Hotel Europe, Zinal (Organizer: Trautmann)
- Bernard Gendron, University of Montréal
- Patrick Jaillet, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
May 7-8, 2015: Operations Research Days IBM Zürich Research Lab, Rüschlikon (Organizer: Laumanns)
- Nikolas Geroliminis, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
- Maarten Hendriks, Business Unit Rail & Public Transport, Quintiq
- Stefan Pickl, Universität der Bundeswehr München
- Eleni Pratsini, IBM Research
June 7-11, 2015: Summer seminar Hotel Europe, Zinal (Organizer: Trautmann)
- Shabbir Ahmed, Georgia Institute of Technology
- Gautier Stauffer, Grenoble Institute of Technology
January 11-15, 2015: Winter seminar Hotel Europe, Zinal (Organizer: Trautmann)
- Dorit Hochbaum, UC Berkeley
- Melvin Sim, National University of Singapore
August 31 - September 3, 2014: Autumn seminar Hotel Europe, Zinal (Organizer: Trautmann)
- Emma Frejinger, University of Montréal
- Stefan Minner, Technische Universität München
January 12-16, 2014: Winter seminar Hotel Europe, Zinal (Organizer: Trautmann)
- Daniel Kuhn, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
- James Orlin, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Mohit Singh, Microsoft Research
September 8-12, 2013: Autumn seminar Hotel Europe, Zinal (Organizer: Trautmann)
- Jacques Desrosiers, HEC Montréal
- Georgia Perakis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
January 13-17, 2013: Winter seminar Hotel Europe, Zinal (Organizer: Trautmann)
- Teodor Crainic, University of Québec, Montréal
- Alain Hertz, GERAD,Ecole Polytechnique Montréal
- Stein Wallace, Norwegian School of Economics
June 28-29, 2012: Operations Research Days Université de Neuchatel, Neuchatel (Organizer: Reiner)
- Juergen Kohl, IBM R&D
- Thomas Weber, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
September 9-13, 2012: Autumn seminar Hotel Europe, Zinal (Organizer: Trautmann)
- Daniel Costa, Nestlé
- Roel Leus, KU Leuven
- Stefan Nickel, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
- Michael Patriksson, Chalmers University of Technology
January 15-19, 2012: Winter seminar Hotel Europe, Zinal (Organizer: Trautmann)
- Laurent El Ghaoui, University of California at Berkeley
- Alain Martel, University Laval, Québec
May 12-13, 2011: Operations Research Days Univerisity of Bern, Bern (Organizer: Trautmann)
- Gabrio Caimi, BLS Netz AG
- Gerald Reiner, University of Neuchatel
January 16-20, 2011: Winter seminar Hotel Europe, Zinal (Organizer: Bierlaire)
- David Simchi-Levi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Gabor Tardos,, Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics
- Robert Weismantel, Otto-von-Guericke-University of Magdeburg, Germany
January 17-21, 2010: Spring seminar Hotel Europe, Zinal (Organizer: Bierlaire)
- Anupam Gupta, Carnegie Mellon University
- Maria Grazia Speranza, University of Brescia, Italy
January 18-22, 2009: Spring seminar Hotel Europe, Zinal (Organizer: Bierlaire)
- Alain Hertz, GERAD,Ecole Polytechnique Montréal
- Eva Tardos, Department of Computer Science, Cornell University
- Berthold Vöcking, Department of Computer Science RWTH Aachen University
January 20-24, 2008: Spring seminar Hotel Europe, Zinal (Organizer: Bierlaire)
- Maria Chudnovsky, Columbia University
- Martin Skutella, TU Berlin
March 4-8, 2007: Spring seminar Hotel Europe, Zinal (Organizer: Bierlaire)
- Dimitris Bertsimas, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Jean Bernard Lasserre, LAAS, CNRS, Toulouse
- Yurii Nesterov, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) at Catholic University of Louvain (UCL), Belgium
August 21-24,2006: Graph Optimization GO V Rehazentrum - Leukerbad, Loèche-les-Bains (Organizer: Widmer)
- Peter Hammer, RUTCOR, Rutgers, USA
- Jakob Krarup, DIKU, Coperhagen, Denmark
September 14-15, 2006: Fourth Joint Operations Research Days Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne (Organizer: Bierlaire)
- Michele Conforti, University of Padova, Italy
- Volker Kaibel, Zuse-Institut, Berlin
- Philippe Toint, University of Namur, Belgium
March 5-9, 2006: Spring seminar Hotel Europe, Zinal (Organizer: Bierlaire)
- Gérard Cornuéjols, Carnegie Mellon University
- Patrick Jaillet, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
September 15-16, 2005: Third Joint Operations Research Days IBM Zürich Research Lab, Rüschlikon (Organizer: Bierlaire)
- Andreas Schulz, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Angelika Steger, Institute of Theoretical Computer Science, ETHZ
- Leslie Trotter, School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering, Cornell University
February, 27-March 3, 2005: Spring seminar Hotel Europe, Zinal (Organizer: Bierlaire)
- Michel Goemans, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Sven Leyffer, Argonne National Laboratory
September 8-10, 2004: Second Joint Operations Research Days Chateau de Coppet, Coppet (Organizer: Bierlaire)
- Andy Conn, IBM-Research Yorktown Heights
- Laurent El Ghaoui, University of California at Berkeley
- Jon Lee, IBM-Research Yorktown Heights
- Robert Weismantel, Otto-von-Guericke-University of Magdeburg, Germany
February 29-March 4, 2004: Spring seminar Hotel Europe, Zinal (Organizer: Bierlaire)
- Alain Hertz, GERAD,Ecole Polytechnique Montréal
- Yurii Nesterov, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) at Catholic University of Louvain (UCL), Belgium
- Jean-Philippe Vial, Université de Genève
July 14-15, 2003: First Joint Operations Research Days Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne (Organizer: Bierlaire)
- Bernd Sturmfels, University of California, Berkeley
February 16-20, 2003: Spring seminar Hotel Alamarenda, Grimentz (Organizer: Bierlaire)
- Cynthia Barnhart, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Rolf Möhring, Technische Universität Berlin
May 31, 2002: Recent Methodological Advances in Dynamic Traffic Management Systems Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne (Organizer: Bierlaire)
- Moshe Ben-Akiva, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Michel Bierlaire, ROSO EPFL
- André de Palma, Université de Cergy-Pontoise, France
- Haris Koutsopoulos, VOLPE National Transportation Systems Center, US DOT
March 3-7, 2002: Spring seminar Hotel Europe, Zinal (Organizer: Prodon)
- Kurt Mehlhorn, Max-Planck-Institut für Informatik, Saarbrücken
- Alexander Schrijver, CWI, Amsterdam
November 16-17, 2001: Combinatorial Optimization : Trends and Perspectives Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne (Organizer: Prodon)
- Claude Berge, CNRS, France
March 4-8, 2001: Spring seminar Hotel Europe, Zinal (Organizer: Prodon)
- Aharon Ben-Tal, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
- Michael Ferris, Computer Sciences Department, University of Wisconsin
March 7-11, 2000: Spring seminar Hotel Primerose, Lac-Noir (Organizer: Prodon)
- Martin Grötschel, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany
- Manuel Laguna, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA
- Jon Lee, IBM-Research Yorktown Heights
March 4-7, 1997: Spring seminar Hotel Europe, Zinal (Organizer: Vial)
- Kurt Anstreicher, University of Iowa
- Patrice Marcotte, Ecole Polytechnique, Montréal
- D. Williamson, IBM Watson Research Center
: Spring seminar Hotel Europe, Zinal (Organizer: Vial)
- Yurii Nesterov, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) at Catholic University of Louvain (UCL), Belgium
- S. Zenios, University of Cyprus
March 14-18, 1995: Spring seminar , Anzère (Organizer: Widmer)
- Pierre Hansen, HEC-Montréal
- Brigitte Jaumard, Ecole Polytechnique de Montréal
- Catherine Roucairol, Université de Versailles
March 15-19, 1994: Spring seminar Hotel Alamarenda, Grimentz (Organizer: Widmer)
- Martine Labbé, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
- Paolo Toth, Università degli Studi di Bologna, Italy
March 16-20, 1993: Spring seminar Hotel Alamarenda, Grimentz (Organizer: Widmer)
- Yves Crama, Rijksuniversiteit Limburg, Maastricht, The Netherlands
- Alan J. King, IBM - Thomas J. Watson Center, New York, USA
March 24-28, 1992: Spring seminar Hotel Alamarenda, Grimentz (Organizer: Liebling)
- Soren Asmussen, Aalborg University, Denmark
- Donald L. Iglehart, Stanford University, USA
- Reuven Y. Rubinstein, Technion, Haifa, Israel
March 20-24, 1990: Spring seminar Hotel Alamarenda, Grimentz (Organizer: Ebenegger)
- Rainer E. Burkard, Technische Universität Graz, Austria
- Vasek Chvatal, Rutgers University, New Brunswick NJ, USA
March 14-18, 1989: Spring seminar Hotel Alamarenda, Grimentz (Organizer: Ebenegger)
- Pierre Hansen, HEC-Montréal
- Alexander H.G. Rinnooy Kan, Erasmus Universiteit, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
September 20-21, 1988: Fall seminar Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne (Organizer: De Werra)
- Jacek Blazewicz, Technical University of Poznan, Poland
- Giorgio Gallo, Università di Pisa, Italy
- Jan Weglarz, Technical University of Poznan, Poland
March 25-28, 1987: Spring seminar Hotel Alamarenda, Grimentz (Organizer: Ebenegger)
- Gabriel Bitran, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Jacques Carlier, Université de Compiègne, France
- André Graber, IFOR - ETHZ
- Heinz Gröflin, University of Fribourg
- Heinz Gröflin, University of Fribourg
- Heinz Schiltknecht, Sandoz, Bâle, Suisse
- Laurence A. Wolsey, CORE, Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium