CALL FOR APPLICATIONS to BEHAVIOURAL OR SUMMER SCHOOL , May 15-22, 2016, Finland. Deadline is February 20, 2016. Behavioural operational research (BOR) is a new rapidly developing area in operational research focused on behavioural aspects of model-supported problem solving and decision making.
http://bor.aalto.fi/summerschool.html
We invite applications from doctoral students and advanced masters students as well as post docs interested in this new and exciting field within OR . We also welcome people from other non-OR backgrounds such as behavioural, social, computational and organizational sciences. Knowledge of OR is not a prerequisite - interdisciplinarity is key in BOR work.
WHAT IS BEHAVIOURAL OPERATIONAL RESEARCH:
Behavioural operational research (BOR) is a new very rapidly developing area in operational research. It is interested in the behavioural aspects related to model-supported problem solving and decision making , as well as in using models to describe human behaviour in problem solving and complex settings.
BOR SUMMER SCHOOL
This international summer school is the first in this new area. Our distinquished lecturers are pioneering professors in the field including Alberto Franco, Paul Goodwin, Konstantinos Katsikopoulos, Jeffrey Keisler, Gilberto Montibeller, Stewart Robinson, Esa Saarinen, Ahti Salo and Jyrki Wallenius. This will be a unique opportunity to get an early start in this emerging new field in OR. The presentations will cover different areas of operational research including problem structuring ,multicriteria decision making, heuristics and biases, simulation, systems thinking and forecasting . There will also be talks by brain researchers and demonstrations of new measurement techniques, including brain imaging, which are used in studying human emotions and behaviour. Students attending the summer school will have the possibility to describe their research projects and present posters. Students will also have the opportunity to discuss their research ideas and collaborate with our distinguished speakers .
The summer school is organized by the Systems Analysis Laboratory in Aalto University and the BOR community.
It will take place on the Otaniemi campus of the Aalto University near Helsinki.
General info: http://bor.aalto.fi/summerschool.html
How to apply: http://bor.aalto.fi/applications.html
BOR web site: http://bor.aalto.fi
Welcome to the BOR Summer School in Finland!
Raimo P. Hämäläinen
Professor
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Professor Raimo P. Hamalainen
Aalto University Cell +358 500 677942
School of Science
Systems Analysis Laboratory
P.O. Box 11100 http://www.raimo.hut.fi
FIN-00076 Aalto, FINLAND
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