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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