NORS – The Norwegian Operations Research Society

Welcome to NORS

The Norsk Operasjonsanalyseforening or Norwegian Operations Research Society (NORS) comprises a community of researchers based in Norway, whose discipline -Operations Research (OR)- deals with the application of advanced analytical methods to help make better decisions.

NORS exists formally since 2014 and it is the official member representing Norway in The International Federation of Operational Research (IFORS) and The Association of European Operational Research Societies (EURO) since 2015.

NORS has around 150 members from across the country, covering universities, applied research institutions, government and industry.

What is happening

Opening in Shipping Economics and Management – NHH Norwegian School of economics 20th June 2018
Vacant PhD Research Scholar positions – NHH Norwegian School of Economics 20th June 2018
Open Position at Tieto: Optimisation & Decision Support Consultant 14th May 2018
Call for applications to the NHH Summer course on Rural Logistics 14th May 2018
Postdoctoral position at SINTEF Optimization 8th March 2018

Forthcoming conferences

Annual NORS conference 2020

The NORS Annual Conference aims to be a meeting place for the Norwegian Operations Research community for exchanging ideas and presenting ongoing research.
Location: Trondheim, Norway
Save the date: 18-19 November 2020

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Victor Z @uwzavalab·

17 Sep

Happy to announce the release of MadNLP.jl, a Julia-based NLP solver that facilitates the development of modeling and algorithmic paradigms and the use of HPC. MadNLP.jl interfaces with general and structure-exploiting modeling and linear algebra tools. Check it out!

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Norges forskningsråd @forskningsradet·

16 Sep

Vi gratulerer👏 insektenes dronning🪰, forsker Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson med Forskningsrådets formidlingspris 2020🏆! Prisen får hun for fremragende formidling av de små livenes betydning for det store livet på jorden #Forskningsdagene @annesver @UniNMBU

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Mauricio.G.C.Resende @MGC_Resende·

17 Sep

Our paper on #routing for #vaccine #distribution in #Mozambique is now #OpenAccess. Feel free to #download it for #free.

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/itor.12867

#vrp #vehiclerouting #ai #operationsresearch #orms

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Richard Feynman @ProfFeynman·

16 Sep

"Education isn't something you can finish."

-- Isaac Asimov

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Murat Demirbas @muratdemirbas·

16 Sep

If you want to attract students to your distributed systems course, call it "Deep Learning on Distributed Systems"

If the students complain about the lack of ML content, tell them they will be doing the deep learning, not the machines.

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