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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Octeract UK @Octeract_UK·

5 Oct

Want to try out our modelling #challenge? 🏆

Take a look at the image below 👀

Note: the relationship between queuing time and the number of people queuing is nonlinear.

Let us know how you would go about #modelling this.
All suggestions are welcome!👇

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Women in OR/MS @INFORMS_WORMS·

7 Oct

Check out WORMS/INFORMS webinar with Alice Smith from Auburn University on "Innovative Uses of Drones for Last Mile Delivery with a Focus on Healthcare". The presentation includes Drone and Vehicle Pickup and Delivery simulation visualization.

https://connect.informs.org/worms/events/past-webinars

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IMA @IMAmaths·

5 Oct

Did you know that it's World Space Week? Katherine Johnson, Mary Jackson, Dorothy Vaughan, Annie Easley and Valerie Thomas are just a few of the many black women who have made significant mathematical contributions to our understanding of space! #WSW2020 #BlackHistoryMonth

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mathematik.de @dmv_mathematik·

7 Oct

Great! A Nobel Prize for a mathematician! Congrats! https://twitter.com/NobelPrize/status/1313421617784123393

The Nobel Prize@NobelPrize

Roger Penrose – awarded this year’s #NobelPrize in Physics – was born in 1931 in Colchester, UK.

He is a professor at @UniofOxford, UK.

https://www.maths.ox.ac.uk/people/roger.penrose

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Norges forskningsråd @forskningsradet·

8 Oct

Om 10 år har nye transport- og teknologiløsninger gjort maritim transport miljøvennlig.

👆Dette er ett av ti mål fra ekspertenes forslag til hvordan vi bør satse på norsk havforskning i FNs havforskningstiår 🌊

Følg lanseringen 16.10 for de andre ni 👇 https://bit.ly/2SE0zRK

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