Previous Invited Speakers
The researchers below were distinguished invited speakers at previous ICORES conferences.
We are indebted to them for their contribution to heighten the conference level.
2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012
2025
The Neuro-Conceptual Approach to AI: When Deep Learning Meets Conceptual Modeling, Good Things Happen 
Dov Dori, Faculty of Data and Decision Sciences, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel OR for the Nanoworld: Insights into RNA Structure Modeling Marta Szachniuk, Institute of Computing Science, Poznan University of Technology, Poland Are Vehicle Routing Problems Truly Well-Known? Telmo Pinto, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Coimbra, Portugal
2024
Innovative Uses of Drones for Logistics in Healthcare and Production Alice E. Smith, Auburn University, United States The Case for “Cognitive Digital Twin”: How Cognitive Digital Twin, Cognitive Digital Thread and Cognitive Digital Swarm Can Solve Major Problems Facing the Design, Implementation, and Operation of Smarter Products, Processes, and Solutions Ahmed El Adl, CogniTwins - LLC, United States Lexicographic Multi-Objective Optimization Using Infinite, Finite and Infinitesimal NumbersLorenzo Fiaschi, University of Pisa, Italy
2023
Dynamic Pricing under Competition: Challenges and Opportunities Rainer Schlosser, Hasso Plattner Institute, Germany The e-VSP Problem: Planning Electric Buses and Drivers Han Hoogeveen, Universiteit Utrecht, Netherlands Two Approaches to Just-in-Time Scheduling Joanna Józefowska, Poznan University of Technology, Poland
2022
Intelligent Multi-Criteria Decision Support Systems Nikolaos Matsatsinis, Technical University of Crete, Greece Operations Research Opportunities in Automated Driving Systems David Ríos Insúa, ICMAT, Spain A Tailored Benders Decomposition Approach for Last-mile Delivery with Autonomous Robots Ivana Ljubic, ESSEC Business School of Paris, France What Strategic Planners Need to Know in the Age of Uncertainty Yakov Ben-Haim, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel
2021
Risk-adjusted Decision Making for Sustainable Development Elena Rovenskaya, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Austria “Machine Unlearning: An Enterprise Data Redaction Workflow” David Saranchak, Concurrent Technologies Corporation (CTC), United States Constructive Preference Learning Roman Slowinski, Poznan University of Technology, and Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
2020
The Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences 2012 and Matching Theory Tinaz Ekim, Bogaziçi University, Turkey Hierarchical Games for Dynamic Supply Chains with Cost Learning Suresh P. Sethi, The University of Texas at Dallas, United States
2019
Improved Approximation Bounds Via Problem Independent Linear Programming Modeling Federico Della Croce, Politecnico di Torino, Italy Architecture-based Method for Enterprise Transformation Ronald Giachetti, Naval Postgraduate School, United States
2018
The Power of Duality Aharon Ben-Tal, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Israel Brokering Insights: Or How to Stop Freaking Out About the Wrong Things Aaron Burciaga, VP Data Science and Machine Learning, Booz Allen Hamilton, United States On Some Smart Hybridized Heuristics and Local Search Programming Abdelkader Sbihi, Normandie Univ, France
2017
Optimization in Sports League Scheduling Dries Goossens, Ghent University, Belgium Operations Research and Voting Theory Olivier Hudry, Independent Researcher, France The Role of Operations Research to Support Portuguese SMEs: Challenges and Opportunities José Oliveira, Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2016
In at the Deep End! - Reflections on a Lifetime of OR Practice Sue Merchant, Independent Researcher, United Kingdom Combinatorial Design of Machines and Machining Lines - New Application Domain for OR Alexandre Dolgui, IMT Atlantique, France The Use of Optimization to Determine Policy Decisions and Auction Design for a U.S. Multi-billion Dollar Spectrum AuctionKarla Hoffman, George Mason University, United States
2015
Hybridizing Multi-Objective Interactive Techniques - Some Applications to the Electricity Generation Industry Francisco Ruiz, University of Málaga, Spain Online Strategies for Hard Optimization Problems in Graphs Marc Demange, RMIT University, School of Science - Mathematical Sciences, Australia A Challenge for an Efficient Supply Chain Management - Integration Versus Optimality Marino Widmer, University of Fribourg, Switzerland Analyzing the Performance of Greedy Maximal Scheduling via Local Pooling and Graph Theory Bernard Ries, Université Paris-Dauphine, France
2014
Optimization by Unconventional Ant Algorithms Nicolas Zufferey, University of Geneva, Switzerland A Robust Approach to Solve Mixed Integer Linear Optimization Problems with Uncertain Data Marie-Christine Costa, ENSTA - ParisTech, France Applications and Formulations of the Travelling Salesman Problem Paul Williams, Independent Researcher, United Kingdom
2013
Trends and Directions in Distributed Knowledge Elias M. Awad, University of Virginia, United States Convex Quadratic Programming in Graphs: Links between Continuous and Discrete Problems Domingos Moreira Cardoso, University of Aveiro, Portugal Transforming a Complex, Global Enterprise: Operations Research for Management Innovation Greg H. Parlier, GH Parlier Consulting, United States
2012
METAHEURISTICS IN VEHICLE ROUTING Michel Gendreau, Polytechnique Montréal, Canada SOME GRAPH PROBLEMS ARISING IN ELEMENTARY ROBOTICS Dominique de Werra, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland DECISION AID MODELS FOR DISASTERS MANAGEMENT Begoña Vitoriano, Complutense University, Spain