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.
2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012
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