Archived posts

Here you can find archived posts of the current calendar year.

• Call for abstracts: Reinforcement Learning for Stochastic Networks (RL4SN 2026) (co-hosted with IFIP Performance 2026), Ghent, Belgium. Deadline for abstract submission 31 July 2026
• PhD position – Optimizing Evacuation Decisions under Infrastructure Uncertainty, University of Amsterdam, deadline for applications 31 July 2026
• Faculty Position in Mathematical Optimisation, University of Antwerp, application deadline 16 July 2026
• PhD position – Operations Research for warehouse optimization, University of Antwerp, deadline for applications 9 July 2026
• PhD Positions on AI-based Operations & Supply Chain Management, University of Würzburg, accepting now applications
• ABW Accelerator Volunteer request, Analytics for a Better World
• Booking.com internship programme for PhD students, Amsterdam, accepting now applications
• 38th talk ORAHS international seminar series by Dr. Miguel Lejeune (George Washington University), online, 23 June 2026 at 16:00 (CEST)Register here
• Inspiration session about Science Communication in Mathematics, organised by PWN, 23 June 2026
• Workshop Reaching a broader audience with your research, organised by Young KWG, 18 June 2026
• Dutch Days of Combinatorics, University of Groningen, 16–17 June 2026
• The Nacht van Eindhoven 2026 results are in! Read the blogpost by CQM (in Dutch) here
• The LNMB PhD courses CAO, AlQT, OML are streamed in 2026-2027. Check the curriculum here
• Two postdoctoral positions at Tilburg University, accepting now applications
• Postdoctoral Position in Optimisation, George Washington University, accepting now applications
• PhD position Robust Game Theory for Complex Systems, TUD, deadline for applications 14 June 2026
• PhD position on Dissecting Algorithmic Collusion, UT, deadline for applications 14 June 2026
• Stochastic Networks Conference 2026, Gleacher Center, Chicago, USA, 15–19 June 2026
• MIC 2026 — 16th Metaheuristics International Conference, Ischia Island (Napoli), Italy 8–11 June 2026
• Royal honour for Prof. Dr. ir. René de Koster
• New book: Linear and Mixed-Integer Bilevel Optimization: Theory and Algorithms by Yasmine Beck, Ivana Ljubić, and Martin Schmidt. This material will be published by Cambridge University Press. This pre-publication version is free to view and download for personal use only.
• Upcoming INFORMS prizes and awards nominations (May–June 2026). Find more information and all deadlines here
• 23rd EUROPT Conference on Advances in Continuous Optimization, Johannes Kepler Universität Linz, Austria, 08–10 June 2026
• EUROPT Summer School by Etienne de Klerk and Martin Schmidt, Johannes Kepler Universität Linz, Austria, 06–07 June 2026
• StochMod 2026, Amsterdam, 3–5 June 2026
• Call for Nominations: 2026 Erlang Prize, deadline for nominations, 1 June 2026
• PhD position in Algorithms and Complexity for Discrete Optimisation Problems, TU/e, deadline for applications 31 May 2026
• Call for Contributions: 8th “Data Science Meets Optimization (DSO)” Workshop. The workshop will be co-located with IJCAI-ECAI 2026 in Bremen, Germany, and held between 15–17 August 2026. Submission deadline: 30 May 2026 (AOE)
• PhD position in Modelling food supply chains with shelf life control and pricing, WUR, deadline for applications 29 May 2026
• QUESTA 40 workshop, EURANDOM 27–29 May 2026
• 37th talk ORAHS international seminar series by Dr. David Barrera Ferro, online, 26 May 2026 at 16:00 (CEST)Register here
• PhD position in Data-Driven Food Security Intelligence and Decision Support, Tilburg University, deadline for applications 25 May 2026
• In memoriam: Anja De Waegenaere and Anne Buijsrogge-Brentjens
• Symposium on Lab Optimisation, University of Twente, 22 May 2026Register here
• Operations Management and Logistics Conference, Kontakt der Kontinenten in Soesterberg, 21–22 May 2026
• De Nacht van Eindhoven 2026, CQM, Eindhoven, 21-22 May 2026Register here
• IV European Conference on Queueing Theory (ECQT 2026), Reykjavík, Iceland, abstract submission deadline 11–13 May 2026
• Vacancy "Head of AI Solutions and Data Impact", Analytics for a Better World, deadline for applications: 10 May 2026
• PhD position on Optimisation in Routing and Scheduling for Critical Infrastructure Protection, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, deadline for applications 30 April 2026
• PhD position on Tropical Kernel-Based Offline Reinforcement Learning, Delft University of Technology, deadline for applications 30 April 2026
• Bilevel Optimization Society Webinar Series, next webinar by Martina Cerulli (University of Salerno) and Kübra Tanınmış (Koç University) on 28 April 2026
• Abstract submission for the International Conference on Operations Research is now open (Passau, 1–4 September 2026). Submission deadline 30 April 2026
• Postdoctoral position in Reinforcement Learning for Stochastic Optimisation, VU Amsterdam, deadline for applications 21 April 2026
• 36th talk ORAHS international seminar series by Dr. Pieter van den Berg, online, 21 April 2026 at 16:00 (CEST)Register here
• PhD position on Energy-Efficient Scheduling, University of Twente, applications now open. Please contact Dr. Eyal Castiel for further information
• Assistant Professor in Mathematics of Stochastic Operations Research, Leiden University, deadline for applications 15 April 2026
• Registration for the QUESTA workshop "Forty years of Queueing Systems" is now open
• KWG PhD Prize 2026, deadline for nominations 15 April 2026
• EURO Summer Winter institute on "Lot Sizing, Production and Distribution Planning: Foundations and Advanced Methods", Ecole des Mines Saint-Etienne in Gardanne, Provence, France 13–24 April 2026

  Please note: There is a possibility for a PhD student (from an OR society in EURO) to do a research visit in Gardanne of several months before the start of ESWI.

• 35th talk ORAHS International Seminar Series, online, 14 April 2026
• Inaugural address Prof. Dr. Frans Cruijssen, Tilburg University, 10 April 2026 Registration
• Workshop on "A New Era for Planning and Managing Logistics Systems", Delft University of Technology, 9 April 2026
  Registration is required to attend the workshop. Please register below Registration here
• ISMP 2027 – Find the announcement of plenaries, semi-plenaries, and streams here
• New book: Een wereld van Kansen met Python, by Ad Ridder and Henk Tijms
• Various open calls for prizes and awards nominations. Find more information and all deadlines here
• Postdoc or programmer in real-life transportation optimisation, supervised by Albert Schrotenboer and Tom Van Woensel, Eindhoven University of Technology, deadline for applications 05 April 2026
• Two PhD positions on Robust Optimization, CWI, deadline for applications 1 April 2026
• PhD Position in Multimodal Demand Management and Optimisation under Uncertainty, Delft University of Technology, deadline for applications 1 April 2026
• Two PhD Positions in Short-Term and Long-Term Transport Planning under Uncertainty, Delft University of Technology, deadline for applications 1 April 2026
• PhD position for Tax System Optimisation, application deadline 31 March 2026
• PhD position on Resilient Network Concepts for Supply Logistics, Erasmus University Rotterdam & TNO & Defensieacademie (NLDA), applications now open. Please contact Prof. Dr. Wilco van den Heuvel for further information.
• Postdoc position in Quantum Networking, Durham University, UK, accepting now applications
• PhD Position Discrete Mathematics and Optimization: Mathematical Phylogenetics, Delft University of Technology, deadline for applications 22 March 2026
• Assistant professor in Operations Research , Aalto University, deadline for applications 15 March 2026
• PhD Position on Parameterized and Fine-Grained Complexity of NP-Hard Problems, Utrecht University, application deadline 15 March 2026
• 3-year Postdoc Position in Symmetry Handling in Bilevel Programming, Eindhoven University of Technology, application deadline 6 March 2026
• Dutch Game Theory Symposium
  When: Thursday, 2 April 2026
  Where: MindLabs Tilburg, Room MLZ 1.28
  More information: Website
  Registration deadline: 6 March 2026 Register here
• VVSOR Annual Meeting 2026 “Chasing Gold: The Promise and Pitfalls of Optimisation”, Amsterdam, 5 March 2026
• German-Dutch Health Care Management Meeting, University of Twente, 4–6 March 2026
• Postdoctoral Researcher — Designing a Digital Twin for Educational Logistics in Secondary Education, University of Groningen, deadline for applications 3 March 2026
• Inaugural ABW Research Webinar
  When: 3 March 2026
  Where: Online via Zoom
  Speaker: Professor Andrew Trapp (Worcester Polytechnic Institute)
  Title: SWAP-and-Route: Fast Resource Exchange and Collaborative Routing for NPOs

  Dr. Trapp will introduce a novel optimisation framework for coordinating emergency resource sharing among nonprofits, demonstrating how analytics can improve collective impact in time-critical situations.

  Register here
• PhD position in Artificial Intelligence for Detecting Epistasis in ALS, Tilburg University, deadline for applications 2 March 2026
• Postdoctoral Position: Sustainable Logistics: Planning and Routing, University of Groningen, deadline for applications 2 March 2026
• Postdoc position in Monotone Interacting Particle Systems, Prague, deadline for applications 1 March 2026
• Two PhD Positions in Optimal Control & Dynamic Game Theory, Delft University of Technology, deadline for applications 1 March 2026
• EURO Doctoral Dissertation Award on Vehicle Routing and Logistics Optimization, deadline for nominations 28 February 2026
• Research Excellence Postdoctoral Fellows Program, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, deadline for applications 27 February 2026
• Takács Award for PhD thesis on "Queueing Theory and its Applications", deadline for applications: 27 February 2026
• 34th talk ORAHS international seminar series by Prof. Hein Fleuren, online, 24 February 2026 at 16:00 (CEST)
• Postdoctoral Research Associate on Quantum Networking, Durham University, application deadline 22 February 2026
• PhD positions in Operations Research, Department of Econometrics and OR, Tilburg University, application deadline 20 February 2026
• LNMB P2P Webinar. From PhD to University of Applied Sciences: Navigating a Non-Traditional Academic Transition by Dr. Hezha Mohammedkhan, 19 February 2026
• Workshop and Inaugural Lecture Remy Spliet, Erasmus University Rotterdam, 13 February 2026
• NWO Insight Out 2026, Prodentfabriek in Amersfoort, 12 February 2026
• StochMod 2026: Call for abstracts, submission deadline 11 February 2026
• PhD position on data-driven patient flow in acute elderly care, CWI, deadline for applications 8 February 2026
• New book: Optimization and Learning via Stochastic Gradient Search by Felisa Vázquez-Abad and Bernd Heidergott
• Vacancy "Head of AI Solutions and Data Impact", Analytics for a Better World
• EURO Doctoral Dissertation Award 2026, deadline for nominations 31 January 2026
• EURO travel grants for PhD students attending these courses, deadline for applications: 31 January 2026
• PhD candidate in Operations Management, Tilburg University, deadline for applications 31 January 2026
• Senior Scientist Position for Outstanding Female Researchers, CWI, deadline for applications: 31 January 2026
• Postdoctoral Research Position in Graphical Models and Statistical Learning, Barcelona, deadline for applications 30 January 2026
• Supply Chain Data Scientist, World Food Programme, deadline for applications 30 January 2026
• 192nd European Study Group Mathematics with Industry 2026, Leiden, 26–30 January 2026
• Robust Optimization Webinar, online, bi-weekly, Season 7 starts on 23 January 2026
• ORAHS International Seminar Series by Dr. Sina Ansari (DePaul University -Chicago, USA), online, 20 January 2026, 16:00 CET
• Flash Presentations for Early Career Researchers, VVSOR Annual Meeting 2026, University of Amsterdam, Submission deadline: 18 January 2026
• Postdoctoral Position, Booth School of Business, University of Chicago, deadline for applications 15 January 2026
• PhD or Postdoctoral Position, University of Calgary, deadline for applications 15 January 2026
• Call for proposals Open Competitie ENW XS and related message by PWN, Eindhoven, earliest submission deadline 13 January 2026
• 15 PhD positions in ML and OR, application deadline 6 January 2026

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