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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Please, find below and attached a call for proposals to organize the next MCDA/MCDM Summer School in 2016. Please, kindly distribute it to potentially interested colleagues.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">With best regards, Kaisa Miettinen<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:18.0pt">Call for Proposals to Organize the MCDA/MCDM Summer School in 2016<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US">International Summer Schools on MCDA/MCDM
</span><span lang="EN-GB">spread out knowledge of multicriteria decision aiding (MCDA) and multiple criteria decision making (MCDM) (including methods, theory, applications and software) among researchers and practitioners of future generations. The Summer
Schools, organized every three years,</span><span lang="EN-US"> are joint events of the International Society on Multiple Criteria Decision Making (</span><a href="http://www.mcdmsociety.org"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#6600FF">http://www.mcdmsociety.org</span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#0066FF">)</span><span lang="EN-US">
and EURO Working Group on Multicriteria Decision Aiding (<u><span style="color:#6600FF"><a href="http://www.cs.put.poznan.pl/ewgmcda">http://www.cs.put.poznan.pl/ewgmcda</a></span></u>).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">We <b>welcome proposals</b> to host and organize the next MCDA/MCDM Summer School in 2016.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US">While preparing the proposal, please, pay careful attention to the
</span><b><i><span lang="EN-GB">Guide for Organizers of MCDA/MCDM Summer Schools</span></i></b><span lang="EN-GB">
</span><span lang="EN-US">and make sure that you are prepared to follow it. The Guide can be found at
</span><a href="http://mcdmsociety.org/conf.html#Guide_School"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#6600FF">http://mcdmsociety.org/conf.html#Guide_School</span></a><span lang="EN-US">.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US">The Organizer of the Summer School is responsible for the finances of the summer school and is expected to lead the organization and to disseminate widely information as directed and helped
by the </span><span lang="EN-GB">Co-ordinating Committee (introduced in the Guide)</span><span lang="EN-US">. The current members are Profs Jose Figueira (</span><a href="mailto:figueira@ist.utl.pt"><span lang="EN-US">figueira@ist.utl.pt</span></a><span lang="EN-US">),
Martin Josef Geiger (</span><a href="mailto:m.j.geiger@hsu-hh.de"><span lang="EN-US">m.j.geiger@hsu-hh.de</span></a><span lang="EN-US">), Salvatore Greco (</span><a href="mailto:salgreco@unict.it"><span lang="EN-US">salgreco@unict.it</span></a><span lang="EN-US">),
Murat Köksalan (</span><a href="mailto:president-elect@mcdmsociety.org"><span lang="EN-US">president-elect@mcdmsociety.org</span></a><span lang="EN-US">), Kaisa Miettinen (</span><a href="mailto:president@mcdmsociety.org"><span lang="EN-US">president@mcdmsociety.org</span></a><span lang="EN-US">),
Francisco Ruiz (</span><a href="mailto:secretary@mcdmsociety.org"><span lang="EN-US">secretary@mcdmsociety.org</span></a><span lang="EN-US">) and Roman Slowinski (</span><a href="mailto:roman.slowinski@cs.put.poznan.pl"><span lang="EN-US">roman.slowinski@cs.put.poznan.pl</span></a><span lang="EN-US">).
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US">The proposal should contain at least the following information:</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:windowtext"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:windowtext">Name of Organizer(s) with address, email and telephone<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:windowtext">Contact email address (if other than the one above)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="default" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:windowtext"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">3.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:windowtext">Venue and host institution of the Summer School<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="default" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:windowtext"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">4.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:windowtext">Tentative dates of the Summer School<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:windowtext">Support from host institution and from other organizations (if available or whether can be applied, e.g. financial or other type, please, specify
details)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="default" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:windowtext"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">6.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:windowtext">Possible assistance available (estimate of the number of staff members and students to be involved in local organization)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="default" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:windowtext"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">7.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:windowtext">Estimated participation fee (including accommodation, lunches, coffees, material given to the participants). Indicate also maximum participation
fee which will not be exceeded<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:windowtext"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">8.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:windowtext">Information about how the Summer School venue can be reached from e.g. main airports<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="default" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:windowtext"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">9.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:windowtext">Proximity of accommodation to the Summer School venue<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:windowtext"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">10.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:windowtext">Information whether some of the instructions in the Guide cannot be followed (with explanation why so)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:windowtext"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">11.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:windowtext">Any past experience in organizing summer schools or international conferences and collecting financial support for them (in the proposed venue or
elsewhere, give names, dates and further information)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">The </span><span lang="EN-GB">Co-ordinating Committee
</span><span lang="EN-US">will make the decision in the autumn 2014. It is possible that the decision of the organizer of the subsequent Summer School will be made as well, so, please mention in your proposal whether you are interested in organizing the summer
school in 2019.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Send your proposal by email to the President of the International Society on MCDM, Prof. Kaisa Miettinen, at
</span><a href="mailto:president@mcdmsociety.org"><span lang="EN-US">president@mcdmsociety.org</span></a><span lang="EN-US"> by
<b>September 30, 2014</b>. You may contact any member of the </span><span lang="EN-GB">Co-ordinating Committee for further information.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">************************************<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Professor Kaisa Miettinen, PhD<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Industrial Optimization Group: </span><a href="http://www.mit.jyu.fi/optgroup/"><span lang="EN-US">http://www.mit.jyu.fi/optgroup/</span></a>
<span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Dept. of Mathematical Information Technology, P.O. Box 35 (Agora)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">FI-40014 University of Jyvaskyla, Finland<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">- - -<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Vice-rector of the University of Jyvaskyla,
</span><a href="https://www.jyu.fi/hallinto/rehtorit/miettinen"><span lang="EN-US">https://www.jyu.fi/hallinto/rehtorit/miettinen</span></a><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">- - -<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">tel. +358 50 3732247 (mob.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">fax: +358 14 2602771<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">email: kaisa.miettinen at jyu.fi<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">homepage: </span><a href="http://www.mit.jyu.fi/miettine"><span lang="EN-US">http://www.mit.jyu.fi/miettine</span></a><span lang="EN-US"> and
</span><a href="http://www.mit.jyu.fi/miettine/engl.html"><span lang="EN-US">http://www.mit.jyu.fi/miettine/engl.html</span></a><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">* President of the International Society on MCDM:
</span><a href="http://www.mcdmsociety.org/"><span lang="EN-US">http://www.mcdmsociety.org/</span></a><span lang="EN-US"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">* Former president of EUROPT, EURO Working Group on Continuous Optimization<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">* My book: Nonlinear Multiobjective Optimization, Kluwer:
</span><a href="http://www.mit.jyu.fi/miettine/book/"><span lang="EN-US">http://www.mit.jyu.fi/miettine/book/</span></a><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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