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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Dear colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">I ask you to share this email with all those who could be interested in taking this summer school course on collective decision making!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#212529;background:white">The
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Jyvaskyla Summer School will be organized </span></strong><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">i</span></strong><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#212529;background:white">n
August 202</span></strong><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">3</span></strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#212529;background:white"> at
the University of Jyväskylä, Finland (<a href="https://jyu.fi/jss">https://jyu.fi/jss</a>).
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US">You are warmly invited to register for the course
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">"Collective Decision Making".<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Course: Collective Decision Making (2 ects)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Rudolf Vetschera (University of Vienna, Austria)
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Time: August 14-18, 2023<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Contents: This course covers a wide range of approaches to decision making by multiple persons, whose
interests might or might not be aligned with each other. Specifically, methods and models of social choice theory, group decision making and negotiations will be covered.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Learning outcomes: Students should obtain a deeper understanding of fundamental problems in decision situations
that involve multiple stakeholders and the analytical tools to analyze such situations and provide possible recommendations to the involved parties.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Prerequisites: Basic knowledge of concepts of decision analysis and operations research.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Targeted at: advanced MSc students, doctoral students and also post-doctoral researchers who are interested
in getting a compact but comprehensive knowledge of different aspects of group decision-making.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">More info: <a href="https://www.jyu.fi/en/research/summer-and-winter-schools/jss/courses/courses-in-computational-sciences#com1--collective-decision-making">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;background:white">https://www.jyu.fi/en/research/summer-and-winter-schools/jss/courses/courses-in-computational-sciences#com1--collective-decision-making</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Although the official application period has ended. applicants are still accepted until May 19<sup>th
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">Participation in all Summer School courses is free of charge. Participants are responsible for covering their own meals, accommodation and all costs related to travel
as well as possible visa costs. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">Application: </span></b><span lang="EN-US">Send your CV and a very brief motivation to
</span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="mailto:babooshka.b.shavazipour@jyu.fi"><span lang="EN-US">babooshka.b.shavazipour@jyu.fi</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US">.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">Final (exceptional) deadline for applications (for this course) is 19<sup>th</sup> of May 2023!</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">Please, spread the word in your networks and to colleagues and potential students!</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#212529;mso-fareast-language:FI"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">With best regards, Kaisa<span style="color:black"> Miettinen</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:FI">Professor Kaisa Miettinen, PhD<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:FI">University of Jyvaskyla<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:FI">Multiobjective Optimization Group:
</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:FI"><a href="http://www.mit.jyu.fi/optgroup/"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:blue">http://www.mit.jyu.fi/optgroup/</span></a>
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:FI"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:FI">Faculty of Information Technology, P.O. Box 35 (Agora)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:FI">FI-40014 University of Jyvaskyla, Finland<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:FI">* Director of the thematic research area Decision Analytics utilizing Causal Models
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:FI">and Multiobjective Optimization,
</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:FI"><a href="http://www.jyu.fi/demo"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:blue">http://www.jyu.fi/demo</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:FI">tel. +358 50 3732247 (mob.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:FI">email: kaisa.miettinen at jyu.fi<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:FI">homepage:
</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:FI"><a href="http://www.mit.jyu.fi/miettine"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:blue">http://www.mit.jyu.fi/miettine</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:FI"> and
</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:FI"><a href="http://www.mit.jyu.fi/miettine/engl.html"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:blue">http://www.mit.jyu.fi/miettine/engl.html</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:FI"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:FI">* <span style="color:#1F497D">
Developing open source software framework DESDEO for interactive methods</span>: </span>
<span style="mso-fareast-language:FI"><a href="http://www.mit.jyu.fi/optgroup/desdeo.html"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:blue">http://www.mit.jyu.fi/optgroup/desdeo.html</span></a>
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:FI"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:FI">My book: Nonlinear Multiobjective Optimization, Kluwer:
</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:FI"><a href="http://www.mit.jyu.fi/miettine/book/"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:blue">http://www.mit.jyu.fi/miettine/book/</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:FI"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:FI">* My publications:
</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:FI"><a href="http://users.jyu.fi/~miettine/publ.html"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:blue">http://users.jyu.fi/~miettine/publ.html</span></a>
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:FI"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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