<div dir="ltr"><div><p style="margin:0cm">Dear all, </p><p style="margin:0cm"><br></p><p style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm">Submissions are still open for the volume entitled “<b>Optimization between determinism and uncertainty</b>”, to be published in the AIRO Springer Series (<a href="https://link.springer.com/series/15947" target="_blank">https://link.springer.com/series/15947</a>).</p><p style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm"><br></p><p style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm">This is a Scopus-indexed publication linked to the <b>10th AIROYoung Workshop and Ph.D. School</b> (<a href="https://ayw2026.github.io" target="_blank">https://ayw2026.github.io</a>), organized by <b>AIROYoung</b> (<a href="https://airoyoung.airo.org" target="_blank">https://airoyoung.airo.org</a>), the Young Chapter of the Italian Association of Operations Research. The<span style="text-align:start"> volume is primarily aimed at Ph.D. students, postdoctoral researchers, and young professionals who will participate in the workshop, but contributions from all interested authors, regardless of attendance, are also welcome. </span></p><p style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm"><span style="text-align:start"><br></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm"><span style="text-align:start">Please reply to this email and let us know if you are interested in or plan to submit a contribution, so we can also evaluate possible deadline extensions.</span><span style="text-align:start"><br></span></p><p style="margin:0cm"><br></p><p style="margin:0cm"><b>KEY INFORMATION</b></p><p style="margin:0cm">Submit your contribution in the form of a short paper of 8-10 pages.</p><p style="margin:0cm">Submission platform: <a href="https://meteor.springer.com/10AYW" target="_blank">https://meteor.springer.com/10AYW</a></p><p style="margin:0cm">Submission deadline: February 14, 2026</p><p style="margin:0cm"><span style="text-align:justify">Guidelines and templates:</span> <a href="https://www.springernature.com/gp/authors/publish-a-book/step-by-step-conference-proceedings" target="_blank">https://www.springernature.com/gp/authors/publish-a-book/step-by-step-conference-proceedings</a><br></p><p style="margin:0cm"><br></p><p style="margin:0cm"><b>TOPICS</b></p><p style="margin:0px;text-align:justify;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal">Short paper topics include, but are not limited to, the following:</p><p style="margin:0cm">- Mathematical Programming</p><p style="margin:0cm">- Multi-objective Optimization</p><p style="margin:0cm">- Stochastic Programming, Robust and Distributionally Robust Optimization</p><p style="margin:0cm">- Logistics and Supply Chain Management</p><p style="margin:0cm">- Routing and Transportation</p><p style="margin:0cm">- Scheduling and Timetabling</p><p style="margin:0cm">- Decision Support Systems</p><p style="margin:0cm">- Applications in industry and society<br></p><p style="margin:0cm">- OR teaching</p><p style="margin:0cm"><br></p></div><div><div><p style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif"><b>AWARDS</b></font></p><p style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">Authors submitting a short paper to our volume in the AIRO Springer Series will have the opportunity to get their work recognized as outstanding. More precisely, there will be the following awards:</font></p></div><ul style="box-sizing:border-box;text-align:justify"><div><li style="margin-left:15px;box-sizing:border-box;margin-bottom:0.5em"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box">Cargoful Best Paper Award </strong><span style="box-sizing:border-box">(</span><a href="https://cargoful.tech/" target="_blank">https://cargoful.tech/</a>) – Participation is automatic and limited to authors submitting a paper to the Springer volume; prize: €300.</font></li></div><li style="margin-left:15px;box-sizing:border-box;margin-bottom:0.5em"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif"><b>Springer</b> <strong>Best Paper Award – </strong>Participation is automatic and limited to authors submitting a paper to the Springer volume; prize: a €250 voucher to spend on Springer books.</font></li></ul></div><div><div dir="auto"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">For any questions, please feel free to contact Alice Raffaele (<a href="mailto:alice.raffaele@unipd.it" target="_blank">alice.raffaele@unipd.it</a>).</font></div><div dir="auto"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><br></font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif">Best regards,</font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif">The Volume Editors</font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif">Martina Doneda, University of Bergamo</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif">Dario Palasgo, University of Padova</span><br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif">Alice Raffaele, University of Padova</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif">Marta L. Tessitore, Roma Tre University</span></div></div></div>