[Iefac.list] Call for Participation for 2013 NSF Pan-American Advanced Study Institution on Modeling, Simulation and Optimization of Globalized Physical Distribution Systems

[Alice Smith]

IE Faculty Colleagues,

I am very pleased to send you this Call for Participation of a unique opportunity for assistant professors, post-docs and doctoral students working in the areas of logistics, distribution systems, material handling, facility design and related topics.

If you are qualified and interested, please apply and also pass this along to others who are in the target participation audience.

Thanks a lot!  Alice

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Call for Participation

NSF Sponsored Pan-American Advanced Studies Institute on Modeling, Simulation and Optimization of Globalized Physical Distribution Systems

August 5 - 17, 2013

Santiago, Chile

This communication announces the Pan-American Advanced Studies Institute (PASI) on Modeling, Simulation and Optimization of Globalized Physical Distribution Systems, a one-time event for junior academicians involved in research and/or teaching of physical distribution systems.  The PASI workshop will engage participants with prominent scholars in the field during two weeks of educational training, hands on exercises, field trips, and team work on real-world case studies.  Participants must stay for the entire PASI program and participate in all activities.  The PASI event will be conducted in English.

The research and educational topics include logistics, warehousing, supply chain design and operation, facility design, material handling, and facility location and transportation.

The group of participants will consist of junior academicians from across the Americas (Canada, U.S., Mexico, Central America, South America and the Caribbean) including assistant professors, postdoctoral fellows and researchers, and advanced Ph.D. candidates.

The National Science Foundation will sponsor this event with support from the hosting institution, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.

Stipends to cover travel and residency costs are available for selected participants.  Note that participants from the U.S. must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents to qualify for a travel stipend.  No such requirement applies to those coming from other Americas countries.

Applications are now being taken on line at the PASI website (link below).  Applications must be submitted by January 15, 2013.  Applicants will be notified by February 10, 2013 whether they have been accepted.

Complete information regarding this event can be found at the PASI website:

http://pasichile2013.auburn.edu/index.html

If you are a senior professor, please distribute this announcement to any junior professor or doctoral student whom you believe would be interested.

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Alice E. Smith, Ph.D., P.E.
W. Allen and Martha Reed Professor
Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
3301 Shelby Engineering Center
Auburn University
Auburn, AL  36830  USA
334-844-1460
smithae at auburn.edu<mailto:smithae at auburn.edu>
www.eng.auburn.edu/users/smithae<http://www.eng.auburn.edu/users/smithae>
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