AIROYoung is glad to announce the *fifth* webinar jointly organized with
the Logistics & Optimization Group
<https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/log-ufpb/?trk=affiliated-pages&originalSubdomain=br>
of
the Universidade Federal da Paraíba (LOG-UFPB) in João Pessoa, Brazil.
The webinar will be on *Monday, May 13th, at 17:00 GMT+2* (Italian time) *or
12:00 GMT-3* (Brazilian time).
The speaker is *M. Grazia Speranza* (University of Brescia), and the titles
of her *two talks* are "*Optimal location of charging stations for electric
vehicles*" & "*Women: leaders against all odds*".
Indeed, this time, we will have a seminar about one of her latest research
and another to celebrate the *International Day of Women in Mathematics*.
This event has also been added to the official page of May12
<https://may12.womeninmaths.org/node/1233>.
You can find more details in the abstracts below or in the figures attached.
If you want to attend the webinar, you can complete this form
<https://forms.gle/YHirKV2FpWR8tkDH6> to receive the corresponding Google
Meet link. Please note that the maximum number of attendees is 100.
Hope to see you there!
Best,
The AIROYoung board & LOG-UFPB
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*Title 1)*
Optimal location of charging stations for electric vehicles
*Abstract 1)*
A massive use of electric vehicles is nowadays considered to be a key
element of a sustainable transportation policy and the availability of
charging stations is a crucial issue for reaching this goal. Charging
stations in an urban area have to be deployed in such a way that they can
satisfy a demand that may dramatically vary in space and time. In this
paper we present an optimization model for the location of charging
stations that takes into account the main specific features of the problem,
in particular the different charging technologies, and their associated
service time, and the fact that the demand depends on space and time. To
measure the importance of incorporating the time dependence in an
optimization model, we also present a simpler model that extends a
classical location model and does not include the temporal dimension. A
worst-case analysis and extensive computational experiments show that
ignoring the temporal dimension of the problem may lead to a substantial
amount of unsatisfied demand. This presentation is based on a paper
co-authored with Carlo Filippi, Gianfranco Guastaroba and Lorenzo Peirano.
*Title 2)*
Women: leaders against all odds
*Abstract 2)*
Women are underrepresented in high-level positions, in any hierarchical
organization. Although, at least in the so called developed countries,
equal rights are granted to men and women, still the gender gap exists. The
global gender gap is 69%, with no country at 100%. Several countries
experience small improvements, year-on-year, but in one third of the
countries the national index does not improve or worsens.
Nowadays several institutions and companies are committed to advancing
gender equality. However, the path towards an equitable society is still
long and requires awareness and individual commitment.
In this talk, I will briefly discuss the evolution of women rights and
overview some of the most common gender stereotypes women face during their
life, also referring to the growing body of literature that sheds light on
the reasons for the underrepresentation of women, in particular in the STEM
area. Finally, I will briefly discuss some directions to overcome the
stereotypes.
*Short Bio*
M. Grazia Speranza is full professor of Operations Research at the
University of Brescia, where she served as Dean of the Faculty of Economics
and Business and Deputy Rector. She is currently Past President of IFORS
and is a former President of EURO and of TSL.
Grazia's research is in the area of mixed integer programming and
combinatorial optimization, with a focus on applications to transportation
and logistics. Grazia is author of about 200 papers that appeared in
international journals and volumes. She has been plenary speaker at several
international conferences and member of the scientific committee of the
major international conferences in the field. She has been editor of
several international journals and is co-editor-in-chief of the series of
books 'EURO Advanced Tutorials in Operational Research'.
Grazia is cited in the "World's 2% Top Scientists" ranking. In 2019 she was
awarded with the Laurea honoris causa by the University of Freiburg,
Switzerland. She is a member of the Academy of Sciences of the University
of Bologna since 2021 and in 2023 was awarded as an Italian Knowledge
Leader by the Convention Bureau Italia.
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