Dear all,
With this second call of our upcoming workshop and Ph.D. school, we'd like
to remind you that the *abstract submission deadline of December 10, 2025*,
is approaching.
You can find all the updated details below and on the official website
<https://ayw2026.github.io/>.
For any questions, please feel free to email airoyoungworkshop2026@gmail.com
.
We look forward to seeing you in Padova to celebrate our first ten years!
The 10AYW organizing committee and the AIROYoung Board
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*2nd Call for Registration and Contributions to the **10th AIROYoung
Workshop and Ph.D. School – **Optimization between determinism and
uncertainty*
*University of Padua, February 09-13, 2026*
With this call, we invite all AIROYoung members, Ph.D. students, and
early-stage Researchers (Ph.D. degree <= 5 years) in Operations Research
and related topics, or anyone with a strong interest in OR under 35 years
old, to submit an abstract to be presented during the workshop.
*REGISTRATION – Deadline: January 28, 2026*
- One of AIROYoung's missions is to involve everyone in its events,
regardless of their funds. For this reason, our events are *free for
everyone*, and we work hard to secure some funding to help with
accommodation.
- Participants submitting an abstract and simple attendees are required to
fill in the *Workshop Registration Form* (link to the form will be
available here <https://ayw2026.github.io/info/> on November 3rd, at 17:00
CET).
- Please note that you can first register and later submit an abstract,
even after days or weeks. We kindly ask you to register as soon as possible
to obtain an estimate of the number of participants (and also, if you want
to apply for an accommodation grant, the sooner, the better – see below).
*ABSTRACT SUBMISSION – Deadline: December 10, 2025*
- Authors can submit an abstract to give a short presentation of their work
by filling out the *Abstract Registration Form* (link to the form will be
available here <https://ayw2026.github.io/info/> on November 3rd, at 17:00
CET).
- Submitted abstracts must be limited to one page (including references).
Please use the LaTeX or the Word template available here
<https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CvrwMNoGrqzNArSUvv-OT2wt7OgIZw5a/view?usp=share_link>
and upload a ZIP file containing all source files and a PDF version of
your abstract. Please name your PDF file SURNAME_NAME_10AYW and the ZIP
archive SURNAME_NAME_10AYW.zip.
- The author will be notified of the contribution's acceptance by email by
December 23, 2025.
- Please note that each author can give at most one talk during the event.
*ACCOMMODATION GRANTS*
- Thanks to the financial support offered by AIRO and our sponsors, we are
able to provide several *accommodation grants* to cover accommodation
expenses for the entire event (i.e., hotel check-in on February 8, Sunday
afternoon, and check-out on February 13, Friday morning).
- Grants will be awarded on a first-come, first-served basis to
participants who indicate their interest in applying for the grant during
the registration process and are (willing to become) AIRO members.
- Note that you are already an AIRO member if you have registered for The
International Conference on Optimization and Decision Science (ODS) 2025 or
if you have paid the AIRO registration fee for the year 2026. Otherwise, to
become an AIRO member, please follow the instructions here
<https://www.airo.org/en/become-an-airo-member/>.
- *Grants availability:* 12 grants for those who, regardless of their
career stage, submit an abstract to hold a presentation and whose abstract
is accepted, + 4 grants for those who do not submit an abstract, but must
be master's or first-year Ph.D. students (in this case, a certificate from
a supervisor is required to confirm this).
- Participants who will be awarded an accommodation grant will receive a
notification by December 23, 2025, with all the instructions to follow to
confirm the grant.
*SHORT PAPER SUBMISSION – Deadline: February 14, 2026*
- Besides abstracts, young researchers and practitioners can submit a short
paper as a book chapter of a future volume in the AIRO Springer Series
<https://link.springer.com/series/15947>.
- Attending the workshop is not mandatory for submitting a short paper.
- For guidelines and templates for submitting a short paper, please visit
the related Springer page
<https://www.springernature.com/gp/authors/publish-a-book/step-by-step-conference-proceedings>
.
- For submissions, please visit the dedicated Meteor platform
<https://meteor.springer.com/10AYW>.
*AWARDS*
Authors presenting during the workshop or 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:
- *Optit <https://optit.net/> Best Presentation Award* – You can
indicate your interest in participating in the Abstract Submission form;
prize: €500.
- *Cargoful <https://cargoful.tech/> Best Paper Award* – Participation
is automatic and limited to authors submitting a paper to the Springer
volume; prize: €300.
- *Springer* *Best Paper Award – *Participation is automatic and limited
to authors submitting a paper to the Springer volume; prize: a €250 voucher
to spend on Springer books.
More details will be available soon.
*PH.D. SCHOOL **LECTURERS** – February 9:*
- Marco Di Summa, University of Padova
- Matteo Fischetti, University of Padova
- Francesco Rinaldi, University of Padova
- Domenico Salvagnin, University of Padova
*WORKSHOP PLENARY SPEAKERS – February 10-13:*
- Martine Labbé, Université Libre de Bruxelles
- Stefan Ropke, Technical University of Denmark
- Hande Yaman Paternotte, KU Leuven
- Wolfram Wiesemann, Imperial College London
*SPECIAL ROUNDTABLE TO CELEBRATE AIROYoung 10th ANNIVERSARY – February 12:*
During the workshop, we will have a special session with AIROYoung's
founders and members of its former and current boards, who will share with
the audience the origin of AIROYoung, its mission and growth over the
years, what it meant for each of them, and how it affected their career
paths.
*OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION:*
- The event is open to national and international Ph.D. students,
postdoctoral researchers, and young practitioners working mainly in
Operations Research, but also in Machine Learning and Data Science.
- As usual, no registration fees for participants, thanks to the support of
our national and international sponsors.
- There will be one plenary session only, some industrial talks, a social
event (kindly sponsored by Hexaly), and a social dinner.
If you want to know more or have questions, you can write to us at
airoyoungworkshop2026@gmail.com
*The Organizing Committee*
Manuel Aprile, University of Padova
Francesco Cavaliere, FICO
Martina Galeazzo, University of Padova
Dario Palasgo, University of Padova
Anthony Palmieri, University of Padova
Lorenzo Perinello, University of Padova
Matteo Pernini, ESSEC Business School
Alice Raffaele, University of Padova (chair)
Gabriele Sanguin, University of Padova
*The AIROYoung Board*
Matteo Cosmi, University of Luxembourg
Martina Doneda, University of Bergamo
Alessandro Druetto, University of Torino
Andrea Mancuso, University of Naples Federico II
Sara Stoia, University of Calabria
Marta Leonina Tessitore, University Roma Tre
*Websites and Social Media *
10AYW official website: https://ayw2026.github.io
AIROYoung official website: https://airoyoung.airo.org
LinkedIn: AIRO Young <https://www.linkedin.com/in/airo-young-2bb84234b>
Facebook: AIROYoungResearchersChapter
<https://www.facebook.com/AIROYoungResearchersChapter/?ref=br_rs>
Instagram: airoyoung <https://www.instagram.com/airoyoung/>
X: AIROyoung <https://twitter.com/AIROyoung>
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