Call for Proposals to Host ICSP 2028
Proposals to host ICSP in 2028 will be examined by the Conference Site Advisory Committee (CSAC) of the Stochastic Programming Society (SPS).
Complete preliminary proposals should be sent to the members of the CSAC before June 1st, 2025.
All qualifying proposals will be presented at the SPS Business Meeting at the upcoming ICSP, to be held July 28 - August 1, 2025 in École des Ponts, Paris • Champs-sur-Marne, France.
The guidelines below list important items to consider informing when submitting a preliminary proposal (for many points, it is clear that only estimates can be provided).
- The name of the person who will likely lead the organizing committee;
- The likely structure of the local organizing committee;
- Information about the conference venue;
- Specific venue and preferred dates (season/month);
- Public transportation from the city center to the conference venue;
- Conference rooms with technical equipment:
1 conference room for the plenary/semi-plenary speakers and tutorials, with a minimum capacity of 200 participants;
6-8 smaller conference rooms with a capacity of 30-70 participants; - Wireless Internet access;
- Lunch and coffee break facilities on site;
- Venue map with indication of classrooms, coffee and lunch break area;
- Information on the ability;
- to manage logistics such as webpage, registration process, abstract submission;
- to organize tutorials and tennis/football tournaments the weekend before the conference;
- to fund the cost of the conference (industry/government support);
- to support some students and/or other participants;
- City information;
- Host country visa regulations;
- Availability of flights from various continents;
- Links or information about the city, its weather and tourist attractions, accommodation for participants and public transportation to the conference venue, conferences already organized at the conference venue, costs and prices;
- Proposal of a general technical and social program of events for the conference week;
- Estimated registration costs;
- Estimated “important dates”: for submission of minisymposia, abstracts, registration;
- Previous experience in organizing large international conferences;
For more information, please consult Article 11 in SPS by laws: https://stoprog.org/sites/default/files/the_committee_on_stochastic_prog... and feel free to reach out to any member of the CSAC:
Francesca Maggioni
Claudia Sagastizabal (Chair)
David Woodruff
We invite PhD students to a Nordic winter school on Advanced Stochastic Optimization at the Norwegian Univer- sity of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim, Norway, from 1 – 5 December 2025. The course is part of the Nordic Courses in Stochastic Programming, a cooperation between NTNU, NHH in Bergen, and UCPH in Copenhagen that provides PhD courses on stochastic programming. The course builds on the material taught in the introduction-level Nordic PhD course in stochastic programming taught in Bergen in September this year. Prior participation in that course is not mandatory, but some basic knowledge of stochastic pro- gramming models is required. The course is taught by multiple lecturers, each teaching on their field of expertise. This provides PhD students a unique opportunity to learn from and connect with experts in the field, as well as with other students with similar interests. The following lecturers will give talks on the indicated topics: Vincent Leclère (Ecole des Ponts, Paris) – Stochastic dual dynamic programming and related methods Francesca Maggioni (University of Bergamo) – Bounding techniques in (multi-stage/-horizon) stoch. programs Ward Romeijnders (University of Groningen) – Mixed-integer stochastic programming Peter Schütz (NTNU) – Dual decomposition Stein-Erik Fleten (NTNU) – Applications in energy systems Ruben van Beesten (Erasmus University Rotterdam, NTNU) – Quick recap of basics, modeling risk aversion The course takes place at the Gløshaugen campus in Trondheim from 1 – 5 December. During this week, the tra- ditional Christmas market on the city square starts, which will keep you busy during the evenings. Lectures start Monday morning and end around 14:00 on Friday. Participation is free of charge. Students that wish to receive credits (5 EC) should write a 10-page essay after the course related to one of the topics discussed (you can relate this to your own research project), graded pass/fail. The deadline for registration is 15 September (if you cannot make the deadline, email me to ask for remaining options). See the second page of this document for instructions on how to register. For any remaining questions, contact me using the email address below. I hope to see many of you there! Kind regards, Ruben van Beesten (coordinator) Registration procedure Everyone: fill out the registration form here. Students that wish to receive credit must also register officially within the NTNU system. NTNU students: enroll for the courses using the regular procedure on Studentweb. External students: follow the following steps: Go to Søknadsweb using this link Choose the institution Norwegian University of Science and Technology, press continue At the bottom of the page, choose Register new international applicant Answer the questions. When asked if you are a current or former student at NTNU, choose No (i.e., do not answer I am a PhD-Candidat). Once registered in Søknadsweb, log into your account. Follow the following steps: Fill out your personal details Under Single courses, choose PhD courses for external candidates Autumn 2025. In the drop-down list, select 9690 PhD courses for external candidates. Moreover, in the text box, write the course code of the course you wish to follow: - IØ8404 Advanced Stochastic Optimization Press Submit your application Upload the requested documents. Press Next You will see a confirmation screen. Press Done
Dear Stochastic Programming Society, We are pleased to announce the finalists for the 2025 Roger J. B. Wets Junior Researcher Best Paper Prize. We have received excellent nominations this year and after careful deliberation the jury has chosen 2 finalists. Both finalists will present their work in a dedicated session on Wednesday 30/07 at ICSP 2025. In alphabetical order, the finalists are: Rui Gao , for the paper : "Finite-Sample Guarantees for Wasserstein Distributionally Robust Optimization: Breaking the Curse of Dimensionality" Bradley Sturt , for the paper : "A nonparametric algorithm for optimal stopping based on robust optimization" Congratulations to the finalists! Sincerely, The 2025 Roger J. B. Wets Junior Researcher Best Paper Prize Committee: Andrzej Ruszczynski (Rutgers University) Siqian Shen (University of Michigan at Ann Arbor), Wim van Ackooij (EDF-Lab Paris-Saclay, Chair).