Austrian Society of Operations Research


The Österreichische Gesellschaft für Operations Research is the professional non-profit society for the scientific field of Operations Research in Austria. The society is recognized by the International Federation of Operational Research Societies and its subgrouping, the Association of European Operational Research Societies, as the main national society for Operations Research in its country.

History

OeGOR was created in 1978 with the aim of promoting the development of Operations Research and Mathematical Programming in Austria, both from a methodological point as well as an applied research point of views. The recognition of the role and the professional qualification of the operation researchers and the promotion of relationships between operations researchers, inside and outside Austria are strategic goals of OeGOR.
Since 1978 the society had the following presidents:
The OeGOR is governed by a president, who manages the association with the Council, consisting of 8 councilors elected by the assembly of the members, including the President and the Vice-President. On a proposal of the members, OeGOR allows for the creation of Arbeitskreise based on either geographical or methodological and application affinity.
The headquarters of OeGOR are currently located at the Operations Research and Control Systems group, which is part of the Institute of Statistics and Mathematical Methods in Economics at the Technical University of Vienna.
The current leadership consists of Raimund Kovacevic and Ronald Hochreiter along with Klaus Altendorfer, Doris Behrens, Karl Dörner, Günther Füllerer, Tina Wakolbinger and Angelika Wiegele.

Membership

Currently OeGOR has about 250 members - individuals and institutions from academia, industry and administration.

Publications

OeGOR publishes a scientific journal CEJOR - Central European Journal of Operations Research, which is published by Springer. The current Editor-in-Chief of CEJOR is the former OeGOR president :de:Ulrike Leopold-Wildburger|Ulrike Leopold-Wildburger. Furthermore, the OeGOR News are published once or twice a year containing news about the society.

Awards

Every year OeGOR awards an award for both the best Masters Thesis as well as the best PhD Thesis in the field of Operations Research in Austria.