This special issue presents a collection of articles discussing the innovative use of modeling languages and technical computing environments (including but not limited to AMPL, GAMS, Excel, LINGO, Matlab, Mathematica, Maple, Python, R, SAS) in courses held at colleges and universities. Topics of interest include courses offered in the area of Business Analytics, Data Science, Management Science, Operations
Research, Operations Management, and Statistics. We solicit submissions discussing curriculum development, research and teaching practice. Examples and cases used in the classroom, and made available for educational use, will be particularly welcome.
All papers will be refereed according to the professional standards of SN Operations Research Forum.

Guest Editor: János D. Pintér
Submission Deadline: July 31, 2021
Download full details here: CfP Model Development for the Classroom

This special issue in SN Operations Research Forum aims to bring the spotlight on Operations Research (OR) models and techniques that have helped economic developers in Africa to address issues from different fields in business, social sciences, engineering, education, energy, environment, health care, and transportation. Papers included in this special issue will be presented during the 2021 International Conference of the African Federation of Operational Research Societies (AFROS 2021) to be held jointly with the 50th Annual Conference of the Operations Research Society of South Africa (ORSSA) at the North-West University in Potchefstroom, South Africa. Also, we are willing to extend this call for papers to other than those presented during the conference.
Guest Editor: Hatem Masri
Submission Deadline: 15 January 2022
Download full details here: CfP Operations Research in Africa

'Decomposition at 70: In Honor of Jacques Desrosiers' Birthday and Legacy'

We are proud that we were able to present this virtual conference to celebrate

The birthday and scientific legacy of Jacques Desrosiers.  We hope that everyone who had the chance to attend the conference enjoyed it. We also want to thank all of the speakers for their wonderful contributions that day, as well as our hosts and organizers, Guy Desaulniers, Francois Soumis, and Marco Luebbecke.  The link to the video from the conference is here.

Organizers and Hosts: Guy Desaulniers, GERAD, Polytechnique Montréal; Francois Soumis, GERAD, Polytechnique Montréal; Marco Luebbecke, RWTH Aachen University

Topical Collections are designed to facilitate the publication of collective research that is either ongoing or time dependent. One of the benefits of a Topical Collection is it gives Guest Editors, Societies, Universities, and Research Groups, their own resource that showcases their research and work in one place.

SN Operations Research Forum welcomes Topical Collections in emerging and hot topics, relevant to the aims and scope of the journal. Topical Collections can also originate from well-established and upcoming conferences or focus on the research legacy of a pioneer in the field as well. We accept proposals for Topical Collections and nominations from Guest Editors.

If you have an idea for a new topical collection, please complete the following  Proposal Form and return to Marc Strauss (marc.strauss@springer.com) and Ilias Kotsireas (ikotsire@wlu.ca).