{"59934":{"#nid":"59934","#data":{"type":"news","title":"ROUTE 2007 Provides International Forum for Scientific Exchange","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EROUTE 2007, a biennial international workshop on vehicle routing and transportation, took place on May 13-16 at Jekyll Island, Georgia.  The purpose of the workshop was to provide a forum for scientific exchange and cooperation in the fields of vehicle routing, intermodal transportation and related areas.  The Stewart School\u0027s Supply Chain and Logistics Institute (SCL) supported this year\u0027s program.  \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022This year\u0027s workshop was a great success because it was attended by most of the leading academic researchers in the area of transportation,\u0022 said Conference Chairperson Dr. Martin Savelsbergh.  Attendees included close to forty experts representing universities from across the globe.   \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThis year\u0027s presentations are available online at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www2.isye.gatech.edu\/route2007\/presentations\/\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www2.isye.gatech.edu\/route2007\/presentations\/\u003C\/a\u003E.  Previous editions of ROUTE have been hosted by the Technical University of Denmark (2000, 2003) and the University of Bologna (2005).  The next ROUTE workshop is scheduled to take place in Copenhagen, Denmark in 2009.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFor more information about ROUTE 2007, contact Martin Savelsbergh at \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:martin.savelsbergh@isye.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emartin.savelsbergh@isye.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E or visit the website at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www2.isye.gatech.edu\/route2007\/\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www2.isye.gatech.edu\/route2007\/\u003C\/a\u003E. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27279","created_gmt":"2007-06-27 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:07:03","author":"Barbara Christopher","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2007-06-27T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2007-06-27T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003EBarbara Christopher\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIndustrial and Systems Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=bt3\u0022\u003EContact Barbara Christopher\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404.385.3102\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["bchristopher@isye.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}