EWG-MCDA is one of the working groups of EURO. The Group was founded in 1975 by Bernard Roy. The main objectives of the group are to contribute to the development, at a European and international levels, of an original way of thinking in the field of multicriteria decision aiding and to keep the group alive and open by means of bi-annual meetings which should not be mini-conferences but real meetings favourable to exchanges and to the emergence of new ideas. Join our group by sending an e-mail request to Milosz Kadzinski: milosz.kadzinski@cs.put.poznan.pl.
Coordinators: Irène Abi-Zeid, Salvatore Greco, Milosz Kandzinski, José Rui Figueira
Honorary President: Roman Slowinski
Next Meetings
EWG-MCDA 103: Bordeaux, France, Spring, 2027
EWG-MCDA 104: Athens, Greece, Fall, 2027
2027 EURO PhD Summer School on MCDA/MCDM
INFORMS International meeting, July 2027, Sydney Australia
EURO July 2027, Athens, Greece
GDN 2027, June, Chengdu, China
GDN 2028, June, Montréal, Canada
MCDM 2028, July, Rome, Italy
IFORS 2029, July, Calgary, Canada
Call for Bernard Roy Award 2027
The Bernard Roy Award of EWG MCDA is a recognition conferred to a researcher under 40 years old for an outstanding contribution to the methodology and/or applications of Multiple Criteria Decision Aiding (MCDA).
The award will be officially bestowed at the opening session of the EWG MCDA Autumn meeting (in 2027 organized in Athens) if there is a suitable candidate. In this case, following a presentation of the competition by the chair of the Jury, the laureate will be invited to give a talk.
Award
The laureate then will receive the financial award (1000 EUR) and the diploma.
Eligibility
The Bernard Roy Award of EWG MCDA shall be awarded for a body of work in MCDA, preferably published over the last decade. Although recent work will not be excluded, care shall be taken to allow the contribution to stand the test of time. The potential award recipient shall have a recognized stature in the MCDA community. Significance, innovation, depth, and scientific excellence shall be emphasized.
Nominations
Candidates can be nominated by any three members of the EWG MCDA. Becoming a member is free (Please, send an email to milosz.kadzinski@cs.put.poznan.pl). A candidature for the Bernard Roy Award of EWG MCDA is composed of the nomination letter along with a recent and detailed CV, up to 5 best publications, as well as a self-description of the achievements up to 3 page long in a standard manuscript format. The nominations must be sent to the Jury chair by the due date of May 20, 2027.
Selection process
- Only one award may be assigned on each occasion.
- One person may receive the award at most once in her/his lifetime.
- The jury evaluates the nominees essentially on the basis of their scientific activities (papers in top journals, editorials, relevance of methodological proposals and/or applications, ...).
Jury
The jury for the current edition is composed of Professors Yves De Smet, Sarah BenAmor, Aida Valls-Mateu, Michael Doumpos and Marta Bottero.
Timing
- Deadline for nominations: May 20, 2027.
- The Jury chair informs the EWG coordinators who invite the laureate to the meeting: July 31, 2027.
- Preparation of the diploma by the EWG coordinators.
- Presentation of the laureate and her/his talk during the EWG MCDA 104th EWG MCDA meeting, September 2027, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Department of Business Administration. An electronic copy of the laureate's presentation handed over to the EWG coordinators will be made available on the EWG on MCDA Website.
Applications should be sent to Professor Yves De Smet at: yves.de.smet@ulb.be.
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Past meetings
| 51. Madrid, Spain – March 30-April 1, 2000
52. Vilnius, Lithuania – October 6-7, 2000 53. Athens, Greece – March 29-30, 2001 54. near Brussels, Belgium – October 4-5, 2001 55. Leipzig, Germany – March 14-16, 2002 56. Coimbra, Portugal – October 3-5, 2002 57. Viterbo, Italy – March 27-28, 2003 58. Moscow, Russia – October 9-11, 2003 59. Brest, France – April 29-30, 2004 60. Tilburg, Netherlands – October 14-16, 2004 61. Luxembourg – March 10-11, 2005 62. Borlänge, Sweden – September 22-24, 2005 63. Porto, Portugal – March 30-31, 2006 64. Larissa, Greece – September 28-30, 2006 65. Poznan, Poland – April 12-13, 2007 66. Marrakech, Morocco – October 18-20, 2007 67. Rovaniemi, Finland – April 3-5, 2008 68. Chania, Greece – October 3-5, 2008 69. Brussels, Belgium – April 2-3, 2009 70. Moncton, Canada – September 24-25, 2009 71. Turin, Italy – March 25-27, 2010 72. Paris, France – October 7-9, 2010 73. Corte, France – April 14-16, 2011 74. Yverdon, Switzerland – October 6-8, 2011 75. Tarragona, Spain – April 12-14, 2012 |
76. Portsmouth, UK – September 13-15, 2012
77. Rouen, France – April 11-13, 2013 78. Catania, Italy – October 24-26, 2013 79. Athens, Greece – April 3-5, 2014 80. Quebec, Canada – October 9-11, 2014 81. Annecy, France – March 26-28, 2015 82. Odense, Denmark – September 24-26, 2015 83. Barcelona, Spain – March 31-April 2, 2016 84. Vienna, Austria – September 22-24, 2016 85. Padova, Italy – April 20-22, 2017 86. Paris, France – September 21-23, 2017 87. Delft, Netherlands – April 5-7, 2018 88. Lisbon, Portugal – September 27-29, 2018 89. Trento, Italy – April 11-13, 2019 90. Brest, France – September 26-28, 2019 91. Budapest, Hungary (rem) – April 29-30, 2021 92. Cracow, Poland – September 16-18, 2021 93. Belgrade, Serbia – April 7-9, 2022 94. Elounda, Greece – September 15-17, 2022 95. Jaen, Spain – April 13-15, 2023 96. Paris, France – September 21-23, 2023 97. Athens, Greece – April 4-6, 2024 98. Catania, Italy – September 26-28, 2024 99. Venice, Italy – April 10-12, 2025 100. Poznan, Poland – September 11-13, 2025 |
| 1. Brussels, Belgium – January 29, 1975
2. Mons, Belgium – October 6, 1975 3. Brussels, Belgium – March 5, 1976 4. Stockholm, Sweden – December 1, 1976 5. Paris, France – April 22, 1977 6. Turin, Italy – September 23, 1977 7. York, United Kingdom – April 3, 1978 8. Annecy, France – October 27, 1978 9. Amsterdam, Netherlands – April 6, 1979 10. Liege, Belgium – October 18-19, 1979 11. Paris, France – March 20-21, 1980 12. Bochum, Germany – October 9-10, 1980 13. Madrid, Spain – March 26-27, 1981 14. Brussels, Belgium – October 15-16, 1981 15. Namur, Belgium – March 18-19, 1982 16. Dijon, France – October 21-22, 1982 17. Basel, Switzerland – March 16-17, 1983 18. Poznan, Poland – October 14-15, 1983 19. Liege, Belgium – March 15-16, 1984 20. Paris, France – October 18-19, 1984 21. Lisbon, Portugal – March 28-29, 1985 22. Chania, Greece – October 10-11, 1985 23. Rotterdam, Netherlands – March 28-29, 1986 24. Aix-en-Provence, France – October 2-3, 1986 25. Brussels, Belgium – March 26-27, 1987
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26. Turin, Italy – October 1-2, 1987
27. Mons, Belgium – March 24-25, 1988 28. Catania, Italy – October 13-14, 1988 29. Dijon, France – March 9-10, 1989 30. Fribourg, Switzerland – October 5-6, 1989 31. Delft, Netherlands – March 22-23, 1990 32. Stuttgart, Germany – October 4-5, 1990 33. Prague, Czechia – March 14-15, 1991 34. Marseille, France – October, 1991 35. Chania, Greece – March 26-27, 1992 36. Luxembourg – October 15-16, 1992 37. Liege, Belgium – March 11-12, 1993 38. Ispra, Italy – October 7-8, 1993 39. Poznan, Poland – April 7-8, 1994 40. Paris/Bordeaux, France – October 6-7, 1994 41. Lausanne, Switzerland – March 16-17, 1995 42. Namur, Belgium – October 12-13, 1995 43. Brest, France – March 21-22, 1996 44. Brussels, Belgium – October 3-4, 1996 45. Celakovice, Czechia – March 20-21, 1997 46. Bastia, France – October 23-24, 1997 47. Thessaloniki, Greece – March 26-27, 1998 48. Quebec, Canada – September 24-25, 1998 49. Milan and Como, Italy – March 18-19, 1999 50. Cerisy-la-Salle, France – September 28 |