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Upcoming Events
Applied Statistics Workshop by Jens Robben
14:30 - 17:00 : "The short-term association between environmental variables and mortality: evidence from Europe" - Jens Robben
Jens Robben (University of Amsterdam)
The short-term association between environmental variables and mortality: evidence from Europe
Abstract:
In this workshop, we study the short-term association between environmental factors, i.e., weather and air pollution characteristics, and weekly mortality rates using fine-grained, publicly available data. Hereto, we develop a mortality modeling framework where a baseline model describes a region-specific, seasonal trend observed within the historical weekly mortality rates. Using a machine learning algorithm, we then explain deviations from this baseline using features constructed from environmental data that capture anomalies and extreme events.
- Session 1 (2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m) - C.115: We provide the technical details of our proposed modeling framework, and apply it to European NUTS 3 regions (Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics, level 3). Our findings highlight that temperature-related features are most influential in explaining mortality deviations from the baseline over short time periods. Furthermore, we find that environmental features prove particularly beneficial in southern regions for explaining elevated levels of mortality, and we observe evidence of a harvesting effect related to heat waves.
- Session 2 (4 p.m. - 5 p.m.) - C.045 / Salle Gauss: Through a hands-on case study in R, participants will implement a simplified version of our modeling framework. Through various code examples and illustrations, we demonstrate data processing steps, calibrate both the baseline and machine learning models, and extract key model insights.
Material
https://jensrobben.github.io/Workshop-LLN/
Teams
Link to part one (14h30)
https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3a4d3e563eb1444f6485c9568d83ef1e48%40thread.tacv2/1744643398615?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%227ab090d4-fa2e-4ecf-bc7c-4127b4d582ec%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22b05c410a-2e16-4d73-b134-e0adf3e0d016%22%7d
Link to part two: (16h)
https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3a4d3e563eb1444f6485c9568d83ef1e48%40thread.tacv2/1744643731025?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%227ab090d4-fa2e-4ecf-bc7c-4127b4d582ec%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22b05c410a-2e16-4d73-b134-e0adf3e0d016%22%7d
OR Seminar - Diego Delle Donne
22/04/2025 - 15:00
> "Freight-on-Transit for urban last-mile deliveries: Strategic and operational planning by means of integer programming".
CORE B.-135
Diego Delle Donne (ESSEC Business School)
will give a presentation on :
Freight-on-Transit for urban last-mile deliveries: Strategic and operational planning by means of integer programming.
Abstract :
We study a delivery strategy for last-mile deliveries in urban areas which combines freight transportation with mass mobility systems with the goal of creating synergies contrasting negative externalities caused by transportation. The idea is to use the residual capacity on public transport means for moving freight within the city. In particular, the system is such that parcels are first transported from origins (central distribution centers) to drop-in stations, which are stop locations on public vehicle itineraries. Then, they are transported on public vehicles to drop-out stations, from where they are delivered to destination by green vehicles (such as bikes, drones, porters, etc.). The system is known as Freight-On-Transit (FOT). In this work, we focus on strategic and operational decisions related to FOT. We propose different formulations for the problems and effective heuristic solution approaches based on column generation techniques.
Leuven - Louvain Trade Workshop - Stijn Salden
23 April | 15:30 | Online
Stijn Salden
(Ghent University)
will give a presentation on
Identifying trade diversion effects in structural gravity
with Glenn Rayp and Ruben Dewitte (Ghent University
About the Speaker
Stijn Salden is PhD Student at Ghent University
Practical information
The seminars are held online from 15:30h to 16:30h.
We invite graduate students and faculty with an interest in international trade to participate, and to sign up for the workshop mailing list.
For further information on how to attend, you can contact: serena.chellini@kuleuven.be or c.depierpont@uclouvain.be
