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CASE STUDY 25-06-2020
VIA RAIL Canada saves millions in optimised operation
SISCOG has released a case study that highlights the financial and management advantages of the decision-support and optimisation system used by the Canadian operator VIA RAIL. One of the benefits was a 10M CAD saving by reducing the need for one train set, while increasing overall passenger seat av… -
ARTICLE 23-06-2020
Le Grand Jeté
Although not immediately obvious, an Agile practitioner is basically a ballet dancer. Both require adopting a philosophy based on rehearsal, consistency, and focus not on the process but rather on the value that can be built for the audience or, in our case, the client.
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PAPER 08-04-2020
Rescheduling in emergency scenarios
Unexpected events bring different levels of disruptions to our lives and to businesses. Public transport is no exception. And here, the impact may be multiple – on passengers, staff, revenue, and profit. -
EVENT 20-02-2020
Maths’ day @ SISCOG, March 4th
SISCOG has an “open door” culture for all those who have curiosity in learning more about who we are what we do. And we promote this by challenging people to visit us. The next challenge is just around the corner!
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EVENT 14-01-2020
Converting Maths into National Exports: the SISCOG's case study
How SISCOG has been able to convert the use of Math techniques into software products that represent almost 100% of its international sales will be the theme of a presentation made at the Winter School Mathmasters, at the NOVA School of Science and Technology (FCT NOVA), on January 15th.
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Event 21-10-2019
Job hunting? Visit us at START POiNT, October 22
Looking for your first job? Longing for a career change? Then you should visit SISCOG’s spot at START POiNT, on October 22, at Universidade do Minho, Campus de Gualtar, and find out how we can help you. START POiNT is a job, entrepreneurship and training event taking place at University do Minho…
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EVENT 26-09-2019
Pitch Bootcamp@Técnico
SISCOG is part of the jury at Pitch Bootcamp and will give feedback and career advices to hundreds of University students @ IST, Taguspark, Saturday September 28th, 14.30h-19.00h. Pitch Bootcamp@Técnico is a career accelerator that connects companies, academia and young talents. It is a two-day a…
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Event 13-09-2019
SISCOG Open Day
Today we welcome the winner of the 2019 EstudIO SISCOG award. Together with other students from Applied Math degrees, she will witness life at SISCOG and learn about the secrets behind optimisation in SISCOG's products.
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EVENT 29-08-2019
SISCOG sponsors EPIA 2019
On September 3-6, the international conference on Artificial Intelligence EPIA 2019, will address a wide spectrum of Artificial Intelligence (AI) thematics, from transport to medicine and agriculture. The purpose of this conference is to promote research in all areas of AI, covering both theoreti… -
EVENT 11-07-2019
OR (and SISCOG) meets Machine Learning at IO2019 Congress
The scientific program of the annual Portuguese Congress of Operations Research - IO2019 - will include 4 SISCOG presentations. Under the theme “OR meets Machine Learning”, the event takes place at Politécnico de Tomar, on July 22-24 2019, and promotes the reunion between students and academia to d… -
EVENT 20-05-2019
IO2019 sponsored by SISCOG
SISCOG is the main sponsor of IO2019, the annual congress organised by the Portuguese Association of Operations Research. At Politécnico de Tomar, on July 22-24, students and academia join together to discuss and share Operations Research work and experiences. SISCOG also sponsors the EstudIO Aw…
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News 30-04-2019
The specific purpose of Artificial Intelligence
Ricardo Saldanha, SISCOG’s Head of Innovation, was invited by IT Insight to speak about AI and share how the adoption of this technology by organizations has been increasing and evolving from AI to applied AI.