{"id":364,"date":"2024-03-07T19:39:06","date_gmt":"2024-03-07T19:39:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/2024international\/?page_id=364"},"modified":"2024-05-17T17:57:04","modified_gmt":"2024-05-17T17:57:04","slug":"tutorial-speakers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/2024international\/tutorial-speakers\/","title":{"rendered":"Tutorial Speakers"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-364\" data-postid=\"364\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-364 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_vmcl277 tb_first tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full tb_zyva277 first\">\n                    <!-- module fancy heading -->\n<div  class=\"module module-fancy-heading tb_ctsb577  tb_hide_divider\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <h2 class=\"fancy-heading\">\n    <span class=\"main-head tf_block\">\n                    Tutorial Speakers            <\/span>\n\n    \n    <span class=\"sub-head tf_block tf_rel\">\n                                <\/span>\n    <\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module fancy heading -->\n        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_egqz874 tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full tb_4kyy874 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_h83m969   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h3>Monday, June 17<\/h3>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_ovw9821 tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_2 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-1 tb_ghhf822 first\">\n                    <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_k4lg822 image-top   tf_mw\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/2024international\/files\/2024\/03\/Claudia_Rave.jpg\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-344\" title=\"Claudia Rave\" alt=\"Claudia Rave\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/2024international\/files\/2024\/03\/Claudia_Rave.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/2024international\/files\/2024\/03\/Claudia_Rave-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>    \n        <\/div>\n    <!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    \n        <div class=\"image-content\">\n                    <h3 class=\"image-title\">\n                                    Claudia Rave                            <\/h3>\n                        <div class=\"image-caption tb_text_wrap\">\n            Gerente Fluir, Laboratorio de Decisi\u00f3n, Medell\u00edn, Colombia        <\/div>\n        <!-- \/image-caption -->\n            <\/div>\n    <!-- \/image-content -->\n        <\/div>\n<!-- \/module image -->        <\/div>\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-2 tb_kzwo822 last\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_34dm822   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h2>Bridging Sectoral Modeling and Institutions Reengineering: Empowering OR Practitioners to Collaborate with the Public Power Design<\/h2>\n<p>Public institutions, servicing to both productive and social services (such as transportation, infrastructure, utilities, land issues, among others), often adhere to decision-making frameworks based on administrative regions or conventional functional areas (like human resources, operations, management). However, these frameworks may not always reflect the underlying dynamics pertinent to the organization&#8217;s goals.<\/p>\n<p>Advancing and implementing Operations Research (OR) modeling solutions for development necessitates aligning the organization&#8217;s decision-making processes with its array of services and capabilities. OR practitioners are increasingly required to delve into the intricacies of political and policy dialogues to effectively assess either or both <em>processes modeling<\/em> and <em>institutional reengineering<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>During the tutorial, we will delve into 2 case studies involving land management and transportation institutions, exploring their journey towards enhanced performance and service modernization.<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text --><!-- module accordion -->\n<div  class=\"module module-accordion tb_wvl2822 \" data-behavior=\"toggle\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n    \n    <ul class=\"ui module-accordion  glossy embossed tb_default_color\">\n            <li>\n            <div class=\"accordion-title tf_rel\">\n                <a href=\"#acc-wvl2822-0\" class=\"tb_title_accordion\" aria-controls=\"acc-wvl2822-0-content\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n                    <i class=\"accordion-icon\"><svg  class=\"tf_fa tf-ti-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use href=\"#tf-ti-plus\"><\/use><\/svg><\/i>                    <i class=\"accordion-active-icon tf_hide\"><svg  class=\"tf_fa tf-ti-minus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use href=\"#tf-ti-minus\"><\/use><\/svg><\/i>                    <span class=\"accordion-title-wrap\">Bio<\/span>                <\/a>\n            <\/div><!-- .accordion-title -->\n            <div id=\"acc-wvl2822-0-content\" data-id=\"acc-wvl2822-0\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"accordion-content tf_hide tf_clearfix\">\n                                    <div class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n                        <p>Planning Consultant and Practitioner for the Energy and Infrastructure Sectors with over 20 years of experience in Global Development issues and territories in transformation. Focused on Latin America and the Caribbean, I&#8217;ve successfully led entire project cycles with cross-functional teams of experts for governments, the private sector, and multilateral or donor institutions. In addition, with solid scientific training and real-world political and managerial experience, I&#8217;ve deepened my expertise in Public Institutions&#8217; assessment and reengineering to build capacity and align them with its current challenges and SDGs.<\/p>                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div><!-- .accordion-content -->\n        <\/li>\n        <\/ul>\n\n<\/div><!-- \/module accordion -->        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_jak6432 tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_2 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-1 tb_dynl432 first\">\n                    <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_bnww432 image-top   tf_mw\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/2024international\/files\/2024\/04\/Ruslan_Shaydulin.jpg\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-472\" title=\"Ruslan Shaydulin\" alt=\"Ruslan Shaydulin\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/2024international\/files\/2024\/04\/Ruslan_Shaydulin.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/2024international\/files\/2024\/04\/Ruslan_Shaydulin-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>    \n        <\/div>\n    <!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    \n        <div class=\"image-content\">\n                    <h3 class=\"image-title\">\n                                    Ruslan Shaydulin                            <\/h3>\n                        <div class=\"image-caption tb_text_wrap\">\n            JPMorgan Chase, USA\n        <\/div>\n        <!-- \/image-caption -->\n            <\/div>\n    <!-- \/image-content -->\n        <\/div>\n<!-- \/module image --><!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_ypxl500 image-top   tf_mw\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/2024international\/files\/2024\/03\/Tamas_Terlaky.jpg\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-455\" title=\"Tam\u00e1s Terlaky\" alt=\"Tam\u00e1s Terlaky\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/2024international\/files\/2024\/03\/Tamas_Terlaky.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/2024international\/files\/2024\/03\/Tamas_Terlaky-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>    \n        <\/div>\n    <!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    \n        <div class=\"image-content\">\n                    <h3 class=\"image-title\">\n                                    Tam\u00e1s Terlaky                            <\/h3>\n                        <div class=\"image-caption tb_text_wrap\">\n            Lehigh University, USA\n        <\/div>\n        <!-- \/image-caption -->\n            <\/div>\n    <!-- \/image-content -->\n        <\/div>\n<!-- \/module image -->        <\/div>\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-2 tb_frtb433 last\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_6l7c433   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h2>Quantum Computing Optimization: From Foundations to Combinatorial and Conic Optimization<\/h2>\n<p>The tutorial begins with a gentle introduction to the foundations of quantum computing, including a brief review of the state of the current state of existing quantum computers and development trends.<\/p>\n<p>Then we review how combinatorial optimization problems are solved in the quantum computing paradigm using a commonly considered near-term quantum optimization heuristic called the Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm (QAOA). We discuss both the theoretical aspects of QAOA as well as its implementation on hardware.<\/p>\n<p>The last part of the tutorial presets variants of Inexact-Feasible-Quantum-Interior-Poit-Methods enhanced with Iterative Refinement for solving Linear Optimization Problems. Extensions to Semidefinite ans Second-order Conic Optimization will be fleshed.<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text --><!-- module accordion -->\n<div  class=\"module module-accordion tb_4loz433 \" data-behavior=\"toggle\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n    \n    <ul class=\"ui module-accordion  glossy embossed tb_default_color\">\n            <li>\n            <div class=\"accordion-title tf_rel\">\n                <a href=\"#acc-4loz433-0\" class=\"tb_title_accordion\" aria-controls=\"acc-4loz433-0-content\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n                    <i class=\"accordion-icon\"><svg  class=\"tf_fa tf-ti-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use href=\"#tf-ti-plus\"><\/use><\/svg><\/i>                    <i class=\"accordion-active-icon tf_hide\"><svg  class=\"tf_fa tf-ti-minus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use href=\"#tf-ti-minus\"><\/use><\/svg><\/i>                    <span class=\"accordion-title-wrap\">Ruslan Shaydulin Bio<\/span>                <\/a>\n            <\/div><!-- .accordion-title -->\n            <div id=\"acc-4loz433-0-content\" data-id=\"acc-4loz433-0\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"accordion-content tf_hide tf_clearfix\">\n                                    <div class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n                        <p>Ruslan Shaydulin is a quantum algorithms researcher at the Global Technology Applied Research center at JPMorgan Chase. Ruslan\u2019s research centers on applying quantum algorithms to classical problems, with a focus on optimization and machine learning. Prior to joining JPMorgan Chase, Ruslan was a Maria Goeppert Mayer fellow at Argonne National Laboratory. You can follow him on LinkedIn at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/rshaydu\">https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/rshaydu<\/a><\/p>                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div><!-- .accordion-content -->\n        <\/li>\n        <\/ul>\n\n<\/div><!-- \/module accordion --><!-- module accordion -->\n<div  class=\"module module-accordion tb_66ck816 \" data-behavior=\"toggle\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n    \n    <ul class=\"ui module-accordion  glossy embossed tb_default_color\">\n            <li>\n            <div class=\"accordion-title tf_rel\">\n                <a href=\"#acc-66ck816-0\" class=\"tb_title_accordion\" aria-controls=\"acc-66ck816-0-content\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n                    <i class=\"accordion-icon\"><svg  class=\"tf_fa tf-ti-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use href=\"#tf-ti-plus\"><\/use><\/svg><\/i>                    <i class=\"accordion-active-icon tf_hide\"><svg  class=\"tf_fa tf-ti-minus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use href=\"#tf-ti-minus\"><\/use><\/svg><\/i>                    <span class=\"accordion-title-wrap\">Tam\u00e1s Terlaky Bio<\/span>                <\/a>\n            <\/div><!-- .accordion-title -->\n            <div id=\"acc-66ck816-0-content\" data-id=\"acc-66ck816-0\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"accordion-content tf_hide tf_clearfix\">\n                                    <div class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n                        <p>Dr. Terlaky has published four books, edited over ten books and journal special issues and published over 200 research papers. Topics include theoretical and algorithmic foundations of mathematical optimization; nuclear reactor core reloading, oil refinery, VLSI design, radiation therapy treatment, and inmate assignment optimization; quantum computing.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Terlaky is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications. He has served as associate editor of ten journals and has served as conference chair, conference organizer, and distinguished invited speaker at conferences all over the world. He was general Chair of the INFORMS 2015 Annual Meeting, a former Chair of INFORMS\u2019 Optimization Society, Chair of the ICCOPT Steering Committee of the Mathematical Optimization Society, Chair of the SIAM AG Optimization, and Vice President of INFORMS. He received the MITACS Mentorship Award; Award of Merit of the Canadian Operational Research Society, Egerv\u00e1ry Award of the Hungarian Operations Research Society, H.G. Wagner Prize of INFORMS, Outstanding Innovation in Service Science Engineering Award of IISE. He is Fellow of INFORMS, SIAM, IFORS, The Fields Institute, and elected Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering. He will be a Plenary Speaker at ISMP\u20192024 in Montreal.<\/p>                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div><!-- .accordion-content -->\n        <\/li>\n        <\/ul>\n\n<\/div><!-- \/module accordion -->        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_1bbx721 tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full tb_ween721 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_6aej721   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h3>Tuesday, June 18<\/h3>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_jova237 tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_2 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-1 tb_jh6u237 first\">\n                    <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_cefj237 image-top   tf_mw\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/2024international\/files\/2024\/03\/Emilio_Carrizosa.jpg\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-389\" title=\"Emilio Carrizosa\" alt=\"Emilio Carrizosa\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/2024international\/files\/2024\/03\/Emilio_Carrizosa.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/2024international\/files\/2024\/03\/Emilio_Carrizosa-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>    \n        <\/div>\n    <!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    \n        <div class=\"image-content\">\n                    <h3 class=\"image-title\">\n                                    Emilio Carrizosa                            <\/h3>\n                        <div class=\"image-caption tb_text_wrap\">\n            Universidad de Sevilla        <\/div>\n        <!-- \/image-caption -->\n            <\/div>\n    <!-- \/image-content -->\n        <\/div>\n<!-- \/module image -->        <\/div>\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-2 tb_3zc8237 last\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_fk8l237   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h2>Mathematical Optimization Models for Group Counterfactual Explanations<\/h2>\n<p>Counterfactual Analysis has shown to be a powerful tool for Explainable Artificial Intelligence. In Supervised Classification, this means associating with each record a so-called counterfactual explanation, i.e., an instance close to the record (closeness measured by an appropriate and context-dependent dissimilarity) and whose probability of being classified by a given classifier in the positive class is high.<\/p>\n<p>While the literature focuses on the problem of finding one counterfactual for one record, in this talk a stakeholder perspective is taken, and we address the more general setting in which a group of counterfactual explanations is sought for a group of instances. Mathematical optimization models are introduced to illustrate different instance-counterfactual allocation rules. A number of research challenges for the Operations Research community are identified.<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text --><!-- module accordion -->\n<div  class=\"module module-accordion tb_2y6n238 \" data-behavior=\"toggle\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n    \n    <ul class=\"ui module-accordion  glossy embossed tb_default_color\">\n            <li>\n            <div class=\"accordion-title tf_rel\">\n                <a href=\"#acc-2y6n238-0\" class=\"tb_title_accordion\" aria-controls=\"acc-2y6n238-0-content\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n                    <i class=\"accordion-icon\"><svg  class=\"tf_fa tf-ti-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use href=\"#tf-ti-plus\"><\/use><\/svg><\/i>                    <i class=\"accordion-active-icon tf_hide\"><svg  class=\"tf_fa tf-ti-minus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use href=\"#tf-ti-minus\"><\/use><\/svg><\/i>                    <span class=\"accordion-title-wrap\">Bio<\/span>                <\/a>\n            <\/div><!-- .accordion-title -->\n            <div id=\"acc-2y6n238-0-content\" data-id=\"acc-2y6n238-0\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"accordion-content tf_hide tf_clearfix\">\n                                    <div class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n                        <p>Emilio Carrizosa is a Professor of Statistics &amp; Operations Research, IMUS and Faculty of Mathematics, at the University of Seville. He is also President of math-in, Red Espa\u00f1ola Matem\u00e1tica-Industria and President of PET MSO-ED, Plataforma Espa\u00f1ola de Tecnolog\u00edas de Modelizaci\u00f3n, Simulaci\u00f3n y Optimizaci\u00f3n en un Entorno Digital.<\/p>\n<p>You are kindly invited to have a look at:<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211; My research:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Emilio-Carrizosa\">My most recent publications in open access<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>&#8211; My outreach services:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A recent (11.29.23)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/elcorreoweb.es\/opinion\/columnas\/faltan-medicos-faltan-matematicos-faltan-soldadores-y-falta-remediarlo-BM8970012\">interview in Correo de Andaluc\u00eda (in Spanish)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>A recent (10.23.23)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.diariodesevilla.es\/sevilla\/falta-profesores-Matematicas-amenaza-US_0_1840316624.html?utm_source=twitter.com&amp;utm_medium=socialshare&amp;utm_campaign=desktop\">interview en Diario de Sevilla (in Spanish)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>A recent (05.03.23) interview in the Spanish TV program\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/play.rtve.es\/v\/6881114\/\">&#8220;Una matem\u00e1tica viene a verme&#8221;<\/a>\u00a0(in Spanish)<\/li>\n<li>My slot in the (virtual and physical) exhibition\u00a0 &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sevilla.org\/servicios\/sevilla-joven\/exposicion-de-mupis-sevilla-tambien-es-ciencia\/emilio-carrizosa-priego\">Sevilla tambi\u00e9n es Ciencia&#8221;<\/a>\u00a0(in Spanish)<\/li>\n<li>A recent (03.14.23)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qDULm79EtCg\">roundtable participation: III Foro Econ\u00f3mico en Andaluc\u00eda El Espa\u00f1ol (in Spanish)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>A less recent (09.30.22)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/elcorreoweb.es\/sevilla\/es-grave-la-falta-de-matematicos-tanto-para-la-docencia-como-para-las-empresas-NY8100861\">interview in El Correo de Andaluc\u00eda (in Spanish)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rtve.es\/television\/20220520\/cazador-cerebros-matematicas-formula-exito\/2350128.shtml\">&#8220;Matem\u00e1ticas, la f\u00f3rmula del \u00e9xito&#8221; (in Spanish TV)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>&#8211; Some academic activities:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Online Seminar Series &#8220;Machine Learning\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/riseneeds.eu\/\">NeEDS<\/a>\u00a0Mathematical Optimization&#8221;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/congreso.us.es\/mlneedsmo\/\">https:\/\/congreso.us.es\/mlneedsmo\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>EURO 2024,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/euro2024cph.dk\/\">https:\/\/euro2024cph.dk\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div><!-- .accordion-content -->\n        <\/li>\n        <\/ul>\n\n<\/div><!-- \/module accordion -->        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_i8op296 tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_2 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-1 tb_sov3296 first\">\n                    <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_ylf6296 image-top   tf_mw\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/2024international\/files\/2024\/04\/Kannan_Ramanathan.jpg\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-466\" title=\"Kannan Ramanathan\" alt=\"Kannan Ramanathan\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/2024international\/files\/2024\/04\/Kannan_Ramanathan.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/2024international\/files\/2024\/04\/Kannan_Ramanathan-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>    \n        <\/div>\n    <!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    \n        <div class=\"image-content\">\n                    <h3 class=\"image-title\">\n                                    Kannan Ramanathan                            <\/h3>\n                        <div class=\"image-caption tb_text_wrap\">\n            University of Texas at Dallas, USA        <\/div>\n        <!-- \/image-caption -->\n            <\/div>\n    <!-- \/image-content -->\n        <\/div>\n<!-- \/module image -->        <\/div>\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-2 tb_4kd5296 last\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_rfvx296   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h2>How to use Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) in Excel \u2013 For Beginners<\/h2>\n<p>This is not a lecture \u2013 it is a workshop.<\/p>\n<p>VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) can be used with several Microsoft applications. It is recommended that you participate in this workshop with your laptop as we will do some hands-on exercises. There have been some discussion that AI tools will make VBA obsolete. However, VBA is going to be around for some more time. We will discuss how we can leverage the power of AI to make it easier to work with VBA.<\/p>\n<p>This workshop<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Is meant for beginners and will cover basics in VBA<\/li>\n<li>Will focus primarily on how to use VBA in MS Excel<\/li>\n<li>Will touch on its usage in MS Word and MS Powerpoint<\/li>\n<\/ul>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text --><!-- module accordion -->\n<div  class=\"module module-accordion tb_or7v296 \" data-behavior=\"toggle\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n    \n    <ul class=\"ui module-accordion  glossy embossed tb_default_color\">\n            <li>\n            <div class=\"accordion-title tf_rel\">\n                <a href=\"#acc-or7v296-0\" class=\"tb_title_accordion\" aria-controls=\"acc-or7v296-0-content\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n                    <i class=\"accordion-icon\"><svg  class=\"tf_fa tf-ti-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use href=\"#tf-ti-plus\"><\/use><\/svg><\/i>                    <i class=\"accordion-active-icon tf_hide\"><svg  class=\"tf_fa tf-ti-minus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use href=\"#tf-ti-minus\"><\/use><\/svg><\/i>                    <span class=\"accordion-title-wrap\">Bio<\/span>                <\/a>\n            <\/div><!-- .accordion-title -->\n            <div id=\"acc-or7v296-0-content\" data-id=\"acc-or7v296-0\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"accordion-content tf_hide tf_clearfix\">\n                                    <div class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n                        <p>Kannan Ramanathan is a Clinical Professor at The Naveen Jindal School of Management at The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) in the USA. His Ph.D. is in Strategic Management from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He worked for various businesses of General Electric for several years as a Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt. At UTD, his research interests focus on Lean Six Sigma and its applications in healthcare.<\/p>                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div><!-- .accordion-content -->\n        <\/li>\n        <\/ul>\n\n<\/div><!-- \/module accordion -->        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_cka9148 tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_2 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-1 tb_8q2u149 first\">\n                    <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_d2m4150 image-top   tf_mw\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/2024international\/files\/2024\/03\/Ko-Yang_Wang.jpg\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-398\" title=\"Ko-Yang Wang\" alt=\"Ko-Yang Wang\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/2024international\/files\/2024\/03\/Ko-Yang_Wang.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/2024international\/files\/2024\/03\/Ko-Yang_Wang-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>    \n        <\/div>\n    <!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    \n        <div class=\"image-content\">\n                    <h3 class=\"image-title\">\n                                    Ko-Yang Wang                            <\/h3>\n                        <div class=\"image-caption tb_text_wrap\">\n            National Sun-Yat-Sen University, Taiwan        <\/div>\n        <!-- \/image-caption -->\n            <\/div>\n    <!-- \/image-content -->\n        <\/div>\n<!-- \/module image -->        <\/div>\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-2 tb_77n5150 last\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_2v3h150   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h2>Tutorial on Generative AI and Its Responsible Applications in the Financial Industry<\/h2>\n<p>This lecture will explore the research and applications of generative AI in the financial industry. Topics include the latest trends, R&amp;D opportunities, case studies, and impacts on the banking and financial industries. The complexity and challenges of responsible uses of AI and practical financial digital transformation issues will be discussed.<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text --><!-- module accordion -->\n<div  class=\"module module-accordion tb_6swy151 \" data-behavior=\"toggle\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n    \n    <ul class=\"ui module-accordion  glossy embossed tb_default_color\">\n            <li>\n            <div class=\"accordion-title tf_rel\">\n                <a href=\"#acc-6swy151-0\" class=\"tb_title_accordion\" aria-controls=\"acc-6swy151-0-content\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n                    <i class=\"accordion-icon\"><svg  class=\"tf_fa tf-ti-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use href=\"#tf-ti-plus\"><\/use><\/svg><\/i>                    <i class=\"accordion-active-icon tf_hide\"><svg  class=\"tf_fa tf-ti-minus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use href=\"#tf-ti-minus\"><\/use><\/svg><\/i>                    <span class=\"accordion-title-wrap\">Bio<\/span>                <\/a>\n            <\/div><!-- .accordion-title -->\n            <div id=\"acc-6swy151-0-content\" data-id=\"acc-6swy151-0\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"accordion-content tf_hide tf_clearfix\">\n                                    <div class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n                        <p>Ko-Yang Wang is a Visiting Professor at the School of Banking and Finance of National Sun Yat-Sen University. He is an educator, entrepreneur, consultant, and frequent keynote speaker on FinTech, AI, Web3, Blockchain, and Digital Transformation. He excels at fusing emerging technologies to drive digital transformation and innovation. He was the founding chairman of the Taiwan Fintech Association, a co-founder and an executive advisor of the Taiwan Blockchain Alliance, EVP of the Institute for Information Industry, and on advisory boards of six government ministries in Taiwan.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the USA, he was the Practice Leader\/Partner for the BPM Consulting Practice and CTO for four different consulting practices in IBM Global Business Services and the Research &amp; Innovation Executive for the Business Transformation Executive of IBM Global Services. He was awarded an IBM Distinguished Engineer, an IBM Academy Member, and an Outstanding Technology Achievement Award.<\/p>\n<p>He was elected as a Fellow of the Chinese Society for the Management of Technology in 2017 and received a 2019 Smart City Outstanding Contribution Award for his contributions to Smart Commerce and FinTech in Taiwan. He was named 2016 CS Outstanding Alumni, Purdue University, and 2017 College of Science Outstanding Alumni, National Tsing Hua University. <\/p>                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div><!-- .accordion-content -->\n        <\/li>\n        <\/ul>\n\n<\/div><!-- \/module accordion -->        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_xmn7989 tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full tb_q58j989 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_gf6x989   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h3>Wednesday, June 19<\/h3>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_1urd100 tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_2 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-1 tb_pku7100 first\">\n                    <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_o2uh101 image-top   tf_mw\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/2024international\/files\/2024\/03\/Yasmin_Rios_Solis.jpg\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-397\" title=\"Yasm\u00edn R\u00edos-Sol\u00eds\" alt=\"Yasm\u00edn A. R\u00edos-Sol\u00eds\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/2024international\/files\/2024\/03\/Yasmin_Rios_Solis.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/2024international\/files\/2024\/03\/Yasmin_Rios_Solis-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>    \n        <\/div>\n    <!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    \n        <div class=\"image-content\">\n                    <h3 class=\"image-title\">\n                                    Yasm\u00edn R\u00edos-Sol\u00eds                            <\/h3>\n                        <div class=\"image-caption tb_text_wrap\">\n            Tecnol\u00f3gico de Monterrey &#8211; Monterrey campus, Mexico        <\/div>\n        <!-- \/image-caption -->\n            <\/div>\n    <!-- \/image-content -->\n        <\/div>\n<!-- \/module image -->        <\/div>\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-2 tb_ycsm101 last\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_4cqx101   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h2>Public Transportation in Developing Countries<\/h2>\n<p>Have you tried to implement a known transportation algorithm from developed countries in a developing one? Most researchers and practitioners know topicalization is complex, and many features and utilities will be underused. What are the characteristics that make the developing countries\u2019 transport systems different? This tutorial will overview these characteristics and how to include them in the models and algorithms. <\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text --><!-- module accordion -->\n<div  class=\"module module-accordion tb_winm102 \" data-behavior=\"toggle\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n    \n    <ul class=\"ui module-accordion  glossy embossed tb_default_color\">\n            <li>\n            <div class=\"accordion-title tf_rel\">\n                <a href=\"#acc-winm102-0\" class=\"tb_title_accordion\" aria-controls=\"acc-winm102-0-content\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n                    <i class=\"accordion-icon\"><svg  class=\"tf_fa tf-ti-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use href=\"#tf-ti-plus\"><\/use><\/svg><\/i>                    <i class=\"accordion-active-icon tf_hide\"><svg  class=\"tf_fa tf-ti-minus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use href=\"#tf-ti-minus\"><\/use><\/svg><\/i>                    <span class=\"accordion-title-wrap\">Bio<\/span>                <\/a>\n            <\/div><!-- .accordion-title -->\n            <div id=\"acc-winm102-0-content\" data-id=\"acc-winm102-0\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"accordion-content tf_hide tf_clearfix\">\n                                    <div class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n                        <p>Yasm\u00edn R\u00edos Sol\u00eds studied applied mathematics at ITAM, Mexico. She completed her master&#8217;s and Ph.D. in combinatorial optimization at the Sorbonne University in France, and then she did a postdoc at the University of Bielefeld, Germany. She is currently part of the Tecnol\u00f3gico de Monterrey at the School of Engineering and Sciences. Her research is related to discrete optimization problems for which she proposes mathematical models and new optimization methods, both exact and heuristic. <\/p>                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div><!-- .accordion-content -->\n        <\/li>\n        <\/ul>\n\n<\/div><!-- \/module accordion -->        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_l9lh949 tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_2 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-1 tb_quea950 first\">\n                    <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_zgv1950 image-top   tf_mw\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/2024international\/files\/2024\/04\/Juan_Camilo_Serpa.jpg\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-460\" title=\"Juan Camilo Serpa\" alt=\"Juan Camilo Serpa\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/2024international\/files\/2024\/04\/Juan_Camilo_Serpa.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/2024international\/files\/2024\/04\/Juan_Camilo_Serpa-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>    \n        <\/div>\n    <!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    \n        <div class=\"image-content\">\n                    <h3 class=\"image-title\">\n                                    Juan Camilo Serpa                            <\/h3>\n                        <div class=\"image-caption tb_text_wrap\">\n            McGill University, Canada        <\/div>\n        <!-- \/image-caption -->\n            <\/div>\n    <!-- \/image-content -->\n        <\/div>\n<!-- \/module image -->        <\/div>\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-2 tb_l9ik950 last\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_49ef950   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h2>The Data Mangrove: Developing a world-leading Sustainability Data Hub<\/h2>\n<p>The Data Mangrove (datamangrove.com) is a new hub uniting sustainability researchers, allowing them to share data (through an open-data platform), promote research papers, and to implement data-driven technologies for research partnerships. This virtual hub will facilitate connections across the sustainability research community, facilitating data-driven collaboration. This tutorial introduces the hub\u2019s features and invites researchers to join this academic hub before its late-summer launch.<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text --><!-- module accordion -->\n<div  class=\"module module-accordion tb_b9oh950 \" data-behavior=\"toggle\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n    \n    <ul class=\"ui module-accordion  glossy embossed tb_default_color\">\n            <li>\n            <div class=\"accordion-title tf_rel\">\n                <a href=\"#acc-b9oh950-0\" class=\"tb_title_accordion\" aria-controls=\"acc-b9oh950-0-content\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n                    <i class=\"accordion-icon\"><svg  class=\"tf_fa tf-ti-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use href=\"#tf-ti-plus\"><\/use><\/svg><\/i>                    <i class=\"accordion-active-icon tf_hide\"><svg  class=\"tf_fa tf-ti-minus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use href=\"#tf-ti-minus\"><\/use><\/svg><\/i>                    <span class=\"accordion-title-wrap\">Bio<\/span>                <\/a>\n            <\/div><!-- .accordion-title -->\n            <div id=\"acc-b9oh950-0-content\" data-id=\"acc-b9oh950-0\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"accordion-content tf_hide tf_clearfix\">\n                                    <div class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n                        <p>Juan Camilo Serpa is an associate professor in data analytics at the Desautels Faculty of Management, a William Dawson Scholar, area head of the Operations Management Department, and the academic director of the Management Science Research Centre. His research focuses on big data analytics and structural econometrics applied to supply chain management and empirical operations. For years, Prof. Serpa has collaborated with numerous NGOs and community organizations focused on sustainability. Utilizing AI and analytics, Prof. Serpa has developed a suite of tools designed to help these entities harness the capabilities of big data and artificial intelligence for their causes, through a Sustainability Data hub: The Data Mangrove (datamangrove.com).<\/p>                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div><!-- .accordion-content -->\n        <\/li>\n        <\/ul>\n\n<\/div><!-- \/module accordion -->        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_ediv486 tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full tb_ovsr486 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_q03k489   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p>Text content<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monday, June 17<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1001094,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-364","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.0 (Yoast SEO v26.0) - 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However, these frameworks may not always reflect the underlying dynamics pertinent to the organization's goals.<\/p> <p>Advancing and implementing Operations Research (OR) modeling solutions for development necessitates aligning the organization's decision-making processes with its array of services and capabilities. OR practitioners are increasingly required to delve into the intricacies of political and policy dialogues to effectively assess either or both <em>processes modeling<\/em> and <em>institutional reengineering<\/em>.<\/p> <p>During the tutorial, we will delve into 2 case studies involving land management and transportation institutions, exploring their journey towards enhanced performance and service modernization.<\/p>\n<ul><li><h4>Bio<\/h4><p>Planning Consultant and Practitioner for the Energy and Infrastructure Sectors with over 20 years of experience in Global Development issues and territories in transformation. Focused on Latin America and the Caribbean, I've successfully led entire project cycles with cross-functional teams of experts for governments, the private sector, and multilateral or donor institutions. In addition, with solid scientific training and real-world political and managerial experience, I've deepened my expertise in Public Institutions' assessment and reengineering to build capacity and align them with its current challenges and SDGs.<\/p><\/li><\/ul>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/2024international\/files\/2024\/04\/Ruslan_Shaydulin.jpg\" title=\"Ruslan Shaydulin\" alt=\"Ruslan Shaydulin\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/2024international\/files\/2024\/04\/Ruslan_Shaydulin.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/2024international\/files\/2024\/04\/Ruslan_Shaydulin-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Ruslan Shaydulin <\/h3> JPMorgan Chase, USA\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/2024international\/files\/2024\/03\/Tamas_Terlaky.jpg\" title=\"Tam\u00e1s Terlaky\" alt=\"Tam\u00e1s Terlaky\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/2024international\/files\/2024\/03\/Tamas_Terlaky.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/2024international\/files\/2024\/03\/Tamas_Terlaky-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Tam\u00e1s Terlaky <\/h3> Lehigh University, USA\n<h2>Quantum Computing Optimization: From Foundations to Combinatorial and Conic Optimization<\/h2> <p>The tutorial begins with a gentle introduction to the foundations of quantum computing, including a brief review of the state of the current state of existing quantum computers and development trends.<\/p> <p>Then we review how combinatorial optimization problems are solved in the quantum computing paradigm using a commonly considered near-term quantum optimization heuristic called the Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm (QAOA). We discuss both the theoretical aspects of QAOA as well as its implementation on hardware.<\/p> <p>The last part of the tutorial presets variants of Inexact-Feasible-Quantum-Interior-Poit-Methods enhanced with Iterative Refinement for solving Linear Optimization Problems. Extensions to Semidefinite ans Second-order Conic Optimization will be fleshed.<\/p>\n<ul><li><h4>Ruslan Shaydulin Bio<\/h4><p>Ruslan Shaydulin is a quantum algorithms researcher at the Global Technology Applied Research center at JPMorgan Chase. Ruslan\u2019s research centers on applying quantum algorithms to classical problems, with a focus on optimization and machine learning. Prior to joining JPMorgan Chase, Ruslan was a Maria Goeppert Mayer fellow at Argonne National Laboratory. You can follow him on LinkedIn at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/rshaydu\">https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/rshaydu<\/a><\/p><\/li><\/ul>\n<ul><li><h4>Tam\u00e1s Terlaky Bio<\/h4><p>Dr. Terlaky has published four books, edited over ten books and journal special issues and published over 200 research papers. Topics include theoretical and algorithmic foundations of mathematical optimization; nuclear reactor core reloading, oil refinery, VLSI design, radiation therapy treatment, and inmate assignment optimization; quantum computing.<\/p> <p>Dr. Terlaky is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications. He has served as associate editor of ten journals and has served as conference chair, conference organizer, and distinguished invited speaker at conferences all over the world. He was general Chair of the INFORMS 2015 Annual Meeting, a former Chair of INFORMS\u2019 Optimization Society, Chair of the ICCOPT Steering Committee of the Mathematical Optimization Society, Chair of the SIAM AG Optimization, and Vice President of INFORMS. He received the MITACS Mentorship Award; Award of Merit of the Canadian Operational Research Society, Egerv\u00e1ry Award of the Hungarian Operations Research Society, H.G. Wagner Prize of INFORMS, Outstanding Innovation in Service Science Engineering Award of IISE. He is Fellow of INFORMS, SIAM, IFORS, The Fields Institute, and elected Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering. He will be a Plenary Speaker at ISMP\u20192024 in Montreal.<\/p><\/li><\/ul>\n<h3>Tuesday, June 18<\/h3>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/2024international\/files\/2024\/03\/Emilio_Carrizosa.jpg\" title=\"Emilio Carrizosa\" alt=\"Emilio Carrizosa\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/2024international\/files\/2024\/03\/Emilio_Carrizosa.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/2024international\/files\/2024\/03\/Emilio_Carrizosa-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Emilio Carrizosa <\/h3> Universidad de Sevilla\n<h2>Mathematical Optimization Models for Group Counterfactual Explanations<\/h2> <p>Counterfactual Analysis has shown to be a powerful tool for Explainable Artificial Intelligence. In Supervised Classification, this means associating with each record a so-called counterfactual explanation, i.e., an instance close to the record (closeness measured by an appropriate and context-dependent dissimilarity) and whose probability of being classified by a given classifier in the positive class is high.<\/p> <p>While the literature focuses on the problem of finding one counterfactual for one record, in this talk a stakeholder perspective is taken, and we address the more general setting in which a group of counterfactual explanations is sought for a group of instances. Mathematical optimization models are introduced to illustrate different instance-counterfactual allocation rules. A number of research challenges for the Operations Research community are identified.<\/p>\n<ul><li><h4>Bio<\/h4><p>Emilio Carrizosa is a Professor of Statistics &amp; Operations Research, IMUS and Faculty of Mathematics, at the University of Seville. He is also President of math-in, Red Espa\u00f1ola Matem\u00e1tica-Industria and President of PET MSO-ED, Plataforma Espa\u00f1ola de Tecnolog\u00edas de Modelizaci\u00f3n, Simulaci\u00f3n y Optimizaci\u00f3n en un Entorno Digital.<\/p> <p>You are kindly invited to have a look at:<\/p> <p><strong>- My research:<\/strong><\/p> <ul> <li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Emilio-Carrizosa\">My most recent publications in open access<\/a><\/li> <\/ul> <p><strong>- My outreach services:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p> <ul> <li>A recent (11.29.23)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/elcorreoweb.es\/opinion\/columnas\/faltan-medicos-faltan-matematicos-faltan-soldadores-y-falta-remediarlo-BM8970012\">interview in Correo de Andaluc\u00eda (in Spanish)<\/a><\/li> <li>A recent (10.23.23)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.diariodesevilla.es\/sevilla\/falta-profesores-Matematicas-amenaza-US_0_1840316624.html?utm_source=twitter.com&amp;utm_medium=socialshare&amp;utm_campaign=desktop\">interview en Diario de Sevilla (in Spanish)<\/a><\/li> <li>A recent (05.03.23) interview in the Spanish TV program\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/play.rtve.es\/v\/6881114\/\">\"Una matem\u00e1tica viene a verme\"<\/a>\u00a0(in Spanish)<\/li> <li>My slot in the (virtual and physical) exhibition\u00a0 \"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sevilla.org\/servicios\/sevilla-joven\/exposicion-de-mupis-sevilla-tambien-es-ciencia\/emilio-carrizosa-priego\">Sevilla tambi\u00e9n es Ciencia\"<\/a>\u00a0(in Spanish)<\/li> <li>A recent (03.14.23)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qDULm79EtCg\">roundtable participation: III Foro Econ\u00f3mico en Andaluc\u00eda El Espa\u00f1ol (in Spanish)<\/a><\/li> <li>A less recent (09.30.22)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/elcorreoweb.es\/sevilla\/es-grave-la-falta-de-matematicos-tanto-para-la-docencia-como-para-las-empresas-NY8100861\">interview in El Correo de Andaluc\u00eda (in Spanish)<\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rtve.es\/television\/20220520\/cazador-cerebros-matematicas-formula-exito\/2350128.shtml\">\"Matem\u00e1ticas, la f\u00f3rmula del \u00e9xito\" (in Spanish TV)<\/a><\/li> <\/ul> <p><strong>- Some academic activities:<\/strong><\/p> <ul> <li>Online Seminar Series \"Machine Learning\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/riseneeds.eu\/\">NeEDS<\/a>\u00a0Mathematical Optimization\"\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/congreso.us.es\/mlneedsmo\/\">https:\/\/congreso.us.es\/mlneedsmo\/<\/a><\/li> <li>EURO 2024,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/euro2024cph.dk\/\">https:\/\/euro2024cph.dk\/<\/a><\/li> <\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/2024international\/files\/2024\/03\/Jeffrey_Keisler.jpg\" title=\" Jeffrey Keisler\" alt=\" Jeffrey Keisler\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/2024international\/files\/2024\/03\/Jeffrey_Keisler.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/2024international\/files\/2024\/03\/Jeffrey_Keisler-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Jeffrey Keisler <\/h3> University of Massachusetts Boston, USA\n<h2>Prescriptive Analytics with the Spreadsheet of Everything<\/h2> <p>It\u2019s possible to do prescriptive analytics just with spreadsheets. Learn how you can do \u2013 and teach \u2013 sophisticated sensitivity analysis, scenario analysis, simulation analysis, decision analysis and optimization analysis using a small set of spreadsheet formulas \u2013 and without macros, add-ins or outside software.<\/p>\n<ul><li><h4>Bio<\/h4><p>Jeffrey M. Keisler (MBA Chicago, PhD Harvard) is Professor of Management Science &amp; Information Systems at University of Massachusetts Boston, He was President of the INFORMS Decision Analysis Society and founding Secretary of the former Spreadsheet Research Section at INFORMS. He was named a Fellow of the Society for Risk Analysis, a Fellow of the Society for Decision Professionals, and a Fulbright Distinguished Chair, and received the 2013 Publication Award of the Decision Analysis Society. He is is a long-time associate editor for several INFORMS and EURO journals and a Springer book series. He has published nearly 90 journal articles and several books. Over 30+ years in industry, government. consulting, and academia, he has taught spreadsheet analytics to numerous students and clients and created many spreadsheet tools used by Fortune 500 companies and government agencies. His newest book, Prescriptive Analytics: Mastering the Spreadsheet of Everything in the Springer series on Texts in Business and Economics will be published in summer 2024.<\/p><\/li><\/ul>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/2024international\/files\/2024\/04\/Kannan_Ramanathan.jpg\" title=\"Kannan Ramanathan\" alt=\"Kannan Ramanathan\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/2024international\/files\/2024\/04\/Kannan_Ramanathan.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/2024international\/files\/2024\/04\/Kannan_Ramanathan-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Kannan Ramanathan <\/h3> University of Texas at Dallas, USA\n<h2>How to use Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) in Excel \u2013 For Beginners<\/h2> <p>This is not a lecture \u2013 it is a workshop.<\/p> <p>VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) can be used with several Microsoft applications. It is recommended that you participate in this workshop with your laptop as we will do some hands-on exercises. There have been some discussion that AI tools will make VBA obsolete. However, VBA is going to be around for some more time. We will discuss how we can leverage the power of AI to make it easier to work with VBA.<\/p> <p>This workshop<\/p> <ul> <li>Is meant for beginners and will cover basics in VBA<\/li> <li>Will focus primarily on how to use VBA in MS Excel<\/li> <li>Will touch on its usage in MS Word and MS Powerpoint<\/li> <\/ul>\n<ul><li><h4>Bio<\/h4><p>Kannan Ramanathan is a Clinical Professor at The Naveen Jindal School of Management at The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) in the USA. His Ph.D. is in Strategic Management from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He worked for various businesses of General Electric for several years as a Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt. At UTD, his research interests focus on Lean Six Sigma and its applications in healthcare.<\/p><\/li><\/ul>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/2024international\/files\/2024\/03\/Ko-Yang_Wang.jpg\" title=\"Ko-Yang Wang\" alt=\"Ko-Yang Wang\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/2024international\/files\/2024\/03\/Ko-Yang_Wang.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/2024international\/files\/2024\/03\/Ko-Yang_Wang-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Ko-Yang Wang <\/h3> National Sun-Yat-Sen University, Taiwan\n<h2>Tutorial on Generative AI and Its Responsible Applications in the Financial Industry<\/h2> <p>This lecture will explore the research and applications of generative AI in the financial industry. Topics include the latest trends, R&amp;D opportunities, case studies, and impacts on the banking and financial industries. The complexity and challenges of responsible uses of AI and practical financial digital transformation issues will be discussed.<\/p>\n<ul><li><h4>Bio<\/h4><p>Ko-Yang Wang is a Visiting Professor at the School of Banking and Finance of National Sun Yat-Sen University. He is an educator, entrepreneur, consultant, and frequent keynote speaker on FinTech, AI, Web3, Blockchain, and Digital Transformation. He excels at fusing emerging technologies to drive digital transformation and innovation. He was the founding chairman of the Taiwan Fintech Association, a co-founder and an executive advisor of the Taiwan Blockchain Alliance, EVP of the Institute for Information Industry, and on advisory boards of six government ministries in Taiwan.<\/p> <p>Earlier in the USA, he was the Practice Leader\/Partner for the BPM Consulting Practice and CTO for four different consulting practices in IBM Global Business Services and the Research &amp; Innovation Executive for the Business Transformation Executive of IBM Global Services. He was awarded an IBM Distinguished Engineer, an IBM Academy Member, and an Outstanding Technology Achievement Award.<\/p> <p>He was elected as a Fellow of the Chinese Society for the Management of Technology in 2017 and received a 2019 Smart City Outstanding Contribution Award for his contributions to Smart Commerce and FinTech in Taiwan. He was named 2016 CS Outstanding Alumni, Purdue University, and 2017 College of Science Outstanding Alumni, National Tsing Hua University. <\/p><\/li><\/ul>\n<h3>Wednesday, June 19<\/h3>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/2024international\/files\/2024\/03\/Yasmin_Rios_Solis.jpg\" title=\"Yasm\u00edn R\u00edos-Sol\u00eds\" alt=\"Yasm\u00edn A. R\u00edos-Sol\u00eds\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/2024international\/files\/2024\/03\/Yasmin_Rios_Solis.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/2024international\/files\/2024\/03\/Yasmin_Rios_Solis-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Yasm\u00edn R\u00edos-Sol\u00eds <\/h3> Tecnol\u00f3gico de Monterrey - Monterrey campus, Mexico\n<h2>Public Transportation in Developing Countries<\/h2> <p>Have you tried to implement a known transportation algorithm from developed countries in a developing one? Most researchers and practitioners know topicalization is complex, and many features and utilities will be underused. What are the characteristics that make the developing countries\u2019 transport systems different? This tutorial will overview these characteristics and how to include them in the models and algorithms. <\/p>\n<ul><li><h4>Bio<\/h4><p>Yasm\u00edn R\u00edos Sol\u00eds studied applied mathematics at ITAM, Mexico. She completed her master's and Ph.D. in combinatorial optimization at the Sorbonne University in France, and then she did a postdoc at the University of Bielefeld, Germany. She is currently part of the Tecnol\u00f3gico de Monterrey at the School of Engineering and Sciences. Her research is related to discrete optimization problems for which she proposes mathematical models and new optimization methods, both exact and heuristic. <\/p><\/li><\/ul>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/2024international\/files\/2024\/04\/Juan_Camilo_Serpa.jpg\" title=\"Juan Camilo Serpa\" alt=\"Juan Camilo Serpa\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/2024international\/files\/2024\/04\/Juan_Camilo_Serpa.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/2024international\/files\/2024\/04\/Juan_Camilo_Serpa-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Juan Camilo Serpa <\/h3> McGill University, Canada\n<h2>The Data Mangrove: Developing a world-leading Sustainability Data Hub<\/h2> <p>The Data Mangrove (datamangrove.com) is a new hub uniting sustainability researchers, allowing them to share data (through an open-data platform), promote research papers, and to implement data-driven technologies for research partnerships. This virtual hub will facilitate connections across the sustainability research community, facilitating data-driven collaboration. This tutorial introduces the hub\u2019s features and invites researchers to join this academic hub before its late-summer launch.<\/p>\n<ul><li><h4>Bio<\/h4><p>Juan Camilo Serpa is an associate professor in data analytics at the Desautels Faculty of Management, a William Dawson Scholar, area head of the Operations Management Department, and the academic director of the Management Science Research Centre. His research focuses on big data analytics and structural econometrics applied to supply chain management and empirical operations. For years, Prof. Serpa has collaborated with numerous NGOs and community organizations focused on sustainability. Utilizing AI and analytics, Prof. Serpa has developed a suite of tools designed to help these entities harness the capabilities of big data and artificial intelligence for their causes, through a Sustainability Data hub: The Data Mangrove (datamangrove.com).<\/p><\/li><\/ul>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/2024international\/files\/2024\/03\/Victor_Albornoz.jpg\" title=\"V\u00edctor M. Albornoz\" alt=\"V\u00edctor M. Albornoz\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/2024international\/files\/2024\/03\/Victor_Albornoz.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/2024international\/files\/2024\/03\/Victor_Albornoz-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> V\u00edctor M. Albornoz <\/h3> Universidad T\u00e9cnica Federico Santa Mar\u00eda\n<h2>Decomposition methods as a problem-solving strategy in precision agriculture<\/h2> <p>Optimization is one of the mos\u00a0used methodologies\u00a0to support decision making in agricultural systems and nowadays these optimization models are conceived into a data-driven perspective. In fact, modern agriculture considers an intensive use of geographic positioning systems, sensors, drones and other data collection devices that can contribute to collect and forecast variations of soil and crops properties. Information compiled from field data is used to define management zones with relatively homogeneous characteristics that permit site-specific application of agronomic practices such as crop planning, water management and harvest plans, among others. In this tutorial we present different problems in precision agriculture and describe how the column generation and the Benders decomposition methods can be used as algorithmic strategies for solving the problems described.<\/p>\n<ul><li><h4>Bio<\/h4><p>Dr. Victor M. Albornoz has a degree in Mathematics from the Pontificia Universidad Cat\u00f3lica de Chile. He also has postgraduate studies, being M.Sc. in Mathematics and Ph.D. in Engineering Sciences from the Pontificia Universidad Cat\u00f3lica de Chile. Since 1999, he is a full-time professor at the Industrial Engineering Department of the Universidad T\u00e9cnica Federico Santa Mar\u00eda, where he usually teaches undergraduate and postgraduate courses. His research areas are in the field of Operations Research, with special emphasis on optimization under uncertainty and numerical optimization techniques, especially for modeling and solving operation management problems in agriculture. He is author of more than 30 publications in scientific journals, series and book chapters and an Associate Editor of Pesquisa Operacional. He is a member of the Chilean Institute of Operations Research (ICHIO), he held the vice-presidency of the Latin American Association of Operations Research (ALIO) and regularly participates of ICHIO, ALIO, EURO and INFORMS meetings and conferences.<\/p><\/li><\/ul>\n<p>Text content<\/p>","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/2024international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/2024international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/2024international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/2024international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1001094"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/2024international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=364"}],"version-history":[{"count":43,"href":"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/2024international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/364\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":527,"href":"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/2024international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/364\/revisions\/527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/2024international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}