Exhibitor Workshops
Sunday, April 12
11am-12:45pm
Model and Solve Nonlinear Optimization Problems with Artelys Knitro
Presented by: Louis-Pierre Campeau
Artelys Knitro is the leading solver focused on large-scale, nonlinear (potentially non-convex), optimization problems. Knitro offers both interior-point and active-set algorithms for continuous models, as well as tools for handling problems with integer variables and other discrete structures. This tutorial will introduce the key features of Knitro and demonstrate how to use Knitro to model and solve optimization problems in various environments. The talk will showcase several instances of nonlinear problems, typically addressed through linear relaxation, yet warranting a direct approach. It will delve into the methodologies and tools employed to tackle these challenges. This tutorial aims at an audience familiar with the basics of mathematical optimization and Python programming but will mostly be focusing on practical examples.
1-2:45pm
Scaling Adaptive Workforce Optimization: How ATALIAN and DecisionBrain Replaced Manual Scheduling with Real-Time Intelligence
Presented by: Tom Heyward
Airport cleaning operations run against one of the most demanding scheduling environments in facility management — shifting flight schedules, unpredictable passenger flow, and cascading task dependencies that render static daily plans obsolete within hours. This workshop presents how ATALIAN, a global leader in facility management, partnered with DecisionBrain to replace manual coordination with a dynamic, closed-loop scheduling system powered by the DB Gene platform.
Attendees will see how real-time external data — including live flight information and zone-level crowd distribution — feeds directly into optimization logic to continuously revise workforce schedules as conditions evolve. We walk through a three-tier decision support model serving managers, supervisors, and frontline agents, and examine how role-specific workflows drove adoption across the organization.
Beyond the airport context, the session draws out the transferable principles: how situation-aware constraints, automated re-scheduling, and real-time execution tracking apply across any workforce-intensive environment facing volatile demand.
Participants leave with a practical framework for evaluating the transition from static, experience-dependent planning to standardized, AI-driven workforce optimization — and a clear picture of what production-ready decision intelligence looks like at enterprise scale.
1-2:45pm
1-2:45pm
Want Your Decision Project to Succeed? Treat it Like Software
Presented by: Nicole Misek and Ryan O’Neil
Decision models drive significant ROI in cost savings, carbon emissions, customer satisfaction, personnel safety, and more. But there are overlooked inefficiencies outside the solver that compound during development, eroding stakeholder trust and confidence. And when it comes time to plug your model into software architectures, the project flounders and fails.
Much of OR training and education has traditionally focused on the elegant and powerful math driving decision models. More recently, leaders within the community are realizing that a software-conscious mindset is necessary for the discipline’s success. The good news: The tools and practices best suited to address this gap are more accessible than ever before.
This session will cover how to leverage the Nextmv platform to easily incorporate DecisionOps into OR and decision science projects. We’ll walk through hands-on exercises that demonstrate using an open source framework for structured local model development that can progress into robust model management, versioning, monitoring, testing, collaboration, and orchestration.
Throughout, you’ll see how to engage stakeholders efficiently by comparing individual model runs, performing scenario tests, comparing multiple models, and seamlessly integrating into the larger decision stack.
Join us for this interactive session that will demonstrate these workflows, allow for hands-on experimentation, and Q&A. This session is relevant to anyone working with tools such as: OR-Tools, Pyomo, HiGHS, Vroom, Gurobi, AMPL, Hexaly, FICO Xpress, NVIDIA cuOpt, IBM CPLEX, CVXPY, and more.
3-4:45pm
3-4:45pm
3-4:45pm
3-4:45pm
