Agenda

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All times are Central Daylight Time (CDT).

Sunday, April 3

7am-5pm	Registration	Texas Ballroom Foyer
7:30am-3pm	INFORMS Early Career Professionals’ Network (Application Required)	River Oaks
8am-12:30pm	UPS George D. Smith Competition	Hunters Creek
11am-12:45pm	Technology Workshops	Check Mobile App
11am-5pm	Career Fair: Networking Meet & Greet	Texas Ballroom Foyer
12:30-3:30pm	Certified Analytics Professional Summit	Westchase
1-2:45pm	Technology Workshops	Check Mobile App
3-4:45pm	Technology Workshops	Check Mobile App
5:30-7pm	Executive Forum (Invitation Only)	Montrose
6-7pm	Newcomers Reception	Westchase
7-8:30pm	Welcome Reception and Exhibits	Texas Ballroom A-D

Monday, April 4

7-8am	Continental Breakfast	Texas Ballroom E-H
7am-5pm	Registration	Texas Ballroom Foyer
8-9am	Welcome: Elena Gerstmann, INFORMS Executive Director, Radhika Kulkarni, INFORMS President and Erick Wikum, General Chair Opening Keynote: Talithia Williams, Big Data Expert, Professor of Mathematics & Host of NOVA Wonders	Texas Ballroom E-H
8am-5pm	Career Fair Interviews (By Appointment)	Texas Ballroom A-D
9am-4:30pm	Exhibits Open	Texas Ballroom A-D
9:10-10am	Concurrent Track Sessions 2022 Franz Edelman Award Competition Operations Research-Methods Transform Biomanufacturing Productivity for Live-saving Medicine Merck Animal Health Analytics Leadership Developing Analytic “Super Powers”: Positioning Your Team for Success Colleen McCue, CACI International Analytics in the Public Sector Mitigation, Resilience and Equity: Analyzing and Responding to Homeland Security Threats Randolph Hall, USC Cyber Analytics Asking the Right Questions: A Data-driven Blueprint for Effective Defense Mark Orlando, Bionic Cyber Decision Analysis Decide Better: How an Entrepreneur & Educator Embraced Decision Science Matthew Brady, Volley Solutions INFORMS Prizes and Special Sessions The Power of Engaging in Washington, DC with the Federal Government Jeff Cohen, INFORMS and Charles Cooper, Signal Group Optimization Reducing Heating Energy Demand With Optimization and Co-Simulation Joseph Bostick, United States Military Academy Revenue Management & Pricing Data-driven Pricing Kris Ferreira, Harvard Business School Supply Chain Analytics Ameren Applies Advanced Analytics to Optimize Its Supply Networks Haitao Lit, University of Missouri – St. Louis
10-10:30am	Coffee Break with Exhibitors	Texas Ballroom A-D
10:30-11:20am	Concurrent Track Sessions 2022 Franz Edelman Award Competition Integrated Forecast, Inventory, Price Optimization and Recommendation Has Reduced Millions in Inventory and Shrinkage Costs for Alibaba Retail Businesses Alibaba Analytics Leadership How to Have an Outsized Impact on Business Decision Making Alan Kosanky, Profit Point, Inc. Analytics in the Public Sector Analytics in Defense Logistics: Strategic Decision Support Karen O’Brien, U.S. Army Material Command Analysis Group Cyber Analytics Network Security: A Decade of Surfing the Peaks and Troughs of the Cyber Data Tsunami… 50B Events at a Time Wayne Wheeles, Telemetri Decision Analysis The Executive Scientist: How Executives Can Improve Business Outcomes With Better Data-Driven Decision Making Practices Christopher Frazier, BlockScience Labs, Inc. INFORMS Prizes and Special Sessions Women in OR/MS Professional Development – The Great Re-Definition: Defining Power Through Pay Negotiation Jessica Dowches-Wheeler, Bright Space Coaching Optimization Gamifying Learning in Mathematical Optimization Larry Snyder, Lehigh University Revenue Management & Pricing Anomaly Detection in Automated Buying Systems Pratik Mital & Will Bishop, Amazon Supply Chain Analytics Milk Run Inbound Logistics Optimization Solution for Toyota Filippo Focacci, DecisionBrain Technology Tutorials Making Simulation Easier With Arena Melanie Barker, Rockwell Automation
11:30am-12:20pm	Concurrent Track Sessions 2022 Franz Edelman Award Competition Advanced Analytics Drives Reengineering of Field Operations for 2020 U.S. Census U.S. Census Bureau Analytics Leadership The Top 10 Reasons Data Science Projects Fail Douglas Gray, Walmart Analytics in the Public Sector Delivering Data Science in the Federal Context Layne Morrison, Department of Education Cyber Analytics Cybersecurity & Data Science, Relationship Status: It’s Complicated, but I Can’t Live Without You Josh Salmanson, CyberPrime Decision Analysis Effects of Status Quo on Vehicle Purchase, Analyzed with DCM and Machine Learning Mina Kim, Seoul National University INFORMS Prizes and Special Sessions Wagner Prize Reprise: Interpretable O.R. for High-Stakes Decisions: Designing the Greek COVID-19 Testing System Optimization Store-Wide Space Planning Balancing Impulse and Convenience Bacel Maddah, American University of Beirut Revenue Management & Pricing Are You Ready for the Post-Pandemic World? Adaptive Revenue Management Using Artificial Intelligence Ezgi Eren, PROS, Inc. Technology Tutorials DB Gene: A Platform to Build Workforce & Manufacturing Optimization Solutions Issam Mazhoud, DecisionBrain
12:30-1:45pm	Networking Lunch	Parkview Terrace Pool Deck
1:50-2:40pm	Concurrent Track Sessions 2022 Franz Edelman Award Competition Data-driven COVID-19 Vaccine Development for Johnson & Johnson Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson Analytics Leadership Leading the Analytics Organization: Lessons from Front-Line Learners Paula Payton, Wake Forest University Analytics in the Public Sector Hybrid Supplier Risk Assessment and Identification Methodology for Government Purchasers Isabella Sanders, United States Military Academy Cyber Analytics Building a Better System: The Intersection of Psychology & Data Science in Cybersecurity Anthony Zech, ECS Decision Analysis Our Top Analytics Applications Past and Present: Vehicle Routing, Hospital Alarms, Cybersecurity, and Increasing Vaccination Rates Theodore Allen, The Ohio State University Optimization Redistricting With Optimization Robert Ashford, Optimization Direct Revenue Management & Pricing Multifamily Pricing: A Variation on a Familiar Theme Dom Beveridge, D2 Demand Solutions Supply Chain Analytics Hurricane Recovery, Supply Chain Challenges in U.S. Island Territories Adam Resnick, RAND Corporation Technology Tutorials Supply Chain Network Design with Scenario Modeling and Center of Gravity Linlin Ma & N.S. Krishnan, AIMMS Learn about Gurobi’s Educational Resources & Play our Optimization Game Gurobi Optimization
2:45-3:35pm	2022 Franz Edelman Award Competition Vehicle Content Optimization at General Motors General Motors	Hunters Creek
2:45-3:35pm	Poster Presentations and Refreshment Break with Exhibitors	Texas Ballroom A-D
3:40-4:30pm	Concurrent Track Sessions 2022 Franz Edelman Award Competition Analytics Saves Lives During the COVID Crisis in Chile Gobierno de Chile Analytics Leadership Panel: Perspectives on Analytics Leadership Alan Kosansky, Proft Point, Inc., Colleen McCue, CACI Int’l & Paula Payton, Wake Forest University Analytics in the Public Sector From R&D to a Startup: iHELP—A Simulation, Optimization, and Analytics Platform for Disaster Response Ghaith Rabadi, Old Dominion University Cyber Analytics Data and Cybersecurity… It’s So Easy Until People Get Involved Arlette Hart, Leidos Optimization Digital Supply Chain: Bringing Innovation and End-to-end Optimization in Clinical Trials through Machine Learning and Advanced Analytics Diogo Ribeiro, N-SIDE Revenue Management & Pricing Adapting Forecasting Algorithms to Accommodate Disruptions Ulas Cakmak & Inderjeet Singh, Infor Technology Tutorials Solving the Most Difficult Mixed Integer Programming Models with ODH Robert Ashford, Optimization Direct
4:40-5:30pm	Networking Reception	Texas Ballroom Foyer
4:40-6:30pm	Women in OR/MS: Cocktails & Conversations	Westchase
5-5:45pm	Analytics Society Business Meeting	Memorial
6-7pm	Honors Reception (Invitation Only)	River Oaks
7-10pm	2022 Edelman Gala	Texas Ballroom E-H

Tuesday, April 5

7-8am	Analytics Society Recognition Breakfast (Invitation Only)	Kingwood
7-8am	Continental Breakfast	Texas Ballroom E-H
7-8am	Women in OR/MS Networking Breakfast: Effective Development & Career Advice	River Oaks
7am-3pm	Registration	Texas Ballroom Foyer
8am-4pm	Career Fair Interviews (By Appointment)	Texas Ballroom A-D
8-9am	Welcome & Introduction: Erick Wikum, General Chair Keynote Speaker: Russell Allgor, Chief Scientist, Amazon	Texas Ballroom E-H
9am-3:40pm	Exhibits Open	Texas Ballroom A-D
9:10-10am	Concurrent Track Sessions Analytics Process A Framework for Scoring the Ethical Risk for Applied AI/ML Projects in Industry Adam McElhinney, Paylocity Decision & Risk Analysis Product Decision Intelligence: Bringing Intuitive Rigor and Rigorous Intuition to Product Management Somik Raha, Apple Emerging Analytics Why Should You Defer Tuning Forecasting Models Natalia Summerville, SAS Institute Forecasting An Inexpensive Machine Learning Approach for Robust Forecasting, Or How to Fix the Forecasting Models That the Pandemic Broke Miguel Anjos, University of Edinburgh INFORMS Prizes and Special Sessions IAAA Finalists A Data-driven Optimization Approach to Solve the E-commerce Packaging Problem Small World AI Life Sciences Operations Research in Support of the National COVID-19 Response Paul Nicholas, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab Machine Learning Integration of Marketing Mix Modeling and Portfolio Optimization in Promotion Resource Allocation Moshe Rosenwein, Bayer Machine Learning Applications in Marketing Context-Based Dynamic Offers for Travel Products Michael Bentley, DataPrime, Inc. Supply Chain Using Data Science to Transform Transportation Procurement Chris Caplice, MIT and DAT Solutions Technology Tutorials It’s All About the Data Irv Lustig, CAP, Princeton Consultants, Inc. Optimization in Your Toolchain: How AMPL is Making it Faster and Easier Robert Fourer, AMPL
10-10:30am	Coffee Break with Exhibitors	Texas Ballroom A-D
10:30-11:20am	Concurrent Track Sessions Analytics Process How to Foster a Data-Driven Culture Stacey Schwarcz, Ariel Analytics Decision & Risk Analysis Decision Analysis for Lone Star Drill: Graphics and Explanations that Lead to Good Decision Quality Brian Putt, Self-employed Emerging Analytics How Covid Has Changed ETA Predictions: from Modeling Life Cycle to Business Decision Making Chi Zhang, DoorDash INFORMS Prizes and Special Sessions IAAA Finalists Online Non-Parametric Regression for Sales Forecast Amid a Pandemic An Optimization and Artificial Intelligence Based Cooperative Mucilage Cleaning Approach via a Mixed Fleet of Autonomous Unmanned Surface Vehicles and Drones Life Sciences End-to-End Inventory & Asset Optimization for Medical Devices Rami Musa and Braulio Brunaud, Johnson & Johnson Machine Learning Deliver Realistic Simulations by Incorporating Order Constraints into ML Models John Colias, University of Dallas Machine Learning Applications in Marketing How to Innovate with Data in an Industry That Doesn’t Want To: 4 Practical Insights from Wine and Spirits Cathy Huyghe, Enolytics Supply Chain AI/ML and OR – A Complementary Couple to Power Supply Chains with Intelligent Agility Anne Robinson, Kinaxis Technology Tutorials Virtual MemComputing Machine Tutorial Fabio L. Traversa, MemComputing, Inc. Model Deployment and Data Wrangling with GAMS Engine and GAMS Transfer Adam Christensen & Stefan Mann, GAMS
11:30am-12:20pm	Concurrent Track Sessions Analytics Process Do Not Reinvent the Wheel, Improve It! Mu Hu, Revenue Insights Corp Decision & Risk Analysis Natural Disasters and Insurance and Governments, Oh My! Modern Analytics to Thrive in a World Trying to Maim Us Anthony Myers, Aon Emerging Analytics Panel Discussion: Can AI be Responsible? Aaron Burciaga, AI Solutions David Hunt, Oliver Wyman Funda Güneş, Duke University Forecasting Large Data S-Curves for Construction Project Estimation and Comparative Analysis Miles Porter, Trimble, Inc. INFORMS Prizes and Special Sessions IAAA Finalists Data-Driven Surgical Tray Optimization to Improve Operating Room Efficiency Using Analytics to Detect Blight and Enforce Codes in Cities Life Sciences ML-Driven Demand Planning in a Post-COVID Healthcare Environment James Mansfield, DataPrime Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning Identifying Oil Wells on Satellite Images Using Computer Vision Kyle Jones, Amazon Web Services Machine Learning Applications in Marketing Measuring Customer Similarity and Identifying Cross-Selling Products Lili Zhang, Hewlett Packard Enterprise Supply Chain Accelerating Business Value through Digitally Upskilling Supply Chain Professionals Adrienne Palermo, Procter & Gamble
12:30-1:45pm	Analytics Society Awards Luncheon	Kingwood
12:30-1:45pm	Networking Lunch	Texas Ballroom E-H
1:50-2:40pm	Concurrent Track Sessions Analytics Process Developing Strong Academic-Industry Partnerships Beverly Wright, CAP, Burtch Works Decision & Risk Analysis The Changing Risk Profile for Public Sector and What to Do About It Shayne Kavanagh, Government Finance Officers Association Emerging Analytics How Businesses Are Using Analytics to End Human Trafficking Kendra Taylor, KEYfficiencies, Inc. INFORMS Prizes and Special Sessions 2022 INFORMS Prize Reprise Life Sciences Responsible AI in Life Sciences and Healthcare Ranjit Kumble, Pfizer Machine Learning Robotic Process Automation: Turning Buzzwords Into Action Emily McIntosh, Ernst & Young Machine Learning Applications in Marketing Machine Learning in Business-to-business Marketing Heather Johnson, IBM Marketing Supply Chain Building Outside-in Supply Chain Processes Lora Cecere, Supply Chain Insights LLC Technology Tutorials End-to-End FICO^® Xpress Insight Tutorial: From Data to Decisions for Non-Technical Business Users Majid Bazrafshan, FICO Talking with Machines: Creating Value from Unstructured Data with AI Rachel Wagner-Kaiser, KPMG
2:45-3:35pm	Poster Presentations and Refreshment Break with Exhibitors	Texas Ballroom A-D
3:40-4:30pm	Keynote: Reprise of 2022 Edelman Award Winner	Texas Ballroom F
4:40-5:30pm	Concurrent Track Sessions Decision & Risk Analysis Prioritize Growth Opportunities from Unstructured Consumer Text Naman Gandhi, ZS Emerging Analytics The Quantum Computing Revolution: Challenges, Trends, Impact and Perspectives Luis Zuluaga, Lehigh University INFORMS Prizes and Special Sessions UPS George D. Smith Prize Reprise Life Sciences Accurate, De-identified Patient Data: The Key to a Longitudinal Patient Journey Emery Niemiec, Healthverity Machine Learning Applications in Marketing Using Published BI to Bring Together External and Internal Clients to a Collaborative View of Performance Damon Edmondson, FLOCK Specialty Finance Supply Chain Panel Discussion: Role of Analytics in Improving the Supply Chain Resiliency During Covid Chris Caplice, MIT & DAT Solutions Lora Cecere, Supply Chain Insights LLC Adrienne Palermo, Procter & Gamble Anne Robinson, Kinaxis