{"id":216,"date":"2022-11-28T17:09:08","date_gmt":"2022-11-28T17:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/?page_id=216"},"modified":"2023-04-11T17:01:40","modified_gmt":"2023-04-11T17:01:40","slug":"technology-workshops","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/technology-workshops\/","title":{"rendered":"Technology Workshops"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-216\" data-postid=\"216\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-216 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_5dqo105 tb_first 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 col4-3 tb_okc4105 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_hvf8106   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p>Take advantage of these pre-conference workshops for a hands on demonstration of the latest in Analytics software. All attendees are welcome to join onsite or pre-register.&nbsp;If you\u2019ve already registered for the conference, you can add workshops by editing your record.<br><br><b>Descriptions and times below:<\/b><\/p>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col4-1 tb_h6e5106 last\">\n                            <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-css_id=\"ots879\" data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row fullwidth_row_container tb_ots879 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_btuo79 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_yut3830   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p>Sunday, April 16<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-anchor=\"jmpstatisticaldiscovery\" data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_has_section tb_section-jmpstatisticaldiscovery tb_c5hs379 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 col4-2 tb_eh16379 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_roxn259   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p>Time:<br><b>11am-12:45pm<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Location:<br><b>Cottonwood 9<\/b><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col4-2 tb_dayl379 last\">\n                    <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_foma519 image-top   tf_mw\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/03\/web_ready_company_logo-JMP.png\" width=\"275\" height=\"75\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-3776\" title=\"web_ready_company_logo-JMP\" alt=\"web_ready_company_logo-JMP\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/03\/web_ready_company_logo-JMP.png 557w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/03\/web_ready_company_logo-JMP-300x82.png 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/03\/web_ready_company_logo-JMP-228x62.png 228w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/03\/web_ready_company_logo-JMP-238x65.png 238w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 275px) 100vw, 275px\" \/>    \n        <\/div>\n    <!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    \n        <\/div>\n<!-- \/module image --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_9bqs901   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h2>Predictive Modeling Workflow using JMP Pro Software<\/h2>\n<p>Presented by:\u00a0Kevin Potcner<\/p>\n<p>Teaching the process of building, evaluating, and choosing statistical models has become an essential part of the curriculum for Analytics Programs. What was once limited to teaching only linear and logistic regression, instructors are now exposing their students to many other modeling techniques \u2013 partition\/trees, neural network, K-nearest neighbors, Text Mining among many others. Curriculums are also evolving so that students are being exposed to what working on real datasets are like. This includes such steps as cleaning and formatting data, deciding how to deal with missing values and outliers,\u00a0exploratory analyses,\u00a0building and comparing a variety of models,\u00a0deploying the chosen model in a production environment,\u00a0and presenting results in an accessible manner to a non-technical audience.<\/p>\n<p>In this workshop, a statistical scientist from JMP will illustrate how JMP Pro\u2019s\u00a0no-code\u00a0interactive\u00a0and\u00a0visual approach to this process can greatly enhance student\u2019s understanding, and enjoyment of the predictive modeling workflow.<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_h02d709 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_45ae710 first\">\n                    <!-- module divider -->\n<div  class=\"module tf_mw module-divider tb_zh5e710 solid   \" style=\"border-width: 1px;border-color: #202225;\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n    <\/div>\n<!-- \/module divider -->\n        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-anchor=\"decisionbrain\" data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_has_section tb_section-decisionbrain tb_hnma336 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_czm3337 first\">\n                            <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_subrow themify_builder_sub_row tf_w col_align_top tb_col_count_2 tb_5n47337\">\n                <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column col4-1 tb_9vdt338 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_6kqp288   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p>Time:<br><b>1-2:45pm<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Location:<br><b>Cottonwood 9<\/b><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column col4-3 tb_i2kv338 last\">\n                    <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_qq72338 image-top   tf_mw\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2022\/12\/DB-Logo-Color-Slogan-TM-1024x251-214x49.png\" width=\"214\" height=\"49\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-293\" title=\"DB - Logo - Color Slogan TM\" alt=\"DecisionBrain\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2022\/12\/DB-Logo-Color-Slogan-TM-1024x251-214x49.png 214w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2022\/12\/DB-Logo-Color-Slogan-TM-1024x251-199x47.png 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/>    \n        <\/div>\n    <!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    \n        <\/div>\n<!-- \/module image --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_rwp2339   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h2>DB Gene: Bring your Optimization Model to the Cloud, Create Dashboards and Connect it with Tableau<\/h2>\n<p>Presented by:&nbsp;Giulia Burchi and Filippo Focacci<br><br>DB Gene is a development platform to easily customize and deploy cost-effective optimization solutions. It helps reduce development time and costs by over 70%. It allows to quickly create and deploy optimization solutions for business users.<\/p>\n<p>In this workshop, we will leverage a workforce optimization model and we will:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Deploy it on the cloud,<\/li>\n<li>Import data from excel and edit it in the web UI,<\/li>\n<li>Create an interactive and intuitive data visualization with out-of-the-box web user interface widgets,<\/li>\n<li>Run the model and manage several computation processes in parallel with the tasks server, on-premise, or in the Cloud,<\/li>\n<li>Compare scenarios and do What-if Analysis, and<\/li>\n<li>Create a business reporting dashboards using our new Tableau integration.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>DB Gene is based on state-of-the-art technologies, easy to find on the market, and allows you to quickly bootstrap an application and make the most of your optimization model.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n        <!-- module divider -->\n<div  class=\"module tf_mw module-divider tb_ax0f227 solid   \" style=\"border-width: 1px;border-color: #202225;\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n    <\/div>\n<!-- \/module divider -->\n        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-anchor=\"d-wavesystems\" data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_has_section tb_section-d-wavesystems tb_edm7727 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_0uxe728 first\">\n                            <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_subrow themify_builder_sub_row tf_w col_align_top tb_col_count_2 tb_fcey728\">\n                <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column col4-1 tb_r0pj728 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_edtd728   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p>Time:<br><b>1-2:45pm<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Location:<br><b>Cottonwood 3<\/b><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column col4-3 tb_462u728 last\">\n                    <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_53a9335 image-top   tf_mw\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/03\/D-Wave-logo-colo-1024x228-225x49.png\" width=\"225\" height=\"49\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-3315\" title=\"D-Wave-logo-colo\" alt=\"D-Wave-logo-colo\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/03\/D-Wave-logo-colo-1024x228-225x49.png 225w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/03\/D-Wave-logo-colo-300x67.png 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/03\/D-Wave-logo-colo-1024x228.png 1024w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/03\/D-Wave-logo-colo-768x171.png 768w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/03\/D-Wave-logo-colo-1536x343.png 1536w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/03\/D-Wave-logo-colo-1024x228-247x53.png 247w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/03\/D-Wave-logo-colo-1024x228-260x57.png 260w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/03\/D-Wave-logo-colo.png 1587w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>    \n        <\/div>\n    <!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    \n        <\/div>\n<!-- \/module image --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_t3nv187   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h2>Quantum Computing for Optimization<\/h2>\n<p>\nPresented by:&nbsp;Alex Koszegi<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Quantum computing has gone from the lab to the enterprise, and a recent Hyperion Research study found that that there already are a wide range of commercial organizations engaged in some form of quantum computing efforts. While you may think production use of quantum computers are years away, the first commercial quantum applications are in production are using D-Wave\u2019s quantum technology.<\/p>\n<p>This workshop will cover the following topics:\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An introduction to quantum computers, quantum annealing, and hybrid solvers<\/li>\n<li>What kinds of business problems are good candidates for quantum\/ hybrid solutions<\/li>\n<li>Use case examples: how quantum hybrid is being used for optimization applications such as resource scheduling, supply chain logistics, portfolio optimization.<\/li>\n<li>How quantum systems are programmed, and the tools for developers. This will include live demos and an introduction to Leap, D-Wave\u2019s real-time cloud service. Leap provides access to a portfolio of hybrid solvers, enabling enterprises to address all kinds of business problems that range in size and complexity.<\/li>\n<li>How to get started with quantum for business.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n        <!-- module divider -->\n<div  class=\"module tf_mw module-divider tb_k0fo728 solid   \" style=\"border-width: 1px;border-color: #202225;\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n    <\/div>\n<!-- \/module divider -->\n        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-anchor=\"nextmv\" data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_has_section tb_section-nextmv tb_c41d666 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 col4-2 tb_hy6m666 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_ph6p666   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p>Time:<br><b>1-2:45pm<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Location:<br><b>Cottonwood 4<\/b><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col4-2 tb_2wvn666 last\">\n                    <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_jqhr666 image-top   tf_mw\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/01\/nextmv-logo-horizontal-color-201x51.png\" width=\"201\" height=\"51\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-526\" title=\"nextmv-logo-horizontal-color\" alt=\"nextmv-logo-horizontal-color\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/01\/nextmv-logo-horizontal-color-201x51.png 201w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/01\/nextmv-logo-horizontal-color-300x76.png 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/01\/nextmv-logo-horizontal-color-228x57.png 228w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/01\/nextmv-logo-horizontal-color.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/>    \n        <\/div>\n    <!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    \n        <\/div>\n<!-- \/module image --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_zooq666   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h2>Build decision models with confidence: Working with testing in optimization<\/h2>\n<p>Presented by: Tiffany (Patella) Bogich<br><br>Nobel Prize winner Dr. John Mather once said, \u201cIf you do not test it, it will not fly.\u201d These words ring true in the world of testing optimization apps. How does one model perform compared to another? How do solutions change as you add or remove constraints? Based on a number of scenarios, how do I grow or adapt my operations? Does a model or optimization solver perform the way I\u2019d expect before deploying it to production? How does a model or solver perform when faced with real-world data? And this is the short list of questions. However, setting up, implementing, and maintaining a testing framework is often a bespoke buildout or relegated to an aspirational project to get to one day. This workshop will walk you through different types of testing and get you hands-on with an optimization testing toolkit that aims to make testing table stakes for any optimization workflow.<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_00ai870 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_l5b5870 first\">\n                    <!-- module divider -->\n<div  class=\"module tf_mw module-divider tb_phyk824 solid   \" style=\"border-width: 1px;border-color: #202225;\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n    <\/div>\n<!-- \/module divider -->\n        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-anchor=\"optimizationdirect\" data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_has_section tb_section-optimizationdirect tb_uusa41 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 col4-2 tb_ciz041 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_opmd41   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p>Time:<br><b>1-2:45pm<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Location:<br><b>Cottonwood 8<\/b><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col4-2 tb_tqyj41 last\">\n                    <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_i0xe746 image-top   tf_mw\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/02\/Optimization-Direct-standardlogo-248x82.png\" width=\"248\" height=\"82\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-2103\" title=\"Optimization Direct standardlogo\" alt=\"Optimization Direct standardlogo\">    \n        <\/div>\n    <!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    \n        <\/div>\n<!-- \/module image --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_svfa426   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h2>Modeling and Solving Real World Optimization Problems<\/h2>\n<p>Presented by:\u00a0Robert Ashford, Alkis Vazacopoulos, and\u00a0Dinakar Gade<\/p>\n<p>In this technology workshop, we will present:<\/p>\n<p>1. ODH is a package for accelerating MIP optimization and extending its range. It runs concurrently and synchronously with a MIP optimizer exchanging information with it. Although ODH was primarily designed to enable MIP optimization to be applied to models too large or difficult to be amenable to the standard commercial MIP optimizers such as CPLEX, or other commercial packages, it also accelerates the optimization of most models that are regularly solved with standard MIP.ODH has been developed by Optimization Direct Inc. over the past 8 years to handle real-world customer models for which standard MIP was not effective. On Optimization Direct\u2019s standard hundred model sub-set of mid-sized models taken from its library of nearly 1000 real customer models, ODH reduces the average optimality gap after two hours to nearly half that found by using CPLEX alone. On the MIPLIB version 7 open set of 29 models to which no integer feasible solution had been found, ODH found solutions to 5 of them in 2 hours. Of the remaining 257 models to which no optimal solution had been proven, ODH found and proved optimal solutions in 13 of them and found better solutions to any that had been previously found in 45% of them. Again, with runs of just 2 hours.<\/p>\n<p>Optimization Direct has customers in the scheduling, telecoms, retail, logistics, and supply chain areas who use ODH. At least three of these have applications that would fail without ODH technology. In January 2022, one said \u2018ODH is comparable to the best optimization technology available from anyone on my small models and much superior to any other optimizer on the large ones\u2019. ODH uses a number of heuristics, especially a novel decomposition-based method, and information from a MIP optimizer to feed that MIP optimizer with good solutions. This is made possible by its new thread synchronization technology within which the ODH and MIP threads can work efficiently.<\/p>\n<p>2. Recent Enhancements in FICO\u00ae Xpress Solver: Join us to learn about enhancements to the FICO\u00ae Xpress Solver. Recent enhancements include performance enhancements to the MILP Optimizer, usability features including modeling optimization with multiple objectives, nonlinear solver enhancements, and how machine learning is used within the Xpress Solver to automatically determine scaling, cutting, and detecting numerical instabilities.<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_8pyj322 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_n9j2322 first\">\n                    <!-- module divider -->\n<div  class=\"module tf_mw module-divider tb_jcrs322 solid   \" style=\"border-width: 1px;border-color: #202225;\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n    <\/div>\n<!-- \/module divider -->\n        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-anchor=\"rockwellautomation\" data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_has_section tb_section-rockwellautomation tb_qnee362 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 col4-2 tb_zont362 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_p5nr362   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p>Time:<br><b>1-2:45pm<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Location:<br><b>Cottonwood 1<\/b><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col4-2 tb_f79e362 last\">\n                    <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_lsgp314 image-top   tf_mw\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/03\/web_ready_company_logo-RA_-1024x349-216x73.png\" width=\"216\" height=\"73\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-3347\" title=\"web_ready_company_logo-RA_\" alt=\"web_ready_company_logo-RA_\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/03\/web_ready_company_logo-RA_-1024x349-216x73.png 216w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/03\/web_ready_company_logo-RA_-300x102.png 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/03\/web_ready_company_logo-RA_-1024x349.png 1024w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/03\/web_ready_company_logo-RA_-768x261.png 768w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/03\/web_ready_company_logo-RA_-1024x349-256x87.png 256w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/03\/web_ready_company_logo-RA_.png 1043w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 216px) 100vw, 216px\" \/>    \n        <\/div>\n    <!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    \n        <\/div>\n<!-- \/module image --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_rr7y44   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h2>Simulation from A to 3d<\/h2>\n<p>Presented by: Nancy Zupick<\/p>\n<p>We will be covering the basics of how to build a simulation model in Arena. The workshop will demonstrate the usage of the Arena software in creating a simple, discrete-event simulation model as well as discussing the need to define your system and document your objectives and processes before beginning any modeling effort. We will then discuss how to move from simulation to virtual commissioning and emulation of a system in Emulate3d.<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_ov4d458 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_g4qd458 first\">\n                    <!-- module divider -->\n<div  class=\"module tf_mw module-divider tb_djaq837 solid   \" style=\"border-width: 1px;border-color: #202225;margin-bottom: 12px;\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n    <\/div>\n<!-- \/module divider -->\n        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-anchor=\"ampl\" data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_has_section tb_section-ampl tb_53ss169 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 col4-1 tb_ycu4251 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_0zjy509   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p style=\"color: #202225; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: normal;\">Time:<br><b style=\"background-color: initial;\">3-4:45pm<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #202225; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: normal;\">Location:<br><b>Cottonwood 2<\/b><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col4-3 tb_3vvj169 last\">\n                    <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_50lk572 image-top   tf_mw\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/01\/web_ready_company_logo-AMPL_Standard_Logo_inline-1024x338-240x79.png\" width=\"240\" height=\"79\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-1616\" title=\"web_ready_company_logo-AMPL_Standard_Logo_inline\" alt=\"web_ready_company_logo-AMPL_Standard_Logo_inline\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/01\/web_ready_company_logo-AMPL_Standard_Logo_inline-1024x338-240x79.png 240w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/01\/web_ready_company_logo-AMPL_Standard_Logo_inline-1024x338-300x99.png 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/01\/web_ready_company_logo-AMPL_Standard_Logo_inline-1024x338.png 1024w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/01\/web_ready_company_logo-AMPL_Standard_Logo_inline-768x254.png 768w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/01\/web_ready_company_logo-AMPL_Standard_Logo_inline-1024x338-307x101.png 307w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/01\/web_ready_company_logo-AMPL_Standard_Logo_inline-1024x338-250x82.png 250w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/01\/web_ready_company_logo-AMPL_Standard_Logo_inline-1024x338-254x83.png 254w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/01\/web_ready_company_logo-AMPL_Standard_Logo_inline.png 1380w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/>    \n        <\/div>\n    <!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    \n        <\/div>\n<!-- \/module image --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_pici788   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h2>Prescriptive Analytics with AMPL:\u00a0Learn how you can build optimization applications quickly and reliably, from prototyping to deployment<\/h2>\n<p>Presented by: Filipe Brand\u00e3o and Robert Fourer<\/p>\n<p>Optimization is the most widely adopted technology of Prescriptive Analytics, but also the most challenging to implement. This presentation takes you through the steps of a proven approach that combines the best features of two implementation environments:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Prototyping in Google Colab using AMPL, a language and system designed for the needs of formulating and validating optimization models<\/li>\n<li>Deployment using Python-based tools, the most popular environment for building Analytics models into deployable applications<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We start by introducing model-based optimization, the key approach to streamlining the optimization modeling cycle and building successful applications today. Then we demonstrate how AMPL\u2019s specialization to model-based optimization is able to offer exceptional power of expression and speed of execution while maintaining ease of use. Recent enhancements to the AMPL language let you write many common logical conditions in an even more natural way, avoiding complicated reformulations. To support the prototyping phase, expanded data handlers facilitate direct import of values in spreadsheet, CSV, JSON, and database formats.<\/p>\n<p>Our presentation next shows how AMPL and Python work together for building optimization into enterprise systems. AMPL fits naturally into the Python framework, installing as an \u201camplpy\u201d Python package, importing and exporting data naturally from\/to Python data structures and Pandas dataframes, and supporting Jupyter notebooks that mix AMPL modeling and Python programming. In contrast to Python-only modeling solutions, AMPL\u2019s Python API offers straightforward, efficient model processing while leveraging Python\u2019s vast ecosystem for data pre-processing, solution analysis, and visualization.<\/p>\n<p>We finish with a deployment example, showing how Python scripts can be turned quickly into Prescriptive Analytics applications using amplpy, Pandas, and the Streamlit app framework. Deployments are supported on traditional servers and in a variety of modern virtual environments including containers, clusters, and cloud machines.<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_biaa72 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_2gl373 first\">\n                    <!-- module divider -->\n<div  class=\"module tf_mw module-divider tb_vzks728 solid   \" style=\"border-width: 1px;border-color: #202225;margin-bottom: 12px;\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n    <\/div>\n<!-- \/module divider -->\n        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-anchor=\"fico\" data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_has_section tb_section-fico tb_k2m1578 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 col4-1 tb_4q40578 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_2784578   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p style=\"color: #202225; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: normal;\">Time:<br><b style=\"background-color: initial;\">3-4:45pm<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #202225; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: normal;\">Location:<br><b>Cottonwood 1<\/b><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col4-3 tb_6va6578 last\">\n                    <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_5cmw948 image-top   tf_mw\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/02\/FICO_RGB_Slate-246x87.png\" width=\"246\" height=\"87\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-2012\" title=\"FICO_RGB_Slate\" alt=\"FICO_RGB_Slate\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/02\/FICO_RGB_Slate-246x87.png 246w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/02\/FICO_RGB_Slate-300x107.png 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/02\/FICO_RGB_Slate-768x275.png 768w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/02\/FICO_RGB_Slate-216x75.png 216w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/02\/FICO_RGB_Slate-191x67.png 191w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/02\/FICO_RGB_Slate-165x58.png 165w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/02\/FICO_RGB_Slate-217x77.png 217w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/02\/FICO_RGB_Slate-167x59.png 167w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/02\/FICO_RGB_Slate-250x89.png 250w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/02\/FICO_RGB_Slate-200x71.png 200w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/02\/FICO_RGB_Slate.png 1001w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 246px) 100vw, 246px\" \/>    \n        <\/div>\n    <!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    \n        <\/div>\n<!-- \/module image --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_ae1f868   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h2>Calling all OR Heroes: Learn How to Model and Deploy Solutions in 75% Less Time with FICO\u00ae Xpress Insight<\/h2>\n<p>Presented by: Jeff Day and Dinakar Gade<\/p>\n<p>Join our hands-on workshop to experience how FICO Xpress Insight helps you read data in any format from any source, integrates with your own machine learning and solvers (or Xpress Solver), enables collaboration with business users, deploys decision support or automated solutions in the cloud or on premises \u2014and does it all in 75% less time.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Get the overview of the great new features of FICO Xpress Solver, Mosel, Workbench, and Insight including optimization with multiple objectives, mixed-integer-programming enhancements, and the newest entrant to our family of solvers: a new global optimization solver for nonlinear optimization problems.<\/li>\n<li>Learn how you can rapidly deploy Python models with FICO Xpress Insight.<\/li>\n<li>Discover the new View Designer, which reduces GUI development times from minutes to seconds.<\/li>\n<li>Experience real-world business examples in which developers integrate their own solver(s) with the powerful Xpress Insight platform.<\/li>\n<li>See how the flexible, free-to-use Xpress Mosel modeling and programming language allows you to make your solver available to thousands of other Mosel users.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All attendees will receive a link to the complimentary FICO\u00ae Xpress Optimization Community License.<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_zx4734 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_b70a34 first\">\n                    <!-- module divider -->\n<div  class=\"module tf_mw module-divider tb_ze54920 solid   \" style=\"border-width: 1px;border-color: #202225;margin-bottom: 12px;\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n    <\/div>\n<!-- \/module divider -->\n        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-anchor=\"gurobioptimization\" data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_has_section tb_section-gurobioptimization tb_nu6l847 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_oq5h848 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_hxmq32   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p>Time:<br><b>3-4:45pm<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Location:<br><b>Cottonwood 3<\/b><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-2 tb_f2qf584 last\">\n                    <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_swqo613 image-top   tf_mw\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/02\/Gurobi_new_black_logo-1024x274-266x71.png\" width=\"266\" height=\"71\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-2439\" title=\"Gurobi_new_black_logo\" alt=\"Gurobi_new_black_logo\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/02\/Gurobi_new_black_logo-1024x274-266x71.png 266w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/02\/Gurobi_new_black_logo-1024x274-300x80.png 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/02\/Gurobi_new_black_logo-1024x274.png 1024w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/02\/Gurobi_new_black_logo-768x205.png 768w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/02\/Gurobi_new_black_logo-1536x411.png 1536w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/02\/Gurobi_new_black_logo-1024x274-500x133.png 500w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/02\/Gurobi_new_black_logo-1024x274-201x53.png 201w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/02\/Gurobi_new_black_logo-1024x274-208x55.png 208w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/02\/Gurobi_new_black_logo.png 1914w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 266px) 100vw, 266px\" \/>    \n        <\/div>\n    <!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    \n        <\/div>\n<!-- \/module image --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_ylyu984   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h2>Gurobi 10.0 Helping You to Build, Solve, and Deploy Optimization Models<\/h2>\n<p>Presented by: Dan Jeffrey, Xavier Nodet, Zed Dean, and Jerry Yurchisin<\/p>\n<p>In this workshop, attendees will learn about our latest release, Gurobi 10.0, and our open-source Python projects that make it easier for users to build models with machine learning models and pandas. We\u2019ll touch on exciting performance improvements to Gurobi\u2019s core algorithms in Gurobi 10.0. We\u2019ll also highlight features that make the model-building and solving process easier.<\/p>\n<p>In the second half of the workshop, attendees will learn about Gurobi\u2019s experimental, open-source Python packages: Gurobi Machine Learning and Gurobipy Pandas. Gurobi Machine Learning allows users to add trained machine learning models as constraints to Gurobi models. Gurobipy Pandas enables users to easily build Gurobi models from Pandas dataframes.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, we will explore a notebook example that combines machine learning and optimization to demonstrate how to use these new features.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_n444667 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_w6yx667 first\">\n                    <!-- module divider -->\n<div  class=\"module tf_mw module-divider tb_jkg9636 solid   \" style=\"border-width: 1px;border-color: #202225;margin-bottom: 12px;\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n    <\/div>\n<!-- \/module divider -->\n        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-anchor=\"princetonconsultants\" data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_has_section tb_section-princetonconsultants tb_3aph660 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_4kai660 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_6kso660   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p>Time:<br><b>3-4:45pm<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Location:<br><b>Cottonwood 8<\/b><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-2 tb_uhmj660 last\">\n                    <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_coge660 image-top   tf_mw\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2022\/12\/PCI.Logo_.tallandtransparent-1024x296-248x71.png\" width=\"248\" height=\"71\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-330\" title=\"PCI.Logo.tallandtransparent\" alt=\"PCI.Logo.tallandtransparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2022\/12\/PCI.Logo_.tallandtransparent-1024x296-248x71.png 248w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2022\/12\/PCI.Logo_.tallandtransparent-300x87.png 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2022\/12\/PCI.Logo_.tallandtransparent-1024x296.png 1024w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2022\/12\/PCI.Logo_.tallandtransparent-768x222.png 768w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2022\/12\/PCI.Logo_.tallandtransparent-1536x445.png 1536w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2022\/12\/PCI.Logo_.tallandtransparent-2048x593.png 2048w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2022\/12\/PCI.Logo_.tallandtransparent-1024x296-201x58.png 201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 248px) 100vw, 248px\" \/>    \n        <\/div>\n    <!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    \n        <\/div>\n<!-- \/module image --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_5jyr661   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p><span style=\"background-color: initial; font-size: 1em;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"background-color: initial; font-size: 1em;\">Take a \u201cStep Class\u201d through The Optimization Solution Development Life Cycle: From Business Understanding to Deployment<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Presented by: Robert Randall, PhD, and Irv Lustig, PhD<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal;\">The development and implementation of an optimization-based solution to make critical business decisions goes beyond building a mathematical model and writing code that embeds that model in software. Before any development, it is important to define the business problem, gather support from various stakeholders, and determine the value proposition of a potential solution. Once these issues are understood, a software solution can be developed, and using best practices before, during and after the software development phase will improve the likelihood of successful deployment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal;\">Based on decades of applied optimization work at Princeton Consultants, we will demonstrate the steps to move through the complete solution life cycle, including:<br><br><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-indent: -0.25in; background-color: initial; font-size: 1em;\">the non-technical steps of identifying the right problem to solve;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-indent: -0.25in; background-color: initial; font-size: 1em;\">a focus on best practices for rapid optimization model and software development using Python and pandas;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-indent: -0.25in; background-color: initial; font-size: 1em;\">best practices for technical deployment of a solution;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-indent: -0.25in; background-color: initial; font-size: 1em;\">working with clients to ensure adoption of the solution<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_7rnh434 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_f91l434 first\">\n                    <!-- module divider -->\n<div  class=\"module tf_mw module-divider tb_v06l434 solid   \" style=\"border-width: 1px;border-color: #202225;margin-bottom: 12px;\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n    <\/div>\n<!-- \/module divider -->\n        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-anchor=\"provalisresearch\" data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_has_section tb_section-provalisresearch tb_7ahr982 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_82fv983 first\">\n                            <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_subrow themify_builder_sub_row tf_w col_align_top tb_col_count_2 tb_qwdo987\">\n                <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column col4-1 tb_3ts5987 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_xyzb616   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p>Time:<br><span style=\"background-color: initial; font-size: 1em; font-weight: bold;\">3-4:45pm<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Location:<br><b>Cottonwood 9<\/b><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column col4-3 tb_qk6c987 last\">\n                    <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_c4mr987 image-top   tf_mw\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/01\/Provalis-web_ready_company_logo-1024x164-232x40.png\" width=\"232\" height=\"40\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-1312\" title=\"Provalis web_ready_company_logo\" alt=\"Provalis web_ready_company_logo\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/01\/Provalis-web_ready_company_logo-1024x164-232x40.png 232w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/01\/Provalis-web_ready_company_logo-1024x164-236x40.png 236w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/>    \n        <\/div>\n    <!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    \n        <\/div>\n<!-- \/module image --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_77hh987   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h2>Introduction to WordStat Text Analytics<\/h2>\n<p>Presented by: Normand Peladeau<\/p>\n<p>Provalis Research CEO Normand Peladeau will identify the main challenges in the analysis of unstructured text data and demonstrates how Provalis Research\u2019s text analytics software WordStat can help you deal with those challenges and analyze large amounts of text data using exploratory text-mining and quantitative content analysis. 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Chances are, you rely largely on intuition\u2026 susceptible to habits, biases, and, groupthink. What if you could elevate your decision-making\u2026to decide using information. To decide better?<br><\/span><span style=\"background-color: initial; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; color: black;\"><br>Attend this immersive workshop that covers the strategies, motivations, and techniques via real decision scenarios from the audience. Gain additional hands-on experience by attending <\/span><span style=\"background-color: initial; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif;\">our <\/span><span style=\"background-color: initial; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><a style=\"text-decoration-line: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/tracks\/technology-tutorials\/#volleysolutions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-feathr-click-track=\"true\" data-feathr-link-aids=\"[&quot;622fa93bb0ebf976bd76e19a&quot;]\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif;\">Technology Tutorial<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"background-color: initial; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif;\"> (Mon Apr 17, 3:40 &#8211; 4:30 pm). Stop by our <\/span><span style=\"background-color: initial; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><a style=\"text-decoration-line: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/volley-solutions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-feathr-click-track=\"true\" data-feathr-link-aids=\"[&quot;622fa93bb0ebf976bd76e19a&quot;]\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif;\">Booth<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"background-color: initial; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif;\"> (#300) during exhibit hours to see the innovative <\/span><span style=\"background-color: initial; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><a style=\"text-decoration-line: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.volleysolutions.com\/geography-explorer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-feathr-click-track=\"true\" data-feathr-link-aids=\"[&quot;622fa93bb0ebf976bd76e19a&quot;]\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif;\">Geography Explorer<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"background-color: initial; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif;\"> and <\/span><span style=\"background-color: initial; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><a style=\"text-decoration-line: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.volleysolutions.com\/io\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-feathr-click-track=\"true\" data-feathr-link-aids=\"[&quot;622fa93bb0ebf976bd76e19a&quot;]\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif;\">API Integration<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"background-color: initial; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif;\"> in action, and follow all the progress on <\/span><span style=\"background-color: initial; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><a style=\"text-decoration-line: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/volleysolutions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-feathr-click-track=\"true\" data-feathr-link-aids=\"[&quot;622fa93bb0ebf976bd76e19a&quot;]\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif;\">LinkedIn<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"background-color: initial; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif;\">. 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All attendees are welcome to join onsite or pre-register.&nbsp;If you\u2019ve already registered for the conference, you can add workshops by editing your record.<br><br><b>Descriptions and times below:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Sunday, April 16<\/p>\n<p>Time:<br><b>11am-12:45pm<\/b><\/p> <p>Location:<br><b>Cottonwood 9<\/b><\/p>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/03\/web_ready_company_logo-JMP.png\" width=\"275\" height=\"75\" title=\"web_ready_company_logo-JMP\" alt=\"web_ready_company_logo-JMP\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/03\/web_ready_company_logo-JMP.png 557w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/03\/web_ready_company_logo-JMP-300x82.png 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/03\/web_ready_company_logo-JMP-228x62.png 228w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/03\/web_ready_company_logo-JMP-238x65.png 238w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 275px) 100vw, 275px\" \/>\n<h2>Predictive Modeling Workflow using JMP Pro Software<\/h2> <p>Presented by:\u00a0Kevin Potcner<\/p> <p>Teaching the process of building, evaluating, and choosing statistical models has become an essential part of the curriculum for Analytics Programs. What was once limited to teaching only linear and logistic regression, instructors are now exposing their students to many other modeling techniques \u2013 partition\/trees, neural network, K-nearest neighbors, Text Mining among many others. Curriculums are also evolving so that students are being exposed to what working on real datasets are like. This includes such steps as cleaning and formatting data, deciding how to deal with missing values and outliers,\u00a0exploratory analyses,\u00a0building and comparing a variety of models,\u00a0deploying the chosen model in a production environment,\u00a0and presenting results in an accessible manner to a non-technical audience.<\/p> <p>In this workshop, a statistical scientist from JMP will illustrate how JMP Pro\u2019s\u00a0no-code\u00a0interactive\u00a0and\u00a0visual approach to this process can greatly enhance student\u2019s understanding, and enjoyment of the predictive modeling workflow.<\/p>\n\n<p>Time:<br><b>1-2:45pm<\/b><\/p> <p>Location:<br><b>Cottonwood 9<\/b><\/p>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2022\/12\/DB-Logo-Color-Slogan-TM-1024x251-214x49.png\" width=\"214\" height=\"49\" title=\"DB - Logo - Color Slogan TM\" alt=\"DecisionBrain\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2022\/12\/DB-Logo-Color-Slogan-TM-1024x251-214x49.png 214w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2022\/12\/DB-Logo-Color-Slogan-TM-1024x251-199x47.png 199w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/>\n<h2>DB Gene: Bring your Optimization Model to the Cloud, Create Dashboards and Connect it with Tableau<\/h2> <p>Presented by:&nbsp;Giulia Burchi and Filippo Focacci<br><br>DB Gene is a development platform to easily customize and deploy cost-effective optimization solutions. It helps reduce development time and costs by over 70%. It allows to quickly create and deploy optimization solutions for business users.<\/p> <p>In this workshop, we will leverage a workforce optimization model and we will:<\/p> <ul> <li>Deploy it on the cloud,<\/li> <li>Import data from excel and edit it in the web UI,<\/li> <li>Create an interactive and intuitive data visualization with out-of-the-box web user interface widgets,<\/li> <li>Run the model and manage several computation processes in parallel with the tasks server, on-premise, or in the Cloud,<\/li> <li>Compare scenarios and do What-if Analysis, and<\/li> <li>Create a business reporting dashboards using our new Tableau integration.<\/li> <\/ul> <p>DB Gene is based on state-of-the-art technologies, easy to find on the market, and allows you to quickly bootstrap an application and make the most of your optimization model.<\/p>\n\n<p>Time:<br><b>1-2:45pm<\/b><\/p> <p>Location:<br><b>Cottonwood 3<\/b><\/p>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/03\/D-Wave-logo-colo-1024x228-225x49.png\" width=\"225\" height=\"49\" title=\"D-Wave-logo-colo\" alt=\"D-Wave-logo-colo\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/03\/D-Wave-logo-colo-1024x228-225x49.png 225w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/03\/D-Wave-logo-colo-300x67.png 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/03\/D-Wave-logo-colo-1024x228.png 1024w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/03\/D-Wave-logo-colo-768x171.png 768w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/03\/D-Wave-logo-colo-1536x343.png 1536w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/03\/D-Wave-logo-colo-1024x228-247x53.png 247w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/03\/D-Wave-logo-colo-1024x228-260x57.png 260w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/03\/D-Wave-logo-colo.png 1587w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>\n<h2>Quantum Computing for Optimization<\/h2> <p> Presented by:&nbsp;Alex Koszegi<\/p>\n<p>Quantum computing has gone from the lab to the enterprise, and a recent Hyperion Research study found that that there already are a wide range of commercial organizations engaged in some form of quantum computing efforts. While you may think production use of quantum computers are years away, the first commercial quantum applications are in production are using D-Wave\u2019s quantum technology.<\/p> <p>This workshop will cover the following topics: <\/p> <ul> <li>An introduction to quantum computers, quantum annealing, and hybrid solvers<\/li> <li>What kinds of business problems are good candidates for quantum\/ hybrid solutions<\/li> <li>Use case examples: how quantum hybrid is being used for optimization applications such as resource scheduling, supply chain logistics, portfolio optimization.<\/li> <li>How quantum systems are programmed, and the tools for developers. This will include live demos and an introduction to Leap, D-Wave\u2019s real-time cloud service. Leap provides access to a portfolio of hybrid solvers, enabling enterprises to address all kinds of business problems that range in size and complexity.<\/li> <li>How to get started with quantum for business.<\/li> <\/ul>\n\n<p>Time:<br><b>1-2:45pm<\/b><\/p> <p>Location:<br><b>Cottonwood 4<\/b><\/p>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/01\/nextmv-logo-horizontal-color-201x51.png\" width=\"201\" height=\"51\" title=\"nextmv-logo-horizontal-color\" alt=\"nextmv-logo-horizontal-color\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/01\/nextmv-logo-horizontal-color-201x51.png 201w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/01\/nextmv-logo-horizontal-color-300x76.png 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/01\/nextmv-logo-horizontal-color-228x57.png 228w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/01\/nextmv-logo-horizontal-color.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/>\n<h2>Build decision models with confidence: Working with testing in optimization<\/h2> <p>Presented by: Tiffany (Patella) Bogich<br><br>Nobel Prize winner Dr. John Mather once said, \u201cIf you do not test it, it will not fly.\u201d These words ring true in the world of testing optimization apps. How does one model perform compared to another? How do solutions change as you add or remove constraints? Based on a number of scenarios, how do I grow or adapt my operations? Does a model or optimization solver perform the way I\u2019d expect before deploying it to production? How does a model or solver perform when faced with real-world data? And this is the short list of questions. However, setting up, implementing, and maintaining a testing framework is often a bespoke buildout or relegated to an aspirational project to get to one day. This workshop will walk you through different types of testing and get you hands-on with an optimization testing toolkit that aims to make testing table stakes for any optimization workflow.<\/p>\n\n<p>Time:<br><b>1-2:45pm<\/b><\/p> <p>Location:<br><b>Cottonwood 8<\/b><\/p>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/02\/Optimization-Direct-standardlogo-248x82.png\" width=\"248\" height=\"82\" title=\"Optimization Direct standardlogo\" alt=\"Optimization Direct standardlogo\">\n<h2>Modeling and Solving Real World Optimization Problems<\/h2> <p>Presented by:\u00a0Robert Ashford, Alkis Vazacopoulos, and\u00a0Dinakar Gade<\/p> <p>In this technology workshop, we will present:<\/p> <p>1. ODH is a package for accelerating MIP optimization and extending its range. It runs concurrently and synchronously with a MIP optimizer exchanging information with it. Although ODH was primarily designed to enable MIP optimization to be applied to models too large or difficult to be amenable to the standard commercial MIP optimizers such as CPLEX, or other commercial packages, it also accelerates the optimization of most models that are regularly solved with standard MIP.ODH has been developed by Optimization Direct Inc. over the past 8 years to handle real-world customer models for which standard MIP was not effective. On Optimization Direct\u2019s standard hundred model sub-set of mid-sized models taken from its library of nearly 1000 real customer models, ODH reduces the average optimality gap after two hours to nearly half that found by using CPLEX alone. On the MIPLIB version 7 open set of 29 models to which no integer feasible solution had been found, ODH found solutions to 5 of them in 2 hours. Of the remaining 257 models to which no optimal solution had been proven, ODH found and proved optimal solutions in 13 of them and found better solutions to any that had been previously found in 45% of them. Again, with runs of just 2 hours.<\/p> <p>Optimization Direct has customers in the scheduling, telecoms, retail, logistics, and supply chain areas who use ODH. At least three of these have applications that would fail without ODH technology. In January 2022, one said \u2018ODH is comparable to the best optimization technology available from anyone on my small models and much superior to any other optimizer on the large ones\u2019. ODH uses a number of heuristics, especially a novel decomposition-based method, and information from a MIP optimizer to feed that MIP optimizer with good solutions. This is made possible by its new thread synchronization technology within which the ODH and MIP threads can work efficiently.<\/p> <p>2. Recent Enhancements in FICO\u00ae Xpress Solver: Join us to learn about enhancements to the FICO\u00ae Xpress Solver. Recent enhancements include performance enhancements to the MILP Optimizer, usability features including modeling optimization with multiple objectives, nonlinear solver enhancements, and how machine learning is used within the Xpress Solver to automatically determine scaling, cutting, and detecting numerical instabilities.<\/p>\n\n<p>Time:<br><b>1-2:45pm<\/b><\/p> <p>Location:<br><b>Cottonwood 1<\/b><\/p>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/03\/web_ready_company_logo-RA_-1024x349-216x73.png\" width=\"216\" height=\"73\" title=\"web_ready_company_logo-RA_\" alt=\"web_ready_company_logo-RA_\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/03\/web_ready_company_logo-RA_-1024x349-216x73.png 216w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/03\/web_ready_company_logo-RA_-300x102.png 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/03\/web_ready_company_logo-RA_-1024x349.png 1024w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/03\/web_ready_company_logo-RA_-768x261.png 768w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/03\/web_ready_company_logo-RA_-1024x349-256x87.png 256w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/03\/web_ready_company_logo-RA_.png 1043w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 216px) 100vw, 216px\" \/>\n<h2>Simulation from A to 3d<\/h2> <p>Presented by: Nancy Zupick<\/p> <p>We will be covering the basics of how to build a simulation model in Arena. The workshop will demonstrate the usage of the Arena software in creating a simple, discrete-event simulation model as well as discussing the need to define your system and document your objectives and processes before beginning any modeling effort. We will then discuss how to move from simulation to virtual commissioning and emulation of a system in Emulate3d.<\/p>\n\n<p style=\"color: #202225; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: normal;\">Time:<br><b style=\"background-color: initial;\">3-4:45pm<\/b><\/p> <p style=\"color: #202225; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: normal;\">Location:<br><b>Cottonwood 2<\/b><\/p>\n\u00a0\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/01\/web_ready_company_logo-AMPL_Standard_Logo_inline-1024x338-240x79.png\" width=\"240\" height=\"79\" title=\"web_ready_company_logo-AMPL_Standard_Logo_inline\" alt=\"web_ready_company_logo-AMPL_Standard_Logo_inline\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/01\/web_ready_company_logo-AMPL_Standard_Logo_inline-1024x338-240x79.png 240w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/01\/web_ready_company_logo-AMPL_Standard_Logo_inline-1024x338-300x99.png 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/01\/web_ready_company_logo-AMPL_Standard_Logo_inline-1024x338.png 1024w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/01\/web_ready_company_logo-AMPL_Standard_Logo_inline-768x254.png 768w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/01\/web_ready_company_logo-AMPL_Standard_Logo_inline-1024x338-307x101.png 307w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/01\/web_ready_company_logo-AMPL_Standard_Logo_inline-1024x338-250x82.png 250w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/01\/web_ready_company_logo-AMPL_Standard_Logo_inline-1024x338-254x83.png 254w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/01\/web_ready_company_logo-AMPL_Standard_Logo_inline.png 1380w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/>\n<h2>Prescriptive Analytics with AMPL:\u00a0Learn how you can build optimization applications quickly and reliably, from prototyping to deployment<\/h2> <p>Presented by: Filipe Brand\u00e3o and Robert Fourer<\/p> <p>Optimization is the most widely adopted technology of Prescriptive Analytics, but also the most challenging to implement. This presentation takes you through the steps of a proven approach that combines the best features of two implementation environments:<\/p> <ul> <li>Prototyping in Google Colab using AMPL, a language and system designed for the needs of formulating and validating optimization models<\/li> <li>Deployment using Python-based tools, the most popular environment for building Analytics models into deployable applications<\/li> <\/ul> <p>We start by introducing model-based optimization, the key approach to streamlining the optimization modeling cycle and building successful applications today. Then we demonstrate how AMPL\u2019s specialization to model-based optimization is able to offer exceptional power of expression and speed of execution while maintaining ease of use. Recent enhancements to the AMPL language let you write many common logical conditions in an even more natural way, avoiding complicated reformulations. To support the prototyping phase, expanded data handlers facilitate direct import of values in spreadsheet, CSV, JSON, and database formats.<\/p> <p>Our presentation next shows how AMPL and Python work together for building optimization into enterprise systems. AMPL fits naturally into the Python framework, installing as an \u201camplpy\u201d Python package, importing and exporting data naturally from\/to Python data structures and Pandas dataframes, and supporting Jupyter notebooks that mix AMPL modeling and Python programming. In contrast to Python-only modeling solutions, AMPL\u2019s Python API offers straightforward, efficient model processing while leveraging Python\u2019s vast ecosystem for data pre-processing, solution analysis, and visualization.<\/p> <p>We finish with a deployment example, showing how Python scripts can be turned quickly into Prescriptive Analytics applications using amplpy, Pandas, and the Streamlit app framework. Deployments are supported on traditional servers and in a variety of modern virtual environments including containers, clusters, and cloud machines.<\/p>\n\n<p style=\"color: #202225; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: normal;\">Time:<br><b style=\"background-color: initial;\">3-4:45pm<\/b><\/p> <p style=\"color: #202225; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: normal;\">Location:<br><b>Cottonwood 1<\/b><\/p>\n\u00a0\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/02\/FICO_RGB_Slate-246x87.png\" width=\"246\" height=\"87\" title=\"FICO_RGB_Slate\" alt=\"FICO_RGB_Slate\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/02\/FICO_RGB_Slate-246x87.png 246w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/02\/FICO_RGB_Slate-300x107.png 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/02\/FICO_RGB_Slate-768x275.png 768w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/02\/FICO_RGB_Slate-216x75.png 216w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/02\/FICO_RGB_Slate-191x67.png 191w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/02\/FICO_RGB_Slate-165x58.png 165w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/02\/FICO_RGB_Slate-217x77.png 217w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/02\/FICO_RGB_Slate-167x59.png 167w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/02\/FICO_RGB_Slate-250x89.png 250w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/02\/FICO_RGB_Slate-200x71.png 200w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/02\/FICO_RGB_Slate.png 1001w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 246px) 100vw, 246px\" \/>\n<h2>Calling all OR Heroes: Learn How to Model and Deploy Solutions in 75% Less Time with FICO\u00ae Xpress Insight<\/h2> <p>Presented by: Jeff Day and Dinakar Gade<\/p> <p>Join our hands-on workshop to experience how FICO Xpress Insight helps you read data in any format from any source, integrates with your own machine learning and solvers (or Xpress Solver), enables collaboration with business users, deploys decision support or automated solutions in the cloud or on premises \u2014and does it all in 75% less time.<\/p> <ul> <li>Get the overview of the great new features of FICO Xpress Solver, Mosel, Workbench, and Insight including optimization with multiple objectives, mixed-integer-programming enhancements, and the newest entrant to our family of solvers: a new global optimization solver for nonlinear optimization problems.<\/li> <li>Learn how you can rapidly deploy Python models with FICO Xpress Insight.<\/li> <li>Discover the new View Designer, which reduces GUI development times from minutes to seconds.<\/li> <li>Experience real-world business examples in which developers integrate their own solver(s) with the powerful Xpress Insight platform.<\/li> <li>See how the flexible, free-to-use Xpress Mosel modeling and programming language allows you to make your solver available to thousands of other Mosel users.<\/li> <\/ul> <p>All attendees will receive a link to the complimentary FICO\u00ae Xpress Optimization Community License.<\/p>\n\n<p>Time:<br><b>3-4:45pm<\/b><\/p> <p>Location:<br><b>Cottonwood 3<\/b><\/p>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/02\/Gurobi_new_black_logo-1024x274-266x71.png\" width=\"266\" height=\"71\" title=\"Gurobi_new_black_logo\" alt=\"Gurobi_new_black_logo\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/02\/Gurobi_new_black_logo-1024x274-266x71.png 266w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/02\/Gurobi_new_black_logo-1024x274-300x80.png 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/02\/Gurobi_new_black_logo-1024x274.png 1024w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/02\/Gurobi_new_black_logo-768x205.png 768w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/02\/Gurobi_new_black_logo-1536x411.png 1536w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/02\/Gurobi_new_black_logo-1024x274-500x133.png 500w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/02\/Gurobi_new_black_logo-1024x274-201x53.png 201w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/02\/Gurobi_new_black_logo-1024x274-208x55.png 208w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/02\/Gurobi_new_black_logo.png 1914w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 266px) 100vw, 266px\" \/>\n<h2>Gurobi 10.0 Helping You to Build, Solve, and Deploy Optimization Models<\/h2> <p>Presented by: Dan Jeffrey, Xavier Nodet, Zed Dean, and Jerry Yurchisin<\/p> <p>In this workshop, attendees will learn about our latest release, Gurobi 10.0, and our open-source Python projects that make it easier for users to build models with machine learning models and pandas. We\u2019ll touch on exciting performance improvements to Gurobi\u2019s core algorithms in Gurobi 10.0. We\u2019ll also highlight features that make the model-building and solving process easier.<\/p> <p>In the second half of the workshop, attendees will learn about Gurobi\u2019s experimental, open-source Python packages: Gurobi Machine Learning and Gurobipy Pandas. Gurobi Machine Learning allows users to add trained machine learning models as constraints to Gurobi models. Gurobipy Pandas enables users to easily build Gurobi models from Pandas dataframes.<\/p> <p>Finally, we will explore a notebook example that combines machine learning and optimization to demonstrate how to use these new features.<\/p>\n\n<p>Time:<br><b>3-4:45pm<\/b><\/p> <p>Location:<br><b>Cottonwood 8<\/b><\/p>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2022\/12\/PCI.Logo_.tallandtransparent-1024x296-248x71.png\" width=\"248\" height=\"71\" title=\"PCI.Logo.tallandtransparent\" alt=\"PCI.Logo.tallandtransparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2022\/12\/PCI.Logo_.tallandtransparent-1024x296-248x71.png 248w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2022\/12\/PCI.Logo_.tallandtransparent-300x87.png 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2022\/12\/PCI.Logo_.tallandtransparent-1024x296.png 1024w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2022\/12\/PCI.Logo_.tallandtransparent-768x222.png 768w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2022\/12\/PCI.Logo_.tallandtransparent-1536x445.png 1536w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2022\/12\/PCI.Logo_.tallandtransparent-2048x593.png 2048w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2022\/12\/PCI.Logo_.tallandtransparent-1024x296-201x58.png 201w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 248px) 100vw, 248px\" \/>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p> <h2>Take a \u201cStep Class\u201d through The Optimization Solution Development Life Cycle: From Business Understanding to Deployment<\/h2> <p>Presented by: Robert Randall, PhD, and Irv Lustig, PhD<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal;\">The development and implementation of an optimization-based solution to make critical business decisions goes beyond building a mathematical model and writing code that embeds that model in software. Before any development, it is important to define the business problem, gather support from various stakeholders, and determine the value proposition of a potential solution. Once these issues are understood, a software solution can be developed, and using best practices before, during and after the software development phase will improve the likelihood of successful deployment.<\/p> <p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal;\">\u00a0<\/p> <p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal;\">Based on decades of applied optimization work at Princeton Consultants, we will demonstrate the steps to move through the complete solution life cycle, including:<br><br><\/p> <ul> <li>the non-technical steps of identifying the right problem to solve;<\/li> <li>a focus on best practices for rapid optimization model and software development using Python and pandas;<\/li> <li>best practices for technical deployment of a solution;<\/li> <li>working with clients to ensure adoption of the solution<\/li> <\/ul>\n\n<p>Time:<br>3-4:45pm<\/p> <p>Location:<br><b>Cottonwood 9<\/b><\/p>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/01\/Provalis-web_ready_company_logo-1024x164-232x40.png\" width=\"232\" height=\"40\" title=\"Provalis web_ready_company_logo\" alt=\"Provalis web_ready_company_logo\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/01\/Provalis-web_ready_company_logo-1024x164-232x40.png 232w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/01\/Provalis-web_ready_company_logo-1024x164-236x40.png 236w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/>\n<h2>Introduction to WordStat Text Analytics<\/h2> <p>Presented by: Normand Peladeau<\/p> <p>Provalis Research CEO Normand Peladeau will identify the main challenges in the analysis of unstructured text data and demonstrates how Provalis Research\u2019s text analytics software WordStat can help you deal with those challenges and analyze large amounts of text data using exploratory text-mining and quantitative content analysis. He will show you how you can quickly and easily explore very large amounts of text data with advanced topic modeling and other techniques as well as how to build and use dictionaries for automated content analysis.<\/p>\n\n<p>Time:<br><b>3-4:45pm<\/b><\/p> <p>Location:<br><b>Cottonwood 4<\/b><\/p>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/01\/Volley-Solutions-1024x320-230x71.png\" width=\"230\" height=\"71\" title=\"Volley Solutions\" alt=\"Volley Solutions\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/01\/Volley-Solutions-1024x320-230x71.png 230w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/01\/Volley-Solutions-300x94.png 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/01\/Volley-Solutions-1024x320.png 1024w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/01\/Volley-Solutions-768x240.png 768w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/01\/Volley-Solutions-1536x480.png 1536w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/01\/Volley-Solutions-1024x320-182x56.png 182w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/01\/Volley-Solutions-1024x320-166x51.png 166w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/01\/Volley-Solutions-1024x320-201x62.png 201w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/01\/Volley-Solutions-1024x320-202x63.png 202w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/01\/Volley-Solutions-1024x320-322x100.png 322w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/01\/Volley-Solutions.png 1853w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 230px) 100vw, 230px\" \/>\n<h2>DECIDE BETTER: Decision Science for Leaders<\/h2>\n<p>Presented by: Matt Brady<\/p> <p style=\"margin: 0in;\">How do you decide who to hire, when a project phase-gate has been achieved, or which investment to fund next? Chances are, you rely largely on intuition\u2026 susceptible to habits, biases, and, groupthink. What if you could elevate your decision-making\u2026to decide using information. To decide better?<br><br>Attend this immersive workshop that covers the strategies, motivations, and techniques via real decision scenarios from the audience. Gain additional hands-on experience by attending our <a style=\"text-decoration-line: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/tracks\/technology-tutorials\/#volleysolutions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-feathr-click-track=\"true\" data-feathr-link-aids=\"[&quot;622fa93bb0ebf976bd76e19a&quot;]\">Technology Tutorial<\/a> (Mon Apr 17, 3:40 - 4:30 pm). Stop by our <a style=\"text-decoration-line: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/volley-solutions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-feathr-click-track=\"true\" data-feathr-link-aids=\"[&quot;622fa93bb0ebf976bd76e19a&quot;]\">Booth<\/a> (#300) during exhibit hours to see the innovative <a style=\"text-decoration-line: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.volleysolutions.com\/geography-explorer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-feathr-click-track=\"true\" data-feathr-link-aids=\"[&quot;622fa93bb0ebf976bd76e19a&quot;]\">Geography Explorer<\/a> and <a style=\"text-decoration-line: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.volleysolutions.com\/io\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-feathr-click-track=\"true\" data-feathr-link-aids=\"[&quot;622fa93bb0ebf976bd76e19a&quot;]\">API Integration<\/a> in action, and follow all the progress on <a style=\"text-decoration-line: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/volleysolutions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-feathr-click-track=\"true\" data-feathr-link-aids=\"[&quot;622fa93bb0ebf976bd76e19a&quot;]\">LinkedIn<\/a>. 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