{"id":5609,"date":"2024-02-28T19:16:52","date_gmt":"2024-02-28T19:16:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2024\/?page_id=5609"},"modified":"2024-02-28T19:16:53","modified_gmt":"2024-02-28T19:16:53","slug":"michael-snyder","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2024\/speakers\/michael-snyder\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Snyder"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-5609\" data-postid=\"5609\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-5609 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row dropPadding-bottom tb_0l52602 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 col4-1 tb_0ygc603 first\">\n                    <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_esex603 image-top   tf_mw\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2024\/files\/2024\/02\/Michael_Snyder.jpg\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-5538\" title=\"Michael Snyder\" alt=\"Michael Snyder\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2024\/files\/2024\/02\/Michael_Snyder.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2024\/files\/2024\/02\/Michael_Snyder-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>    \n        <\/div>\n    <!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    \n        <div class=\"image-content\">\n                    <h3 class=\"image-title\">\n                                    Michael Snyder                            <\/h3>\n                    <\/div>\n    <!-- \/image-content -->\n        <\/div>\n<!-- \/module image -->        <\/div>\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col4-3 tb_g2w3604 last\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_t7c7604   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h1>Michael Snyder<\/h1>\n<h5>Technical Staff member at MIT Lincoln Laboratory<\/h5>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text --><!-- module accordion -->\n<div  class=\"module module-accordion tb_2plz358 \" data-behavior=\"toggle\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n    \n    <ul class=\"ui module-accordion  glossy tb_default_color\">\n            <li>\n            <div class=\"accordion-title tf_rel\">\n                <a href=\"#acc-2plz358-0\" class=\"tb_title_accordion\" aria-controls=\"acc-2plz358-0-content\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n                    <i class=\"accordion-icon\"><svg  class=\"tf_fa tf-ti-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use href=\"#tf-ti-plus\"><\/use><\/svg><\/i>                    <i class=\"accordion-active-icon tf_hide\"><svg  class=\"tf_fa tf-ti-minus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use href=\"#tf-ti-minus\"><\/use><\/svg><\/i>                    <span class=\"accordion-title-wrap\">Bio<\/span>                <\/a>\n            <\/div><!-- .accordion-title -->\n            <div id=\"acc-2plz358-0-content\" data-id=\"acc-2plz358-0\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"accordion-content tf_hide tf_clearfix\">\n                                    <div class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n                        <p>Michael Snyder is a Technical Staff member at MIT Lincoln Laboratory and has a passion for sensibly weaving artistic properties and computer science together as a software engineer and architect. Focused on collaborative multi-user applications and UI\/UX development, Snyder\u2019s expertise is in bridging the gap between humans and machines with implementations that are intuitive, convenient, performant, and minimally-invasive. He is a two-time recipient of the R&amp;D 100 Award, published in IEEE High Performance Extreme Computing (HPEC) and IEEE Visualization &amp; Visual Analytics (VIS), and holds three degrees from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute spanning Computer Science and Electronic Media, Arts &amp; Communication.<\/p>                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div><!-- .accordion-content -->\n        <\/li>\n        <\/ul>\n\n<\/div><!-- \/module accordion -->        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-css_id=\"u6fe602\" data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row fullwidth_row_container tb_u6fe602 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_84q1605 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_k572608 track  \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h6>Track: Implementing Analytics<\/h6>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_xwmz608   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h2>Puckboard: Optimization of USAF Crew Schedules<\/h2>\n<p>Personnel scheduling is a well-known challenge across a wide variety of domains. Our work on Puckboard demonstrates a real-world application of personnel scheduling to flight crews in the U.S. Air Force. We utilize both linear &amp; constraint optimization techniques to recommend air-crew based on factors such as legality, currency, and training history. Additionally, we encode a number of domain specific constraints such as flying time limits and instructor waivers. Using real personnel, mission, &amp; training data we provide optimal crew sets to the scheduler for review along with justification statements for explainability. 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