{"id":275,"date":"2023-03-10T17:32:20","date_gmt":"2023-03-10T17:32:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/?page_id=275"},"modified":"2024-10-01T18:41:28","modified_gmt":"2024-10-01T18:41:28","slug":"plenaries-keynotes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/plenaries-keynotes\/","title":{"rendered":"Plenaries &amp; Keynotes"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-275\" data-postid=\"275\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-275 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n                    <div  data-anchor=\"plenaries\" data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_has_section tb_section-plenaries tb_dal0498 tb_first tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full tb_zcin498 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_fso8275  repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"#plenaries\">Plenaries<\/a> | <a href=\"#keynotes\">Keynotes<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_dyv2273   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h2 class=\"page-title\"><span style=\"color: #ef4723;\">Plenaries<\/span><\/h2>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_emab301   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h3><strong>SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20, 9:30-10:35AM<\/strong><\/h3>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-anchor=\"peters\" data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_has_section tb_section-peters tb_on92718 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_d0j5719 first\">\n                            <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_subrow themify_builder_sub_row tf_w col_align_top tb_col_count_2 tb_wccc719\">\n                <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column col4-1 tb_zqx5719 first\">\n                    <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_bvqj719 image-top bordered  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\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/02\/Koen-Peters.jpg\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-3758\" title=\"Koen Peters\" alt=\"Koen Peters\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/02\/Koen-Peters.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/02\/Koen-Peters-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                                    Koen Peters                            <\/h3>\n                        <div class=\"image-caption tb_text_wrap\">\n            World Food Programme        <\/div>\n        <!-- \/image-caption -->\n            <\/div>\n    <!-- \/image-content -->\n        <\/div>\n<!-- \/module image -->        <\/div>\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column col4-3 tb_1pfd719 last\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_d4np719   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <div id=\"ctl00_MainContent_SubmissionPreview1_divTitle\" class=\"SubmissionTitle\">\n<h4><strong>How O.R. Helps the United Nations Deliver Food and Hope<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>After years of steady decline, global hunger is on the rise again. More than 309 million people are on the brink of starvation as conflicts escalate worldwide. This alarming increase in food insecurity is driven by the many concurrent challenges the world is facing: the slow post-COVID recovery of global markets, a rise in natural disasters, and deepening conflicts. The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has responded by placing Operations Research (O.R.) at the core of its emergency response, transforming humanitarian work. How can analytics be harnessed to combat the rising tide of global hunger? What does it take to apply these sophisticated tools in WFP\u2019s complex operational environment? Through O.R., the WFP has not only streamlined food distribution, cutting delivery times significantly, but also provided a beacon of hope. As we confront these challenges, the continued innovation in O.R. is not just promising \u2014 it is a critical step toward a world without hunger.<\/p>\n<\/div>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text --><!-- module accordion -->\n<div  class=\"module module-accordion tb_sswu414 \" data-behavior=\"toggle\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n    \n    <ul class=\"ui module-accordion  embossed shadow tb_default_color\">\n            <li>\n            <div class=\"accordion-title tf_rel\">\n                <a href=\"#acc-sswu414-0\" class=\"tb_title_accordion\" aria-controls=\"acc-sswu414-0-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\">About Koen Peters<\/span>                <\/a>\n            <\/div><!-- .accordion-title -->\n            <div id=\"acc-sswu414-0-content\" data-id=\"acc-sswu414-0\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"accordion-content tf_hide tf_clearfix\">\n                                    <div class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n                        <p>Koen Peters is head of optimization for the World Food Programme\u2019s Supply Chain Planning &amp; Optimization branch. For the last decade he has been leading initiatives in the area of optimization and analytics, including tools that are now used to inform the design of food baskets, sourcing strategies, and delivery networks. These user-friendly solutions ensure that WFP can reach as many people in need as possible with available resources, and were awarded with the 2021 Franz Edelman Award for Achievement in Advanced Analytics, Operations Research and Management Science. Koen holds an MSc degree in operations research and management science from Tilburg University, and is pursuing a PhD in humanitarian analytics at Tilburg University\u2019s Zero Hunger Lab.<\/p>                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div><!-- .accordion-content -->\n        <\/li>\n        <\/ul>\n\n<\/div><!-- \/module accordion -->        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_yric200 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_1gn4200 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_yn0s200   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h3><strong>MONDAY, OCTOBER 21, 9:45-10:35AM<\/strong><\/h3>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-anchor=\"isbellandlittman\" data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_has_section tb_section-isbellandlittman tb_3hst910 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_casd910 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_e495248   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h4><strong>Making the most of this AI Moment:<br \/>A Fireside Chat with Charles Isbell and Michael Littman<\/strong><\/h4>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_65x6203   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p>Interest in AI, which was already high, has reached a fever pitch since the release of ChatGPT two years ago. Fascination and fear abound, so how do we engage the public for the health of society to ensure AI is a force for good and not for harm? How do we broaden access to computing to shape its future? How can comedy and humor help? What roles should leading scientists take to best impact these issues? These are just a few of the questions to be discussed during this fireside chat, which longtime INFORMS member Cynthia Rudin will lead with two fellow computer scientists, who are excited to share their combined 60+ years of experience in AI and machine learning.<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-anchor=\"rudin\" data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_has_section tb_section-rudin tb_dvhf439 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_t44a383 first\">\n                    <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_pawl1 image-top bordered  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\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/07\/Cynthia-Rudin-300x300.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-4854\" title=\"Moderator &lt;br&gt;Cynthia Rudin\" alt=\"Cynthia Rudin\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/07\/Cynthia-Rudin-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/07\/Cynthia-Rudin-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/07\/Cynthia-Rudin.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>    \n        <\/div>\n    <!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    \n        <div class=\"image-content\">\n                    <h3 class=\"image-title\">\n                                    Moderator <br>Cynthia Rudin                            <\/h3>\n                        <div class=\"image-caption tb_text_wrap\">\n            Duke University        <\/div>\n        <!-- \/image-caption -->\n            <\/div>\n    <!-- \/image-content -->\n        <\/div>\n<!-- \/module image -->        <\/div>\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col4-3 tb_esnj383 last\">\n                    <!-- module accordion -->\n<div  class=\"module module-accordion tb_b5k1152 \" data-behavior=\"toggle\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n    \n    <ul class=\"ui module-accordion  embossed shadow tb_default_color\">\n            <li>\n            <div class=\"accordion-title tf_rel\">\n                <a href=\"#acc-b5k1152-0\" class=\"tb_title_accordion\" aria-controls=\"acc-b5k1152-0-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\">About Cynthia Rudin<\/span>                <\/a>\n            <\/div><!-- .accordion-title -->\n            <div id=\"acc-b5k1152-0-content\" data-id=\"acc-b5k1152-0\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"accordion-content tf_hide tf_clearfix\">\n                                    <div class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n                        <p>Cynthia Rudin is Earl D. McLean, Jr. Professor of Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Statistical Science, Mathematics, Biostatistics &amp; Bioinformatics at Duke University, and directs the Interpretable Machine Learning Lab. She holds degrees from the University at Buffalo and Princeton. She is the recipient of the 2022 Squirrel AI Award for Artificial Intelligence for the Benefit of Humanity from AAAI (the \u201cNobel Prize of AI\u201d). She is also a three-time winner of the INFORMS Innovative Applications in Analytics Award, and a 2022 Guggenheim Fellow. She is a fellow of the American Statistical Association, the Institute of Mathematical Statistics, and AAAI. Her goal is to design predictive models that people can understand.<\/p>                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div><!-- .accordion-content -->\n        <\/li>\n        <\/ul>\n\n<\/div><!-- \/module accordion -->        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-anchor=\"isbell\" data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_has_section tb_section-isbell tb_wptv484 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_0yem484 first\">\n                    <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_pbk3260 image-top bordered  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\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/07\/Charles-Isbell-300x300.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-4641\" title=\"CHARLES ISBELL\" alt=\"Cynthia Rudin\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/07\/Charles-Isbell.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/07\/Charles-Isbell-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                                    CHARLES ISBELL                            <\/h3>\n                        <div class=\"image-caption tb_text_wrap\">\n            University of Wisconsin        <\/div>\n        <!-- \/image-caption -->\n            <\/div>\n    <!-- \/image-content -->\n        <\/div>\n<!-- \/module image -->        <\/div>\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col4-3 tb_le6r484 last\">\n                    <!-- module accordion -->\n<div  class=\"module module-accordion tb_5inu484 \" data-behavior=\"toggle\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n    \n    <ul class=\"ui module-accordion  embossed shadow tb_default_color\">\n            <li>\n            <div class=\"accordion-title tf_rel\">\n                <a href=\"#acc-5inu484-0\" class=\"tb_title_accordion\" aria-controls=\"acc-5inu484-0-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\">About Charles Isbell<\/span>                <\/a>\n            <\/div><!-- .accordion-title -->\n            <div id=\"acc-5inu484-0-content\" data-id=\"acc-5inu484-0\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"accordion-content tf_hide tf_clearfix\">\n                                    <div class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n                        <p>Provost\u00a0Dr. Charles Isbell became UW-Madison\u2019s provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs in August of 2023. He previously served as the dean of the College of Computing at Georgia Tech. Dr. Isbell earned his bachelor\u2019s degree in Information and Computer Science from Georgia Tech, and his SM and PhD at MIT&#8217;s Artificial Intelligence Lab. His research interests are varied but the unifying theme of his work has been using machine learning to build autonomous agents that engage directly with humans. In addition to leading the academic mission at UW-Madison, he is highly regarded as an expert in both artificial intelligence and educational reform on a national scale.<\/p>                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div><!-- .accordion-content -->\n        <\/li>\n        <\/ul>\n\n<\/div><!-- \/module accordion -->        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-anchor=\"littman\" data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_has_section tb_section-littman tb_eqa2292 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_ku8z292 first\">\n                    <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_xk1o969 image-top bordered  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\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/02\/Michael-Littman-300x300.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-3763\" title=\"Michael Littman\" alt=\"Michael Littman\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/02\/Michael-Littman.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/02\/Michael-Littman-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 Littman                            <\/h3>\n                        <div class=\"image-caption tb_text_wrap\">\n            National Science Foundation        <\/div>\n        <!-- \/image-caption -->\n            <\/div>\n    <!-- \/image-content -->\n        <\/div>\n<!-- \/module image -->        <\/div>\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col4-3 tb_qvgu292 last\">\n                    <!-- module accordion -->\n<div  class=\"module module-accordion tb_7nc5292 \" data-behavior=\"toggle\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n    \n    <ul class=\"ui module-accordion  embossed shadow tb_default_color\">\n            <li>\n            <div class=\"accordion-title tf_rel\">\n                <a href=\"#acc-7nc5292-0\" class=\"tb_title_accordion\" aria-controls=\"acc-7nc5292-0-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\">About Michael Littman<\/span>                <\/a>\n            <\/div><!-- .accordion-title -->\n            <div id=\"acc-7nc5292-0-content\" data-id=\"acc-7nc5292-0\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"accordion-content tf_hide tf_clearfix\">\n                                    <div class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n                        <p>Michael L. Littman is currently serving as Division Director for Information and Intelligent Systems at the National Science Foundation. The division is home to the programs and program officers that support researchers in artificial intelligence, human-centered computing, data management, and assistive technologies, as well as those exploring the impact of intelligent information systems on society. Littman is also University Professor of Computer Science at Brown University, where he studies machine learning and decision-making under uncertainty. He has earned multiple university-level awards for teaching and his research has been recognized with three best-paper awards and three influential paper awards. Littman is a Fellow of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence and the Association for Computing Machinery.<\/p>                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div><!-- .accordion-content -->\n        <\/li>\n        <\/ul>\n\n<\/div><!-- \/module accordion -->        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_8g1h58 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_zxy058 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_20dv752   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h3><strong>TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 9:45-10:35AM<\/strong><\/h3>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-anchor=\"nembhard\" data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_has_section tb_section-nembhard tb_ahgd619 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_x8j3620 first\">\n                            <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_subrow themify_builder_sub_row tf_w col_align_top tb_col_count_2 tb_mjux620\">\n                <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column col4-1 tb_ath1620 first\">\n                    <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_bwe9620 image-top bordered  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\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/04\/Harriet_B_Nembhard-300x300.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-3817\" title=\"Harriet Nembhard\" alt=\"Harriet Nembhard\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/04\/Harriet_B_Nembhard.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/04\/Harriet_B_Nembhard-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                                    Harriet Nembhard                            <\/h3>\n                        <div class=\"image-caption tb_text_wrap\">\n            Harvey Mudd College        <\/div>\n        <!-- \/image-caption -->\n            <\/div>\n    <!-- \/image-content -->\n        <\/div>\n<!-- \/module image -->        <\/div>\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column col4-3 tb_v2d0620 last\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_pt2r620   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h4><strong>Preparing Interdisciplinary Leaders:\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Reimagine Your Department As A Place For Educating Future Operations Research Leaders Who Can Tackle Complex And Nuanced Problems<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>In the face of today\u2019s multifaceted global challenges, the role of Operations Research (O.R.) is more critical than ever. This plenary will explore how academic departments can be transformed into incubators for future O.R. leaders who are adept at addressing complex societal issues through interdisciplinary approaches. Beginning with a personal narrative, the talk highlights the urgent need for integrating diverse perspectives in OR education and practice. Drawing from successful initiatives at Harvey Mudd College and real-world applications, we discuss strategies for embedding interdisciplinary thinking, enhancing curricula, and fostering collaboration with industry and community partners. Participants will gain actionable insights on aligning academic programs with strategic goals, promoting effective leadership, and preparing students to create impactful, innovative O.R. solutions that contribute to achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This session aims to inspire and equip O.R. educators and practitioners to reimagine their departments as dynamic environments for training the next generation of leaders capable of making smarter decisions for a better world.<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text --><!-- module accordion -->\n<div  class=\"module module-accordion tb_1xr4437 \" data-behavior=\"toggle\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n    \n    <ul class=\"ui module-accordion  embossed shadow tb_default_color\">\n            <li>\n            <div class=\"accordion-title tf_rel\">\n                <a href=\"#acc-1xr4437-0\" class=\"tb_title_accordion\" aria-controls=\"acc-1xr4437-0-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\">About Harriet Nembhard<\/span>                <\/a>\n            <\/div><!-- .accordion-title -->\n            <div id=\"acc-1xr4437-0-content\" data-id=\"acc-1xr4437-0\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"accordion-content tf_hide tf_clearfix\">\n                                    <div class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n                        <p>Harriet B. Nembhard has served as Harvey Mudd College\u2019s sixth president and professor of the college since July 1, 2023. She is nationally recognized leader in the field of industrial and operations engineering, an expert in health systems, a voice on the national level for transforming undergraduate STEM education, and a champion for Harvey Mudd\u2019s mission. President Nembhard is leading the development of an ambitious strategic plan to fortify Harvey Mudd\u2019s standing as a distinctive liberal arts college for science, engineering, and mathematics.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to her appointment at Harvey Mudd, Nembhard was dean of engineering at the University of Iowa and had previously held leadership positions at Oregon State and Penn State. She has been the principal investigator on several research projects supported by the National Science Foundation to improve the efficiency and quality of healthcare delivery to patients. Nembhard is an elected Fellow of the American Society for Quality, Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers, and American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, and currently serves on the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Roundtable on Systemic Change in Undergraduate STEM Education.<\/p>\n<p>Nembhard earned a BA from Claremont McKenna College, BS from Arizona State University, and an MS and PhD from the University of Michigan.<\/p>                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div><!-- .accordion-content -->\n        <\/li>\n        <\/ul>\n\n<\/div><!-- \/module accordion -->        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_3pmo821 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_zjeb821 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_lj6u591   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h3><strong>WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 11:05-11:55AM<\/strong><\/h3>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-anchor=\"tracy\" data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_has_section tb_section-tracy tb_1hwt133 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_iey2134 first\">\n                            <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_subrow themify_builder_sub_row tf_w col_align_top tb_col_count_2 tb_b8ef278\">\n                <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column col4-1 tb_807n279 first\">\n                    <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_ysxy246 image-top bordered  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\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/07\/Ann-Tracy.jpg\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-4642\" title=\"Ann Tracy\" alt=\"Koen Peters\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/07\/Ann-Tracy.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/07\/Ann-Tracy-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                                    Ann Tracy                            <\/h3>\n                        <div class=\"image-caption tb_text_wrap\">\n            Colgate-Palmolive        <\/div>\n        <!-- \/image-caption -->\n            <\/div>\n    <!-- \/image-content -->\n        <\/div>\n<!-- \/module image -->        <\/div>\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column col4-3 tb_dxq739 last\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_4tc1305   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h4><strong>Reimagining a Healthier Future with Sustainable Supply Chains<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Sustainability is rising as a priority on the corporate agenda, with increasing attention on supply chain, since this is where key contributions of a company&#8217;s carbon emissions occur including a focus on the upstream supply chain. Colgate-Palmolive is ranked as one of the best supply chains in the world, and that leadership extends to their innovation in sustainability. They developed the world&#8217;s first recyclable toothpaste tube and then shared the design with competitors in order to increase adoption. Join this plenary to hear how they are leading the way and learn about the real on-the-ground challenges they are tackling.<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text --><!-- module accordion -->\n<div  class=\"module module-accordion tb_4b2x305 \" data-behavior=\"toggle\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n    \n    <ul class=\"ui module-accordion  embossed shadow tb_default_color\">\n            <li>\n            <div class=\"accordion-title tf_rel\">\n                <a href=\"#acc-4b2x305-0\" class=\"tb_title_accordion\" aria-controls=\"acc-4b2x305-0-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\">About Ann Tracy<\/span>                <\/a>\n            <\/div><!-- .accordion-title -->\n            <div id=\"acc-4b2x305-0-content\" data-id=\"acc-4b2x305-0\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"accordion-content tf_hide tf_clearfix\">\n                                    <div class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n                        <p>As Colgate-Palmolive&#8217;s Chief Sustainability Officer, Ann leads Colgate&#8217;s Global Sustainable Strategy and Key Initiatives, integrating a strong technical foundation across our Enterprise Sustainability and Social Impact Strategy Core Ambition Pillars &#8211; driving social impact, helping millions of homes and preserving our environment.<\/p>\n<p>Ann holds a BA degree in Applied Science, a BS degree in Mechanical Engineering, and a Master&#8217;s of Engineering degree in Manufacturing Systems. Most recently, Ann has completed a Certificate of Sustainability from the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership. Currently, she is on the Board of the UNGC Network USA.<\/p>                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div><!-- .accordion-content -->\n        <\/li>\n        <\/ul>\n\n<\/div><!-- \/module accordion -->        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-anchor=\"keynotes\" data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_has_section tb_section-keynotes tb_ehyn588 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_n6lc589 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_tm5z61   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h2><span style=\"color: #ef4723;\">Keynotes<\/span><\/h2>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_if21589   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h3><strong>SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20, 5:25-6:15PM<\/strong><\/h3>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-anchor=\"universityofsouthcarolina\" data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_has_section tb_section-universityofsouthcarolina tb_virf841 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_biyv842 first\">\n                            <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_subrow themify_builder_sub_row tf_w col_align_top tb_col_count_2 tb_lqju842\">\n                <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column col4-1 tb_kkwz842 first\">\n                    <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_hx4a744 image-top bordered  tf_mw\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1387\" height=\"296\" src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/07\/USC_MooreSchool_logo_horizontal_CMYK_2C.jpg\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-4937\" title=\"University of South Carolina\" alt=\"University of South Carolina\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/07\/USC_MooreSchool_logo_horizontal_CMYK_2C.jpg 1387w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/07\/USC_MooreSchool_logo_horizontal_CMYK_2C-300x64.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/07\/USC_MooreSchool_logo_horizontal_CMYK_2C-1024x219.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/07\/USC_MooreSchool_logo_horizontal_CMYK_2C-768x164.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1387px) 100vw, 1387px\" \/>    \n        <\/div>\n    <!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    \n        <div class=\"image-content\">\n                    <h3 class=\"image-title\">\n                                    University of South Carolina                            <\/h3>\n                    <\/div>\n    <!-- \/image-content -->\n        <\/div>\n<!-- \/module image -->        <\/div>\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column col4-3 tb_wet7842 last\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_xphw842   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h4><strong>2024 INFORMS UPS George D. Smith Prize<br>Reprise: University of South Carolina<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>The Management Science Department in the Darla Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina supports both undergraduate and graduate programs in operations and supply chain and business analytics as well as a Ph.D. in operations management. The department couples classroom and real-world, experiential learning to produce top-notch graduates. The Operations and Supply Chain (OSC) Center, through which students have the opportunity to earn an industry-certified Lean Six Sigma Green Belt, plays a central role in this real-world experience and has, over time, become a focal point for identifying, developing and placing well-trained talent in many leading Fortune 500 multinational firms. The OSC Center faculty have executed 360+ capstone consulting student projects in more than 45 partner firms yielding more than 330 million dollars in recurring benefits.<\/p>\n<p>The department is also home to the Moore School Data Lab, which assists students with statistics and data analytics courses, and to the Center for Applied Business Analytics, which provides training, academic challenges and curriculum support to students and faculty. Graduate programs include the Masters of Science in Business Analytics and concentrations in Operations and Supply Chain in the school\u2019s various MBA programs. The department\u2019s executive education programs have trained over 5,000 officers in the U.S. Army on the use of advanced data analytics.<\/p>\n<p>Doctoral graduates from the Management Science Department are currently working as faculty members at institutions such as Penn State University, The Ohio State University, Florida State University, University of Colorado, and University of Tennessee, among others.<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-anchor=\"ahire\" data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_has_section tb_section-ahire tb_xaj8960 tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_3 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col4-1 tb_p5vj961 first\">\n                            <\/div>\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col4-1 tb_khz2393\">\n                    <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_haf5329 image-top bordered  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\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/07\/Sanjay_Ahire.jpg\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-4983\" title=\"Sanjay Ahire\" alt=\"Pinar Keskinocak\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/07\/Sanjay_Ahire.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/07\/Sanjay_Ahire-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                                    Sanjay Ahire                            <\/h3>\n                        <div class=\"image-caption tb_text_wrap\">\n            University of South Carolina        <\/div>\n        <!-- \/image-caption -->\n            <\/div>\n    <!-- \/image-content -->\n        <\/div>\n<!-- \/module image -->        <\/div>\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col4-2 tb_seup393 last\">\n                    <!-- module accordion -->\n<div  class=\"module module-accordion tb_tri5286 \" data-behavior=\"toggle\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n    \n    <ul class=\"ui module-accordion  embossed shadow tb_default_color\">\n            <li>\n            <div class=\"accordion-title tf_rel\">\n                <a href=\"#acc-tri5286-0\" class=\"tb_title_accordion\" aria-controls=\"acc-tri5286-0-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\">About\u00a0Sanjay Ahire<\/span>                <\/a>\n            <\/div><!-- .accordion-title -->\n            <div id=\"acc-tri5286-0-content\" data-id=\"acc-tri5286-0\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"accordion-content tf_hide tf_clearfix\">\n                                    <div class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n                        <p>Sanjay Ahire (Ph.D. Management Science, University of Alabama \u2013 1992; M.M.S. Operations Management, University of Bombay \u2013 1985; B.Chem. Engg., University of Bombay \u2013 1982) is the Carolina Trustees Professor and Professor of Operations and Supply Chain Management at the Darla Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina (USC).\u00a0 He was the first tenured professor to receive the highest designation of Six Sigma Master Black Belt from the American Society for Quality (2012). He has won the INFORMS Prize for Teaching of OR\/MS Practice (2018) and the inaugural Production and Operations Management Society Award for Excellence in Industry Engagement (2023). Dr. Ahire is a Co-Director of the USC-Operations and Supply Chain Center. He heads the unique industry-validated Sonoco-USC Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certification initiative that has graduated more than 1,600 students with this valuable certification\u00a0<em>before<\/em>\u00a0graduation.<\/p>                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div><!-- .accordion-content -->\n        <\/li>\n        <\/ul>\n\n<\/div><!-- \/module accordion -->        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-anchor=\"ferguson\" data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_has_section tb_section-ferguson tb_ic8o582 tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_3 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col4-1 tb_gver582 first\">\n                            <\/div>\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col4-1 tb_ifwl354\">\n                    <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_fw4e582 image-top bordered  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\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/07\/Mark_Ferguson.jpg\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-4981\" title=\"Mark Ferguson\" alt=\"Pinar Keskinocak\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/07\/Mark_Ferguson.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/07\/Mark_Ferguson-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                                    Mark Ferguson                            <\/h3>\n                        <div class=\"image-caption tb_text_wrap\">\n            University of South Carolina        <\/div>\n        <!-- \/image-caption -->\n            <\/div>\n    <!-- \/image-content -->\n        <\/div>\n<!-- \/module image -->        <\/div>\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col4-2 tb_nnb1354 last\">\n                    <!-- module accordion -->\n<div  class=\"module module-accordion tb_hffm810 \" data-behavior=\"toggle\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n    \n    <ul class=\"ui module-accordion  embossed shadow tb_default_color\">\n            <li>\n            <div class=\"accordion-title tf_rel\">\n                <a href=\"#acc-hffm810-0\" class=\"tb_title_accordion\" aria-controls=\"acc-hffm810-0-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\">About Mark Ferguson<\/span>                <\/a>\n            <\/div><!-- .accordion-title -->\n            <div id=\"acc-hffm810-0-content\" data-id=\"acc-hffm810-0\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"accordion-content tf_hide tf_clearfix\">\n                                    <div class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n                        <p>Mark Ferguson is the Associate Dean for Accreditation and Strategic Planning, and the Dewey H. Johnson Professor of Management Science at the Moore School. He received his Ph.D. in Business Administration with a concentration in operations management from Duke University in 2001. He holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Virginia Tech and an M.S. in Industrial Engineering from Georgia Tech.<\/p>                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div><!-- .accordion-content -->\n        <\/li>\n        <\/ul>\n\n<\/div><!-- \/module accordion -->        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-anchor=\"keskinocak\" data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_has_section tb_section-keskinocak tb_cmxp130 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_9yh0130 first\">\n                            <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_subrow themify_builder_sub_row tf_w col_align_top tb_col_count_2 tb_w0b4130\">\n                <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column col4-1 tb_kmdp130 first\">\n                    <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_gn76130 image-top bordered  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\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/02\/Pinar.jpg\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-3760\" title=\"Pinar Keskinocak\" alt=\"Pinar Keskinocak\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/02\/Pinar.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/02\/Pinar-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                                    Pinar Keskinocak                            <\/h3>\n                        <div class=\"image-caption tb_text_wrap\">\n            Georgia Tech        <\/div>\n        <!-- \/image-caption -->\n            <\/div>\n    <!-- \/image-content -->\n        <\/div>\n<!-- \/module image -->        <\/div>\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column col4-3 tb_xpcx130 last\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_6pzv130   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h4><strong>Smarter Decisions Toward Preventing, Controlling, and Eliminating Infectious Diseases<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Advances in science, medicine, and public health significantly improved our understanding of infectious diseases as well as their prevention and control; however, infectious diseases continue to have a devastating impact on the lives and livelihoods of millions people around the world. Global and regional changes in climate, human behavior, contact between human and wildlife reservoirs, and technology may further exacerbate the risk of infectious diseases. There are tremendous opportunities for analytics and operations research in combatting infectious diseases, especially in resource-constrained settings. We will discuss examples of how operations research and analytics can inform decision-making related to disease prevention and control, improve equity in access to resources and outcomes, and support efforts toward eradication.<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text --><!-- module accordion -->\n<div  class=\"module module-accordion tb_ml9t130 \" data-behavior=\"toggle\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n    \n    <ul class=\"ui module-accordion  embossed shadow tb_default_color\">\n            <li>\n            <div class=\"accordion-title tf_rel\">\n                <a href=\"#acc-ml9t130-0\" class=\"tb_title_accordion\" aria-controls=\"acc-ml9t130-0-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\">About Pinar Keskinocak<\/span>                <\/a>\n            <\/div><!-- .accordion-title -->\n            <div id=\"acc-ml9t130-0-content\" data-id=\"acc-ml9t130-0\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"accordion-content tf_hide tf_clearfix\">\n                                    <div class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n                        <p>Pinar Keskinocak is the William W. George Chair and Professor in the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering and the co-founder and Director of the Center for Health and Humanitarian Systems at Georgia Tech. She is a fellow and past-president of INFORMS.<\/p>                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div><!-- .accordion-content -->\n        <\/li>\n        <\/ul>\n\n<\/div><!-- \/module accordion -->        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-anchor=\"keskinocak\" data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_has_section tb_section-keskinocak tb_c5ju176 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_wfhz176 first\">\n                            <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_subrow themify_builder_sub_row tf_w col_align_top tb_col_count_2 tb_ye69176\">\n                <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column col4-1 tb_am8a176 first\">\n                    <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_5klx176 image-top bordered  tf_mw\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1707\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/08\/David-Shmoys-12-copy-scaled.jpeg\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-5437\" title=\"David Shmoys\" alt=\"David Shmoys\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/08\/David-Shmoys-12-copy-scaled.jpeg 1707w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/08\/David-Shmoys-12-copy-200x300.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/08\/David-Shmoys-12-copy-683x1024.jpeg 683w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/08\/David-Shmoys-12-copy-768x1152.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/08\/David-Shmoys-12-copy-1024x1536.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/08\/David-Shmoys-12-copy-1365x2048.jpeg 1365w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1707px) 100vw, 1707px\" \/>    \n        <\/div>\n    <!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    \n        <div class=\"image-content\">\n                    <h3 class=\"image-title\">\n                                    David Shmoys                            <\/h3>\n                        <div class=\"image-caption tb_text_wrap\">\n            Cornell University        <\/div>\n        <!-- \/image-caption -->\n            <\/div>\n    <!-- \/image-content -->\n        <\/div>\n<!-- \/module image -->        <\/div>\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column col4-3 tb_r17u176 last\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_9a7h176   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h4><strong>Philip McCord Morse Lectureship\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 O.R. and analytics in support of democracy<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Computational tools can now address (at scale) a wide range of decision-making elements of the democratic process. Perhaps the most well-studied of these is to construct (and evaluate) legislative districts for each state, a process dictated by the United States Constitution to recur every 10 years. Sixty years have passed since the first attempts at using integer programming (IP) \u2013 and a myriad of other methods \u2013 to provide \u201cnonpartisan political redistricting by computer\u201d (presented at ORSA\/TIMS \u2013 INFORMS\u2019 predecessor meeting \u2013 in October 1964). <br \/><br \/>This talk will briefly discuss several large-scale approaches made possible by both advances in IP and in computational power. Although these methods are effective, they provide opportunities to both achieve notions of fairness and to thwart such objectives. Innovative Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) methods have been introduced to provide a mathematical perspective to detect attempts at undermining fairness in the resulting districting plans. These have inspired randomized local search procedures to, among other objectives, achieve a desired number of majority-minority districts within a statewide plan, but it appears that tailored IP methods can also outperform these.<\/p>\n<p>One counterproposal advocated by several \u201cgood government\u201d NGO\u2019s is to modify the current system to a \u201cmulti-member\u201d one, where each (larger) district elects, for example, 3 representatives through a process of using ranked-choice votes with a mechanism called single-transferable voting. IP can again be used to analyze the impact of such a modified system, and demonstrates (at least at the first cut) that this change would both help to facilitate fair outcomes, and limit the power of those attempting to undermine such fairness. Finally, we will highlight the notion of a citizens\u2019 assembly and sketch how OR tools can be (and are, in practice) employed to deliver on the promise of delivering a fair democratic system by this alternative approach.<br \/><br \/>There is a growing community of researchers contributing to these efforts, and we will provide a whirlwind tour of this burgeoning area.<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text --><!-- module accordion -->\n<div  class=\"module module-accordion tb_z1e0176 \" data-behavior=\"toggle\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n    \n    <ul class=\"ui module-accordion  embossed shadow tb_default_color\">\n            <li>\n            <div class=\"accordion-title tf_rel\">\n                <a href=\"#acc-z1e0176-0\" class=\"tb_title_accordion\" aria-controls=\"acc-z1e0176-0-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\">About David Shmoys<\/span>                <\/a>\n            <\/div><!-- .accordion-title -->\n            <div id=\"acc-z1e0176-0-content\" data-id=\"acc-z1e0176-0\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"accordion-content tf_hide tf_clearfix\">\n                                    <div class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n                        <p>David Shmoys is the Laibe\/Acheson Professor and the Director for the Center for Data Science for Enterprise &amp; Society at Cornell University. He obtained his Ph.D. in computer science from the University of California at Berkeley in 1984, and held postdoctoral positions at MSRI in Berkeley and Harvard University, and a faculty position at MIT before joining the Cornell faculty. He is a Fellow of INFORMS, ACM, SIAM, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and was an NSF Presidential Young Investigator. He has received the INFORMS Lanchester and Wagner Prizes and the INFORMS Optimization Society Khachiyan Prize. He has been the advisor for more than 30 graduated Ph.D. students, and his former students are currently on the faculties of many leading universities and industrial research labs, including MIT, Waterloo, Brown, Maryland, Georgetown, and Google. Shmoys&#8217; research is grounded in the design and analysis of efficient algorithms for discrete optimization problems, with applications including scheduling, inventory theory, computational biology, and computational sustainability. Most recently, he has been working on data-driven models in a broad cross-section of areas, including COVID epidemiological modeling, IoT network design, routing in data center networks, and congressional districting.<\/p>                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div><!-- .accordion-content -->\n        <\/li>\n        <\/ul>\n\n<\/div><!-- \/module accordion -->        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_9l2w935 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_wtvm935 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_a281935   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h3><strong>MONDAY, OCTOBER 21, 5:25-6:15PM<\/strong><\/h3>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-anchor=\"sharkey\" data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_has_section tb_section-sharkey tb_9qhn42 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_fote42 first\">\n                            <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_subrow themify_builder_sub_row tf_w col_align_top tb_col_count_2 tb_3m6242\">\n                <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column col4-1 tb_kfq842 first\">\n                    <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_qut442 image-top bordered  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\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/02\/Thomas-Sharkey.jpg\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-3761\" title=\"Thomas Sharkey\" alt=\"Thomas Sharkey\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/02\/Thomas-Sharkey.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/02\/Thomas-Sharkey-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                                    Thomas Sharkey                            <\/h3>\n                        <div class=\"image-caption tb_text_wrap\">\n            Clemson University        <\/div>\n        <!-- \/image-caption -->\n            <\/div>\n    <!-- \/image-content -->\n        <\/div>\n<!-- \/module image -->        <\/div>\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column col4-3 tb_s41q42 last\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_60fy42   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h4><strong>The Importance of Lived Experience for Better, Smarter O.R. Models to Disrupt Sex Trafficking<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Given the complexity and range of experiences in human trafficking, research and practice in this space has the potential for unintended consequences. Even well-meaning research and action can cause great harms if based on fuzzy conceptualization, overgeneralizations, or incomplete data.\u00a0 This talk will demonstrate the importance of including experts with lived experience, commonly referred to as survivors, in creating O.R. approaches to disrupt sex trafficking.\u00a0 It will show how our conceptualization of sex trafficking became better (more accurate, attuned to context, and actionable) and how our O.R. models and analysis became smarter because of our inclusion of experts with lived experience as research partners.\u00a0 The talk will then discuss how the O.R. and analytics community can include people with lived experience in our community\u2019s efforts to help disrupt sex trafficking.<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text --><!-- module accordion -->\n<div  class=\"module module-accordion tb_7mww966 \" data-behavior=\"toggle\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n    \n    <ul class=\"ui module-accordion  embossed shadow tb_default_color\">\n            <li>\n            <div class=\"accordion-title tf_rel\">\n                <a href=\"#acc-7mww966-0\" class=\"tb_title_accordion\" aria-controls=\"acc-7mww966-0-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\">About Thomas Sharkey<\/span>                <\/a>\n            <\/div><!-- .accordion-title -->\n            <div id=\"acc-7mww966-0-content\" data-id=\"acc-7mww966-0\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"accordion-content tf_hide tf_clearfix\">\n                                    <div class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n                        <p>Thomas Sharkey is a Professor of Industrial Engineering at Clemson University.\u00a0 He is part of a transdisciplinary research team that combines OR, social science, and lived experience expertise to study sex trafficking.\u00a0 The team has been funded by several grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Institute of Justice (NIJ).\u00a0 He leads efforts of the team to model effective disruptions to trafficking networks.\u00a0 He\u00a0obtained his PhD in Industrial and Systems Engineering from the University of Florida in 2008 and spent twelve years as a faculty member at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. His research applies network optimization to social issues, including community resilience and disrupting illicit networks.\u00a0 It has been funded by the NSF, including a CAREER award, the NIJ, and the Department of Homeland Security.\u00a0 He has received multiple teaching awards for creating blended learning environments for undergraduate OR courses, including the IISE OR Division annual teaching award, the Rensselaer Alumni Association Teaching Award, and the Murray Stokely Excellence in Teaching Award from Clemson University.\u00a0<\/p>                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div><!-- .accordion-content -->\n        <\/li>\n        <\/ul>\n\n<\/div><!-- \/module accordion -->        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-anchor=\"eppinger\" data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_has_section tb_section-eppinger tb_jm5l41 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_uacm41 first\">\n                            <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_subrow themify_builder_sub_row tf_w col_align_top tb_col_count_2 tb_7syb42\">\n                <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column col4-1 tb_hoza42 first\">\n                    <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_mf6042 image-top bordered  tf_mw\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/07\/Steven-Eppinger.jpg\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-4853\" title=\"Steven Eppinger\" alt=\"Steven Eppinger\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/07\/Steven-Eppinger.jpg 200w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/07\/Steven-Eppinger-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>    \n        <\/div>\n    <!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    \n        <div class=\"image-content\">\n                    <h3 class=\"image-title\">\n                                    Steven Eppinger                            <\/h3>\n                        <div class=\"image-caption tb_text_wrap\">\n            MIT Sloan School of Management        <\/div>\n        <!-- \/image-caption -->\n            <\/div>\n    <!-- \/image-content -->\n        <\/div>\n<!-- \/module image -->        <\/div>\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column col4-3 tb_4i1q42 last\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_5r9o42   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h4><strong>OMEGA-RHO LECTURE<br \/>Adventures in Engineering Management<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>There are many interesting problems in engineering management for which network modeling and management science methods can be usefully applied &#8211; particularly where complex systems are involved. In this Omega Rho Distinguished Lecture, I will describe some problems addressed using Design Structure Matrix methods, challenges of Agile development for complex systems, and more..<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text --><!-- module accordion -->\n<div  class=\"module module-accordion tb_ajda492 \" data-behavior=\"toggle\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n    \n    <ul class=\"ui module-accordion  embossed shadow tb_default_color\">\n            <li>\n            <div class=\"accordion-title tf_rel\">\n                <a href=\"#acc-ajda492-0\" class=\"tb_title_accordion\" aria-controls=\"acc-ajda492-0-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\">About Steven Eppinger<\/span>                <\/a>\n            <\/div><!-- .accordion-title -->\n            <div id=\"acc-ajda492-0-content\" data-id=\"acc-ajda492-0\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"accordion-content tf_hide tf_clearfix\">\n                                    <div class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n                        <p>Steven Eppinger is Professor of Management Science and Innovation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Management where he holds the General Motors Leaders for Global Operations Chair. Professor Eppinger teaches interdisciplinary courses at both the masters and executive levels in product design and innovation, technical project management, and engineering leadership. He is co-author of the textbook Product Design and Development (McGraw-Hill). Now in its seventh edition, the text has been translated into several languages and used by hundreds of universities and hundreds of thousands of students. Dr. Eppinger&#8217;s research is applied to improving complex technical projects in a wide range of industries and is the basis of the book titled Design Structure Matrix Methods and Applications (MIT Press). His current research is helping to translate the process of agile software development to a wider range of technical projects.<\/p>\n<p>His work has contributed to fields ranging from project management and systems engineering to product development and product management. He is one of the most widely cited scholars in the engineering design and technical management disciplines. Prof. Eppinger has served as Deputy Dean of the MIT Sloan School of Management and has chaired many of MIT\u2019s interdisciplinary masters degree programs (System Design and Management &#8211; SDM, Integrated Design and Management &#8211; IDM, Leaders for Global Operations &#8211; LGO, and Leaders for Manufacturing &#8211; LFM). He has also held a joint appointment at MIT in the Engineering Systems Division.<\/p>\n<p>He received S.B., S.M., and Sc.D. degrees from MIT&#8217;s Department of Mechanical Engineering.<\/p>                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div><!-- .accordion-content -->\n        <\/li>\n        <\/ul>\n\n<\/div><!-- \/module accordion -->        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-anchor=\"teo\" data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_has_section tb_section-teo tb_e1x3742 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_3859742 first\">\n                            <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_subrow themify_builder_sub_row tf_w col_align_top tb_col_count_2 tb_syoq742\">\n                <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column col4-1 tb_rhfv742 first\">\n                    <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_jt0u743 image-top bordered  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\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/09\/Prof-Teo-CP.jpg\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-5825\" title=\"CHUNG PIAW TEO\" alt=\"Steven Eppinger\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/09\/Prof-Teo-CP.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/09\/Prof-Teo-CP-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                                    CHUNG PIAW TEO                            <\/h3>\n                        <div class=\"image-caption tb_text_wrap\">\n            NUS Business School\nOperations Research and Analytics        <\/div>\n        <!-- \/image-caption -->\n            <\/div>\n    <!-- \/image-content -->\n        <\/div>\n<!-- \/module image -->        <\/div>\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column col4-3 tb_skrw743 last\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_ys42743   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h4><strong>IFORS Distinguished LECTURE\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 From Lotteries to Optimal Decision-making: Operations Research and the Theory of Moments<br \/><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Lottery games, with their complex probabilistic structures and significant financial stakes, provide a fertile playground for Operations Research (O.R.) researchers. This talk explores the rich opportunities for applying advanced O.R. techniques to optimize various aspects of lottery operations, from ticket sales to payout management, and illustrates the broader implications for decision making in related fields. Through various real life case studies, we demonstrate how the study of lottery games can yield insights into human behavior, statistical anomalies, and effective risk management strategies. In particular, we show how mean-variance analysis, a core concept within the theory of moments, can be a powerful method in decision making within this sector. This method evaluates the trade-off between risk and return, providing a structured and quantitative approach to optimize decisions under uncertainty.<\/p>\n<p>We also develop a general framework for the &#8220;picking winners&#8221; problem, aiming to select a small pool of candidate solutions to maximize the chances that one will perform exceedingly well in a combinatorial optimization problem, under a linear and additive random payoff function. This problem is formulated using a two-stage distributionally robust model with a mixed 0-1 semidefinite program, leveraging the Theory of Moments. This approach allows us to exploit the diversification effect to improve the chances of achieving a high ex-post payoff.<\/p>\n<p>Applications of this framework in fields such as revenue management (offer construction) and fraud detection (credit rating) will be presented. Additionally, we demonstrate how this framework is connected to the field of explainable AI, enhancing transparency and trust in the decision-making process.<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text --><!-- module accordion -->\n<div  class=\"module module-accordion tb_92u9743 \" data-behavior=\"toggle\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n    \n    <ul class=\"ui module-accordion  embossed shadow tb_default_color\">\n            <li>\n            <div class=\"accordion-title tf_rel\">\n                <a href=\"#acc-92u9743-0\" class=\"tb_title_accordion\" aria-controls=\"acc-92u9743-0-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\">About Chung Piaw Teo<\/span>                <\/a>\n            <\/div><!-- .accordion-title -->\n            <div id=\"acc-92u9743-0-content\" data-id=\"acc-92u9743-0\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"accordion-content tf_hide tf_clearfix\">\n                                    <div class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n                        <p>Chung Piaw Teo is the Provost\u2019s Chair Professor at the NUS Business School and concurrently serves as the Executive Director of the Institute of Operations Research and Analytics (IORA) at the National University of Singapore. He is also the Co-Director of the SIA-NUS Digital Aviation Corp Lab and the Director of the Center on Modern Logistics at the Chongqing-NUS Research Institute.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to his current appointments, he held several key positions at the NUS Business School, including Head of Department, Acting Deputy Dean, and Vice-Dean of the Research and Ph.D. Program. He has also been a fellow in the Singapore-MIT Alliance Program, an Eschbach Scholar at Northwestern University (US), a Professor at Sungkyunkwan Graduate School of Business (Korea), and a Distinguished Visiting Professor at YuanZe University (Taiwan).<\/p>\n<p>In 2019, he was elected Fellow of INFORMS and was awarded the Public Administration Medal (Silver) by the Singapore Government in 2023. His research interests span service and manufacturing operations, supply chain management, discrete optimization, and machine learning. Currently, he is leading efforts at NUS to develop IORA as part of the University\u2019s strategic initiatives in the Smart Nation Research Program. Additionally, he serves as a department editor for Management Science (Optimization, now Optimization and Analytics) and is a former area editor for Operations Research (Operations and Supply Chains).<\/p>                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div><!-- .accordion-content -->\n        <\/li>\n        <\/ul>\n\n<\/div><!-- \/module accordion -->        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_1pph640 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_p0v9640 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_i85n640   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h3><strong>TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 5:25-6:15PM<\/strong><\/h3>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-anchor=\"pinson\" data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_has_section tb_section-pinson tb_92a9837 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_g4l8837 first\">\n                            <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_subrow themify_builder_sub_row tf_w col_align_top tb_col_count_2 tb_xpqc837\">\n                <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column col4-1 tb_arur838 first\">\n                    <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_ujww956 image-top bordered  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\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/07\/Pierre_Pinson.jpg\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-4982\" title=\"Pierre Pinson\" alt=\"Pierre Pinson\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/07\/Pierre_Pinson.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/07\/Pierre_Pinson-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                                    Pierre Pinson                            <\/h3>\n                    <\/div>\n    <!-- \/image-content -->\n        <\/div>\n<!-- \/module image --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_vg32231   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p>Halfspace and Imperial College London, Copenhagen<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column col4-3 tb_70tx838 last\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_17yv838   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h4><strong>2024 INFORMS franz edelman award REPRISE\u00a0<br \/>P<\/strong><strong style=\"letter-spacing: 0.05em;\">assenger Ferry Operations in the Digital Era: Forecasting &amp; Revenue Management at Molslinjen<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Halfspace and Molslinjen have partnered to develop and operate a successful forecasting and revenue management toolbox for data-driven operation of ferries in Denmark, rolled out operationally since 2020. This has resulted in $2.6-3.2M yearly savings and been a significant contributor to a 3% reduction in fuel costs and emissions. This toolbox relies on the latest advances in machine learning for forecasting and ORMS approaches to revenue management. The potential for generalizing to the global ferry industry is significant, with an impact on both revenues and ESG criteria.<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text --><!-- module accordion -->\n<div  class=\"module module-accordion tb_k95n406 \" data-behavior=\"toggle\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n    \n    <ul class=\"ui module-accordion  embossed shadow tb_default_color\">\n            <li>\n            <div class=\"accordion-title tf_rel\">\n                <a href=\"#acc-k95n406-0\" class=\"tb_title_accordion\" aria-controls=\"acc-k95n406-0-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\">About Pierre Pinson<\/span>                <\/a>\n            <\/div><!-- .accordion-title -->\n            <div id=\"acc-k95n406-0-content\" data-id=\"acc-k95n406-0\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"accordion-content tf_hide tf_clearfix\">\n                                    <div class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n                        <p>Pierre Pinson is with Halfspace and Imperial College London in Copenhagen.<\/p>                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div><!-- .accordion-content -->\n        <\/li>\n        <\/ul>\n\n<\/div><!-- \/module accordion -->        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-anchor=\"martagan\" data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_has_section tb_section-martagan tb_qw7x555 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_tamf555 first\">\n                            <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_subrow themify_builder_sub_row tf_w col_align_top tb_col_count_2 tb_ydej555\">\n                <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column col4-1 tb_ngw9555 first\">\n                    <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_b1hu555 image-top bordered  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\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/02\/Martagan-Tugce.jpg\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-3759\" title=\"Tugce Martagan\" alt=\"Tugce Martagan\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/02\/Martagan-Tugce.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/02\/Martagan-Tugce-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                                    Tugce Martagan                            <\/h3>\n                        <div class=\"image-caption tb_text_wrap\">\n            Eindhoven University of Technology        <\/div>\n        <!-- \/image-caption -->\n            <\/div>\n    <!-- \/image-content -->\n        <\/div>\n<!-- \/module image -->        <\/div>\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column col4-3 tb_w62i555 last\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_lwii555   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h4><strong>OR\/AI Applications in the (Bio)Pharmaceutical Industry: Vision and Future Research Directions<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>The application of Operations Research and Artificial Intelligence (OR\/AI) methodologies has successfully helped transform several industries. However, there is still a significant need for more OR\/AI research in the (bio)pharmaceutical industry. Until recently, competitive advantage in the (bio)pharmaceutical industry has been driven primarily by advances in life sciences. However, with increasing demand and competition, the industry is becoming more sensitive to cost efficiency, supply chain resilience, and equitable patient access to medicines.<\/p>\n<p>In this presentation, we will reflect on how OR\/AI applications can help advance the (bio)pharmaceutical industry. We will begin with an overview of current industry trends, needs and challenges. We will also discuss some examples from manufacturing and supply chain applications, based on our work presented in the 2022 Franz Edelman competition. Finally, we will propose a research roadmap and a portfolio of future research directions for OR\/AI applications in (bio)pharmaceutical manufacturing.<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text --><!-- module accordion -->\n<div  class=\"module module-accordion tb_cf29555 \" data-behavior=\"toggle\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n    \n    <ul class=\"ui module-accordion  embossed shadow tb_default_color\">\n            <li>\n            <div class=\"accordion-title tf_rel\">\n                <a href=\"#acc-cf29555-0\" class=\"tb_title_accordion\" aria-controls=\"acc-cf29555-0-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\">About Tugce Martagan<\/span>                <\/a>\n            <\/div><!-- .accordion-title -->\n            <div id=\"acc-cf29555-0-content\" data-id=\"acc-cf29555-0\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"accordion-content tf_hide tf_clearfix\">\n                                    <div class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n                        <p>Tugce Martagan is an Associate Professor at the School of Industrial Engineering at Eindhoven University of Technology. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2015. Tugce specializes in stochastic modeling and optimization with applications in pharmaceutical supply chains. Her research has been recognized by various international awards, including the 2022 Franz Edelman finalist for her joint work with Merck, first prize in the POMS Applied Research Challenge, first prize in the INFORMS TIMES dissertation award, and honorable mention in the INFORMS George Dantzig dissertation award. She has also received several teaching awards. She has obtained a Marie Curie research grant from the European Commission, and the VENI (early career) and VIDI (mid-career) grants from the Dutch Science Foundation. She is a research director of the European Supply Chain Forum and associate editor of Operations Research.<\/p>                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div><!-- .accordion-content -->\n        <\/li>\n        <\/ul>\n\n<\/div><!-- \/module accordion -->        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plenaries | Keynotes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-275","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.0 (Yoast SEO v26.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Plenaries &amp; 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Helps the United Nations Deliver Food and Hope<\/strong><\/h4> <p>After years of steady decline, global hunger is on the rise again. More than 309 million people are on the brink of starvation as conflicts escalate worldwide. This alarming increase in food insecurity is driven by the many concurrent challenges the world is facing: the slow post-COVID recovery of global markets, a rise in natural disasters, and deepening conflicts. The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has responded by placing Operations Research (O.R.) at the core of its emergency response, transforming humanitarian work. How can analytics be harnessed to combat the rising tide of global hunger? What does it take to apply these sophisticated tools in WFP\u2019s complex operational environment? Through O.R., the WFP has not only streamlined food distribution, cutting delivery times significantly, but also provided a beacon of hope. As we confront these challenges, the continued innovation in O.R. is not just promising \u2014 it is a critical step toward a world without hunger.<\/p>\n<ul><li><h4>About Koen Peters<\/h4><p>Koen Peters is head of optimization for the World Food Programme\u2019s Supply Chain Planning &amp; Optimization branch. For the last decade he has been leading initiatives in the area of optimization and analytics, including tools that are now used to inform the design of food baskets, sourcing strategies, and delivery networks. These user-friendly solutions ensure that WFP can reach as many people in need as possible with available resources, and were awarded with the 2021 Franz Edelman Award for Achievement in Advanced Analytics, Operations Research and Management Science. Koen holds an MSc degree in operations research and management science from Tilburg University, and is pursuing a PhD in humanitarian analytics at Tilburg University\u2019s Zero Hunger Lab.<\/p><\/li><\/ul>\n<h3><strong>MONDAY, OCTOBER 21, 9:45-10:35AM<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h4><strong>Making the most of this AI Moment:<br \/>A Fireside Chat with Charles Isbell and Michael Littman<\/strong><\/h4> \u00a0\n<p>Interest in AI, which was already high, has reached a fever pitch since the release of ChatGPT two years ago. Fascination and fear abound, so how do we engage the public for the health of society to ensure AI is a force for good and not for harm? How do we broaden access to computing to shape its future? How can comedy and humor help? What roles should leading scientists take to best impact these issues? These are just a few of the questions to be discussed during this fireside chat, which longtime INFORMS member Cynthia Rudin will lead with two fellow computer scientists, who are excited to share their combined 60+ years of experience in AI and machine learning.<\/p>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/07\/Cynthia-Rudin-300x300.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" title=\"Moderator &lt;br&gt;Cynthia Rudin\" alt=\"Cynthia Rudin\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/07\/Cynthia-Rudin-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/07\/Cynthia-Rudin-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/07\/Cynthia-Rudin.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Moderator <br>Cynthia Rudin <\/h3> Duke University\n<ul><li><h4>About Cynthia Rudin<\/h4><p>Cynthia Rudin is Earl D. McLean, Jr. Professor of Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Statistical Science, Mathematics, Biostatistics &amp; Bioinformatics at Duke University, and directs the Interpretable Machine Learning Lab. She holds degrees from the University at Buffalo and Princeton. She is the recipient of the 2022 Squirrel AI Award for Artificial Intelligence for the Benefit of Humanity from AAAI (the \u201cNobel Prize of AI\u201d). She is also a three-time winner of the INFORMS Innovative Applications in Analytics Award, and a 2022 Guggenheim Fellow. She is a fellow of the American Statistical Association, the Institute of Mathematical Statistics, and AAAI. Her goal is to design predictive models that people can understand.<\/p><\/li><\/ul>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/07\/Charles-Isbell-300x300.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" title=\"CHARLES ISBELL\" alt=\"Cynthia Rudin\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/07\/Charles-Isbell.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/07\/Charles-Isbell-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> CHARLES ISBELL <\/h3> University of Wisconsin\n<ul><li><h4>About Charles Isbell<\/h4><p>Provost\u00a0Dr. Charles Isbell became UW-Madison\u2019s provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs in August of 2023. He previously served as the dean of the College of Computing at Georgia Tech. Dr. Isbell earned his bachelor\u2019s degree in Information and Computer Science from Georgia Tech, and his SM and PhD at MIT's Artificial Intelligence Lab. His research interests are varied but the unifying theme of his work has been using machine learning to build autonomous agents that engage directly with humans. In addition to leading the academic mission at UW-Madison, he is highly regarded as an expert in both artificial intelligence and educational reform on a national scale.<\/p><\/li><\/ul>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/02\/Michael-Littman-300x300.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" title=\"Michael Littman\" alt=\"Michael Littman\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/02\/Michael-Littman.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/02\/Michael-Littman-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Michael Littman <\/h3> National Science Foundation\n<ul><li><h4>About Michael Littman<\/h4><p>Michael L. Littman is currently serving as Division Director for Information and Intelligent Systems at the National Science Foundation. The division is home to the programs and program officers that support researchers in artificial intelligence, human-centered computing, data management, and assistive technologies, as well as those exploring the impact of intelligent information systems on society. Littman is also University Professor of Computer Science at Brown University, where he studies machine learning and decision-making under uncertainty. He has earned multiple university-level awards for teaching and his research has been recognized with three best-paper awards and three influential paper awards. Littman is a Fellow of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence and the Association for Computing Machinery.<\/p><\/li><\/ul>\n<h3><strong>TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 9:45-10:35AM<\/strong><\/h3>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/04\/Harriet_B_Nembhard-300x300.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" title=\"Harriet Nembhard\" alt=\"Harriet Nembhard\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/04\/Harriet_B_Nembhard.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/04\/Harriet_B_Nembhard-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Harriet Nembhard <\/h3> Harvey Mudd College\n<h4><strong>Preparing Interdisciplinary Leaders:\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Reimagine Your Department As A Place For Educating Future Operations Research Leaders Who Can Tackle Complex And Nuanced Problems<\/strong><\/h4> <p>In the face of today\u2019s multifaceted global challenges, the role of Operations Research (O.R.) is more critical than ever. This plenary will explore how academic departments can be transformed into incubators for future O.R. leaders who are adept at addressing complex societal issues through interdisciplinary approaches. Beginning with a personal narrative, the talk highlights the urgent need for integrating diverse perspectives in OR education and practice. Drawing from successful initiatives at Harvey Mudd College and real-world applications, we discuss strategies for embedding interdisciplinary thinking, enhancing curricula, and fostering collaboration with industry and community partners. Participants will gain actionable insights on aligning academic programs with strategic goals, promoting effective leadership, and preparing students to create impactful, innovative O.R. solutions that contribute to achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This session aims to inspire and equip O.R. educators and practitioners to reimagine their departments as dynamic environments for training the next generation of leaders capable of making smarter decisions for a better world.<\/p>\n<ul><li><h4>About Harriet Nembhard<\/h4><p>Harriet B. Nembhard has served as Harvey Mudd College\u2019s sixth president and professor of the college since July 1, 2023. She is nationally recognized leader in the field of industrial and operations engineering, an expert in health systems, a voice on the national level for transforming undergraduate STEM education, and a champion for Harvey Mudd\u2019s mission. President Nembhard is leading the development of an ambitious strategic plan to fortify Harvey Mudd\u2019s standing as a distinctive liberal arts college for science, engineering, and mathematics.<\/p> <p>Prior to her appointment at Harvey Mudd, Nembhard was dean of engineering at the University of Iowa and had previously held leadership positions at Oregon State and Penn State. She has been the principal investigator on several research projects supported by the National Science Foundation to improve the efficiency and quality of healthcare delivery to patients. Nembhard is an elected Fellow of the American Society for Quality, Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers, and American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, and currently serves on the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Roundtable on Systemic Change in Undergraduate STEM Education.<\/p> <p>Nembhard earned a BA from Claremont McKenna College, BS from Arizona State University, and an MS and PhD from the University of Michigan.<\/p><\/li><\/ul>\n<h3><strong>WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 11:05-11:55AM<\/strong><\/h3>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/07\/Ann-Tracy.jpg\" title=\"Ann Tracy\" alt=\"Koen Peters\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/07\/Ann-Tracy.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/07\/Ann-Tracy-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Ann Tracy <\/h3> Colgate-Palmolive\n<h4><strong>Reimagining a Healthier Future with Sustainable Supply Chains<\/strong><\/h4> <p>Sustainability is rising as a priority on the corporate agenda, with increasing attention on supply chain, since this is where key contributions of a company's carbon emissions occur including a focus on the upstream supply chain. Colgate-Palmolive is ranked as one of the best supply chains in the world, and that leadership extends to their innovation in sustainability. They developed the world's first recyclable toothpaste tube and then shared the design with competitors in order to increase adoption. Join this plenary to hear how they are leading the way and learn about the real on-the-ground challenges they are tackling.<\/p>\n<ul><li><h4>About Ann Tracy<\/h4><p>As Colgate-Palmolive's Chief Sustainability Officer, Ann leads Colgate's Global Sustainable Strategy and Key Initiatives, integrating a strong technical foundation across our Enterprise Sustainability and Social Impact Strategy Core Ambition Pillars - driving social impact, helping millions of homes and preserving our environment.<\/p> <p>Ann holds a BA degree in Applied Science, a BS degree in Mechanical Engineering, and a Master's of Engineering degree in Manufacturing Systems. Most recently, Ann has completed a Certificate of Sustainability from the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership. Currently, she is on the Board of the UNGC Network USA.<\/p><\/li><\/ul>\n<h2>Keynotes<\/h2>\n<h3><strong>SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20, 5:25-6:15PM<\/strong><\/h3>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/07\/USC_MooreSchool_logo_horizontal_CMYK_2C.jpg\" title=\"University of South Carolina\" alt=\"University of South Carolina\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/07\/USC_MooreSchool_logo_horizontal_CMYK_2C.jpg 1387w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/07\/USC_MooreSchool_logo_horizontal_CMYK_2C-300x64.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/07\/USC_MooreSchool_logo_horizontal_CMYK_2C-1024x219.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/07\/USC_MooreSchool_logo_horizontal_CMYK_2C-768x164.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1387px) 100vw, 1387px\" \/> <h3> University of South Carolina <\/h3>\n<h4><strong>2024 INFORMS UPS George D. Smith Prize<br>Reprise: University of South Carolina<\/strong><\/h4> <p>The Management Science Department in the Darla Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina supports both undergraduate and graduate programs in operations and supply chain and business analytics as well as a Ph.D. in operations management. The department couples classroom and real-world, experiential learning to produce top-notch graduates. The Operations and Supply Chain (OSC) Center, through which students have the opportunity to earn an industry-certified Lean Six Sigma Green Belt, plays a central role in this real-world experience and has, over time, become a focal point for identifying, developing and placing well-trained talent in many leading Fortune 500 multinational firms. The OSC Center faculty have executed 360+ capstone consulting student projects in more than 45 partner firms yielding more than 330 million dollars in recurring benefits.<\/p> <p>The department is also home to the Moore School Data Lab, which assists students with statistics and data analytics courses, and to the Center for Applied Business Analytics, which provides training, academic challenges and curriculum support to students and faculty. Graduate programs include the Masters of Science in Business Analytics and concentrations in Operations and Supply Chain in the school\u2019s various MBA programs. The department\u2019s executive education programs have trained over 5,000 officers in the U.S. Army on the use of advanced data analytics.<\/p> <p>Doctoral graduates from the Management Science Department are currently working as faculty members at institutions such as Penn State University, The Ohio State University, Florida State University, University of Colorado, and University of Tennessee, among others.<\/p>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/07\/Sanjay_Ahire.jpg\" title=\"Sanjay Ahire\" alt=\"Pinar Keskinocak\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/07\/Sanjay_Ahire.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/07\/Sanjay_Ahire-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Sanjay Ahire <\/h3> University of South Carolina\n<ul><li><h4>About\u00a0Sanjay Ahire<\/h4><p>Sanjay Ahire (Ph.D. Management Science, University of Alabama \u2013 1992; M.M.S. Operations Management, University of Bombay \u2013 1985; B.Chem. Engg., University of Bombay \u2013 1982) is the Carolina Trustees Professor and Professor of Operations and Supply Chain Management at the Darla Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina (USC).\u00a0 He was the first tenured professor to receive the highest designation of Six Sigma Master Black Belt from the American Society for Quality (2012). He has won the INFORMS Prize for Teaching of OR\/MS Practice (2018) and the inaugural Production and Operations Management Society Award for Excellence in Industry Engagement (2023). Dr. Ahire is a Co-Director of the USC-Operations and Supply Chain Center. He heads the unique industry-validated Sonoco-USC Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certification initiative that has graduated more than 1,600 students with this valuable certification\u00a0<em>before<\/em>\u00a0graduation.<\/p><\/li><\/ul>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/07\/Mark_Ferguson.jpg\" title=\"Mark Ferguson\" alt=\"Pinar Keskinocak\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/07\/Mark_Ferguson.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/07\/Mark_Ferguson-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Mark Ferguson <\/h3> University of South Carolina\n<ul><li><h4>About Mark Ferguson<\/h4><p>Mark Ferguson is the Associate Dean for Accreditation and Strategic Planning, and the Dewey H. Johnson Professor of Management Science at the Moore School. He received his Ph.D. in Business Administration with a concentration in operations management from Duke University in 2001. He holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Virginia Tech and an M.S. in Industrial Engineering from Georgia Tech.<\/p><\/li><\/ul>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/02\/Pinar.jpg\" title=\"Pinar Keskinocak\" alt=\"Pinar Keskinocak\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/02\/Pinar.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/02\/Pinar-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Pinar Keskinocak <\/h3> Georgia Tech\n<h4><strong>Smarter Decisions Toward Preventing, Controlling, and Eliminating Infectious Diseases<\/strong><\/h4> <p>Advances in science, medicine, and public health significantly improved our understanding of infectious diseases as well as their prevention and control; however, infectious diseases continue to have a devastating impact on the lives and livelihoods of millions people around the world. Global and regional changes in climate, human behavior, contact between human and wildlife reservoirs, and technology may further exacerbate the risk of infectious diseases. There are tremendous opportunities for analytics and operations research in combatting infectious diseases, especially in resource-constrained settings. We will discuss examples of how operations research and analytics can inform decision-making related to disease prevention and control, improve equity in access to resources and outcomes, and support efforts toward eradication.<\/p>\n<ul><li><h4>About Pinar Keskinocak<\/h4><p>Pinar Keskinocak is the William W. George Chair and Professor in the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering and the co-founder and Director of the Center for Health and Humanitarian Systems at Georgia Tech. She is a fellow and past-president of INFORMS.<\/p><\/li><\/ul>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/08\/David-Shmoys-12-copy-scaled.jpeg\" title=\"David Shmoys\" alt=\"David Shmoys\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/08\/David-Shmoys-12-copy-scaled.jpeg 1707w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/08\/David-Shmoys-12-copy-200x300.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/08\/David-Shmoys-12-copy-683x1024.jpeg 683w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/08\/David-Shmoys-12-copy-768x1152.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/08\/David-Shmoys-12-copy-1024x1536.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/08\/David-Shmoys-12-copy-1365x2048.jpeg 1365w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1707px) 100vw, 1707px\" \/> <h3> David Shmoys <\/h3> Cornell University\n<h4><strong>Philip McCord Morse Lectureship\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 O.R. and analytics in support of democracy<\/strong><\/h4> <p>Computational tools can now address (at scale) a wide range of decision-making elements of the democratic process. Perhaps the most well-studied of these is to construct (and evaluate) legislative districts for each state, a process dictated by the United States Constitution to recur every 10 years. Sixty years have passed since the first attempts at using integer programming (IP) \u2013 and a myriad of other methods \u2013 to provide \u201cnonpartisan political redistricting by computer\u201d (presented at ORSA\/TIMS \u2013 INFORMS\u2019 predecessor meeting \u2013 in October 1964). <br \/><br \/>This talk will briefly discuss several large-scale approaches made possible by both advances in IP and in computational power. Although these methods are effective, they provide opportunities to both achieve notions of fairness and to thwart such objectives. Innovative Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) methods have been introduced to provide a mathematical perspective to detect attempts at undermining fairness in the resulting districting plans. These have inspired randomized local search procedures to, among other objectives, achieve a desired number of majority-minority districts within a statewide plan, but it appears that tailored IP methods can also outperform these.<\/p> <p>One counterproposal advocated by several \u201cgood government\u201d NGO\u2019s is to modify the current system to a \u201cmulti-member\u201d one, where each (larger) district elects, for example, 3 representatives through a process of using ranked-choice votes with a mechanism called single-transferable voting. IP can again be used to analyze the impact of such a modified system, and demonstrates (at least at the first cut) that this change would both help to facilitate fair outcomes, and limit the power of those attempting to undermine such fairness. Finally, we will highlight the notion of a citizens\u2019 assembly and sketch how OR tools can be (and are, in practice) employed to deliver on the promise of delivering a fair democratic system by this alternative approach.<br \/><br \/>There is a growing community of researchers contributing to these efforts, and we will provide a whirlwind tour of this burgeoning area.<\/p>\n<ul><li><h4>About David Shmoys<\/h4><p>David Shmoys is the Laibe\/Acheson Professor and the Director for the Center for Data Science for Enterprise &amp; Society at Cornell University. He obtained his Ph.D. in computer science from the University of California at Berkeley in 1984, and held postdoctoral positions at MSRI in Berkeley and Harvard University, and a faculty position at MIT before joining the Cornell faculty. He is a Fellow of INFORMS, ACM, SIAM, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and was an NSF Presidential Young Investigator. He has received the INFORMS Lanchester and Wagner Prizes and the INFORMS Optimization Society Khachiyan Prize. He has been the advisor for more than 30 graduated Ph.D. students, and his former students are currently on the faculties of many leading universities and industrial research labs, including MIT, Waterloo, Brown, Maryland, Georgetown, and Google. Shmoys' research is grounded in the design and analysis of efficient algorithms for discrete optimization problems, with applications including scheduling, inventory theory, computational biology, and computational sustainability. Most recently, he has been working on data-driven models in a broad cross-section of areas, including COVID epidemiological modeling, IoT network design, routing in data center networks, and congressional districting.<\/p><\/li><\/ul>\n<h3><strong>MONDAY, OCTOBER 21, 5:25-6:15PM<\/strong><\/h3>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/02\/Thomas-Sharkey.jpg\" title=\"Thomas Sharkey\" alt=\"Thomas Sharkey\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/02\/Thomas-Sharkey.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/02\/Thomas-Sharkey-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Thomas Sharkey <\/h3> Clemson University\n<h4><strong>The Importance of Lived Experience for Better, Smarter O.R. Models to Disrupt Sex Trafficking<\/strong><\/h4> <p>Given the complexity and range of experiences in human trafficking, research and practice in this space has the potential for unintended consequences. Even well-meaning research and action can cause great harms if based on fuzzy conceptualization, overgeneralizations, or incomplete data.\u00a0 This talk will demonstrate the importance of including experts with lived experience, commonly referred to as survivors, in creating O.R. approaches to disrupt sex trafficking.\u00a0 It will show how our conceptualization of sex trafficking became better (more accurate, attuned to context, and actionable) and how our O.R. models and analysis became smarter because of our inclusion of experts with lived experience as research partners.\u00a0 The talk will then discuss how the O.R. and analytics community can include people with lived experience in our community\u2019s efforts to help disrupt sex trafficking.<\/p>\n<ul><li><h4>About Thomas Sharkey<\/h4><p>Thomas Sharkey is a Professor of Industrial Engineering at Clemson University.\u00a0 He is part of a transdisciplinary research team that combines OR, social science, and lived experience expertise to study sex trafficking.\u00a0 The team has been funded by several grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Institute of Justice (NIJ).\u00a0 He leads efforts of the team to model effective disruptions to trafficking networks.\u00a0 He\u00a0obtained his PhD in Industrial and Systems Engineering from the University of Florida in 2008 and spent twelve years as a faculty member at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. His research applies network optimization to social issues, including community resilience and disrupting illicit networks.\u00a0 It has been funded by the NSF, including a CAREER award, the NIJ, and the Department of Homeland Security.\u00a0 He has received multiple teaching awards for creating blended learning environments for undergraduate OR courses, including the IISE OR Division annual teaching award, the Rensselaer Alumni Association Teaching Award, and the Murray Stokely Excellence in Teaching Award from Clemson University.\u00a0<\/p><\/li><\/ul>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/07\/Steven-Eppinger.jpg\" title=\"Steven Eppinger\" alt=\"Steven Eppinger\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/07\/Steven-Eppinger.jpg 200w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/07\/Steven-Eppinger-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/> <h3> Steven Eppinger <\/h3> MIT Sloan School of Management\n<h4><strong>OMEGA-RHO LECTURE<br \/>Adventures in Engineering Management<\/strong><\/h4> <p>There are many interesting problems in engineering management for which network modeling and management science methods can be usefully applied - particularly where complex systems are involved. In this Omega Rho Distinguished Lecture, I will describe some problems addressed using Design Structure Matrix methods, challenges of Agile development for complex systems, and more..<\/p>\n<ul><li><h4>About Steven Eppinger<\/h4><p>Steven Eppinger is Professor of Management Science and Innovation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Management where he holds the General Motors Leaders for Global Operations Chair. Professor Eppinger teaches interdisciplinary courses at both the masters and executive levels in product design and innovation, technical project management, and engineering leadership. He is co-author of the textbook Product Design and Development (McGraw-Hill). Now in its seventh edition, the text has been translated into several languages and used by hundreds of universities and hundreds of thousands of students. Dr. Eppinger's research is applied to improving complex technical projects in a wide range of industries and is the basis of the book titled Design Structure Matrix Methods and Applications (MIT Press). His current research is helping to translate the process of agile software development to a wider range of technical projects.<\/p> <p>His work has contributed to fields ranging from project management and systems engineering to product development and product management. He is one of the most widely cited scholars in the engineering design and technical management disciplines. Prof. Eppinger has served as Deputy Dean of the MIT Sloan School of Management and has chaired many of MIT\u2019s interdisciplinary masters degree programs (System Design and Management - SDM, Integrated Design and Management - IDM, Leaders for Global Operations - LGO, and Leaders for Manufacturing - LFM). He has also held a joint appointment at MIT in the Engineering Systems Division.<\/p> <p>He received S.B., S.M., and Sc.D. degrees from MIT's Department of Mechanical Engineering.<\/p><\/li><\/ul>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/09\/Prof-Teo-CP.jpg\" title=\"CHUNG PIAW TEO\" alt=\"Steven Eppinger\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/09\/Prof-Teo-CP.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/09\/Prof-Teo-CP-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> CHUNG PIAW TEO <\/h3> NUS Business School Operations Research and Analytics\n<h4><strong>IFORS Distinguished LECTURE\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 From Lotteries to Optimal Decision-making: Operations Research and the Theory of Moments<br \/><\/strong><\/h4> <p>Lottery games, with their complex probabilistic structures and significant financial stakes, provide a fertile playground for Operations Research (O.R.) researchers. This talk explores the rich opportunities for applying advanced O.R. techniques to optimize various aspects of lottery operations, from ticket sales to payout management, and illustrates the broader implications for decision making in related fields. Through various real life case studies, we demonstrate how the study of lottery games can yield insights into human behavior, statistical anomalies, and effective risk management strategies. In particular, we show how mean-variance analysis, a core concept within the theory of moments, can be a powerful method in decision making within this sector. This method evaluates the trade-off between risk and return, providing a structured and quantitative approach to optimize decisions under uncertainty.<\/p> <p>We also develop a general framework for the \"picking winners\" problem, aiming to select a small pool of candidate solutions to maximize the chances that one will perform exceedingly well in a combinatorial optimization problem, under a linear and additive random payoff function. This problem is formulated using a two-stage distributionally robust model with a mixed 0-1 semidefinite program, leveraging the Theory of Moments. This approach allows us to exploit the diversification effect to improve the chances of achieving a high ex-post payoff.<\/p> <p>Applications of this framework in fields such as revenue management (offer construction) and fraud detection (credit rating) will be presented. Additionally, we demonstrate how this framework is connected to the field of explainable AI, enhancing transparency and trust in the decision-making process.<\/p>\n<ul><li><h4>About Chung Piaw Teo<\/h4><p>Chung Piaw Teo is the Provost\u2019s Chair Professor at the NUS Business School and concurrently serves as the Executive Director of the Institute of Operations Research and Analytics (IORA) at the National University of Singapore. He is also the Co-Director of the SIA-NUS Digital Aviation Corp Lab and the Director of the Center on Modern Logistics at the Chongqing-NUS Research Institute.<\/p> <p>Prior to his current appointments, he held several key positions at the NUS Business School, including Head of Department, Acting Deputy Dean, and Vice-Dean of the Research and Ph.D. Program. He has also been a fellow in the Singapore-MIT Alliance Program, an Eschbach Scholar at Northwestern University (US), a Professor at Sungkyunkwan Graduate School of Business (Korea), and a Distinguished Visiting Professor at YuanZe University (Taiwan).<\/p> <p>In 2019, he was elected Fellow of INFORMS and was awarded the Public Administration Medal (Silver) by the Singapore Government in 2023. His research interests span service and manufacturing operations, supply chain management, discrete optimization, and machine learning. Currently, he is leading efforts at NUS to develop IORA as part of the University\u2019s strategic initiatives in the Smart Nation Research Program. Additionally, he serves as a department editor for Management Science (Optimization, now Optimization and Analytics) and is a former area editor for Operations Research (Operations and Supply Chains).<\/p><\/li><\/ul>\n<h3><strong>TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 5:25-6:15PM<\/strong><\/h3>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/07\/Pierre_Pinson.jpg\" title=\"Pierre Pinson\" alt=\"Pierre Pinson\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/07\/Pierre_Pinson.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/07\/Pierre_Pinson-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Pierre Pinson <\/h3>\n<p>Halfspace and Imperial College London, Copenhagen<\/p>\n<h4><strong>2024 INFORMS franz edelman award REPRISE\u00a0<br \/>P<\/strong><strong style=\"letter-spacing: 0.05em;\">assenger Ferry Operations in the Digital Era: Forecasting &amp; Revenue Management at Molslinjen<\/strong><\/h4> <p>Halfspace and Molslinjen have partnered to develop and operate a successful forecasting and revenue management toolbox for data-driven operation of ferries in Denmark, rolled out operationally since 2020. This has resulted in $2.6-3.2M yearly savings and been a significant contributor to a 3% reduction in fuel costs and emissions. This toolbox relies on the latest advances in machine learning for forecasting and ORMS approaches to revenue management. The potential for generalizing to the global ferry industry is significant, with an impact on both revenues and ESG criteria.<\/p>\n<ul><li><h4>About Pierre Pinson<\/h4><p>Pierre Pinson is with Halfspace and Imperial College London in Copenhagen.<\/p><\/li><\/ul>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/02\/Martagan-Tugce.jpg\" title=\"Tugce Martagan\" alt=\"Tugce Martagan\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/02\/Martagan-Tugce.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/02\/Martagan-Tugce-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Tugce Martagan <\/h3> Eindhoven University of Technology\n<h4><strong>OR\/AI Applications in the (Bio)Pharmaceutical Industry: Vision and Future Research Directions<\/strong><\/h4> <p>The application of Operations Research and Artificial Intelligence (OR\/AI) methodologies has successfully helped transform several industries. However, there is still a significant need for more OR\/AI research in the (bio)pharmaceutical industry. Until recently, competitive advantage in the (bio)pharmaceutical industry has been driven primarily by advances in life sciences. However, with increasing demand and competition, the industry is becoming more sensitive to cost efficiency, supply chain resilience, and equitable patient access to medicines.<\/p> <p>In this presentation, we will reflect on how OR\/AI applications can help advance the (bio)pharmaceutical industry. We will begin with an overview of current industry trends, needs and challenges. We will also discuss some examples from manufacturing and supply chain applications, based on our work presented in the 2022 Franz Edelman competition. Finally, we will propose a research roadmap and a portfolio of future research directions for OR\/AI applications in (bio)pharmaceutical manufacturing.<\/p>\n<ul><li><h4>About Tugce Martagan<\/h4><p>Tugce Martagan is an Associate Professor at the School of Industrial Engineering at Eindhoven University of Technology. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2015. Tugce specializes in stochastic modeling and optimization with applications in pharmaceutical supply chains. Her research has been recognized by various international awards, including the 2022 Franz Edelman finalist for her joint work with Merck, first prize in the POMS Applied Research Challenge, first prize in the INFORMS TIMES dissertation award, and honorable mention in the INFORMS George Dantzig dissertation award. She has also received several teaching awards. She has obtained a Marie Curie research grant from the European Commission, and the VENI (early career) and VIDI (mid-career) grants from the Dutch Science Foundation. She is a research director of the European Supply Chain Forum and associate editor of Operations Research.<\/p><\/li><\/ul>","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/46"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=275"}],"version-history":[{"count":330,"href":"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/275\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6006,"href":"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/275\/revisions\/6006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}