{"id":7469,"date":"2022-07-07T19:36:37","date_gmt":"2022-07-07T19:36:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/wsc2026\/?page_id=7469"},"modified":"2026-07-01T17:49:03","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T17:49:03","slug":"simopt-workshop","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/wsc2026\/simopt-workshop\/","title":{"rendered":"SimOpt Workshop"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-7469\" data-postid=\"7469\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-7469 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_br4y165 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_cip0166 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_0t6r936   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h2>Sunday, December 6<br \/>9am-12pm<\/h2>\n<p><em>For In-person Attendees Only<\/em><span style=\"font-weight: bold\"><br \/><br \/>Additional Fee Required: $48\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span><em>inclusive of 20% UK Value Added Tax (VAT)<\/em><span style=\"font-weight: bold\"><br \/><\/span><br \/>All participants are required to register for the 2026 Winter Simulation Conference. Sign up when you register for the meeting. Light refreshments will be provided.<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_gjy6834 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_3jhi836 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_e3mh562   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h2>Overview<\/h2>\n<p>The SimOpt workshop introduces SimOpt \u2013 an open-source Python library of simulation models and optimization algorithms and benchmarking platform. The workshop provides guidance on how to interact with the library. You will learn how to run multiple solvers on multiple problems and generate a range of diagnostic plots, such as the one below, that shed light on the relative performance of solvers, all with minimal effort. You will also learn how to build your own problems and solvers and use them within the platform to run simulation optimization experiments. The workshop also covers new SimOpt capabilities, such as data farming.<\/p>\n<h2>Who Should Attend?<\/h2>\n<p>The target audience for the workshop is researchers and advanced practitioners who are comfortable working with Python code.<\/p>\n<h2>Why Should You Attend?<\/h2>\n<p>You may have a simulation optimization problem and want to compare a few solvers to determine which is the best one to employ. You may be a solver developer and want to use SimOpt&#8217;s tools to compare your solver with others, aiming to improve its design. You may be a researcher of simulation methods in derivative estimation, metamodeling, random variate generation, variance reduction, etc., interested in applications for simulation optimization. You may be an educator looking for pedagogical tools or just be curious about simulation optimization.<\/p>\n<p>SimOpt is hosted and sponsored by North Carolina State University, Cornell University and Texas A&amp;M University.<\/p>\n<p>Participation is limited and it is required that participants complete the installation instructions before attending the workshop.<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text --><!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_so7d445 image-left   tf_mw\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"590\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/wsc2026\/files\/2026\/07\/entire.png\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-12815\" title=\"entire\" alt=\"entire\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/wsc2026\/files\/2026\/07\/entire.png 590w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/wsc2026\/files\/2026\/07\/entire-300x246.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/>    \n        <\/div>\n    <!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    \n        <\/div>\n<!-- \/module image --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_p4gv522   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p>Questions on the workshop can be directed to <a href=\"mailto:sshasha2@ncsu.edu\">Sara Shashaani<\/a>.<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sunday, December 69am-12pm For In-person Attendees OnlyAdditional Fee Required: $48\u00a0 \u00a0 inclusive of 20% UK Value Added Tax (VAT)All participants are required to register for the 2026 Winter Simulation Conference. 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The workshop also covers new SimOpt capabilities, such as data farming.<\/p> <h2>Who Should Attend?<\/h2> <p>The target audience for the workshop is researchers and advanced practitioners who are comfortable working with Python code.<\/p> <h2>Why Should You Attend?<\/h2> <p>You may have a simulation optimization problem and want to compare a few solvers to determine which is the best one to employ. You may be a solver developer and want to use SimOpt's tools to compare your solver with others, aiming to improve its design. You may be a researcher of simulation methods in derivative estimation, metamodeling, random variate generation, variance reduction, etc., interested in applications for simulation optimization. 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