GAINESVILLE: Stan Uryasev, Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the University of Florida, will deliver the graduate seminar “Risk Quadrangle and Applications in Day-Trading of Equity Indices,” at 4:05 p.m. on Thursday, September 29 in McCarthy Hall A, Room… Read More
Month: September 2011
Florida Innovation Hub at UF Seeks Startups
GAINESVILLE: The University of Florida is looking for technology-based startup companies that want to dramatically increase their likelihood of success by leasing office or lab space in the Innovation Hub, the first building in the 24-7 live/work/play urban research park known… Read More
Florida Businesses Want More STEM Graduates
JACKSONVILLE: According to a report from a Jacksonville News Station, Florida businesses are have to recruit talent from out of state due to a shortage of workers with STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) degrees. The numbers required have stepped… Read More
Ahuja Continues to Grow Innovative Scheduling
GAINESVILLE: Ravindra Ahuja, Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering and President and CEO of Innovative Scheduling in Gainesville, has grown his software and consulting company to 35 employees. The company, which specializes in producing solutions and decision support systems for the… Read More
Johnson (B ’58) Displays Memorabilia
DADE CITY, FL: ISE Hall of Famer Hjalma Johnson (BIE 1958) gave Geoff Fox of the The Tampa Tribune an inside glimpse to his office, including a look at his vast sports memorabilia collection, pictures with every U.S. President since… Read More
Seminar: Primal-Dual Algorithms for Routing a Collection of Heterogeneous Unmanned Vehicles
GAINESVILLE: Dr. Sivakumar Rathinam, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University will deliver a seminar on Thursday September 29, 2011 at 3:00 in room 307 Weil Hall entitled “Primal-Dual Algorithms for Routing a Collection of Heterogeneous Unmanned Vehicles.” Heterogeneous unmanned vehicles… Read More
Rebennack (PhD ’10) Wins GOR Dissertation Award
BERLIN, GERMANY: Steffen Rebennack (PhD 2010) was awarded the Doctoral Dissertation Award from the German Society of Operations Research. Rebennack, an Assistant Professor of Operations Research at the Colorado School of Mines, wrote his dissertation on energy systems optimization under the… Read More
Renovated Office and Lab Space Unveiled
GAINESVILLE: Dozens of alumni came back to campus to tour Weil Hall and its newly renovated facilities. Weil 401, which houses the Center for Applied Optimization, and newly acquired Weil 406 and 406A will house graduate students. The Department was… Read More
Graduate Seminar: Integrated Facility Location and Production Planning Problems
GAINESVILLE, FL: Dr. Joseph P. Geunes, Professor and Associate Chair of Industrial and Systems Engineering, will deliver the ISE Graduate Seminar, “Exact Algorithms for Integrated Facility Location and Production Planning Problems,” on Thursday, September 22 at 4:05 p.m. In this… Read More
Intel President Calls for More Engineers
ATLANTA, GA: Intel President and CEO Paul Otellini stated that “a chronic shortage of engineering students threatens America’s role as the world’s leading innovator and continues to impede our nation’s fragile economic recovery” in his opinion article printed in the Atlanta… Read More