February 17, 2022 @ 10:40 am – 11:35 am – Minhee Kim Ph.D. Candidate University of Wisconsin-Madison Abstract Title: Going Beyond Accuracy: System Informatics and Data Analytics for Smart and Connected Manufacturing Systems The rapid growth of Internet-of-Things (IoT) technologies has led to an ever-increasing number of smart and connected manufacturing systems and a large amount of data collected from various sources. It creates unprecedented […]

February 18, 2022 @ 11:45 am – 12:35 pm – Natarajan Gautam, Ph.D. Syracuse University Abstract Title: Match, Batch, and Dispatch: Analysis of Order Fulfilment Policies In this research we consider orders that arrive one by one over time to a fulfilment center. Each order is associated with a product that needs to be delivered expeditiously to nearby locations using vehicles. However, each vehicle could […]

February 25, 2022 @ 11:45 am – 12:35 pm – Jorge Sefair, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Industrial Engineering  Arizona State University Abstract Title: Dynamic Workforce Allocation to Improve Airport Screening Operations The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) was established in 2001 with the mission to “protect the nation’s transportation systems to ensure freedom of movement for people and commerce”. One of TSA’s main operations is to conduct […]

March 04, 2022 @ 11:45 am – 12:35 pm – Phebe Vayanos, Ph.D. University of Southern California Abstract Title:  Interpretability, Robustness, and Fairness in Predictive and Prescriptive Analytics for Social Impact Motivated by problems in homeless services delivery, suicide prevention, and substance use prevention, we consider the problem of learning optimal interpretable, robust, and fair models in the form of decision-trees to assist with decision-making […]

March 18, 2022 @ 11:45 am – 12:35 pm – Laura Albert, Ph.D. Chair, Industrial & Systems Engineering University of Wisconsin-Madison Abstract Title: Advances in Operations Research for Public Safety Public safety efforts aim to protect the welfare of the public from risks and emergencies. Researchers have been developing optimization models and methods to support public safety for more than 50 years. Over this time, […]

March 21, 2022 @ 11:45 am – 12:35 pm – Shuai Huang, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering University of Washington Title: From Rule-based Discovery Tool to Collaborative Learning Framework: A Story about How Interpretable and Fairness-aware AI can Help Battle Type 1 Diabetes. Abstract: The last few years have witnessed many fruitful discussions among public sector organizations, research institutions, and private […]

March 25, 2022 @ 11:45 am – 12:35 pm – Sam Burer, Ph.D. University of Iowa Title: Convexification for Non-Convex Mixed-Integer Quadratic Programming Abstract: Convexification is an important technique used for solving non-convex mixed-integer quadratic programs. We discuss three recent convexification results for nonconvex quadratic programming over: (i) bounded (x1,x2,x3) with x1*x2 = x3; (ii) continuous (x1,x2) and binary (y1,y2) such that (0,0) <= (x1,x2) […]