387. Project Management and Optics
Invited abstract in session WC-1: Sveinung Erland / Eitan Bachmat, stream Keynotes.
Wednesday, 12:30-14:00Room: Great Hall
Authors (first author is the speaker)
| 1. | Sveinung Erland
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| Department of Maritime Studies, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences | |
| 2. | Eitan Bachmat
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| Ben Gurion University of the Negev |
Abstract
We will introduce a family of problems which examine how slow can task durations be, while still completing the entire project before a given deadline. In particular we examine the class of task durations which are Pareto optimal. We make a very basic observation that such task durations have a property that abstractly resembles the concept of a lens in optics. We then show how this rather abstract connection between project management and optics becomes concrete when we examine the family of airplane boarding scenarios on the project side and a family of material designs known as hyperbolic meta-materials. We show how the bridge goes both ways, leading to the design of very high resolution lenses on the optics side, and insights into good airplane boarding policies on the project management side.
The talk will be self contained, however, some experience with boarding airplanes will be useful.
The talk is based on joint work with Andrea Alu, Sveinung Erland, Enrico Renzi, Yves Simone and Diana Strickland (among others).
Keywords
- Airline Applications
- Scheduling
Status: accepted
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