Applying Systems Thinking to Analyse Complex Social-Ecological Issues for UK Government
Speaker Dr. Gary Preece is Head of the Systems Research Programme in the UK Government’s Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra). He is also an analyst in the […]
Blending hydrogen in the German gas network with unprecedented flow patterns
Speaker: Jaap Pedersen, Zuse Institute Berlin The European gas infrastructure is being disruptively transformed into a future decarbonized energy system, a process that needs to be accelerated, given the current […]
Using Operational Research to improve Aviation Security
Speaker: Tom Occleston, MSci(Hons) CSci, Business Consultant, Atkins Operational Research is the science of better decision making. Aviation is a complex industry where existing and emerging threats need to be […]
Improving quality of OR data sets: Detecting and removing data errors that involve superhuman complexity
Speaker: Dr. Inci Yüksel-Ergün, Zuse Institute Berlin (ZIB) Data is ubiquitous in the age of analytics. The reliability of decisions based on OR studies depends on the underlying data quality. […]
Using Operations Research for good: building a scheduling tool for three public schools in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Speaker: Nicolás García Aramouni, Data Science Associate Manager, Accenture Operations research and analytics have experienced significant growth in society, but their adoption in developing countries like Argentina has been slower. […]
Vehicle routing in the real world
Speaker: Ana Sofia Pereira, Wide Scope The vehicle routing problem (VRP) is widely known in the OR literature. Several variants are well-studied but what about the real-world constraints found when […]
The intelligent machinery behind airline ground operations
Speaker: Claude Philippe Medard, Principal Data Scientist, SAP We discuss solutions to two business processes performed during Airport/Airline Ground Operations. The first is the challenging task of optimal allocation of […]
Mixed-integer linear programming models to optimize residential demand response to dynamic tariffs
Speakers: Carlos Henggeler Antunes, INESC Coimbra, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal Maria João Alves, CeBER - Faculty of Economics and INESC Coimbra, University of […]
Discussion forum event: How will transportation and logistics change, how can OR help?
Andy Harrison, a data science professional with experience in a wide range of sectors, will lead this discussion session. This is the first in our series of discussion forum […]
Hands-on Mathematical Optimization with Python
Speaker: Joaquim Gromicho, Professor of Business Analytics at the University of Amsterdam and Science and Education Officer at ORTEC In the era of generative AI and powerful ML packages prevalent […]