Events

Clemson Operations Research Institute is proud to be able to host a wide variety of seminars from guest speakers and professors throughout the year.

Fall 2024 Seminar Schedule

Friday, October 4, 2024, 11:15am – 12:05pm, Freeman Auditorium

Ali Abbas (USC Viterbi School of Engineering and the USC Price School of Public Policy):  Abstract TBA

Friday, October 11, 2024, 11:15am – 12:05pm, Freeman Auditorium

Adolfo Escobedo (North Carolina State Unversity, Edward P. Fitts Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering):  Abstract TBA

Friday, November 15, 2024, 11:15am – 12:05pm, Freeman Auditorium

Louis Ntaimo (Texas A&M University, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering):  Abstract TBA

Friday, December 6, 2024, 11:15am – 12:05pm, Freeman Auditorium

David Brown (Duke University, Fuqua School of Business):  Abstract TBA

Other talks may be added to the schedule as the semester progresses.

Spring 2024 Seminar Schedule

Friday, March 1, 2024, 11:15am – 12:05pm, Freeman Auditorium

Alejandro Toriello (Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Industrial and Systems Engineering):  Batching and Greedy Policies:  How Good are they in Dynamic Matching?

Friday, March 29, 2024, 11:15am – 12:05pm, Freeman Auditorium

Mostafa Reisi (University of Florida, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering):  Tensor Data Analysis for Modeling High-Dimensional Distributed Data

Friday, April 5, 2024, 11:15am – 12:05pm, Freeman Auditorium

Seth Guikema (University of Michigan, Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering):  Community Resilience and Resilience Equity in Hazard-Prone Areas

Monday, April 8, 2024, 11:15am – 12:05pm, M-103 Martin Hall

Hongcheng  Liu (University of Florida, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering):  New Sample Complexity Bounds for (Regularized) Sample Average Approximation in Several Heavy-Tailed, Non-Lipschitzian, and High-Dimensional Cases

Friday, April 12, 2024, 11:15am – 12:05pm, Freeman Auditorium

Vaneet Aggarwal (Purdue University, School of Industrial Engineering):  Average Reward Markov Decision Processses

Monday, April 22, 2024, 11:30am – 12:05pm, M-103 Martin Hall

Pascal Van Hentenryck (Georgia Institute of Technology, H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering):  Trustworthy Optimization Learning

Fall 2023 Seminar Schedule

Friday, September 29, 2023, 11:15am – 12:05pm, Zoom

Ozlem Ergun (Northeastern University, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering):  Examining Resiliency in Pharmaceutical Drug Supply Chains Incorporating Stakeholder Behaviors

Friday, October 20, 2023 (Martin Hall M-103, 11:15am – 12:05pm)

Gabor Pataki (University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, Department of Statistics and Operations Research):  How Do Exponential Size Solutions Arise in Semidefinite Programming?

Monday, October 23, 2023 (Martin Hall M-104, 11:15am – 12:05pm)

Yuan Zhou (University of Kentucky, Department of Mathematics): Semialgebraic Parametric Analysis by Metaprogramming and Applications in Optimization

Friday, December 1, 2023, 11:15am – 12:05pm, Freeman Hall Auditorium

David Morton (Northwestern University, Department of Industrial Engineering):  Multi-Stage Stochastic Programming:  Modeling and Computation

Friday, December 8, 2023, 11:15am – 12:05pm, Martin Hall M-103

Hyun-Ju Oh (Clemson University, School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences):  A Finite Algorithm for Disjoint Bilinear Programs

Summer 2023 Online Seminar Schedule

Wednesday, June 7, 2023, 1:00pm – 2:00pm, Zoom

Margaret Wiecek (Clemson University, School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences):  Multiobjective Perspective on Online Optimization

Spring 2023 Seminar Schedule

Friday, March 17, 2023, 11:15am – 12:05pm, Freeman Hall 078

Daniel Silva (Auburn University, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering):  Modeling On-Demand Public Transit: A Markovian Continuous Approximation Approach

Monday, April 3, 2023, 11:15am – 12:05pm, Freeman Hall 078

Andy Sun (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management):  Solving Large-Scale Power Grid Optimization Problems

Monday, April 10, 2023, 11:15am – 12:05pm, Martin Hall M-103

Henry Wolkowicz (University of Waterloo, Department of Combinatorics and Optimization):  New Views in Linear Programming on: (i) Degeneracy and (ii) Solving Large Scale LPs

Fall 2022 Seminar Schedule

Friday, August 26, 2022, 11:15am – 12:05pm, Freeman Hall 078

Archis Ghate (University of Washington, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering):  Markov Decision Processes with Parametric Uncertainty

Friday, September 16, 2022, 11:15am – 12:05pm, Zoom

Wenjing Liao (Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Mathematics):  Statistical Learning Theory of Deep Neural Networks for Data with Low-Dimensional Structures

Wednesday, September 28, 2022, 11:15am – 12:05pm, Zoom

Renbo Zhao (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Operations Research Center):   First-order methods for differentiable “nonsmooth” convex optimization: a tale of Frank-Wolfe and Multiplicative-Gradient

Friday, October 7, 2022, 11:15am – 12:05pm, Freeman Hall 078

Pinar Keskinocak (Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Industrial and Systems Engineering):  Infections Disease Modeling and Evaluating the Impact of Interventions

Friday, October 28, 2022, 11:15am – 12:05pm, Freeman Hall 078

Ann Campbell (University of Iowa, Tippie College of Business):  Does Parking Matter? The Impact of Search Time for Parking on Last-Mile Delivery Optimization

 

Summer 2022 Online Seminar Schedule

Wednesday, May 25, 2022, 1:00pm – 2:00pm,  Zoom

Margaret Wiecek (Clemson University, School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences):  Advancing Parametric Optimization for the Benefit of Multicriteria Optimization

Wednesday, June 1, 2022, 1:00pm – 2:00pm, Zoom

Brian Fralix (Clemson University, School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences):  On Versions of Campbell’s Theorem for Markovian Arrival Processes, with Applications

Wednesday, June 8, 2022, 1:00pm – 2:00pm, Zoom

Qi Luo (Clemson University, Department of Industrial Engineering):  Online Learning for Constrained Assortment Optimization under Markov Chain Choice Model

Wednesday, June 15, 2022, 1:00pm – 2:00pm, Zoom

Yuyuan (Lance) Ouyang (Clemson University, School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences):  Communication and Sample/Gradient Complexities of Decentralized Optimization

Wednesday, June 22, 2022, 1:00pm – 2:00pm, Zoom

Cheng Guo (Clemson University, School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences):  Tightening Quadratic Convex Relaxations for the AC Optimal Transmission Switching Problem

Wednesday, July 20, 2022, 1:00pm – 2:00pm, Zoom

Yibo Xu (Clemson University, School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences):  Distributed Stochastic Inertial-Accelerated Methods with Delayed Derivatives for Nonconvex Problems

 

Summer 2021 Online Seminar Schedule

Wednesday, June 16, 2021, 1:00pm – 2:00pm,  Zoom

Alexey Bochkarev (Clemson University, Department of Industrial Engineering):  On Order-Associated Binary Decision Diagrams:  Illustrations for “How” and “Why”

Wednesday, June 23, 2021, 1:00pm – 2:00pm, Zoom

Dan Kosmas (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Department of Mathematical Sciences):  Interdicting Restructuring Networks with Applications in Illicit Trafficking

Wednesday, June 30, 2021, 1:00pm – 2:00pm, Zoom

Alexander Joyce (Clemson University, School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences):  Convex Hull Results for Quadratic Programs with Non-Intersecting Constraints

Wednesday, July 7, 2021, 1:00pm – 2:00pm, Zoom

Hao Hu (University of Waterloo, Department of Combinatorics and Optimization):  Robust Interior Point Methods for Key Rate Computation in Quantum Key Distribution

Wednesday, July 14, 2021, 1:00pm – 2:00pm, Zoom

Trevor Squires (Clemson University, School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences):  Universal Conditional Gradient Sliding

Wednesday, July 28, 2021, 1:00pm – 2:00pm, Zoom

Amogh Bhosekar (Clemson University, Department of Industrial Engineering):  Solution Methods for Integrated Surgery Scheduling and Inventory Allocation Problem

 

Spring 2021 Seminar Schedule

Friday, January 29, 2021, 1:25pm – 2:15pm,  Zoom

Hamed Rahimian (Clemson University, Department of Industrial Engineering):  Contextual Chance-Constrained Programming

Friday, February 12, 2021, 1:25pm – 2:15pm, Zoom

David Kaber (University of Florida, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering):  Industrial and Systems Engineering at the University of Florida and a Focus on Human-Automation Interaction Research

Friday, February 26, 2021, 1:25pm – 2:15pm, Zoom

Retsef Levi (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management):  Food and Agriculture Supply Chain Analytics and Sensing:  Managing Risks on Human Health

Friday, March 12, 2021, 1:25pm – 2:15pm, Zoom

Karina Liles (Claflin University, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science):  Ms. An (Meeting Students’ Academic Needs):  A Socially Adaptive Robot Tutor for Student Engagement in Math Education

Friday, March 26, 2021, 1:25pm – 2:15pm, Zoom

Rhonda Righter (University of California Berkeley, Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research):  Service and Matching Systems with Compatibility Constraints

Friday, April 2, 2021, 1:25pm – 2:15pm, Zoom

Saif Benjaafar (University of Minnesota, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering):  Dimensioning On-Demand Vehicle Sharing Systems

Friday, April 16, 2021, 11:15am – 12:05pm, Zoom

Benjamin Grimmer (Cornell University, School of Operations Research and Information Engineering):  The Landscape of the Proximal Point Method for Nonconvex-Nonconcave Minimax Optimization

Friday, April 16, 2021, 1:25pm – 2:15pm, Zoom

Guzin Bayraksan (Ohio State University, Department of Integrated Systems Engineering):  Residuals-Based Stochastic Optimization Approaches with Covariate Information

Monday, April 19, 2021, 11:15am – 12:05pm, Zoom

Mingyi Hong (University of Minnesota, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering):  Towards Efficient, Versatile,  and Privacy-Preserving Federated Learning Algorithms

Friday, April 23, 2021, 1:25pm – 2:15pm, Zoom

Barrett Caldwell (Purdue University, School of Industrial Engineering)

 

Fall 2020 Seminar Schedule

Friday, October 9, 2020, 11:15am-12:05pm, Zoom

Qi-Ming He (University of Waterloo, Department of Management Science):  “Multi-layer Markov modulated fluid flow processes and Applications to Queues with Customer Abandonment

 

Summer 2020 Online Seminar Schedule

Wednesday, May 20, 2020, 1:00pm-2:00pm, Zoom

Zirou Qiu (Clemson University, School of Computing):  “ELRUNA:  Elimination Rule-based Network Alignment

Wednesday, May 27, 2020, 1:00pm-2:00pm, Zoom

Saeid Delshad (Clemson University, Department of Industrial Engineering):  “Adaptive Design of Personalized Dose-Finding Trials

Wednesday, June 3, 2020, 1:00pm-2:00pm, Zoom

Trevor Squires (Clemson University, School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences):  “Sliding Alternating Direction Method of Multipliers

Wednesday, June 10, 2020, 1:00pm-2:00pm, Zoom

Murwan Siddig (Clemson University, Department of Industrial Engineering):  “Computational Perspectives on Multi-stage Stochastic Programming

Wednesday, June 17, 2020, 1:00pm-2:00pm, Zoom

(Open Time Slot)

Wednesday, June 24, 2020, 1:00pm-2:00pm, Zoom

(Open Time Slot)

Wednesday, July 8, 2020, 1:00pm-2:00pm, Zoom

Xin (Sophie) Liu (Clemson University, School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences):  “Asymptotically Optimal Allocation Policies for Transplant Queueing Systems

Wednesday, July 15, 2020, 1:00pm-2:00pm, Zoom

(Open Time Slot)

Wednesday, July 22, 2020, 1:00pm-2:00pm, Zoom

Yuyuan (Lance) Ouyang (Clemson University, School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences): “Lower oracle complexity bounds of first-order methods for structured convex optimization

Wednesday, July 29, 2020, 1:00pm-2:00pm, Zoom

Brian Fralix (Clemson University, School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences):  “A Quick Introduction to Quasi-Birth-Death Processes

Spring 2020 Seminar Schedule

Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2020, 11:15am-12:05pm, Martin Hall M-103

Dr. Caglar Caglayan (Clemson University):  “Physician Staffing in Emergency Rooms (ERs):  Opening the Black Box of ER Care via a Multi-class Multi-Stage Network

Friday, Feb. 8, 2020, 11:15am-12:05pm, Martin Hall M-103

Dr. Xu Sun (University of Florida):  “Dynamic Scheduling of a Battery-Operated Queue

Fall 2019 Seminar Schedule

Friday, Sep. 6, 2019, 1:25-2:15pm, Freeman Hall 078

Dr. John Hasenbein (University of Texas-Austin):  “Toll Pricing in Queueing Models: Economics, Parameter Uncertainty, and Heterogeneity”

Friday, Sep. 13, 2019, 1:25-2:15pm, Freeman Hall 078

Timo Gersing (RWTH Aachen, Germany): “Equitable Planning of Out-of-Hours Services for Pharmacies”

Tuesday, Sep. 17, 2019, 12:30-1:45pm, Freeman Hall 078

Dr. Cole Smith (Associate Provost of Academic Initiatives, Clemson University): “Formulations Accounting for Uncertainty: Robustness, Interdiction, Expectation, VaR, and CVaR

Friday, Sep. 20, 2019, 11:15-12:15pm, Martin M-104

Dr. Guanglin Xu (University of North Carolina at Charlotte): “Multi-Stage Robust Optimization via Copositive Programming

Friday, Sep. 20, 2019, 1:25-2:15pm, Freeman Hall 078

Dr. Andrew Schaefer (Rice University): “Optimal Lung Transplantation Patient Selection from a Transplant Program’s Perspective” (CANCELLED)

Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2019, 1:25-2:15pm, Freeman Hall 078

Dr. Boshi Yang (Clemson): “What is Conic Programming?”

 

Spring 2019 Seminar Schedule

Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019, 2:30-3:30pm, Watt Family Innovation Center Room 203

Dr. Yunan Liu:  “Staffing and Scheduling to Differentiate Service in Multiclass Time-Varying Service Systems

Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019, 2:30-3:30pm, Watt Family Innovation Center Room 203

Dr. Ping Cao: “To Pool or Not to Pool: Queueing Design for Large-Scale Service Systems

Friday, Jan. 25, 2019, 1:25-2:15pm, Freeman Auditorium

Dr. Nilay Argon: “Assigning Priorities (or not) in Service Systems with Heterogeneous Customers”

Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019, 4:00-5:00pm, Watt Family Innovation Center Room 203

Sascha Kuhnke: “Robust Aiming Strategies in Solar Tower Power Plants

 

 

Fall 2018 Seminar Schedule

Friday, Aug. 31, 2018, 1:25-2:15pm, Freeman Auditorium

Dr. Robert Bosch: “Connecting the Dots: TSP Art (and Variations)

Friday, Sept. 7, 2018, 1:25-2:15pm, Freeman Auditorium

Dr. Jim Luedtke: “Optimizing Truck Dispatching Decisions in Open-pit Mining using Integer Programming

Thursday, Sept. 20, 2018, 4:00-5:00pm, Martin M-203

Dr. Anita Schöbel: “New Concepts in Robust Optimization.”

Friday, Sept. 21, 2018, 1:25-2:15pm, Freeman Auditorium

Dr. Anita Schöbel: “Integrated Optimization in Public Transportation.”

Friday, Oct. 12, 2018, 1:25-2:15pm, Freeman Auditorium

Dr. Ilya Ryzhov: Balancing Large Deviations in Offline Learning

Thursday, Oct. 25, 2018, 3:30-4:30pm, Martin M-102

Dr. Robert Hildebrand:  Mixed-Integer Polynomial Optimization—Algorithms and Complexity for Linear and Nonlinear cases when the dimension is fixed

Friday, Nov. 16, 2018, 1:25-2:15pm, Freeman Auditorium

Dr. Ira Wheaton:  Integer Programming Models for Freight Logistics Service Network Design with In-Tree Constraints

Friday, Nov. 30, 2018, 1:25-2:15pm, Freeman Auditorium

Dr. Julie Swann:  Engineering Modeling to Assist in Eradication of Guinea Worm

Past Events

MIP2018

June 18 – 21, 2018 Clemson University, SC MIP logo

The Mixed Integer Programming (MIP) workshop series is designed to bring together the integer programming research community in an annual meeting.

MIP2018 was the 15th workshop in this series, held in June. It was hosted by the Industrial Engineering and Mathematical Sciences departments of Clemson University at the downtown Greenville, SC campus.