{"id":2497,"date":"2022-01-23T13:23:37","date_gmt":"2022-01-23T13:23:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ise.ufl.edu\/cao\/?page_id=2497"},"modified":"2025-12-11T13:44:37","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T18:44:37","slug":"invited-seminars","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ise.ufl.edu\/cao\/invited-seminars\/","title":{"rendered":"Invited Speakers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Dr. Gonzalo Mu\u00f1oz
<\/strong>Assistant Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering
Universidad de Chile<\/span><\/span> <\/span>When:<\/strong> Wednesday, October 16, 2024; 4:00\u20135:00 pm ET (click to RSVP)
When:<\/strong> Weil 401E<\/p>In-person<\/strong> <\/span>only<\/strong> unless the virtual option is requested<\/span>. <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Sparse Estimation: Closing the Gap Between L0 and L1 Models <\/strong>

Dr. Alper Atamt\u00fcrk<\/strong>, Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering & Operations Research, University of California, Berkeley<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>

Friday, September 8, 2023; 10:40 AM \u2013 11:40 AM ET
Weil 406<\/p>

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Dr. Alejandro Toriello<\/strong>

Professor at the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Georgia Tech
<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p> Friday, August 21, 2023; 10:40 AM \u2013 11:40 AM ET<\/span>

Weil 406<\/p>


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Dr. Artem Prokhorov<\/strong>

Professor of Business Analytics, University of Sydney<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>Thursday, June 22, 2023; 10:40 AM \u2013 11:40 AM ET<\/span>





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Dr. Mark P. Van Oyen<\/strong>

Professor at the Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering
University of Michigan<\/b><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>

Friday, April 21, 2023; 10:40 AM \u2013 11:40 AM ET<\/p>



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Dr. Serhan Ziya<\/strong>

Professor at the Department of Statistics and Operations Research
University at North Carolina at Chapel Hill<\/b><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>

Friday, April 14, 2023; 10:40 AM \u2013 11:40 AM ET<\/p>



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Dr. John Vande Vate<\/strong>

Professor at the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering<\/b>
Georgia Institute of Technology<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>Friday, April 7, 2023; 10:40 AM \u2013 11:40 AM ET<\/span>



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Dr. Michele Samorani<\/strong>

Associate Professor, Information Sciences & Analytics
Santa Clara University<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>Friday, March 31, 2023; 10:40 AM \u2013 11:40 AM ET<\/span>




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 Dr. Varun Gupta<\/strong>

Associate Professor of Operations Management
University of Chicago<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>Friday, March 24, 2023; 10:40 AM \u2013 11:40 AM ET<\/span>




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Dr. Pinar Keskinocak<\/strong>

William W. George Chair & Professor and Director of the Center of Health and Humanitarian Systems
Georgia Tech<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>Friday, March 10, 2023; 10:40 AM \u2013 11:40 AM ET<\/span>



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Dr. Ebru Bish<\/strong>

Professor of Operations Management , Department of Information Systems, Statistics and Management Science
University of Alabama<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>Friday, March 4, 2023; 10:40 AM \u2013 11:40 AM ET<\/span>




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Dr. Alan Andrew Scheller-Wolf<\/strong>

Richard M. Cyert Professor of Operations Management
Carnegie Mellon University<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>Friday, February 17, 2023; 10:40 AM \u2013 11:40 AM ET<\/span><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Dynamic Scheduling with Bayesian Learning<\/strong>

Dr. Xiaoshan Peng<\/strong>
Assistant Professor, Department of Operations and Decision Technologies, Kelley School of Business
Indiana University<\/b><\/span><\/span>Thursday, February 16, 2023; 10:40 AM \u2013 11:40 AM ET<\/p>

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Semialgebraic parametric analysis by metaprogramming (SPAM) and its applications in optimization<\/strong>

Dr. Yuan Zhou<\/strong>
Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of Kentucky<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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A Dynamic Model for Airline Fleeting and Scheduling<\/strong>

Dr. Chiwei Yan<\/strong>
Assistant Professor, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
University of Washington<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>Wednesday, November 2, 2022; 10:40 AM \u2013 11:40 AM ET<\/span><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Quantum Approaches for Combinatorial Optimization Problems
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Dr. Chunjing Jia<\/strong>
Assistant Professor, Department of Physics
University of Florida<\/span><\/span><\/strong>, Tuesday, October 25, 2022; 3:00 PM \u2013 4:00 PM ET

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Optimization and Economic Equilibrium<\/strong>

Dr. Tyrrell Rockafellar<\/strong>
Professor, Department of Mathematics
University of Washington<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>Wednesday, October 12, 2022; 4:05 PM \u2013 4:55 PM<\/span>

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A Review on Discrete Diversity of Optimization from an Operations Research Perspective<\/strong>

Dr. Rafa Mart\u00ed, <\/strong>Professor, Department of Statistics and Operations Research
University of Valencia<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>

Tuesday, April 19, 2022; 4:05 PM \u2013 4:55 PM<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Dynamic-Data-Driven Simulation Modeling for Resilient Microgrid Systems<\/strong>

Dr. Nurcin Celik
<\/strong>Jones Career Development Associate Professor
Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
University of Miami<\/p>

Friday, April 15, 2022; 11:45 AM – 12: 35 PM<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Approximation algorithms for a class of stochastic selection problems with reward and cost considerations<\/strong>

Dr. Edwin Romeijn
<\/strong>H. Milton and Carolyn J. Stewart School Chair of the Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Georgia Tech<\/p>Friday, April 08, 2022; 11:45 AM – 12: 35 PM<\/span><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Convexification for Non-Convex Mixed-Integer Quadratic Programming<\/strong>

Dr. Sam Burer
<\/strong>Tipple-Rollins Professor, Business Analytics
University of Iowa<\/p>Friday, March 25, 2022; 11:45 AM – 12: 35 PM<\/span>

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Advances in Operations Research for Public Safety<\/strong>

Dr. Laura Albert
<\/strong>Chair, Industrial & Systems Engineering
University of Wisconsin-Madison<\/p>Friday, March 18, 2022; 11:45 AM – 12: 35 PM<\/span>

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Interpretability, Robustness, and Fairness in Predictive and Prescriptive Analytics for Social Impact<\/strong>

Dr. Phebe Vayanos
<\/strong>Assistant Professor
University of Southern California<\/p>Friday, March 04, 2022; 11:45 AM – 12: 35 PM<\/span>
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Match, Batch, and Dispatch: Analysis of Order Fulfillment Policies<\/strong>

Dr. Natarajan Gautam
<\/strong>Professor, Syracuse University<\/p>Friday, February 18, 2022; 11:45 AM – 12: 35 PM<\/span>


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Improving Patient Safety, Patient Flow and Physician Well-being in Emergency Departments<\/strong>

Dr. Kevin Taaffe
<\/strong>Harriet and Jerry Dempsey Professor & Department Chair in Industrial Engineering
Clemson University<\/p>Friday, January 28, 2022; 11:45 AM – 12: 35 PM<\/span>
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Modeling the Operations of Domestic Sex Trafficking Networks: Transdisciplinary Research Meets Network Interdiction<\/strong>

Dr. Thomas Sharkey
<\/strong>Professor, Industrial Engineering, Clemson University<\/p>Friday, January 14, 2022; 11:45 AM – 12: 35 PM<\/span>

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Asymmetric Stochastic Shortest-Path Interdiction Favoring the Evader<\/strong>

Dr. Cole Smith
<\/strong>Dean, College of Engineering and Computer Science
Syracuse University<\/p>Friday, January 7, 2022; 11:45 AM -12: 45 PM<\/span>
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