This workshop is jointly sponsored by the Center for Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science (DIMACS), and ExxonMobil Research and Engineering (EMRE).
Wednesday, April 19, 2006
8:00 - 1:00 Registration
Conference Registration Desk
8:30 - 8:45 Opening Remarks from the Conference Organizers
Session W1 Chairman: Fred Roberts
8:45 - 9:30 KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Ignacio Grossman, Carnegie Mellon University
Computational Methods for Enterprise-wide Optimization of Process Industries
9:30 - 10:00 INVITED SPEAKER: Warren B. Powell, CASTLE Laboratory and Princeton University
Approximate Dynamic Programming for High-Dimensional Resource Allocation
Problems in Transportation and Logistics
10:00 - 10:30 INVITED SPEAKER: Tayfur Altiok, Rutgers University
Vessel Arrival Process and Queueing in Bulk Marine Terminals
10:30 - 10:45 Coffee Break
Session W2 Chairman: W. Art Chaovalitwongse
10:45 - 11:30 PLENARY SPEAKER: Panos Pardalos, University of Florida
Recent Advances and Trends in Deterministic Global Optimization
11:30 - 12:00 INVITED SPEAKER: Leyuan Shi, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Nested Partitions Optimization Framework and its Applications
12:00 - 12:30 Jing Gong, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Logic-Based Optimization for Interdependent Layered Networks (ILN) Problems
12:30 - 1:45 Lunch
Session W3 Chairman: Kevin C. Furman
1:45 - 2:30 PLENARY SPEAKER: Andrzej Ruszczynski, Rutgers University
Introduction to Risk-Averse Optimization
2:30 - 3:00 Fernando Ordonez, University of Southern California
Efficient Routing Under Uncertainty
3:00 - 3:30 Aurélie Thiele, Lehigh University
Dynamic and Data-Driven Pricing under Uncertainty
3:30 - 3:45 Coffee Break
Session W4 Chairman: Tiravat Assavapokee
3:45 - 4:30 PLENARY SPEAKER: Marianthi Ierapetritou, Rutgers University
Modeling and Managing Uncertainty in Process Planning and Scheduling
4:30 - 5:00 Richa Agarwal, Georgia Institute of Technology
Optimization Problems and Computational Challenges in
Ship Scheduling and Containerized Cargo Routing
5:00 - 5:30 Ömer S. Benli, California State University
Lot Streaming and Constraint Programming: A Review of
Applications in Supply Chain Scheduling
5:30 - 7:30 Drago Bokal, Simon Fraser University,
Second Level Local Optimization Approach to Employee Timetabling
7:30 Conference Reception - Dinner Banquet
Thursday, April 20, 2006
8:00 - 1:00 Registration
Conference Registration Desk
Session T1 Chairman: Panos M. Pardalos
8:45 - 9:30 PLENARY SPEAKER: Mauricio Resende, AT&T Labs Research
Some Optimization Issues in the Internet
9:30 - 10:00 Belgacem Bouzaiene-Ayari, CASTLE Laboratory, Princeton University
Approximate Dynamic Programming for the Management of Freight Cars
10:00 - 10:30 Andrew Miller, University of Wisconsin-Madison
A Polynomial Time Algorithm for the Stochastic Lot-Sizing Problem
10:30 - 10:45 Coffee Break
Session T2 Chairman: W. Art Chaovalitwongse
10:45 - 11:30 PLENARY SPEAKER: John Dennis, Rice University
Optimization Using Surrogates for Engineering Design
11:30 - 12:00 Jeff Linderoth, Lehigh University
Easing Rescheduling Complexity for a Bulk Gas Production
and Distribution Problem
12:00 - 12:30 David Nowicki, Stevens Institute of Technology
Spares Provisioning under Performance Based Logistics Contract -
Profit Centric Approach
12:30 - 1:45 Lunch
Session T3 Chairman: Liyuan Shi
1:45 - 2:30 PLENARY SPEAKER: Martin Savelsbergh, Georgia Institute of Technology
Robust Optimization for Empty Repositioning Problems
2:30 - 3:00 Tiravat Assavapokee, University of Houston
A New Relative Robust Optimization Approach for Full Factorial
Scenario Design of Data Uncertainty and Ambiguity
3:00 - 3:30 Dinesh Kumar, Stevens Institute of Technology
Models for Optimizing Multiple Resources in a Performance-Based
Logistics (PBL) Contract
3:30 - 3:45 Coffee Break
Session T4 Chairman: Kevin C. Furman
3:45 - 4:30 PLENARY SPEAKER: George Nemhauser, Georgia Institute of Technology
Scheduling On Demand Passenger Air Service
4:30 - 5:00 Jean-Paul Watson, Sandia National Laboratories
Optimization of the Logistics Support Enterprise for the
Lockheed Martin Joint Strike Fighter
5:00 - 5:30 Ismael Regis de Farias JR., University at Buffalo, SUNY
Branch-and-Cut for Piecewise Linear Optimization
5:30 - 6:00 Hernan Wurgaft, Dash Optimization Inc, and SUNY Maritime College
Strategic and Tactical Supply Chain Planning with Xpress-Mosel
6:00 Closing Remarks from the Conference Organizers
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