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• May

  28

  The Role of Optimization in Operations Management Applications

  Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences (IEMS)

  11:00 AM Krebs Classroom, Henry Crown Sports Pavilion

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  Georgia Perakis

  (joint work with Leann Thayaparan and Asterios Tsiourvas)

  Abstract: Data-driven decision-making has garnered a growing interest due to the increase in data availability in recent years. With that growth many opportunities as well as challenges arise. Optimization can play an important role to address these challenges in both predictive and prescriptive tasks in Operations Management applications. In this talk, we discuss some of our recent work that highlights how to integrate optimization in data-driven decision-making when optimization is handled in an offline manner using trained Machine Learning models. We focus on how we can optimize over already trained objective functions that arise either from tree ensemble predictive models or from neural network models in order to recommend better decisions.

  Bio: Georgia Perakis is the John C Head III Dean (Interim) of the MIT Sloan School of Management and a Professor of Operations Management, Operations Research & Statistics at the MIT Sloan School of Management. She is on leave from the roles of co-director of the Operations Research Center and Associate Dean for Social and Ethical Responsibility in Computing (SERC) in the Schwarzman College of Computing and MIT Sloan. Her widely published research has received many awards and focuses on analytics/AI, in particular, in the intersection of optimization and machine learning with applications in pricing, revenue management, supply chain, and healthcare among others. She received the PECASE Award from the Office of the President on Science and Technology. In 2016, she was elected as an INFORMS Fellow, and in 2021 as Distinguished MSOM Fellow. Perakis has passion for supervising PhD, masters, and undergraduate students, having graduated 30 PhD and 59 masters students. She has received numerous awards for teaching including the Graduate Student Council Teaching Award (2002), the Samuel M. Seegal Award (2012), the Jamieson Prize for excellence in teaching (2014), and the Teacher of the Year Award (2017) at MIT Sloan. Perakis is currently the Editor in Chief of the M&SOM journal and has served as editor at a number of other publications. She holds a BS in mathematics from the University of Athens as well as an MS in applied mathematics and a PhD in applied mathematics from Brown University.

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  TIME Tuesday, May 28, 2024 at 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

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  CONTACT Kendall Minta    kendall.minta@gmail.com EMAIL

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• Jun

  17

  Summer Classes Begin. Summer Change of Registration (Drop/Add)/Late registration begins

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  Summer Classes Begin. Summer Change of Registration (Drop/Add)/Late registration begins

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  TIME Monday, June 17, 2024

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• Jun

  19

  Juneteenth (no classes)

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  Juneteenth (no classes)

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  TIME Wednesday, June 19, 2024

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• Aug

  14

  Undergraduate Quantum Summer School

  McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science

  All Day Ford Motor Company Engineering Design Center

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  Innovation in Quantum Pedagogy, Application, and its Relation to Culture (IQ-PARC), funded by the Department of Defense — National Defense Education Program, is extending an invitation to underrepresented students nationwide (including military-connected students) to participate in a summer school focused on quantum technologies, to be held at Northwestern University. Join us for presentations by faculty and industry partners introducing quantum technologies, cutting-edge research areas, and related job opportunities particularly in the areas of national security.

  This effort aims to foster an inclusive environment that encourages participation from all corners of the academic community. Successful applicants will receive up to $1,000 USD to cover travel and lodging expenses in Evanston, IL.

  Priority application deadline: May 15, 2024.

  Decisions will be sent by June 15, 2024.

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  TIME Wednesday, August 14, 2024

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  CONTACT Dongyang Li    lidongyang@northwestern.edu EMAIL

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• Aug

  15

  Undergraduate Quantum Summer School

  McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science

  All Day Ford Motor Company Engineering Design Center

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  Innovation in Quantum Pedagogy, Application, and its Relation to Culture (IQ-PARC), funded by the Department of Defense — National Defense Education Program, is extending an invitation to underrepresented students nationwide (including military-connected students) to participate in a summer school focused on quantum technologies, to be held at Northwestern University. Join us for presentations by faculty and industry partners introducing quantum technologies, cutting-edge research areas, and related job opportunities particularly in the areas of national security.

  This effort aims to foster an inclusive environment that encourages participation from all corners of the academic community. Successful applicants will receive up to $1,000 USD to cover travel and lodging expenses in Evanston, IL.

  Priority application deadline: May 15, 2024.

  Decisions will be sent by June 15, 2024.

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  TIME Thursday, August 15, 2024

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  CONTACT Dongyang Li    lidongyang@northwestern.edu EMAIL

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• Sep

  24

  Fall 2024 Classes Begin

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  Fall 2024 Classes Begin

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  TIME Tuesday, September 24, 2024

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• Sep

  30

  Last day to add or change classes (Last day for tuition adjustment related to enrollment changes (to or from full-time). No reductions are made to bills for dropped or swapped classes after this date)

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  TIME Monday, September 30, 2024

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• Dec

  7

  Fall classes end

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  Fall classes end

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  TIME Saturday, December 7, 2024

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