The 34th IPP Symposium
Combinatorial Optimization - State of the Art and Future Trends
May 4, 2005
<DL> <DT>8:30 BREAKFAST
<DT>9:15 Welcome <DD>Eli Upfal, CS Chairman <DD>Michael Black, IPP Co-Director
<DT>9:30 Computational Progress in Optimization <DD>Irv Lustig, ILOG Direct
<DT>10:20 BREAK
<DT>10:40 Combinatorial Optimization in Supply Chain Sourcing and Production Planning <DD>Andrew Davenport, IBM T.J.Watson Research Center
<DT>11:30 Reducing the Challenge of using an Optimizer for Planning in Supply Chain Management <DD>Heinrich Braun, SAP
<DT>12:30 BUFFET LUNCH (4th Floor)
<DT>2:00 Optimization in Sports Scheduling <DD>George Nemhauser, Georgia Tech
<DT>2:50 BREAK
<DT>3:10 Combinatorial Optimization Methods for Personnel Scheduling Problems <DD>Bernard Gendron, Université de Montréal
<DT>4:10 Applying Optimization in the Transportation Industry: <DD>Experiences from Carmen Systems and Some Personal Thoughts <DD>Stefan Karisch, Carmen Systems
<DT>5:00 Closing Remarks and Reception (3rd Floor) </DL>
