2016 INFORMS Annual Meeting Program

All Technology Tutorials will take place in the Music City Center, 5 th Avenue Lobby.

North Carolina State University

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Sustainability help you dive more deeply into your career interests. For students interested in careers in finance or data analytics, MIT Sloan has innovative programs to help them succeed. The new one-year Master of Business Analytics (MBAn) program is tailored for graduating college seniors and early- stage professionals. This innovative program features Action Learning labs, collaboration with other MIT Sloan programs, a Summer Capstone project, career support, and tailored electives in statistics, finance, economics, and operations research. The program answers the industry’s demand for a skilled pool of graduates who can apply data science to solve business challenges. The 12-month and 18-month Master of Finance (MFin) program is designed for students who want to become leaders in the field of finance. The MFin program combines in-depth study of quantitative techniques with practical problem solving and the 18-month pilot allows time for a summer internship. MIT Sloan is about invention. It’s about ideas that are made to matter. At MIT Sloan, we discover tomorrow’s interesting and important challenges and opportunities. We go where we want to have impact. And then, we invent the future.

www.ise.ncsu.edu

Within NC State’s renowned College of Engineering, the Edward P. Fitts Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE) is among the top ranked programs in the country by US News & World Report . The department

has created a legacy of success by partnering with industry, government and universities while producing engineers with cutting edge ingenuity, interpersonal skills and business acumen. The College ranks ISE #1 in student satisfaction, job placement and job placement in their field of study. Currently, there are more companies looking to hire our students than there are candidates to fill those positions.

Now Publishers

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www.nowpublishers.com

Now Publishers publishes a suite of reference journals called Foundations and Trends including Information

MOSEK ApS

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Systems , Machine Learning , Operations Management , Optimization , and Systems and Control , academic journals including the DEA Journal and Review of Behavioral Economics , and scholarly books in the fields of business and technology. We will also represent World Scientific who publishes about 600 new titles a year and 130 journals in various fields. Started in 1981, it has established itself as one of the leading scientific publishers in the world, and the largest international scientific publisher in the Asia-Pacific region.

https://mosek.com

MOSEK ApS provides optimization software to help clients making better decisions.

It specializes in creating advanced software for solution of mathematical optimization problems. In particular, the company focuses on solution of large-scale linear, quadratic, and conic optimization problems. MOSEK ApS was established in 1997 by Erling D. Andersen and Knud D. Andersen. Our customer base consists of financial institutions and companies, engineering and software vendors, among others.

Exhibit Listings & Technology Tutorials

Optimization Direct Inc. www.optimizationdirect.com

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Optimization Direct Inc., markets IBM ® ILOG ® CPLEX Optimization Studio ® , the world’s leading software

Neusrel/Success Drivers

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www.neusrel.com

product for modeling and optimization. CPLEX Optimization Studio solves large-scale optimization problems and enables better business decisions and resulting financial benefits in areas such as supply chain management, operations, healthcare, retail, transportation, logistics and asset management. It has been applied in sectors as diverse as manufacturing, processing, distribution, retailing, transport, finance and investment. Monday November 14, 11–11:45am Technology Tutorial: Recent advancements in Linear and Mixed Programing give us the capability to solve larger Optimization Problems. CPLEX Optimization Studio solves large-scale optimization problems and enables better business decisions and resulting financial benefits in areas such as supply chain management, operations, healthcare, retail, transportation, logistics and asset management. In this tutorial using CPLEX Optimization Studio, we will discuss modeling practices, case studies and demonstrate good practices for solving Hard Optimization Problems. We will also discuss recent CPLEX performance improvements and recently added features.

NEUSREL is the leading software for exploring cause-effect networks using the Universal Structure

Modeling approach. Because it leverages machine learning techniques it is a self-learning system and the only methodology to explore previously not hypnotized nonlinearities (of any form) or interactions (of any type). It is the first system meeting the need of researcher to explore success factors instead of just falsifying a given set of hypothesis. It bridges the largely relevant gap between qualitative exploration and statistical testing/modeling. NEUSREL Causal Analytics is dedicated to provide software as well as training and statistical consulting to the academic community. Tuesday, November 15, 2:15–3pm Technology Tutorial: NEUSREL is a self-learning causal analysis software and leverages Advanced Machine Learning techniques. It builds cause-effect networks (path models) in order to understand the impact and role of success factors. The software is the only solution worldwide that is able to explore unexpected nonlinearities and unexpected interactions – a capability that not only led to largely increased explanation power but turned out to be crucial when understanding true key drivers of outcomes. The software is applied in all fields where many factors drive a particular outcome and therefore it is not clear how important those are and how they interact.

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