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IMA Visitors for the 2002-2003 Year on Optimization and Other Workshops

IMA 20th Anniversary New Directions Short Course Long Term

Fall Quarter (September - December, 2002):
Supply Chain and Logistics Optimization

Tutorial: Supply Chain and Logistics Optimization
September 9-13, 2002
Name Department Affiliation
Cristinel Ababei Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Minnesota
Scot Adams IMA University of Minnesota
Beth E. Allen Economics University of Minnesota
Douglas N. Arnold IMA University of Minnesota
David Bahn Management Information Systems Metropolitan State University
Michael Ball Robert H. Smith Business University of Maryland, College Park
Cindy Barnhart Civil and Environmental Engineering MIT
Saif Benjaafar Mechanical/Industrial Engineering University of Minnesota
Daniel Bienstock IEOR Columbia University
John R. Birge Robert R. McCormick Eng & Appl'd Science Northwestern University
Anthony Carl Bizzarri Army HQ Army Material Command
Jesse Bockstedt Mechanical Engineering University of Minnesota
Andy Boyd Science and Research PROS Revenue Management, Inc.
Olga Brezhneva Institute for Mathematics and its Applications University of Minnesota
M. Carme Calderer Mathematics University of Minnesota
William L. Cooper Mechanical Engineering University of Minnesota
Collette Coullard Industrial Eng. & Mgmt. Sciences Northwestern University
Demir Guleser Electrical & Computer Engineering University of Minnesota
Ranjana Deshpande AES Honeywell Labs
Brenda Dietrich TJ Watson Research Center IBM Corporation
Gregory S. Duane University of Minnesota Institute for Mathematics and its Applications
Darin England Computer Science University of Minnesota
Lisa Evans IMA University of Minnesota
Robert Fourer Industrial Engineering & Management Scien Northwestern University
Maria Gini Computer Science and Engineering University of Minnesota
Gregory Glockner Optimization Product Manager ILOG, Inc.
Jay Goldman Mathematics University of Minnesota
Balaji Gopalakrishnan Institute for Mathematics and its Application University of Minnesota
Jeffrey A. Gunhus   Affinitas
Lili Ju   Minneapolis VA Medical Center
Herve Kerivin IMA University of Minnesota
Daniel Kerm University of Minnesota Institute for Mathematics and its Applications
Jon Kettenring   Telcordia Technologies (Bellcore)
Erica Zimmer Klampfl Ford Research Laboratory Ford Motor Company
Maher Lahmar Industrial Engineering University of Minnesota
Nitin Lamba Aerospace Electronic Systems Honeywell Labs
Jon Lee   IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
Anton Leykin Mathematics University of Minnesota
Hu Liu Wood and Paper Science University of Minnesota
Youssef Ltaief Mechanical Engineering University of Minnesota
Bharani Kumar Malyala Industrial Engineering University of Minnesota
Setareh Mardan Mechanical Engineering University of Minnesota
Samuel Marin   General Motors
Vadim Melnichuk College of Management Metropolitan State University
Andrew Miller Industrial Engineering University of Wisconsin at Madison
Richard Nau Mathematics & Computer Science Carleton College
Peh Ng IMA University of Minnesota
M. Yvonne Ou University of Minnesota Institute for Mathematics and its Applications
Maurice Queyranne Faculty of Commerce & Business Administration University of British Columbia
Venkat Rajappan Electrical Engineer University of Minnesota
Vic Reiner Mathematics University of Minnesota
Fadil Santosa IMA University of Minnesota
Sachin Sapatnekar Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Minnesota
Martin Savelsbergh Industrial and Systems Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology
M. Nuri Sendil Industrial Eng. & Mgmt. Sciences Northwestern University
Rupesh S. Shelar Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Minnesota
David Simchi-Levi Civil & Environmental Engineering MIT
Martin Skutella Sloan Management MIT
Chris Stark   National Science Foundation
Tamon Stephen IMA University of Minnesota
Vladimir Sverak Mathematics University of Minnesota
Vamsee Venuturumilli Industrial Engineering University of Minnesota
Jing Wang Institute for Mathematics and its Application University of Minnesota
Ananda Weerasinghe Mathematics Iowa State University
Eric Wehde Army U.S. Army Material Systems Analysis Activity
Doctor David Womble   Sandia National Laboratories
Kewen Karen Yin Wood and Paper Science University of Minnesota
Dan Zhang Mechanical Engineering University of Minnesota
Jun Zhao   Schlumberger-Doll Research
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Workshop 1: The Role of Optimization in Supply Chain Management
September 23-27, 2002
Name Department Affiliation
Scot Adams IMA University of Minnesota
Dan Adelman Operations Management - Graduate Bus. University of Chicago
Ravi Ahuja Industrial and Systems Engineering University of Florida
Beth E. Allen Economics University of Minnesota
Shoshana Anily Faculty Management Tel Aviv University
Douglas N. Arnold IMA University of Minnesota
Donald Aronson IMA University of Minnesota
David Bahn Management Information Systems Metropolitan State University
Yehuda Bassok IOM University of Southern California
Saif Benjaafar Mechanical/Industrial Engineering University of Minnesota
Robert E. Bixby   ILOG, Inc.
Andy Boyd Science and Research PROS Revenue Management, Inc.
Olga Brezhneva Institute for Mathematics and its Applications University of Minnesota
Aravind Chandrasekaran Mechanical Engineering University of Minnesota
William L. Cooper Mechanical Engineering University of Minnesota
Collette Coullard Industrial Eng. & Mgmt. Sciences Northwestern University
Brenda Dietrich TJ Watson Research Center IBM Corporation
Karen Donohue Carlson Management University of Minnesota
Grant Erdmann Mathematics University of Minnesota
Tom Ervolina TJ Watson Resource Center IBM
Lisa Evans IMA University of Minnesota
Awi Federgruen Graduate Business Columbia University
Marshall L. Fisher The Fishman-Davidson Ctr for Serv and Opers Mgmt University of Pennsylvania
Keith J. Fortowsky Applied Economics University of Minnesota
Maria Gini Computer Science and Engineering University of Minnesota
Balaji Gopalakrishnan Institute for Mathematics and its Application University of Minnesota
Gupta Diwakar Mechanical Engineering University of Minnesota
Tito Homem-De-Mello Industrial and Systems Engineering Ohio State University
Xiaowen Huang Operations & Management Science University of Minnesota
Lili Ju   Minneapolis VA Medical Center
Philip Kaminsky IEOR University of California at Berkeley
Herve Kerivin IMA University of Minnesota
Daniel Kerm University of Minnesota Institute for Mathematics and its Applications
Alan King Mathematical Sciences IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
Erica Zimmer Klampfl Ford Research Laboratory Ford Motor Company
Anton J. Kleywegt Industrial and Systems Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology
Moshe Kress   Center of Military Analyses, Israel
Maher Lahmar Industrial Engineering University of Minnesota
Robert C. Leachman Industrial Engineering and Operations Research University of California at Berkeley
Grace Lin TJ Watson Research Center IBM Corporation
Hu Liu Wood and Paper Science University of Minnesota
Youssef Ltaief Mechanical Engineering University of Minnesota
Irvin Lustig   ILOG, INC.
Sebastian Machin Mechanical Engineering University of Minnesota
Bharani Kumar Malyala Industrial Engineering University of Minnesota
Setareh Mardan Mechanical Engineering University of Minnesota
Rolf Moehring Institut fur Mathematik, MA 604 Technisch Universitat Berlin
Richard Nau Mathematics & Computer Science Carleton College
Peh Ng IMA University of Minnesota
Paolo Palezzato Industrial Engineering Cypress Semiconductors
Warren Powell Operations Research & Financial Engineering Princeton University
Tianbing Qian   Motorola
Maurice Queyranne Faculty of Commerce & Business Administration University of British Columbia
H. Edwin Romeijn Industrial & Systems Engineering University of Florida
Rick Rosenthal Operations Research Naval Postgraduate School
Robin Roundy Operations Research and Industrial Engineering Cornell University
Fadil Santosa IMA University of Minnesota
William J. Sawaya Operations and Management Science University of Minnesota
Shokri Z. Selim Systems Engineering King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals
M. Nuri Sendil Industrial Eng. & Mgmt. Sciences Northwestern University
Javad Seyed   Campbell University
Jeremy F. Shapiro   Slim Technologies
David Simchi-Levi Civil & Environmental Engineering MIT
Kingshuk K. Sinha Carlson Management University of Minnesota
Cosimo Spera   Saltare, Inc.
Tamon Stephen IMA University of Minnesota
Vladimir Sverak Mathematics University of Minnesota
Jayashankar M. Swaminathan Operations, Technology and Innovation Management University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Chung-Piaw Teo Decision Sciences Business Link National University of Singapore
Michal Tzur Industrial Engineering & Mgmt Sciences Northwestern University
Narayan Venkatasubramanyan   i2 Technologies
Jing Wang Institute for Mathematics and its Application University of Minnesota
Laurence Wolsey CORE Universite Catholique de Louvain
David Wu Industrial and Sys Eng Lehigh University
Kewen Karen Yin Wood and Paper Science University of Minnesota
Dan Zhang Mechanical Engineering University of Minnesota
Paul H. Zipkin The Fuqua Business Duke University
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"Hot Topics" Workshop: Operational Modeling and Biodefense: Problems, Techniques, and Opportunities
September 28, 2002
Name Department Affiliation
Scot Adams IMA University of Minnesota
Douglas N. Arnold IMA University of Minnesota
Yehuda Bassok IOM University of Southern California
Jonathan P. Caulkins Operations Research and Public Policy Carnegie Mellon University
Georgios Dalakouras Mathematics Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Brenda Dietrich TJ Watson Research Center IBM Corporation
Stephen Eubank Community Relations Los Alamos National Laboratory
Keith J. Fortowsky Applied Economics University of Minnesota
John Hotchkiss Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine University of Minnesota
Richard Jordan   Dynamic Technologies
Hans Kaper Mathematical Sciences National Science Foundation
Edward Kaplan Management Sciences Yale University
Thomas Kepler Center for Biostatistics & Computational Biology Duke University Medical Center
Alan King Mathematical Sciences IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
James Koopman SPH, Epidemiology University of Michigan
Moshe Kress   Center of Military Analyses, Israel
Jim Martyka   University of Minnesota
Ellis McKenzie Fogarty Institute National Institutes of Health
Martin Meltzer   Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Rolf Moehring Institut fur Mathematik, MA 604 Technisch Universitat Berlin
Blaine Nelson   Synergy, Inc.
Janet Pavelich Strategy, Forces, and Resources Division Institute for Defense Analyses
Travis C. Porco Epidemiology & Effectiveness Research Unit San Francisco Department of Public Health
Tianbing Qian   Motorola
Maurice Queyranne Faculty of Commerce & Business Administration University of British Columbia
Rick Rosenthal Operations Research Naval Postgraduate School
Fadil Santosa IMA University of Minnesota
Assoc. Javad Seyed   Campbell University
Jeremy F. Shapiro   Slim Technologies
Cosimo Spera   Saltare, Inc.
John Sullivan   Synergy, Inc.
Sundaram Parthasarathy Computer Science University of Minnesota
Gunther Uhlmann Mathematics University of Washington
Narayan Venkatasubramanyan   i2 Technologies
Glenn Webb Mathematics Vanderbilt University
Lawrence M. Wein Graduate School of Business Stanford University
Amy R. Wilson Health Services Research and Policy University of Minnesota
Paul H. Zipkin The Fuqua School of Business Duke University
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Workshop 2: Computational Methods for Large Scale Integer Programs
October 14-19, 2002
Name Department Affiliation
Karen Aardal Industrial and Systems Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology
Scot Adams IMA University of Minnesota
Shabbir Ahmed Industrial & Systems Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology
Beth E. Allen Economics University of Minnesota
David Applegate   AT&T Labs-Research
Douglas N. Arnold IMA University of Minnesota
Donald Aronson IMA University of Minnesota
Alper Atamturk Industrial Eng. and Oper. Research University of California at Berkeley
Egon Balas Graduate Industrial Administration Carnegie Mellon University
Francisco Barahona   IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
Dimitris Bertsimas Sloan Management MIT
Daniel Bienstock IEOR Columbia University
Robert E. Bixby   ILOG, Inc.
Olga Brezhneva Institute for Mathematics and its Applications University of Minnesota
David B. Brown Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences MIT
Sebastian Ceria Graduate Business Columbia University
Vasek Chvatal Computer Science Rutgers University
William Cook Industrial and Systems Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology
Collette Coullard Industrial Eng. & Mgmt. Sciences Northwestern University
Bob M. Crone Mechanical R&D Seagate Technology
Georgios Dalakouras Mathematics Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Milind Dawande Management University of Texas at Dallas
Ismael de Farias, Jr. Graduate Industrial Administration Carnegie Mellon University
Jacques Desrosiers Management Sciences Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales
Lisa Evans IMA University of Minnesota
Michel Gendreau Centre de Recherche sur les transports Universite de Montreal
Jean-Louis Goffin Department Faculty of Management McGill University
Ralph E. Gomory   Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Balaji Gopalakrishnan Institute for Mathematics and its Application University of Minnesota
Zonghao Gu   ILOG, INC.
Oktay Gunluk Mathematical Sciences IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
David L. Jensen   IBM Corporation
Ellis Johnson Industrial & Systems Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology
Lili Ju   Minneapolis VA Medical Center
Ben Justin UMTYMP University of Minnesota
Herve Kerivin IMA University of Minnesota
Laszlo Ladanyi Mathematical Sciences IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
Maher Lahmar Industrial Engineering University of Minnesota
Robin Lougee-Heimer Mathematical Sciences IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
Youssef Ltaief Mechanical Engineering University of Minnesota
Francois Margot Mathematics University of Kentucky
Alexander Martin Fachbereich Mathematik, AG 7 Darmstadt University of Technology
Willard Miller Mathematics University of Minnesota
Denis Naddef Laboratoire Informatique it Distribution INSIMAG - antenne de Montbonnot
Richard Nau Mathematics & Computer Science Carleton College
George L. Nemhauser Industrial and Systems Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology
Peh Ng IMA University of Minnesota
Samuel Patterson Mathematics and Computer Science Carleton College
Bill Pulleyblank   IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
Maurice Queyranne Faculty of Commerce & Business Administration University of British Columbia
Vic Reiner Mathematics University of Minnesota
Ed Rothberg   ILOG, Inc.
Fadil Santosa IMA University of Minnesota
Martin Savelsbergh Industrial and Systems Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology
M. Nuri Sendil Industrial Eng. & Mgmt. Sciences Northwestern University
Melvyn Sim   MIT
Tamon Stephen IMA University of Minnesota
Dharmashankar Subramanian ACS Honeywell Labs
Vladimir Sverak Mathematics University of Minnesota
Kosmo D. Tatalias   Army High Performance Computing Research Ctr
Rekha R. Thomas Mathematics University of Washington
Leslie Earl Trotter, Jr. Operations Research & Industrial Engineering Cornell University
Eduardo Uchoa Engenharia de Producao Universidade Federal Fluminense
Pascal Van Hentenryck Computer Science Brown University
Francois Vanderbeck Mathematiques Appliquees Bordeaux Universite de Bordeaux 1
Igor Vasil'ev Centro di Ricerca in Matematica Pura e Applicata Università degli Studi di Salerno
Jean-Philippe Vial International Symposium on Mathematical Programing University of Geneva
Jing Wang Institute for Mathematics and its Application University of Minnesota
Robert Weismantel Mathematics / IMO Otto-von-Guericke-University of Magdeburg
Dan Zhang Mechanical Engineering University of Minnesota
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Workshop 3: Travel and Transportation
November 11-15, 2002
Name Department Affiliation
Scot Adams IMA University of Minnesota
Montaz Ali Computational And Applied Mathematics Witwatersrand University
Beth E. Allen Economics University of Minnesota
Ranga Anbil   Principal OHM Technologies, Cincinnati, Ohio
Douglas N. Arnold IMA University of Minnesota
Donald Aronson IMA University of Minnesota
Michael Ball Robert H. Smith Business University of Maryland, College Park
Cindy Barnhart Civil and Environmental Engineering Department MIT
Olga Brezhneva Institute for Mathematics and its Applications University of Minnesota
Llody W. Clarke   ILOG, Inc.
Collette Coullard Industrial Eng. & Mgmt. Sciences Northwestern University
Guy Desaulniers Mathematics and Industrial Engineering Ecole Polytechnique and GERAD
Brenda Dietrich TJ Watson Research Center IBM Corporation
Lisa Evans IMA University of Minnesota
Francesco Galliloppa Mechanical Engineering University of Minnesota
Balaji Gopalakrishnan Institute for Mathematics and its Application University of Minnesota
Curt Hjorring   Carmen Systems
Ellis Johnson Industrial & Systems Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology
Lili Ju   Minneapolis VA Medical Center
Herve Kerivin IMA University of Minnesota
Daniel Kerm University of Minnesota Institute for Mathematics and its Applications
Diego Klabjan Mechanical & Industrial Engineering University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Anton J. Kleywegt Industrial and Systems Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology
Deepa Kumar Mechanical Engineering University of Minnesota
Yueh-er Kuo Mathematics University of Tennessee
Gilbert Laporte Centre de recherche sur les transports Universite de Montreal
Tomas Liden Sthlm Carmen Consultant
George F. List Jonsson Engineering Center 4052 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Setareh Mardan Mechanical Engineering University of Minnesota
Richard Nau Mathematics & Computer Science Carleton College
Peh Ng IMA University of Minnesota
Julian Pachon   Caleb Technologies Corporation
Samuel Patterson Mathematics and Computer Science Carleton College
Bruce W. Patty   Exostrategy Partners
Georgia Perakis Operations Research MIT, Sloan School of Management
Maurice Queyranne Faculty of Commerce & Business Administration University of British Columbia
Richard Ratliff   Sabre, Inc.
David M. Ryan Engineering Science University of Auckland
Fadil Santosa IMA University of Minnesota
Martin Savelsbergh Industrial and Systems Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology
M. Nuri Sendil Industrial Eng. & Mgmt. Sciences Northwestern University