PS: I wanted to add that the manuscript was rejected earlier at a prestigious journal and we believe the reviewers there did not do an objective assessment of it. But we are glad it is now accepted at a good journal. Further, we've uploaded the codes at the Harvard repository.
Research of my PhD student Joshua A. Afari, co-advised with Dr. Robert Marley, and with Dr. Jiaqiao Hu of Stonybrook Univ. as co-author. #Gratitude to all. The novel idea here is to solve the unequal-areas layout problem while reducing dead space. Open access: Read: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
I don't disagree. There should have been a condition of repayment after the business became successful. Their track record has not been one of making endless profits & giving enormous salaries to top leadership with regular layoffs of lower-level employees.
The Tata firms are worth billions but no Tata manager has become a billionaire. The Tatas pay their employees well---good healthcare & retirement benefits. They have not evaded any taxes as far as I know. My first job out of college was with the Tatas where I learned the basics of quality control.
I remember reading about the two atomic bombs dropped on Japan in an HS lesson. I had assumed that we would move towards peace with time. But that never happened: nuclear submarines, long-range missiles, and now drones.
Unfortunately, successful firms in the U.S. keep becoming larger, leading to that unhealthy situation.
That's awesome. I get a message from a former student unfailingly at every new year. And messages on my birthday. Always a good feeling!
I used to have a stack of thank-you cards when I first started teaching in Colorado. For some reason, I stopped in my second job, but I think I should buy a stack again. You're right---there are many to whom we owe gratitude.
Even back as an undergrad in Mechanical Engineering, I found myself drawn to a specific thread: Optimization.
Really loved the mathematics in Mechanical Engineering but found systems and algorithms more fascinating! Delighted to support #ORAwarenessDay
Oh truly horrible!! Condolences to those who lost loved ones! I've traveled by some of those trains in Spain. They're incredibly fast. I hope lessons are learned from this disaster.
“Uruguay did what most nations still call impossible: it built a power grid that runs almost entirely on renewables—at half the cost of fossil fuels. The physicist who led that transformation says the same playbook could work anywhere—if governments have the courage to change the rules.”
Happy New Year to all my followers! Hope 2026 brings good news and peace to residents all over the 🌎! 🎉
Sending you and your family holiday wishes 🎉🎊
In your IE/Systems/OR department, do PhD students usually teach an undergrad course (e.g., Linear Algebra or Engineering Econ.) after they've completed their own coursework? I remember doing that myself (for 3 semesters) as a PhD student and learning a significant amount from that experience.
Good to read that. A couple of years ago the lines were long. I saw your post on LinkedIn; you have many students presenting: my best wishes to them all.
No, I'm not attending this year, but our student is presenting our research on digital twins.
Hope you have a terrific time in Atlanta at @informs.bsky.social 2025!
Congrats to Dr. Elmagrabhy and all the other newly elected members of the board. My very best wishes to them!
Truly excited about teaching a course on Markov Decision Processes #MDPs after a gap of 8 years. #Gratitude to many for making this happen. Am making the notes from the first module publicly available here (comments welcome):
simoptim.com/course-notes...
Please join us tomorrow for a timely panel & discussion on #supplychains & #vulnerabilities, thanks to The Democracy Forum, Lord Bruce & @humphreyhawksley.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyqP... @isenbergumass.bsky.social @umassamherst.bsky.social @informs.bsky.social @theorsociety.bsky.social
Will have to disagree a little here and *open to discussion*: Is this really something that a human brain can't catch? I know productivity is a good thing, yet uploading unpublished research into AI means it can get into databases. Plus, I'm repeatedly being told readers like my chatty Indian tone 😂
New addition to website optimization4all.com devoted to operations research, a repository for freely available material on #ORMS. Here is our latest case study w/ codes included for airline revenue management: airline-revenue-managment-or.streamlit.app Detailed write up: github.com/adhikaripraj...
An interesting new website just launched for folks in the optimization community.
optimization4all.com
I have not deactivated my X account and occasionally do go there. But I agree it has become wild. And I have been thinking about deactivating it.
There has to be something wrong about a President openly taking a gift from a foreign entity.
The last week of classes for me. It has been a long semester. The last few months have not been easy for me or my siblings due to the passing of our mom. I'm looking forward to the summer now.
"Life is too short for wasting energy on anything that isn't mutual. I don't fear growing old. I fear losing myself just to please others. At this point in my life, I choose peace ---above everything else" Meryl Streep
The pandemic stole about two years from our life. Does anybody feel that way?
Wow!
