September 21
Christos Papadimitriou Associate Chair of Computer Science University of California at Berkeley
The Complexity of Multiobjective Optimization
September 28
Markos Papageorgiou Professor and Director of the Dynamic Systems and Simulation Laboratory Technical University of Crete
Feedback Approaches to Dynamic Traffic Assignment and Route Guidance
October 5
L.D. Servi Senior Principal Member Verizon Communications
Very Fast Algorithmic Solutions to Multi-Dimensional Birth-Death Telecommunication Models
October 12
John Little Institute Professor MIT
The World Is Coming Our Way - OR/MS Opportunities in e-Commerce
October 19
Steve Wright Senior Computer scientist Argonne National Laboratory
Stochastic Optimization on Computational Grids
October 26
M. Elisabeth Pate-Cornell Burt and Deedee McMurtry Professor, School of Engineering Stanford University
Faster Cheaper Optimization of the Management of Space Programs of Interdependent Projects
November 2
David Simchi-Levi Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering MIT
Flexible Pricing Strategies to Improve Supply Chain Performance
November 16
Santosh Vempala Assistant Professor of Mathematics MIT
Efficient Algorithms for Universal Portfolios
November 30
Anton Kleywegt Assistant Professor, School of Industrial and Systems Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology
Revenue Management Models for the Sea Cargo Industry
December 7
Lisa Fleischer Carnegie Mellon University
A Combinatorial, Strongly Polynomial Algorithm for Submodular Function Minimization