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Independent Activities Period (IAP) 2010
The OR Center participates in MIT's Independent Activities Period (IAP) by offering a series of informational seminars focusing on the OR Center and on current research and the practice of OR. IAP is a month-long period between the fall and spring terms (usually the month of January) during which all members of the MIT community participate in developing individual interests for the benefit of the community and themselves.
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ORC IAP Seminar
ORC IAP Seminar - "Operations Research in the Military"
The annual Independent Activities Period seminar organized by the
Operations Research Center will take place on 01/25/2010, 9:30am-3pm, in room 2-105. The activity will consist of a series of talks by Operations Research Analysts from the military or affiliated military research covering various applications, such as supply chain optimization and demand forecasting for aircraft parts, risk mitigation for operations around IEDs, robust planning for military logistics and transportation, and scheduling for force protection. Speakers include current and former Army and Air Force Officers as well as civilians working in analytic institutions such as the Pentagon and Draper Laboratory. Each talk will be followed by a Q&A session, and there will be opportunities for networking with the speakers.
- Speaker: Eric Zarybnisky, current Air Force Captain, Operations Research Center PhD student, MIT
Abstract: Captain Zarybnisky will present two topics in his presentation: "Flight hours planning and reporting" and "OR thought processes applied to launch systems.” In the first topic, he will discuss the system and processes he helped create for the flying hours program at Sheppard AFB, a pilot training base in Texas. The system accepts input from three different organizations and provides both quantitative and qualitative reports for senior leadership. In the second part of the presentation he will present the systems engineering work he accomplished while in involved in the launch community. This work includes technical reviews to senior leadership, hardware and engineering specification reviews, and finally the review process that leads to launch.
- Speaker: Chris Marks, Army Major, currently a professor at US Military Academy, West Point, NY
Abstract: Major Marks will present the data model he built and used to assist in carrying out Improvised Explosive Device (IED) planning. He will be discussing the "Modeling of risk associated with IEDs in the contemporary operating environment." It will be somewhat open-ended presentation and would enjoy hearing feedback from the audience on further ideas to improve the model.
- Free catered lunch for attendees who RSVP
- Speaker: Steven J. Clark, former Air Force Captain, currently works at Analytics Operations Engineering, Inc, Boston MA
Abstract: The presentation, titled "A view from both sides of the fence--my experiences with Operations Research as an Air Force Officer and as a civilian consultant,” will highlight several applications of Operations Research from Mr. Clark’s eight years of experience as an OR Analyst in the U.S. Air Force--primarily in the areas of supply chain optimization and demand forecasting for spare parts. It will also compare and contrast these experiences with what he has learned about OR as a consultant at Analytics Operations Engineering, working on cases ranging from a discount fashion retailer to the pricing of containers for a major intermodal railroad.
- Speaker: Dr. Stephan Kolitz, currently works at Draper Laboratories, Cambridge, MA
Abstract: Dr. Kolitz will present a variety of Operations Research-related projects that Draper Labs has worked on, including: robust planning for military logistics and transportation, mission planning for multiple autonomous UAVs, coordination of heterogeneous ISR sensor systems, as well as routing and scheduling for force protection.
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