Talks

Coming Up:

2008:

Tanner, M. and L. Ntaimo, “IIS Inequalities for Jointly Constrained Stochastic Programs: Implementation and Computational Results,”

INFORMS Southwest Regional Conference, College Station, TX, April 18 - 19, 2008.

2007:

Ntaimo, L., “Disjunctive Cuts for Two-Stage Stochastic Mixed 0-1 Programs with Recourse and Applications,” The Department of Computational & Applied Mathematics , Rice University, Colloquium Lectures, Nov 12, 2007.

Ntaimo, L., “A Computational Study of Disjunctive Cuts for Two-Stage Stochastic Mixed 0-1 Programs with Recourse,” Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering, Georgia Tech, ISyE Discrete Optimization Seminars, Oct 25, 2007.

Ntaimo, L ., “A Simulation and Stochastic Programming Approach to Resource Deployment for Wildfire Containment ,” INFORMS Annual Conference, Seattle, WA, Nov 4 - 7, 2007.

Tanner, M and L. Ntaimo, “A Scenario-based Branch-and-cut Algorithm for Stochastic Programs with Probabilistic Constraints,”

INFORMS Annual Conference, Seattle, WA, Nov 4 - 7, 2007.

Ntaimo, L and M. W. Tanner, “A Computational Study of Disjunctive Cuts for Two Stage Stochastic 0-1 Programs with Recourse,” 11th Conference on Stochastic Programming (SPXI), Vienna, Austria, Aug 27-31, 2007.

Ntaimo, L and M. W. Tanner, “Disjunctive Decomposition for Two-Stage Stochastic Mixed 0-1 Programs with Random Recourse,” 2007 INFORMS International, Puerto Rico, July 8-11, 2007.

Tanner, M.W. and L. Ntaimo, “A Computational Study of Lift-and-Project Cuts for Stochastic Mixed 0-1 Programs,” 2007 INFORMS International, Puerto Rico, July 8-11, 2007.

Ntaimo, L., “Disjunctive Decomposition for Stochastic Mixed-Integer Programs and Applications,” Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Seminar Series, Feb 22, 2007.

2006:

Ntaimo, L., “A Class of Algorithms for Large-Scale Stochastic Mixed-Integer Programs and Applications,” Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin. Seminar Series, Sept 15, 2006.

Ntaimo, L., "Disjunctive Decomposition for Stochastic Mixed-Binary Programs with Random Recourse," International Symposium on Mathematical Programming, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, July 31 - Aug 4, 2006 - (Invited Talk)

"A Stochastic Mixed-Integer Programming Approach for Wildfire Containment," IIE Annual Conference, Orlando, FL, May 21-24, 2006 - (with Won Ju Lee and Anshu Jalora).

"Dynamic Multi-Resolution Cellular Space Modeling for Forest Fire Simulation " Spring Simulation Multiconference - DEVS Integrative M&S Symposium (DEVS'06), Von Braun Center, Huntsville, AL, April 2-5, 2006 - (with X. Hu).

"Two-Dimensional Fire Spread Decomposition in Cellular DEVS Models," Spring Simulation Multiconference - DEVS Integrative M&S Symposium (DEVS'06), Von Braun Center, Huntsville, AL, April 2-5, 2006 - (with B. Khargharia).

2005:

"Discrete Event Modeling and Simulation of Forest Fire Spread and Suppression," First Friday AAPO Lecture Series, Texas A&M University, November 4, 2005, 12:00-1:00pm - (Invited Talk).

"A Comparative Study of Decomposition Algorithms for Stochastic Mixed-Integer Programming," INFORMS Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA, Nov 15, 2005 - (Session Chair: Stochastic Programming).

"A Hybrid Agent-Cellular Space Modeling Approach for Fire Spread and Suppression Simulation," 2005 Winter Simulation Conference, Orlando, FL, December 4-7, 2005 - (with X. Hu and A. Muzy).

"Modeling and Simulation of Forest Fire Spread and Suppression in DEVS ," Dept. of Industrial Engineering Seminar Series, Texas A & M University, College Station, TX, September 5, 2005.

"Decomposition Algorithms for Stochastic Combinatorial Optimization and Applications," IIE Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA, May 14-18, 2005 - (Session Co-Chair: Large-Scale Optimization)

"Disjunctive Decomposition with Branch-and-Cut for Stochastic Mixed-Integer Programming," IFORS, Honolulu, Hawaii, July 11-15, 2005 -(Invited Session: Stochastic Programming)

"Integrating Fire Suppression into a DEVS Cellular Forest Fire Spread Model," Spring Simulation Multiconference, San Diego, CA, April 3-7, 2005 - Invited Session

2004:

“Disjunctive Decomposition with Branch-and-Cut (D2-BAC) for two-stage SMIP,” INFORMS Conference, Denver, CO, October 25, 2004 - Invited Session

“Disjunctive decomposition for stochastic mixed-integer programming with continuous first-stage,” Stochastic Programming Conference, Tucson, AZ, October 12, 2004. -(Session Chair)

“Decomposition algorithms for stochastic combinatorial optimization,” Dept. of Industrial Engineering Seminar Series, Texas A & M University, College Station, TX, September 13, 2004.

“Expressing a forest cell model in Parallel DEVS and Timed Cell-DEVS formalisms,” 2004 Summer Computer Simulation Conference, San Jose, CA, July 26, 2004 - Invited Session

“Distributed Discrete Optimization Under Uncertainty,” IIE Annual Conference, Houston, TX, May 2004 - Invited Session

2003:

“Stochastic Mixed-Integer Programming for Server Location Problems under Uncertainty,” INFORMS Conference, Atlanta, GA, October, 2003 - Invited Session

“Algorithms for Large Scale Stochastic Mixed-Integer Programming and Applications to Server Location Problems Under Uncertainty,” Systems & Industrial Engineering Dept. Seminar Series, University of Arizona, May 2003.

2000:

“Online Estimation of Bucket Fullness for a Wheel Loader for Autonomous Rock Excavation using Artificial Neural Networks,” Mining & Geological Engineering Dept. Seminar Series, University of Arizona, October 2000.