Michael Trick

I am devastated to learn that my sports scheduling colleague and coauthor Kelly Easton has passed away. Kelly was instrumental in the success we had in scheduling Major League Baseball and countless other leagues. Deep condolences to husband Todd (Utah OR professor) and their family.

My postdoctoral year at his institute was one of the foundational times of my career. He had a tremendous impact on our field.

Quantum Speedup Found for Huge Class of Hard Problems | Quanta Magazine It’s been difficult to find important questions that quantum computers can answer faster than classical machines, but a new algorithm appears to do it for some critical optimization tasks.

Interesting article on quantum speedup www.quantamagazine.org/quantum-spee... but I wish @quantamagazine.bsky.social journalists would learn than 10 city TSPs or even Vehicle Routing Problems are not particularly hard and aren't solved by complete enumeration.

"Nothing is permanent..." I was a proud early adopter of Gmail. September 4, 2004, to be exact. Before that, I had an email server running on an HP Unix workstation that I had named after my favorite hockey player. <Insert Can...

My friend Stan Zin explains why he gave up Gmail. If you know why stanzin might be popular, you can understand why. world.hey.com/stan.zin/not...

François Soumis at the column generation workshop in Montreal 2023

Jacques Desrosiers delivered the sad news that an #orms giant has left us forever:

François Soumis passed away last night. The depot of this last vehicle tour is in heaven.

A great self indulgence just in time for my birthday.

Hi. We're new here. 👋

We're excited to try Bluesky and share the latest in ORMS, analytics, AI, ML, and data science. Stay tuned for insights, research highlights, and more from the world of INFORMS. Let's connect and innovate together! 🚀📊 #INFORMS #OperationsResearch #Analytics #ManagementScience

Hey! INFORMS @informs.bsky.social is here. Welcome to where all the cool operations research kids are!

Very sorry to see the passing of Hugh Bradley. Hugh was instrumental in the development of ORSA, TIMS, INFORMS, and particularly IFORS, where he was treasurer for almost a decade. I will value my time with him and what I learned from him. www.vacahillschapel.com/obituary/hug...

There are things we do at every university I have been at that no one remembers why.

YouTube video by The OR Society Blackett Lecture 2024 - NetwORks and Policies: OR to the Rescue, Anna Nagurney, Ph.D.

I'm thrilled that The Operational Research (OR) Society has posted the video recording of my 2024 Blackett Lecture, NetwORks and Policies: OR to the Rescue, delivered at The Royal Society in London on Dec. 5. #orms #networks #supplychains #labor #policies #gametheory
www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-Ls...

Perhaps arxiv.org/pdf/2102.09663 ? Unless I am reading this wrong, their "large" instances in that paper have 9 variables and 18 constraints.

I'm not sure whether to be disappointed about how much (human) work it takes or be amazed that copilot can do as much as it does.

I am very pleased to announce that a 1996 paper I wrote on graph coloring and column generation with Anuj Mehrotra was given a "Test of Time" award by the INFORMS Journal of Computing for papers written 1995-1999. The full citation is at pubsonline.informs.org/doi/10.1287/...

CPAIOR 2025 Conference Welcome to the OpenReview homepage for CPAIOR 2025 Conference

There are still 7 days left for the abstract deadline, and 14 days until the full paper deadline! Just enough time to submit your brilliant idea and come present it in Melbourne!

The OpenReview page is ready for you: openreview.net/group?id=cpa...

#cp #ai #orms

I've left the other site, at least when it comes to #orms posts likes, etc. happy to be here!

Fantastic list! Perhaps I might be added?