AI4OPT

The AI4OPT Seminar Series is back! Kicking off on March 4, 2026, with Pierre Schaus, professor at UCLouvain, discussing “Sequence Variables for Solving Vehicle Routing Problems with Constraint Programming.” Register: www.ai4opt.org/news-events/...

Members of AI4OPT and Tech AI at Georgia Tech welcomed the Consulate General of Belgium in Atlanta to Georgia Tech. The visit included faculty flash talks, an AI4OPT lab tour, and student poster presentations, and more. Link: www.ai4opt.org/news-events/...

AI4OPT researchers recently shared their work at CPAIOR 2025.

Read the full article to learn more about their presentations and findings: www.ai4opt.org/news-events/...

Congratulations to AI4OPT researcher Asal Roudbari on earning a Best Poster Award at the recent Shriners–Georgia Tech event for her collaborative work with Shriners Children’s.

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Happy New Year from the AI4OPT Team! From our launch in 2021 to becoming a nationally recognized AI institute in 2026, we’re grateful to our partners, students, and collaborators for helping us turn vision into impact. Here’s to another year of innovation!

The November AI4OPT Newsletter is out! We’re celebrating four years of impact, breakthroughs in AI and optimization, and highlights from across research, industry, education, and policy. Read more: mailchi.mp/8c0ff3e57ebf...
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Pascal Van Hentenryck shared insights in Australia on how AI and optimization are powering advances in energy, infrastructure, and beyond. The discussions highlighted global collaboration for responsible innovation. www.ai4opt.org/news-events/...
#AI #Optimization #Energy

AI4OPT joined 170 students at HackGwinnett 5.0 for a full day of coding and innovation.
Michael Butros shared how AI is tackling real-world optimization challenges.
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AI4OPT researchers shared cutting-edge work at #INFORMS2025 in Atlanta, advancing the fusion of AI and optimization across logistics, energy, and manufacturing. Read more about the team’s impact: www.ai4opt.org/news-events/...

Researchers from UTRGV and Georgia Tech’s AI4OPT met for the 2025 NSF ExpandAI ARISE Meeting to advance collaboration in AI research and education. Read more: www.ai4opt.org/news-events/...

At SAIL 2025, AI4OPT highlighted advances in AI and optimization through presentations by Jackelyn Bjorne and posters from graduate researchers Asal Roudbari and Arnaud Deza.
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#AI #Optimization #AIResearch #AIInstitutes #AI4OPT #Collaboration

Cathy Wu of MIT presented at AI4OPT on how AI and optimization can reshape transportation design for a more efficient, sustainable future. Read the recap: www.ai4opt.org/news-events/...

Next week Pascal Van Hentenryck will give a plenary talk at INFORMS 2025 (Oct. 29 at 11 a.m. ET). His talk, “Learning to Optimize: Foundations and Industrial Impact,” will explore how machine-learning meets optimization in practice. Visit our event page for details: www.ai4opt.org/news-events/...

RSNSW and Learned Academies Forum 2025. AI: The Hope and the Hype - The Royal Society of NSW Date: Thursday, 6 November 2025, 8.30 am for 9.00 am – 5.00 pm AEDT Venue:  Government House, Sydney: in person by invitation, and live-streaming Entry: No charge Please click here […]

Royal Society of NSW and ACOLA are hosting the AI: The Hope and the Hype forum on Nov. 6 at Gov House, Sydney. @vanhentenryck.bsky.social, Dir. of @georgiatechai.bsky.social will speak on building trustworthy, impactful AI systems: royalsoc.org.au/events/rsnsw-and-learned-academies-forum-2025

From high school intern to aspiring engineer, Sebastian Velastegui is already using AI to make an impact. Through our internship program, he helped develop a large language model for GT’s website.

Read more about his story here: www.ai4opt.org/news-events/...
#StudentSpotlight #AI #STEM #Education

Join us on Friday, October 24 at noon for a seminar with Cathy Wu, Career Development Associate Professor at MIT, as she explores how artificial intelligence is reshaping the future of transportation systems.
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#AI #TransportationInnovation #Optimization #Sustainability

AI4OPT and Tech AI recently partnered with THG Advisor to host an executive showcase highlighting how artificial intelligence is transforming healthcare, energy, manufacturing, and more.
Read more about the event and its impact: www.ai4opt.org/news-events/...

Two Georgia Tech Ph.D. @ai4opt.bsky.social
students created a student-run, faculty-graded, fully-accredited course that links math, engineering and machine learning. b.gatech.edu/42ml2yT

Georgia Tech AI4OPT students created a student-run, faculty-graded, fully-accredited course exploring the connections between optimization, control, and modern learning methods.

Read more about this innovative student-led model: www.ai4opt.org/news-events/...

The September 2025 AI4OPT Newsletter is here! Catch up on the latest in AI and optimization: mailchi.mp/f66c212d4136...

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#ArtificialIntelligence #Optimization #Engineering #TechNews #ThoughtLeadership

Today, we celebrated our financial manager, Lisa Salter, and her career with Georgia Tech. We are deeply grateful for Lisa and wish her all the best as she begins her next adventure. Lisa is also featured in our AI4OPT Newsletter mailchi.mp/f66c212d4136...

AI4OPT’s latest seminar featured Dr. Vimal Ramjee, a leading cardiologist and health innovation expert, who shared insights on tackling heart disease through responsible AI adoption. www.ai4opt.org/news-events/... #AI #MachineLearning #HeartDisease #SeminarSeries

Join us on Thursday, September 11 at 12 p.m. for a seminar with Vimal Ramjee, MD, cardiologist and health innovation leader.

He’ll share how AI-enabled cardiovascular care, from predictive imaging to scalable care models, is transforming patient outcomes.

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Podcast premiere at noon! Ep 2 of What About AI? brings Pascal Van Hentenryck and Breon Martin together with Srinivas Peeta to talk AI, self-driving cars, the future of urban mobility and more.

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Great energy yesterday at the AI4OPT and @georgiatechai.bsky.social Open House!

Thank you to everyone who came out to explore, share ideas, and celebrate innovation in AI and optimization.

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#AI #Research #Innovation #Networking

We’re proud to share that AI4OPT Director Pascal Van Hentenryck will be a plenary speaker at the 2025 INFORMS Annual Meeting.
Read more about his plenary and research impact here: www.ai4opt.org/news-events/...
#INFORMS2025 #Optimization #MachineLearning #AI

Call for Student Volunteers! The INFORMS 2025 Annual Meeting at the Georgia World Congress Center is seeking student volunteers. Work one full day assisting attendees and receive free conference registration. app.smartsheet.com/b/form/0197f...

From participant to lead teaching assistant, Shaurya Attal has mentored more than 100 Seth Bonder Camp students while pursuing his passion for computer science, data science, and AI.

Read more about his story here: www.ai4opt.org/news-events/...

#StudentSpotlight #AI #Education #STEM

U.S. Congressional staffers visited the CODA Building to see how AI4OPT is applying AI to national challenges in energy, health, transportation, and supply chains.

Full story: www.ai4opt.org/news-events/...

From decoding brainwaves in California to building an AI education hub in Chile, faculty in the NSF AI4OPT Faculty Training Program are driving innovation across borders.
Read how their groundbreaking research is making a worldwide impact on AI-driven innovation: www.ai4opt.org/news-events/...