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Epstein Institute / ISE 651 Seminar Series

Speaker: Dr. Natashia Boland, Professor of Applied Mathematics, University of Newcastle, Australia (2008-2014) and School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology (January 2015)

Talk Title: "Biobjective Mixed Integer Programming: Two Motivating Applications and A New Algorithm"

Series: Epstein Institute Seminar Series

Abstract: Scheduling maintenance in a coal export supply chain so as to minimize its impact on system throughput, and allocating water to maximize the health of plant and animal species in a river system, are two quite different applications. Yet both give rise to mixed integer programming problems with two objectives. In this talk, we will give a brief overview of both these applications, and the progress made to date on solving them in practice. We then present a new method for biobjective mixed integer programming that exploits the power of modern MIP solvers. The resulting method deduces the efficient frontier in a computationally effective way. One of the features exploited in these methods is the ability of MIP solvers to make use of high quality feasible solutions.

TUESDAY, November 18, 2014
GRACE FORD SALVATORI HALL (GFS) ROOM 101
3:30 - 4:50 PM


Biography: Professor Natashia Boland held the position of Professor of Applied Mathematics at the University of Newcastle, Australia from 2008-2014, a role she took up after completing her PhD at the University of Western Australia in 1992, followed by two years of postdoctoral research at the University of Waterloo, Canada, and the Georgia Institute of Technology, respectively, and 13 years with the University of Melbourne. She is an expert in the field of integer programming, and an exponent of its application to address complex problems in government and industry. Her contributions to the field have spanned theory, algorithms, modelling and applications, in domains as diverse as mining, renewable energy, airline planning and cancer radiotherapy treatment, with emerging interests in maintenance scheduling and water management. She has supervised 12 PhD students to completion, with 7 current, has published over 50 articles in international scientific journals, and has held 8 nationally competitive large grants in the past, currently holding 5 more. Of these 10 support joint research with business and/or government partners, to improve decision making processes and outcomes for these organizations. Professor Boland will join the School of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology in January 2015.


Host: Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering

More Information: Seminar-Boland.docx

Location: Grace Ford Salvatori Hall Of Letters, Arts & Sciences (GFS) - 101

Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

Contact: Georgia Lum