IOS2022: INFORMS OPTIMIZATION SOCIETY CONFERENCE 2022
PROGRAM

Days: Sunday, March 13th Monday, March 14th Tuesday, March 15th

Sunday, March 13th

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08:30-10:00 Session SA2: Advances in DFO I
Location: Gold Ballroom
08:30
A Trust Region Method for the Optimization of Noisy Functions (abstract)
PRESENTER: Shigeng Sun
08:52
Complexity Analysis of Trust-Region Optimization with Adaptive Sampling for Zeroth-Order Stochastic Oracles (abstract)
PRESENTER: Yunsoo Ha
09:14
Analysis of Line Search and Trust Region Methods with Noise (abstract)
PRESENTER: Albert Berahas
09:36
Efficient Implementation of Second-Order (Newton-like) Stochastic Optimization with Zeroth-Order or First-Order Information (abstract)
08:30-10:00 Session SA3: Convex and Non-Convex Optimization for Machine Learning
Chairs:
Location: Card Room
08:30
Stochastic first-order Algorithms for a class of non-Lipschitz variational inequalities (abstract)
08:52
Adaptivity and Optimism in Acceleration (abstract)
09:14
Distributed stochastic inertial-accelerated methods with delayed derivatives for nonconvex problems (abstract)
PRESENTER: Yangyang Xu
08:30-10:00 Session SA4: Novel Solution Techniques in Discrete Optimization
08:30
Solving cut-generating linear programs via machine learning (abstract)
PRESENTER: Danial Davarnia
08:52
Proximity Results In Mixed-integer Second Order Conic Programming (abstract)
PRESENTER: Diego Moran
09:14
On The Structure Of DD-representable MIPs With Application To Unit Commitment (abstract)
09:36
Second-Order Conic and Polyhedral Approximations of the Exponential Cone: Application to Mixed-Integer Exponential Conic Programs (abstract)
PRESENTER: Weijun Xie
08:30-10:00 Session SA5: Optimization Models and Methods for Disaster Relief and Emergency Response
Location: Furman Room
08:30
Using OR to Prioritize Transportation Network Resilience Investments (abstract)
08:52
Shared-Mobility-Based Evacuation Planning under Demand Uncertainty (abstract)
PRESENTER: Kati Moug
09:14
Drone-Network Queuing Optimization Model for Emergencies (abstract)
PRESENTER: Miguel Lejeune
09:36
Determining Optimal Fuel Strategies Under Uncertainty (abstract)
PRESENTER: Faith Idoko
08:30-10:00 Session SA6: Network Interdiction
Location: Palmetto Room
08:30
Optimizing Cooperative Interdependent Attack Graphs to compromise cyberinfrastructures (abstract)
PRESENTER: Joseph Alameda
08:52
Multi-period Max Flow Network Interdiction with Restructuring for Disrupting Domestic Sex Trafficking Networks (abstract)
PRESENTER: Daniel Kosmas
09:14
Best Response Intersection: An Optimal Algorithm for Interdiction Defense (abstract)
PRESENTER: Andrew Mastin
09:36
Network Interdiction Games with Heterogeneous Transportation and Interdiction Costs (abstract)
PRESENTER: Mathieu Dahan
13:00-14:30 Session SB1: Applications and Theory of Chance Constrained Optimization
Chairs:
13:00
ALSO-X and ALSO-X+: Better Convex Approximations for Chance Constrained Programs (abstract)
PRESENTER: Nan Jiang
13:22
Optimization under rare chance constraints (abstract)
13:44
A risk-averse and chance-constrained two-stage stochastic programming model for pharmaceutical supply chain management under demand uncertainty (abstract)
PRESENTER: Hamed Rahimian
14:06
Stochastic lot-sizing with substitution and service level constraints (abstract)
PRESENTER: Jim Luedtke
13:00-14:30 Session SB2: Advances in DFO II
Location: Gold Ballroom
13:00
Derivative-Free Optimization via Adaptive Sampling Strategies (abstract)
PRESENTER: Cem Karamanli
13:22
A Derivative-Free Algorithm for Least-Squares that Exploits Prior Simulation Outputs (abstract)
PRESENTER: Shima Dezfulian
13:44
Stochastic Zeroth-order Riemannian Derivative Estimation and Optimization (abstract)
PRESENTER: Jiaxiang Li
13:00-14:30 Session SB3: Algorithmic Dynamics in Learning Problems
Chair:
Location: Card Room
13:00
SGD in the Large: Exact Dynamics, Average-case Analysis, and Stepsize Criticality (abstract)
13:22
Sharp convergence guarantees for iterative algorithms in random optimization problems (abstract)
PRESENTER: Ashwin Pananjady
13:44
Overparameterized learning beyond the lazy regime (abstract)
14:06
Algorithmic Regularization in Model-free Overparametrized Matrix Factorization (abstract)
PRESENTER: Lijun Ding
13:00-14:30 Session SB4: Recent Advances in Integer and Matrix Optimization
13:00
A new perspective on low-rank optimization (abstract)
PRESENTER: Ryan Cory-Wright
13:22
A Graph-based Decomposition Method for Convex Quadratic Optimization with Indicators (abstract)
PRESENTER: Peijing Liu
13:44
The backbone method for ultra-high dimensional sparse machine learning (abstract)
13:00-14:30 Session SB5: Emerging Applications in Urban Transportation
Location: Furman Room
13:00
Distributionally Robust Optimization Approaches for a Stochastic Mobile Facility Routing and Scheduling Problem (abstract)
13:22
Learning Model Predictive Controllers for Real-Time Ride-Hailing Vehicle Relocation and Pricing Decisions (abstract)
13:44
Optimal Transportation Mode Selection and Capacity Allocation under Uncertainty (abstract)
PRESENTER: Avnish Malde
14:06
Scheduling Mobile Parcel Lockers Under Customer Choice (abstract)
PRESENTER: Yiling Zhang
13:00-14:30 Session SB6: Optimization in Communication Networks
Location: Palmetto Room
13:00
An Exact Optimization Approach for Relay Node Location in Wireless Sensor Networks (abstract)
PRESENTER: Ankan Mitra
13:22
Formulations of the max k-cut problem on classical and quantum computers (abstract)
PRESENTER: Hamidreza Validi
13:44
Maximizing Node Activation Network Flow Problems under Non-simultaneous Flow Assumptions (abstract)
PRESENTER: Robert Curry
15:00-16:30 Session SC1: Stochastic and Robust Optimization
15:00
On Data-Driven Prescriptive Analytics with Side Information: A Regularized Nadaraya-Watson Approach (abstract)
15:22
Convex Chance-Constrained Programs with Wasserstein Ambiguity (abstract)
PRESENTER: Haoming Shen
15:44
Markov chain-based policies for multi-stage stochastic integer linear programming with an application to disaster relief logistics (abstract)
PRESENTER: Yongjia Song
16:06
Reward-Risk Ratio Optimization under Copula-Based Wasserstein Ambiguity (abstract)
PRESENTER: Ran Ji
15:00-16:30 Session SC2: Stochastic Bilevel Optimization Methods
Location: Gold Ballroom
15:00
On a bilevel optimization approach to fair classification (abstract)
PRESENTER: Kangwook Lee
15:22
Bilevel stochastic methods for optimization and machine learning: Bilevel stochastic descent and DARTS (abstract)
15:44
Bi-level Optimization for Robust and Efficient Learning (abstract)
PRESENTER: Rishabh Iyer
15:00-16:30 Session SC3: Nonconvex Approaches to Statistical Estimation
Location: Card Room
15:00
Bridging Convex and Nonconvex Optimization in Robust PCA: Noise, Outliers, and Missing Data (abstract)
PRESENTER: Yuling Yan
15:22
Structured Local Solutions in Some Nonconvex Problems (abstract)
15:44
Clustering a mixture of Gaussians with unknown covariance (abstract)
PRESENTER: Mateo Diaz
16:06
A superlinearly convergent subgradient method for sharp semismooth problems (abstract)
15:00-16:30 Session SC4: Algorithms for Discrete Optimization Problems
15:00
Comparing Solution Paths of Sparse Quadratic Minimization with a Stieltjes Matrix (abstract)
PRESENTER: Ziyu He
15:22
An Abstract Model for Branch-and-Cut (abstract)
15:44
Computational Comparison of Exact Solution Methods for 0-1 Quadratic Programs: Recommendations for Practitioners (abstract)
16:06
Multi-Module Capacitated Lot-Sizing Problem, and its Generalizations with Two-Echelons and Piecewise Concave Production Costs (abstract)
PRESENTER: Kartik Kulkarni
15:00-16:30 Session SC5: Learning under Uncertainty
Chair:
Location: Furman Room
15:00
Online Learning and Pricing for Service Systems with Reusable Resources (abstract)
PRESENTER: Huiwen Jia
15:22
Online Stochastic Optimization with Wasserstein Based Non-stationarity (abstract)
PRESENTER: Jiashuo Jiang
15:44
Optimal Robust Classification Trees (abstract)
PRESENTER: Nathan Justin
15:00-16:30 Session SC6: Advances in Linear and Conic Optimization
Chair:
Location: Palmetto Room
15:00
Convex Hull Results on Quadratic Programs with Non-Intersecting Constraints (abstract)
PRESENTER: Alexander Joyce
15:22
Micro-grid Planning With Aggregator's Role In The Renewable Inclusive Prosumer Market (abstract)
PRESENTER: Saurav Sharma
15:44
Faster First-Order Primal-Dual Methods for Linear Programming using Restarts and Sharpness (abstract)
PRESENTER: Oliver Hinder
16:06
Copositive Duality for Discrete Markets and Games (abstract)
PRESENTER: Cheng Guo
16:45-18:15 Session SD1: Recent Advances in Stochastic Optimization under Distributional Ambiguity
16:45
Distributionally risk-receptive and risk-averse network interdiction problems with general ambiguity set (abstract)
PRESENTER: Sumin Kang
17:07
Distributionally Robust Two-Stage Convex Quadratic Programming (abstract)
PRESENTER: Nazlican Arslan
17:29
Effective scenarios in Two-stage DRO: properties and acceleration of decomposition algorithms (abstract)
PRESENTER: Chennan Zhou
16:45-18:15 Session SD2: Advances in Optimization and Learning from Data
Chair:
Location: Gold Ballroom
16:45
Two-stage stochastic programs with nonconvex recourse (abstract)
17:07
Algorithms for DC Programs based on Difference-of-Moreau-Envelopes Smoothing (abstract)
PRESENTER: Kaizhao Sun
17:29
Generalized ADMM Framework for Non-overlapping Group Selection (abstract)
PRESENTER: Chengyu Ke
16:45-18:15 Session SD3: Frontiers in Stochastic and Nonlinear Optimization
Location: Card Room
16:45
Asymptotics of Stochastic Gradient Descent for Nonconvex Objectives with General Noise Models (abstract)
17:07
On Arbitrary Compression for Decentralized Consensus and Stochastic Optimization over Directed Networks (abstract)
PRESENTER: M. Taha Toghani
17:29
Fast and Exact Matrix Factorization Updates for Nonlinear Programming (abstract)
16:45-18:15 Session SD4: Nonconvexity in DC & AC Power Flow Models
Chair:
16:45
A Linear Outer Approximation of Line Losses for DC-based Optimal Power Flow Problems (abstract)
17:07
Joint Chance-Constrained Predictive Generation and Line Maintenance Planning with Operations Scheduling under Sensor-Driven Failure Uncertainty (abstract)
17:29
Tightening Quadratic Convex Relaxations for the AC Optimal Transmission Switching Problem (abstract)
PRESENTER: Cheng Guo
17:51
Improving Microgrid Energy Management with storage via Stochastic Optimization and Machine Learning (abstract)
16:45-18:15 Session SD5: Two-Stage and Multi-Stage Stochastic Programming
Chair:
Location: Furman Room
16:45
On the Value of Multistage Stochastic Facility Location with Risk Aversion (abstract)
PRESENTER: Xian Yu
17:07
An Active-set Method For Two-Stage Stochastic Quadratic Programming (abstract)
PRESENTER: Niloofar Fadavi
17:29
On Finite Adaptability in Two-stage Distributionally Robust Optimization (abstract)
PRESENTER: Eojin Han
17:51
LP-based Approximations for Disjoint Bilinear and Two-Stage Adjustable Robust Optimization (abstract)
PRESENTER: Ayoub Foussoul
16:45-18:15 Session SD6: Mixed Integer Nonlinear Programming
Location: Palmetto Room
16:45
On computing with some convex relaxations for the maximum-entropy sampling problem (abstract)
17:07
Tridiagonal Maximum-Entropy Sampling and Tridiagonal Masks (abstract)
17:29
Gaining or Losing Perspective (abstract)
17:51
Gaining or Losing Perspective for Convex Multivariate Functions (abstract)
Monday, March 14th

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08:30-10:00 Session MA1: Applications and Theory in Distributionally Robust Optimization
08:30
A Decision Rule Approach for Two-Stage Data-Driven Distributionally Robust Optimization Problems with Random Recourse (abstract)
PRESENTER: Xiangyi Fan
08:52
DFO: A Robust Framework for Data-driven Decision-making with Outliers (abstract)
PRESENTER: Nan Jiang
09:14
Learning and Decision-Making with Data : Optimal Formulations and Phase Transitions (abstract)
PRESENTER: Amine Bennouna
09:36
Decision Rule Approaches for Distributionally Robust Stochastic Bilevel Linear Programs (abstract)
PRESENTER: Yiling Zhang
08:30-10:00 Session MA2: Constrained Stochastic Optimization
Location: Gold Ballroom
08:30
SQP Methods for Nonlinear Equality Constrained Stochastic Optimization (abstract)
PRESENTER: Albert Berahas
08:52
Accelerating Stochastic Sequential Quadratic Programming for Equality Constrained Stochastic Optimization using Predictive Variance Reduction (abstract)
PRESENTER: Jiahao Shi
09:14
High Probability Complexity Bounds for Line Search Based on Stochastic Oracles (abstract)
PRESENTER: Miaolan Xie
09:36
Worst-Case Complexity of an SQP Method for Nonlinear Equality Constrained Stochastic Optimization (abstract)
PRESENTER: Michael O'Neill
08:30-10:00 Session MA3: Complexity and Structure in First-Order Methods
Location: Card Room
08:30
On the Complexity of a Practical Primal-Dual Coordinate Method (abstract)
PRESENTER: Ahmet Alacaoglu
08:52
Regularized Step Directions in Conjugate Gradient Minimization (abstract)
09:14
p-Norm Flow Diffusion for Local Graph Clustering (abstract)
PRESENTER: Shenghao Yang
09:36
Survey Descent: A Multipoint Generalization of Gradient Descent for Nonsmooth Optimization (abstract)
PRESENTER: X.Y. Han
08:30-10:00 Session MA4: Novel Analysis of Cutting Planes Algorithms
08:30
On Polytopes with Linear Rank with respect to Generalizations of the Split Closure (abstract)
PRESENTER: Yatharth Dubey
08:52
A reinterpretation of cutting planes (abstract)
PRESENTER: John Hooker
09:14
Extended Relaxation and Cutting-planes for Linear Programs with Complementarity Constraints (abstract)
PRESENTER: Haoran Zhu
09:36
Modeling Disjunctive Constraints via Junction Trees (abstract)
PRESENTER: Bochuan Lyu
08:30-10:00 Session MA5: Optimizing Network Design and Pricing in Emerging Transportation Systems
Location: Furman Room
08:30
Resiliency of on-demand multimodal transit systems during a pandemic (abstract)
PRESENTER: Kevin Dalmeijer
08:52
Iterative Approaches for Integrating Rider Behavior into the Design of Large-Scale On-Demand Multimodal Transit Systems (abstract)
PRESENTER: Beste Basciftci
09:14
Plan Your System and Price for Free: Fast Algorithms for Multimodal Transit Operations (abstract)
PRESENTER: Qi Luo
09:36
Pricing in On-Demand (and One-Way) Vehicle Sharing Networks (abstract)
PRESENTER: Xiaobing Shen
08:30-10:00 Session MA6: Recent Advances in Networks Optimization and Machine Learning
Location: Palmetto Room
08:30
A Generalized Primal-Dual Algorithm Framework for Saddle Point Problems (abstract)
PRESENTER: Xiaochun Niu
08:52
Mixed Integer Linear Optimization Formulations for Learning Optimal Binary Classification Trees (abstract)
PRESENTER: Brandon Alston
09:14
Investigating the Impact of Preprocessing on Quantum Algorithms (abstract)
PRESENTER: Moises Ponce
13:15-14:45 Session MB1: New Algorithms for Solving Two-stage and Multistage Stochastic Optimization
13:15
On Generating Lagrangian Cuts for Two-Stage Stochastic Integer Programs (abstract)
PRESENTER: Jim Luedtke
13:37
Projection Cuts for Two-Stage Stochastic Mixed-Integer Programs (abstract)
PRESENTER: Ruiwei Jiang
13:59
Dual Dynamic Programming for Data Driven Distributionally Robust Multistage Convex Optimization (abstract)
PRESENTER: Shixuan Zhang
14:21
Computation Efficient Stochastic Optimization for Variable Efficiency Energy Storage (abstract)
PRESENTER: Bolun Xu
13:15-14:45 Session MB2: Optimization, Data Science, and Privacy
Location: Gold Ballroom
13:15
A Deep Reinforcement Learning Approach to Solving the Multidimensional Knapsack Problem (abstract)
PRESENTER: Sabah Bushaj
13:37
A Top-Down Approach Toward Understanding Deep Learning (abstract)
13:59
Private Federated Learning Without a Trusted Server (abstract)
PRESENTER: Andrew Lowy
14:21
Private optimization in the interpolation regime: faster rates and hardness results (abstract)
PRESENTER: Hilal Asi
13:15-14:45 Session MB3: Advances in Zeroth and First Order Optimization
Location: Card Room
13:15
Optimal Methods for Risk Averse Distributed Optimization (abstract)
PRESENTER: Zhe Zhang
13:37
Katyusha Acceleration for Convex Finite-Sum Compositional Optimization (abstract)
PRESENTER: Yibo Xu
13:59
First and zeroth-order methods for constrained nonconvex optimization (abstract)
PRESENTER: Zichong Li
13:15-14:45 Session MB4: Online Optimization and Partitioning
13:15
Tight Guarantees for Multi-unit Prophet Inequalities and Online Stochastic Knapsack (abstract)
PRESENTER: Jiashuo Jiang
13:37
Robust online selection with uncertain offer acceptance (abstract)
13:15-14:45 Session MB5: Algorithms and Models in Urban Transportation
Chair:
Location: Furman Room
13:15
Joint Routing of Conventional and Range-Extended Electric Vehicles in a Large Metropolitan Network (abstract)
13:37
Incorporating Intuition in Last-Mile Routing (abstract)
PRESENTER: Roshan Mahes
13:59
Stochastic Optimization Models for a Home Service Routing and Appointment Scheduling Problem with Random Travel and Service Times (abstract)
PRESENTER: Karmel Shehadeh
14:21
Efficient Algorithms for Stochastic Ridepooling Assignment with Mixed Fleets (abstract)
PRESENTER: Qi Luo
13:15-14:45 Session MB6: Algorithms and Computation in Global Optimization
Chair:
Location: Palmetto Room
13:15
Stochastic approximate cutting plane algorithms for continuous DR-submodular Maximization (abstract)
PRESENTER: Hugh Medal
13:37
High-Dimensional Simulation Optimization via Brownian Fields and Sparse Grids (abstract)
PRESENTER: Liang Ding
13:59
Algorithms for Computing Diverse Sets of Near-Optimal Solutions to Mixed-Integer Optimization Problems (abstract)
PRESENTER: Izuwa Ahanor
14:21
A global optimization framework with machine learning models to inform early termination (abstract)
PRESENTER: Guyi Chen
16:30-18:00 Session MC1: New Directions in Stochastic Optimization: Theory and Models I
16:30
Optimal Robust Policy for Feature-Based Newsvendor (abstract)
PRESENTER: Luhao Zhang
16:52
Data-driven Multistage Distributionally Robust Optimization (abstract)
PRESENTER: Rui Gao
17:14
Adjustability in Robust Linear Optimization (abstract)
PRESENTER: Ningji Wei
17:36
Rockafellian Relaxation in Optimization under Uncertainty: Consistent Alternatives to Robust Formulations (abstract)
PRESENTER: Louis Chen
16:30-18:00 Session MC2: Nonlinear and Stochastic Optimization
Location: Gold Ballroom
16:30
Conjugate gradient methods for nonconvex optimization (abstract)
16:52
Retrospective Approximation For Smooth Stochastic Approximation (abstract)
17:14
Implicit Regularization of Sub-gradient Method in Robust Matrix Recovery (abstract)
PRESENTER: Jianhao Ma
17:36
Algorithms for Nonconvex Probabilistic PCA for Data With Heteroscedastic Noise (abstract)
PRESENTER: Kyle Gilman
16:30-18:00 Session MC3: Integer Programming for Machine Learning I
Location: Card Room
16:30
Efficient Sequential Experiment Design for Generalized Linear Models (abstract)
PRESENTER: Yongchun Li
16:52
On the convex hull of convex quadratic optimization with indicators (abstract)
PRESENTER: Andres Gomez
17:14
Integer Programming for Causal Structure Learning in the Presence of Latent Variables (abstract)
PRESENTER: Rui Chen
17:36
Quant-BnB: A Scalable Branch-and-Bound Method for Optimal Decision Trees with Continuous Features (abstract)
PRESENTER: Haoyue Wang
16:30-18:00 Session MC4: Advances in Integer and Combinatorial Optimization
16:30
Toward Linear Convergence for Non-Smooth Optimization: Implications for Discrete Optimization Problems (abstract)
16:52
Multi-angle Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm (abstract)
PRESENTER: James Ostrowski
17:14
Deepest Cuts for Benders Decomposition (abstract)
PRESENTER: Mojtaba Hosseini
17:36
Motion Planning for Drone Fleets using MINLP (abstract)
PRESENTER: Nathan Runk
16:30-18:00 Session MC5: Learning and Game Theory
Chair:
Location: Furman Room
16:30
Federated Learning with Heterogeneous Data: A Superquantile Optimization Approach (abstract)
PRESENTER: Krishna Pillutla
16:52
Quantity-Contingent Auctions and Allocation of Airport Slots (abstract)
PRESENTER: Alexander Estes
17:14
Managing Misinformation on Social Media during Disasters: Machine Learning and Game-Theoretic Approaches (abstract)
PRESENTER: Jun Zhuang
16:30-18:00 Session MC6: Conic Optimization and Variational Analysis: Theory and Applications
Chair:
Location: Palmetto Room
16:30
On the Convergence of Generalized Proximal Point Algorithms for Monotone Inclusion Problems (abstract)
16:52
Multiplicative Gradient Method: Theory and Applications (abstract)
17:14
Robust Interior Point Methods for Quantum Key Rate Computation for Quantum Key Distribution (abstract)
PRESENTER: Haesol Im
17:36
A Strengthened Barvinok-Pataki Bound on SDP Rank (abstract)
PRESENTER: Henry Wolkowicz
Tuesday, March 15th

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08:30-10:00 Session TA1: Theory and Algorithms for Stochastic and Robust Optimization
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08:30
Approximating Optimal Solutions to Biconvex Parametric Programs (abstract)
PRESENTER: Andrew Pangia
08:52
A Lagrangian Dual Method for Two-Stage Robust Optimization with Binary Uncertainties (abstract)
09:14
Distributionally Robust Optimization with Decision-Dependent Information Discovery (abstract)
PRESENTER: Qing Jin
09:36
On the Power of Static Assignment Policies for Robust Facility Location Problems (abstract)
PRESENTER: Omar El Housni
08:30-10:00 Session TA2: Nonlinear Composite and Constrained Optimization
Location: Gold Ballroom
08:30
A New Randomized Primal-Dual Algorithm for Convex Optimization with Optimal Last Iterate Rates (abstract)
PRESENTER: Deyi Liu
08:52
Decentralized Composite Optimization with Compression (abstract)
PRESENTER: Yao Li
09:14
Towards Quantized Model Parallelism for Graph-Augmented MLPs Based on Gradient-Free ADMM Framework (abstract)
PRESENTER: Junxiang Wang
09:36
Backtracking line search for nonlinear composite problems and applications (abstract)
08:30-10:00 Session TA3: Integer Programming for Machine Learning II
Location: Card Room
08:30
Sparse PCA: A New Scalable Estimator Based On Integer Programming (abstract)
PRESENTER: Kayhan Behdin
08:52
Beyond Symmetry: Best Submatrix Selection for the Sparse Truncated SVD (abstract)
PRESENTER: Yongchun Li
09:14
Integer Programming Approaches to Subspace Clustering with Missing Data (abstract)
PRESENTER: Akhilesh Soni
09:36
Interpretable Clustering via Multi-Polytope Machines (abstract)
PRESENTER: Connor Lawless
08:30-10:00 Session TA4: Submodularity and Aggregation
Chair:
08:30
Submodular Information Measures in Machine Learning (abstract)
08:52
On constrained mixed-integer DR-submodular minimization (abstract)
PRESENTER: Qimeng Yu
09:14
Exact Formulation and Partitioning of the General Rank Aggregation Problem (abstract)
PRESENTER: Sina Akbari
09:36
Approximate Condorcet Partitioning: Solving Very Large Rank Aggregation Problems at Scale (abstract)
PRESENTER: Sina Akbari
08:30-10:00 Session TA5: Location and Allocation Problems
Location: Furman Room
08:30
A Risk-Averse Multi-stage Stochastic Optimization Approach to the EAB Epidemic Problem in the US Forests (abstract)
PRESENTER: Sabah Bushaj
08:52
A bi-objective covering tour problem to locate ballot drop boxes (abstract)
PRESENTER: Adam Schmidt
09:14
Routing and resource allocation in non-profit settings with equity and efficiency measures under demand uncertainty (abstract)
PRESENTER: Faisal Alkaabneh
09:36
Optimization of worker schedules to maintenance tasks (abstract)
PRESENTER: Anlan Dong
08:30-10:00 Session TA6: Logistics and Districting
Location: Palmetto Room
08:30
Edge-based Districting without Predetermined Centers: Model and Network Insights (abstract)
PRESENTER: Zeyad Kassem
08:52
Bilevel models for location-based pricing problems in online retail (abstract)
PRESENTER: Svetlana Riabova
13:00-14:30 Session TB1: Large-Scale Linear Programs and Applications
13:00
Column-Randomized Linear Programs: Performance Guarantees and Applications (abstract)
PRESENTER: Yi-Chun Chen
13:22
Self-guided Approximate Linear Programs (abstract)
PRESENTER: Parshan Pakiman
13:44
Algorithms for Optimal Genetic Testing of Families (abstract)
PRESENTER: Kanix Wang
14:06
Locating Charging Stations for Battery Electric Buses: a Data-Driven Optimization Approach (abstract)
PRESENTER: Haoming Shen
13:00-14:30 Session TB2: Nonlinear Constrained Optimization
Location: Gold Ballroom
13:00
A Globally Convergent Distributed Jacobi Scheme for Block-Structured Nonconvex Constrained Optimization Problems (abstract)
13:22
Some Strongly Polynomially Solvable Convex Quadratic Programs with Bounded Variables (abstract)
PRESENTER: Shaoning Han
13:44
Optimal Algorithms for Differentially Private Monotone Stochastic Variational Inequalities (abstract)
PRESENTER: Digvijay Boob
14:06
On the analytic reparametrization of the central path of semidefinite optimization (abstract)
13:00-14:30 Session TB3: Optimization for Learning and Decision Making I
Location: Card Room
13:00
Sparse Multivariate Mixture of Experts for analyzing Marine Microbial Systems (abstract)
PRESENTER: Sangwon Hyun
13:22
Optimal Data-Driven Optimization with Noisy Data (abstract)
13:44
Distributionally Robust End-to-End Portfolio Construction (abstract)
PRESENTER: Giorgio Costa
13:00-14:30 Session TB4: Heuristic and Iterative Approaches
Chair:
13:00
Multi-Item Online Order Fulfillment in a Two-Layer Network (abstract)
PRESENTER: Linwei Xin
13:22
A Heuristic Approach for a Districting Application on On-time Last-mile Express Delivery Services (abstract)
PRESENTER: Roger Z. Ríos
13:00-14:30 Session TB5: Energy and Agriculture
Chair:
Location: Furman Room
13:00
Enhancing the Small-Signal Stability of Islanded Microgrids under Droop Control (abstract)
PRESENTER: Mikhail Bragin
13:22
An Exact Method for Maintenance Planning Optimization in Nuclear Power Plants (abstract)
PRESENTER: Ethan Deakins
13:44
An Open and Realistic Large-Scale Stochastic Unit Commitment Case: Data and Experimental Baseline (abstract)
14:06
Optimization of crop insurance policy selection and fertilizer management with water quality impacts (abstract)
PRESENTER: Sarah Ryan
13:00-14:30 Session TB6: Recent Updates on the Adaptive-Partition Method for Stochastic Models
Location: Palmetto Room
13:00
Adaptive partition‐based SDDP algorithms for multistage stochastic linear programming (abstract)
PRESENTER: Yongjia Song
13:22
Exact Benders Adaptive-cut Method for Two-Stage Stochastic Programs (abstract)
PRESENTER: Eduardo Moreno
13:44
Energy Storage Management Strategies under Uncertain Generation (abstract)
PRESENTER: Helena García
15:00-16:30 Session TC1: New Directions in Stochastic Optimization: Theory and Models II
15:00
Nonnegative Tensor Completion Via Integer Optimization (abstract)
PRESENTER: Caleb Bugg
15:22
Stratifying Online Field Experiments Using The Pigeonhole Design (abstract)
PRESENTER: Jinglong Zhao
15:44
A General Approach to Solve Shape-Constrained Distributionally Robust Optimization via Importance-Weighted Sample Average Approximation (abstract)
PRESENTER: Zhenyuan Liu
16:06
Rockafellian Functions: Theory and Applications (abstract)
15:00-16:30 Session TC2: Advances in Nonlinear Optimization
Location: Gold Ballroom
15:00
On the Convergence of Projected Alternating Maximization for Equitable and Optimal Transport (abstract)
PRESENTER: Minhui Huang
15:22
Complexity Bounds of Iterative Linearization Algorithms for Discrete Time Nonlinear Control (abstract)
PRESENTER: Vincent Roulet
15:44
Reformulation-Perspectification Technique: General Methodology (abstract)
PRESENTER: Danique de Moor
16:06
Nonconvex-Nonconcave Min-Max Optimization with a Small Maximization Domain (abstract)
15:00-16:30 Session TC3: Optimization for Learning and Decision Making II
Location: Card Room
15:00
Fast Rates for Contextual Linear Optimization (abstract)
PRESENTER: Yichun Hu
15:22
Learning Treatment Effects in Panels with General Intervention Patterns (abstract)
PRESENTER: Tianyi Peng
15:44
bsnsing: A decision tree induction method based on recursive optimal boolean rule composition (abstract)
15:00-16:30 Session TC4: Mixed Integer Optimization and Applications
15:00
An Algorithm for Biobjective Mixed Integer Quadratic Programs (abstract)
15:22
Characterizing and Benchmarking QUBO Reformulations of the Knapsack Problem (abstract)
15:44
An LP-based characterization of solvable QAP instances with chess-board and graded structures (abstract)
PRESENTER: Lucas Waddell
16:06
Integer Programming Methods to Identify Nash Equilibrium Solutions for Platform Based Scheduling Games (abstract)
PRESENTER: Lucky Cho
15:00-16:30 Session TC5: Application and Computation
Location: Furman Room
15:00
Using Multicriteria Optimization and Simulated Annealing to Construct Political Districts (abstract)
PRESENTER: Blake Splitter
15:22
Application of Decomposition and Coordination Techniques on Multiobjective Engineering Design Problems (abstract)
PRESENTER: Philip de Castro
15:44
MOSDEX: Proposal for A New Standard for Data Exchange with Optimization Solvers (abstract)
PRESENTER: Matthew Saltzman
16:06
Getting to the Scenes Faster: Facilitating the Movement of Multiple Emergency Response Vehicles in Two-way Roadways (abstract)
15:00-16:30 Session TC6: Emerging Applications in Optimization under Uncertainty
Location: Palmetto Room
15:00
Non-Adaptive Stochastic Score Classification and Explainable Halfspace Evaluation (abstract)
PRESENTER: Rohan Ghuge
15:22
Evaluation of Waste Disposal Alternatives in Healthcare Systems (abstract)
15:44
Stochastic Job-Shop Scheduling: Implications on Supply-Chain Operations under Uncertainty (abstract)
PRESENTER: Mikhail Bragin
16:06
Capacity Expansion for Deferred Surgeries via Robust Optimization (abstract)
PRESENTER: Eojin Han