New differential #privacy textbook in town: "DP in Artificial Intelligence: From Theory to Practice", by @nandofioretto.bsky.social and @vanhentenryck.bsky.social. Open access, w/ chapters by @jubaz.bsky.social, @grahamrc.bsky.social, and @stein.ke! www.nowpublishers.com/article/Book...

#GeorgiaTech students and alumni interested in artificial intelligence #AI are invited to the Tech AI Career Fair on Monday, Nov 17 from 9 am to 1 pm in the Exhibition Hall, Midtown Room. Connect directly with companies, explore AI careers + showcase research! Register: ai.gatech.edu/career-fair

I was on a panel at GSU on Friday and that is the key question I was asked. Some students are really distressed about this.

Last week marked the conclusion of this year's Seth Bonder Camps, hosted by AI4OPT and CEISMC. Levels 3 and 4 challenged experienced high school students to expand their knowledge of deep learning, generative AI, and data driven decision making. www.ai4opt.org/news-events/...

From the inimitable Mark Riedl ... :)

Since the news about the untimely passing of Hani S. Mahmassani is spreading, I wrote a tribute to him on my blog: annanagurney.blogspot.com/2025/07/rest... Deepest condolences to his family, friends, students & colleagues around the globe. Hani left an incredible legacy in transportation & #orms.

Who wants a $20M supercomputer for public AI projects? news.gatech.edu/news/2025/07... Georgia Tech is leading the effort

The 2025 Seth Bonder Camp for Level 3 kicked off today at Georgia Tech! This weeklong experience gives students a hands-on deep dive into the world of operations research and artificial intelligence. We’re looking forward to a dynamic week filled with discovery, innovation, and collaboration!

The QUAD-AI Engage Workshop on artificial intelligence & digital agriculture opened today at the Georgia Tech Convention Center. The event features presentations on a range of topics, including artificially ripened fruits, resource recovery, & food supply chain optimization. #ArtificialIntelligence

Guancheng Qiu has received the Best Paper Award in the Energy Systems Division at the 2025 IISE Annual Conference for his research on dual proxies for semidefinite programming. Read more: www.ai4opt.org/news-events/... #AI #EnergyResearch #Optimization #Research

do LLMs make us optimization professors obsolete, and/or the material we teach? this is a question (and consequences for teaching and learning), many of us are contemplating these days. @vanhentenryck.bsky.social and co-authors give some answers #orms

For those interested in Benders decomposition (one of my favorite topics), check this paper by Kaiwen Fang, Inho Sin, and (the amazing) Geunyeong Byeon arxiv.org/abs/2506.03561

Check this paper from Paul Grigas and his students at @ai4opt.bsky.social and @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social arxiv.org/pdf/2505.22881

If you teach an introduction to optimization, or are a student in such a course, you may wonder how LLMs will change the class. Check this paper on Dual School, which provides some answers. @ai4opt.bsky.social @georgiatechai.bsky.social arxiv.org/abs/2505.21775

Thank you Haoruo, Hanyu, and Hongzhao for your amazing work.

Join us for an exciting energy systems seminar on June 2, at 12:00 p.m. with Patricia Hidalgo-Gonzalez. www.ai4opt.org/news-events/... #AI #MachineLearning #EnergySystems #SeminarSeries

Clark Atlanta University Associate Professor Charles Pierre was featured as an academic spotlight presenter to the CAU Board of Trustees, where he highlighted CAU’s collaboration with the NSF AI4OPT and the NSF ExpandAI program. www.ai4opt.org/news-events/... #AI #HigherEd #ExpandAI #EthicalAI #NSF

That is what football / soccer is all about. What a beautiful game. Looking forward to more of these next season.

If you want to know about power systems, come to listen to Patrick. He was senior scientific advisor for RTE (the french transmission operator) and he has a deep vision about how to plan and operate the grid.

For those of you interested in bus scheduling (I know that there are only a few of us ...): branch and price and large neighborhood search for dealing with the complex realities in the field. arxiv.org/abs/2505.02485

Brain health is a daunting challenge that we are all facing. Check this episode of Your Fantastic Mind on PBS by the amazing Jaye Watson and her team. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_4k...

Really interested to learn how the outage in Portugal and Spain propagated so quickly. They seem to have lost 15GW quickly with generation capacity of 130GW (half of which is nuclear and gas-fueled generators). Keen to see where this started.

Smart 20 Awards and Georgia ... www.newswire.com/news/georgia...

So fortunate to work with this amazing team.

This is a great thread on a great blog post.

AI4OPT members Pascal Van Hentenryck, Reza Zandehshahvar, & Kevin Dalmeijer had the opportunity to show Ana Maria Valencia Vergara, Mario Andres Arango Vasco, & Camilo Higuita of Crystal around Georgia Tech & Tech Square. We look forward to the road ahead & exploring opportunities together.

Congratulations, Haoruo. So proud of what you have accomplished at @ai4opt.bsky.social You will be missed ...

Last week, Georgia Tech hosted Scholars Weekend for some of the highest achieving prospective undergraduate students competing for the Stamps President’s and Gold Scholarships. The ISyE finalists toured AI4OPT as a part of a “Day in the Life” opportunity and learned about our ongoing projects.

AI4OPT FTP Cohort member Qing Shao led a forward-looking session titled “Preparing Faculty for the AI Future: Skills, Tools, and Applications,” highlighting the urgent need for educators across disciplines to stay abreast of AI developments. www.ai4opt.org/news-events/...

The magic command: "git config --global http .postBuffer 524288000"

Collaboration and innovation were deeply imbedded in the AI4OPT Retreat today. From panels to breakout sessions and more, members spent the day at Coda, discussing AI for optimization, decision making, energy, and manufacturing. We are excited to keep pushing the envelope in AI optimization.

Get ready for Tech AI Fest 2025, Georgia Tech’s premier AI event, happening next week, March 26–28! This three-day event will feature 40+ experts from top institutions and leading companies, including CMU, Harvard, OpenAI, J.P. Morgan, NVIDIA, and more: ai.gatech.edu/news/tech-ai...

Attention Georgia Tech students and campus community! On March 25, ahead of Tech AI Fest 2025, OpenAI will host two events in collaboration with Tech AI at Georgia Tech: OpenAI Academy and the Sora Shorts Film Event! Must register: ai.gatech.edu/event/openai...

AI and the Art: In conjunction with Tech AI Fest 2025 at Georgia Tech, check out this amazing event by Open AI. This is March 25, 2025.

For those of you interested in how to use conformal prediction to quantify the uncertainty of optimization proxies or, more generally, any function for which lower and upper bounds are available. By the talented Miao Li, Michael Klamkin, Mathieu Tanneau, and Reza Zandehshahvar.

Thank you to everyone who contributed! Share your thoughts below once you've read the article! 👇

Check Tech AI fest and its fantastic speakers sites.gatech.edu/techaifest/

Super happy that our project "Chatham Connect: Chatham Area Transit Electric Vehicle Micro Transit Project (Savannah, GA)" was awarded a 2025 Smart 20 Awards. Thanks to the amazing team at CAT, the mobility team at GT and of course Debra Lam & her team. spring.smartcitiesconnect.org/Smart20Awards/

Meet Haoruo Zhao, a PhD student and Operations Research and Machine Learning researcher with AI4OPT. Zhao's research focuses on AI testing, verification, and optimization in critical systems. Read more about her research and achievements here: www.ai4opt.org/news-events/...

We have been working across multiple continents on on-demand multimodal transit systems for over 12 years -- they are increasingly popular and I am convinced that they are the model of choice for public transit. See the following article to learn more.

Speaker announcements for Tech AI Fest 2025! Stay tuned for more names. Reminder: Registration closes on March 18. Get all the details at sites.gatech.edu/techaifest/.

Registered yet? More speakers announced for Tech AI Fest! Expect 40+ AI experts, 10+ panels & workshops, student engagement, project showcases, and insights from government, industry, and academia. Sign up for updates: gatech.us3.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=... #TechAIFest #AIInsights #Innovation

I am sure that you are all anxious to know whether the SDP relaxation of AC OPF can be learned .... @ai4opt.bsky.social

Save the Date! The 2025 #TechAIFest, hosted by Tech AI at Georgia Tech will explore how AI intersects with industry, government, and education—driving innovation, informing policy, and transforming society. More: ai.gatech.edu/event/tech-a...

I am in Panama this week at the Georgia Tech Panama Logistics Innovation & Research Center. AI for Engineering ... @georgiatechai.bsky.social @ai4opt.bsky.social www.gatech.pa

@vanhentenryck.bsky.social highlighted AI’s role in transforming public sector operations at the Georgia DHS HR Conference. Read more: ai.gatech.edu/news/pascal-...

Georgia Tech AI leaders hosted an AI workshop for state legislators, showcasing research and solutions shaping Georgia’s future. Read more: ai.gatech.edu/news/georgia...

See our year in photos! b.gatech.edu/3Ca8dOr

This will be entertaining :)