SCIP #optimization suite 10.0.0 is out! www.scipopt.org it comes with GCG 4.0.0, PaPILO 3.0.0, SCIP 10.0.0, SoPlex 8.0.0, UG 1.0.0 (no longer beta), and ZIMPL 3.7.0. there is a 50+ pages release report optimization-online.org/2025/11/the-... enjoy! #orms

I was very honoured to receive the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering from His Majesty King Charles III this week, and pleased to hear his thoughts on AI safety as well as his hopes that we can minimize the risks while collectively reaping the benefits.

LION20 - The 20th Learning and Intelligent Optimization Conference. June 15–19, 2026, Milan, Italy. Full (long and short) paper: Feb 1, 2026 . lion20.org

Full talk available here: youtu.be/UgZVc0-00t0?...

The 5th EUROYoung Workshop is underway in beautiful Naples 🇮🇹Yesterday marked the start of an inspiring few days of discussions and networking! #EUROYoung2025 #orms

2025 INFORMS Annual Meeting October 26-29, 2025 | Atlanta, Georgia 🌐 meetings.informs.org/wordpress/an...

This op-ed published in the @nytimes.com by Stephen Witt thoughtfully captures the urgency and complexity of navigating AI's risks, but also my sincere conviction that technical solutions are possible — we still have agency and an opportunity to act. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/o...

We are hiring two faculty positions in ISyE at UW-Madison Please come and join us! jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/assista... jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/assista...

I recently spoke to the @wsj.com about my concerns with AI's trajectory, and the current competitive dynamics which push AI's capabilities forward without sufficient safety assurances. Thanks to Isabelle Bousquette for a great conversation! www.wsj.com/articles/a-g...

Lunch seminar at the Center of Algorithmics and Optimization (RWTH Aachen): Fabio Furini held a talk about Graph Disconnection Games

It was an honour to speak at the United Nations this week to address the UN Security Council on the impacts of AI on international peace & security, and to join the high-level multi-stakeholder informal meeting to launch the Global Dialogue on AI Governance.

Here is a list of Winter / Summer schools on AI, data science, optimization, and related topics in operations research happening between October of 2025 and February of 2026: thiagoserra.com/2025/09/22/w...

I recently discussed my work on building honest AI as a guardrail for the risks of frontier AI systems w/ Pier Luigi Pisa of La Repubblica. We also covered the potential economic inequities the global AI race could cause & how it could put Europe at a disadvantage. www.repubblica.it/tecnologia/2...

I have a few heroes. This is one. #orms #or2025

in his #or2025 semi-plenary, Eduardo Uchoa presents his view and expertise on modern column generation and branch-and-price; he identifies a lack of education as a main blocker for a wider adoption of these state-of-the-art methods in optimization #orms

I remember when I presented GCG 3.0 at the MIP conference in 2018, today Erik Mühmer introduces the new features of the next version #orms #or2025

Grateful to be recognized on TIME’s list of the TIME100 AI of 2025! #TIME100AI time.com/collections/...

Global cooperation & coordination are among the most urgent tasks to mitigate AI risks & ensure the technology benefits all. Congratulations to the United Nations on establishing the Independent International Scientific Panel on AI & the Global Dialogue on AI Governance. media.un.org/unifeed/en/a...

Planning capabilities double every 7mo→human-level in 5yrs? @yoshuabengio.bsky.social: "We still don't know how to make sure powerful AIs won't turn against us" AIs now lie to avoid shutdown, self-preserve. Solution: Non-agentic "Scientist AIs" + global governance beyond market forces 👇

Very insightful video by Tristan Harris on the growing risks of AI and the race to develop it—but just as importantly, on the danger of thinking our current path is inevitable. We still have the chance to coordinate globally and create a safer way forward. youtube.com/watch?v=86k8N4YsA7c

The future of AI governance may hinge on our ability to develop trusted and effective ways to make credible claims about AI systems. This new report expands our understanding of the verification challenge and maps out compelling areas for further work. ⬇️

The Code of Practice is out. I co-wrote the Safety & Security Chapter, which is an implementation tool to help frontier AI companies comply with the EU AI Act in a lean but effective way. I am proud of the result! 1/3

By advancing SB 53, California is uniquely positioned to continue supporting cutting-edge AI while proactively taking a step towards addressing the severe and potentially irreversible harms that frontier systems could cause.

Registrations for CPAIOR 2025 are now open. Please visit the conference website at sites.google.com/view/cpaior2... for the registration link as well as more information on the conference venue, travel, visas, and accommodation. Early registration will close on 3 September 2025.

'Positive review only': Researchers hide AI prompts in papers asia.nikkei.com/Business/Tec...

Leona Gottwald talks about which components are truly necessary for delivering good performance in modern MIP solvers, drawing from her development experience of HiGHS (and others). #EuroMIP25 #orms

The timeline & severity of major AI risks are still debated within the scientific community, but these disagreements reveal great uncertainty. The fact that many credible experts consider some catastrophic scenarios plausible should be enough to warrant serious caution. www.axios.com/2025/06/16/a...

@doloresromerom.bsky.social , Presidenta Electa de @euroorml.bsky.social Enhorabuena!!!

Enjoyed speaking with @sigalsamuel.bsky.social of @vox.com to mark the launch of @law-zero.bsky.social. We discussed the motivation behind the project, its research direction, and the challenges and risks of increasingly capable and autonomous AI systems. Full article: www.vox.com/future-perfe...

The @ec.europa.eu is setting up a scientific panel of 60 independent experts to support the implementation and enforcement of the EU AI Act. This is a great opportunity to contribute to AI governance in Europe. More details below ⤵️ digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/news/comm...

I recently spoke with BBC World Service's James Copnall about early signs of deception and self-preservation in frontier AI systems, and shared key ideas behind Scientist AI, the focus of @law-zero.bsky.social's research. 🎧 Listen to the full interview here: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...

Timo Berthold has a post called “FICO Xpress Optimization Surpasses AlphaEvolve’s Achievements” www.fico.com/blogs/best-g... #orms

📚 New Arxiv Paper Title: On the integrality Gap of Small Asymmetric Traveling Salesman Problems: A Polyhedral and Computational Approach Authors: Eleonora Vercesi, Janos Barta, Luca Maria Gambardella, Stefano Gualandi, Monaldo Mastrolilli Read more: https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.10671

I was recently on @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social to discuss the accelerating pace of advances in AI capabilities & the emergence of deceptive & self-preserving behaviours in frontier models. The conversation covers many issues that led me to launch @law-zero.bsky.social. www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4Zx...

See you all in Connecticut for #mip2026! Meanwhile, you can play the new version of the cutting plane game here: gonzalomunoz.org/the-cutting-... … or you can start thinking about GPU algorithms for MIP to enter the next Land–Doig Competition!

Jim Luedtke @optimizer.bsky.social talks at the #mip2025 workshop about how to solve a network interdiction problem against an attacker that is solving a project scheduling problem. 1/N

Tobias Achterberg @achterberg.bsky.social talked at the #mip2025 workshop about primal heuristics for mixed integer programming, in particular focusing on target heuristics based on large neighborhood search strategies. 1/N

Weeping with joy.✌️

Domenico Salvagnin talks at the #mip2025 workshop about obtaining admissible heuristics for classical AI planning, which could then be used within the A* algorithm, by formulating this task using mixed-integer linear programming. 1/N

Today marks a big milestone for me. I'm launching @law-zero.bsky.social, a nonprofit focusing on a new safe-by-design approach to AI that could both accelerate scientific discovery and provide a safeguard against the dangers of agentic AI.

I recently participated in the High-Level Expert Panel on AGI, convened by the Council of Presidents of the UN General Assembly, which has just released its final report on the Governance of the Transition to AGI. Report below ⬇️ uncpga.world/agi-uncpga-r...

Given the surprising number of new programs advertised in April and May, I have updated the list of summer 2025 schools in operations research again: thiagoserra.com/2025/02/04/s... There are plenty of opportunities for which students can apply yet!

SCIP in Paris (and some GCG, too) #orns

working in Paris (and teaching at the 2025 school on column generation, starting tomorrow) #orms #cg2025

Bistra Dilkina is talking at the CRM workshop Combinatorial Optimization & Data Science about using machine learning to guide MILP solving. This is particularly relevant in the case of distributional MILP, where similar instances are solved repeatedly. 1/N

Two years ago, I've completely reoriented my research to try to make AI safe by design. In this TIME op-ed, I present my team's new direction called "Scientist AI"; a practical, effective and more secure alternative to the current uncontrolled agency-driven trajectory. time.com/7283507/safe...

Introduced by Margarida Carvalho as the “Taylor Swift of integer programming”, Andrea Lodi talked at the CRM workshop Combinatorial Optimization & Data Science about new developments on the now–classic feasibility pump algorithm, starting with a background and previous developments around it 1/3

Even more interestingly, during Q&A we learned about @matteofischetti.bsky.social’s creativity with paper titles, with the name “feasibility pump” originally inspired by the “electron pump” from sci-fi literature. That doesn’t seem to be from Isaac Asimov, but I missed the author name. What is it?