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A 2022 Look Back and 2023 Preview

2022 was a big year: the next-gen Nextmv platform, multi-paradigm solving, INFORMS, curling in Montreal. 2023 has even more goodness in store.

On optimizing optimization teams

Traditional decision optimization and automation setups can take many months and several teams to ship to production. What if it didn’t have to be that way?

To know your solver is to know what’s possible

Solvers help us tackle big problems. But how well do you understand the solver technology that you have? Did you build it? Buy it? Will it scale with your operations?

What is decision automation?

It’s new and yet old. It bridges data science and business operations. And it’s an emerging piece of critical infrastructure for realizing a more efficient, responsive, and predictable world.

Optimization, why it matters, how it’s changing, and more — an interview with Thiago Serra

From software development to operations research to the classroom, Professor Thiago Serra has experienced the world of optimization through many lenses. We chatted with him to learn more.

Exploring new frontiers in decision optimization with GPU acceleration

NVIDIA GPU-accelerated decision optimization has elevated the conversation around decision intelligence. Join a live Q&A with the NVIDIA cuOpt team to learn more.

Building stakeholder trust and confidence in decision intelligence

“I wouldn’t pair these products.” “How much better is this optimized schedule than mine?” Human review and feedback is part of any decision workflow...

Lessons lived and learned: Project success and failure in decision science

Historian and philosopher Hannah Arendt once said, “Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it.” While good stories of operations research and data science can come from practitioners of all kinds...

Open source in OR: Q&A with Pyomo and HiGHS

The operations research and decision science space has a diverse portfolio of open source projects, including Pyomo and HiGHS. Recently, new momentum is building around project adoption...

The path to production: Exploring the software interface with OR

“I’d like help deploying this decision model. Does this .ipynb work? Or would you prefer .zip?” If you work on decision science projects, it is possible you’ve asked or been asked this question...

Move fast and show value: Agility in decision intelligence via DecisionOps

Good. Fast. Cheap. Pick two, they say. But (true to form) decision intelligence teams strive to maximize for all three — project success often hinges on it. Balancing these objectives often comes down to a team’s agility ability. What does this look like? And how is it put into practice?

What to know about practicing operations research and decision science in industry

Two operations research PhDs with varied real-world experiences explore skillsets, actions, and considerations for entering into and practicing in OR and decision science in industry analytics settings.

Building end-to-end decision workflows: Develop, deploy, test, and enhance

Integrated, holistic optimization approaches are critical for long-term success — without them your project will fail. Learn what these workflows look like through a batch production scheduling example.

AI/ML + mathematical optimization: Overview, benefits, case studies, and protips

“What is your AI strategy? How are you investing in AI? Where are you incorporating AI into your everyday workflows?” Before you think “GenAI” and “LLMs”, have you considered optimization?

Decision maturity roadmap

Learn how to leverage data and AI for better operational decisions.

The what, why, and how of DecisionOps: Accelerating time to value for optimization

How do optimization teams get decision models live into business processes faster as managed services? We explore this through the lens of dedicated DecisionOps workflows.

Uncertainty, ML + OR, and stochastic optimization: Demo and Q&A with Seeker creator

What approaches are available to decision scientists and operations researchers to incorporate more randomness and uncertainty into their models? We explore this, ML + OR, and stochastic optimization with Nextmv and Seeker.

In conversation with Ox and The Rounds: Circular logistics and human-centered automation

The CEOs and founders of two startups sit down with Carolyn Mooney to discuss logistics and automation, navigating the evolving world of AI technology, and the benefits of efficiency and sustainability.

In conversation with Dr. Karla Hoffman about optimization and operations research

Is optimization a solved problem? How does it fit into modern business models such as on-demand delivery? What does it mean to model like an operator? We’ll ask Dr. Hoffman these questions and more.