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Clément Canonne @ccanonne.github.io · Aug 25

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...

Front cover: Differential Privacy in Artificial Intelligence: From Theory to Practice, now Publishers

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Tech AI at Georgia Tech @georgiatechai.bsky.social · Aug 11

#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

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Pascal Van Hentenryck @vanhentenryck.bsky.social · Aug 3

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.

Conor Sen @conorsen.bsky.social · Aug 3

Something unique about this moment is it’s not totally clear what the important skills of the future are going to be. You could tell me it’s more STEM, social skills, video presentation skills, even the ripple effects from playing sports and I’d say “Yeah I could see that.”

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AI4OPT @ai4opt.bsky.social · Jul 30

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/...

Seth Bonder Summer Camps Level Up AI Learning For High School Students | Artificial Intelligence Institute for Advances in Optimization

www.ai4opt.org

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Pascal Van Hentenryck @vanhentenryck.bsky.social · Jul 25

What I tried once is to ask "Review this paper". It produces a (completely incorrect) review, but what I got out of it is that we needed to cover these incorrect relationships and differentiate in the related work.

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Pascal Van Hentenryck @vanhentenryck.bsky.social · Jul 24

I am curious about your take about this, Shriram. If authors feed their papers through the main LLMs, they will see what these reviews will look like and they can be defensive about what the LLMs will identify as perceived (and potentially wrong) weaknesses.

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Pascal Van Hentenryck @vanhentenryck.bsky.social · Jul 24

From the inimitable Mark Riedl ... :)

Mark Riedl @markriedl.bsky.social · Jul 24

2025 Summit on Responsible Computing, AI, and Society: rcais.github.io

Reminder: the call for 1-page abstracts is due date is August 15, 2025

The Doctoral Consortium call is now live.

If you would like to receive email updates about this and future summits: forms.office.com/r/pD7sWN7Ff8

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Anna Nagurney @annanagurney.bsky.social · Jul 16

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.

Rest in Peace, Professor Hani S. Mahmassani

I received the heartbreaking news that Professor Hani S. Mahmassani, a superstar in transportation science and operations research, passed a...

annanagurney.blogspot.com

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Mark Riedl @markriedl.bsky.social · Jul 15

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

Georgia Tech to Build $20M National AI Supercomputer

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded Georgia Tech and its partners $20 million to build a powerful new supercomputer that will use artificial intelligence (AI) to accelerate scientific br...

news.gatech.edu

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AI4OPT @ai4opt.bsky.social · Jul 14

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!

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Pascal Van Hentenryck @vanhentenryck.bsky.social · Jun 28

Looking good ...

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AI4OPT @ai4opt.bsky.social · Jun 16

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

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AI4OPT @ai4opt.bsky.social · Jun 12

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

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Marco Lübbecke @mluebbecke.bsky.social · Jun 10

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

ArXiv math.OC Optimization and Control @optb0t.bsky.social · May 29

🔄 Updated Arxiv Paper

Title: DualSchool: How Reliable are LLMs for Optimization Education?
Authors: Michael Klamkin, Arnaud Deza, Sikai Cheng, Haoruo Zhao, Pascal Van Hentenryck

Read more: https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.21775

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Pascal Van Hentenryck @vanhentenryck.bsky.social · Jun 8

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

Disjunctive Benders Decomposition

We propose a novel enhancement to Benders Decomposition (BD) that generates valid inequalities for the convex hull of the Benders reformulation, addressing a key limitation of conventional BD-its cuts...

arxiv.org

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Pascal Van Hentenryck @vanhentenryck.bsky.social · Jun 2

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

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Pascal Van Hentenryck @vanhentenryck.bsky.social · Jun 1

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

DualSchool: How Reliable are LLMs for Optimization Education?

Consider the following task taught in introductory optimization courses which addresses challenges articulated by the community at the intersection of (generative) AI and OR: generate the dual of a li...

arxiv.org

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Pascal Van Hentenryck @vanhentenryck.bsky.social · May 29

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

AI4OPT @ai4opt.bsky.social · May 29

We proudly congratulate our newest Ph.D. graduates affiliated with AI4OPT. These researchers have made impactful contributions to the field and are now moving on to prestigious roles in industry where they will continue to apply their expertise. www.ai4opt.org/news-events/... #MachineLearning

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AI4OPT @ai4opt.bsky.social · May 27

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

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AI4OPT @ai4opt.bsky.social · May 21

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

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Pascal Van Hentenryck @vanhentenryck.bsky.social · May 12

They also need an institute of "ideas that have been tried and did not work". They will not know what to choose from :)

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Pascal Van Hentenryck @vanhentenryck.bsky.social · May 11

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

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Pascal Van Hentenryck @vanhentenryck.bsky.social · May 9

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.

AI4OPT @ai4opt.bsky.social · May 9

Join AI4OPT - AI Institute for Advances in Optimization for a seminar on "Perspectives on using machine learning to operate large power grids" with Patrick Panciatici.

Thursday May 25, 2025 at 3pm ET.
Details on our website: lnkd.in/gZRDgkan

#AI #TrustworthyAI #LLMs #DeepLearning #SeminarSeries

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Pascal Van Hentenryck @vanhentenryck.bsky.social · May 6

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

Integrating Column Generation and Large Neighborhood Search for Bus Driver Scheduling with Complex Break Constraints

The Bus Driver Scheduling Problem (BDSP) is a combinatorial optimization problem with the goal to design shifts to cover prearranged bus tours. The objective takes into account the operational cost as...

arxiv.org

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Pascal Van Hentenryck @vanhentenryck.bsky.social · May 6

It features AI4OPT - AI Institute for Advances in Optimization's collaboration with the incredible team of Dr. Allan Levey at Emory University's Goizueta Brain Health Institute. Also figuring Andrew Breithaupt from whom we are learning so much ...

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