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Lili Du, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
University of Florida
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Lili Du, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
Department of Civil & Coastal Engineering
University of Florida

Soundar Kumara, Ph.D.

Professor, Allen E. Pearce and Allen M. Pearce
Pennsylvania State University
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Soundar Kumara, Ph.D.

Professor, Allen E. Pearce and Allen M. Pearce
Department of Industrial Engineering
Pennsylvania State University

Dongchun Qiao, Ph.D.

Sr Engineer II
American Bureau of Shipping (ABS)
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Dongchun Qiao, Ph.D.

Sr Engineer II
American Bureau of Shipping (ABS)

Joshua A. Auld, Ph.D.

Manager, Transportation Systems & Mobility
Argonne National Laboratory
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Joshua A. Auld, Ph.D.

Manager, Transportation Systems & Mobility
Argonne National Laboratory

Gary Fry, Ph.D.

Vice President
Fry Technical Services, Inc.
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Gary Fry, Ph.D.

Vice President
Fry Technical Services, Inc.

Pascal Van Hentenryck, Ph.D.

Director of the NSF AI4OPT and the A. Russell Chandler III Chair
Georgia Institute of Technology
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Pascal Van Hentenryck, Ph.D.

Pascal Van Hentenryck is the director of the NSF AI Institute for Advances in Optimization (AI4OPT) and the A. Russell Chandler III Chair and Professor at Georgia Tech. He was a professor at Computer Science at Brown University for over 20 years and led the optimization research group at the National ICT Research, Australia. Van Hentenryck designed and implemented several innovative optimization systems that have been in commercial use for over 20 years, including the pioneering CHIP and OPL systems. His current research focuses on Optimization Learning, the fusion of machine learning and optimization, with applications in energy systems, supply chains, manufacturing, and mobility.

Director of the NSF AI4OPT and the A. Russell Chandler III Chair
Georgia Institute of Technology
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