| February 2nd |
United Airlines Seminar |
Burak Ozdaryal, UA Invited Speaker
Contact: Email - Webpage |
Going Places?
Seminar Abstract:
United is a family of products and services with many career opportunities. We will be talking about the many different streams of work the go behind the scene at United Airlines in planning and operations.
Speaker Bio:
Burak Ozdaryal is currently employed as a Senior Consultant in Enterprise Optimization at United Airlines. He is responsible for all R&D conducted in the area of Revenue Management (RM). In addition, he is involved in joint Fleet Scheduling-RM and Operations areas. He received his MS degree from Virginia Tech in 1999 in Operations Research and BS degree from Bogazici University in 1997 in Chemical Engineering.
Raised in Istanbul, Turkey, Burak now lives with his wife and baby son in Illinois.
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| March 9th |
BNSF Railway Seminar |
Kevin Crook, BNSF Railway Invited Speaker
Contact: Email - Webpage |
Operations Research at BNSF
Seminar Abstract:
The purpose of this presentation is to provide an overview of BNSF Railway, one
of the largest freight railroads in North America, and the problems being
addressed by the Operations Research Group at BNSF. Here is the agenda:
Provide Overview of BNSF as a company
Walk through past/present OR projects
Discuss future projects
Questions and answers
Speaker Bio:
Kevin Crook has a BS Degree in Sociology and minor in Mathematics from
Brigham Young University (April 1989), MBA Degree in Decision Science from
Indiana University (May 1991), and MS Degree in Industrial Engineering
(Operations Research emphasis) from Texas A&M University (December 1997).
He began working for BNSF (at the time Burlington Northern) in Fort Worth, in a
variety of positions within equipment, capital budgeting, and crew planning.
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| March 24th |
ZS Associates Seminar |
Deepak Srikumar, ZS Associates Invited Speaker
Contact: Email - Webpage
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What is ZS/What is Consulting?
Seminar Abstract:
The purpose of the presentation is to provide an overview of ZS Associates, the
consulting industry and about the opportunities that exist with ZS.
Speaker Bio:
Deepak Srikumar has a undergraduate in Mechanical Engineering from the
University of Madras (May 2002) and a masters in Industrial Engineering from
Texas A&M (August 2004). He has been working with ZS Associates as an
Operations Research Analyst since September 2004.
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| April 6th |
PROS Revenue Management |
Maarten Oosten, Ph.D., PROS Revenue Management Invited Speaker
Contact: Email - Webpage
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"Leveraging two revenue management systems:
managing contract term discounts while respecting load factors"
Seminar Abstract:
When deploying different systems for various types of pricing, it is important to
analyze the potential interaction between the recommendations of the two
systems. For example, when managing list prices by means of a list price
optimization system, there may be consequences for customers billed with
contractually agreed upon discounts, managed by means of a contract
management system. In this presentation, we will discuss a particular case of
interacting systems in the context of cargo shipping.
Speaker Bio:
Maarten Oosten is currently a Senior Director of Science & Research at PROS. He
joined PROS in the summer of 1999 after holding teaching and research positions
at various schools. Since joining PROS in the summer of 1999, he has contributed
to the successful deployment of several large scale revenue management and
pricing optimization applications. Currently, Maarten manages the science and
research group. Maarten received his M.Sc. in Econometrics in 1988 from the
University of Groningen (The Netherlands) and his Ph.D. in Operations Research
from the University of Maastricht (The Netherlands) in 1996.
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| April 19th |
UPS |
Ranganath Nuggehalli, UPS Invited Speaker
Contact: Email - Webpage
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"Feeder Schedules Optimization System: A Case Study in Implementing Optimization Systems"
Seminar Abstract:
Feeder Schedules Optimization System is a planning system that was developed by UPS for planning its tractor-trailer movements. After surviving several setbacks in its infancy, the project has been successful in demonstrating the benefits of O.R. to the organization. While some breakthroughs in algorithms were necessary for the success of the project, equally crucial were the developments that took place in the computing environment and the ability of the project team to successfully exploit them.
This talk will discuss the development of the project, the challenges it faced, and how the changing computing environment played a key role in its success. We will also discuss how UPS is attempting make O.R. an integral part of its planning systems.
Speaker Bio:
Ranganath S. Nuggehalli is a lead scientist in the Operations Research group at UPS. His group is responsible for developing optimization algorithms for use in advanced operations planning and monitoring systems. He joined UPS in 1990 obtaining Ph.D. in Operations Management from Purdue University. During the last 15 years, he has been involved with the development and implementation of several advanced planning systems that are reshaping UPS operations.
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