The Atlanta Chapter of INFORMS, the national society for Operations Research and Management Science professionals

When: Wednesday, August 15th, at 6:00 PM. 

Where: Executive Classroom of Georgia Tech’s School of Industrial and Systems Engineering.  A reception will precede the meeting at 5:30.

Parking:  There is plenty, but no longer free, parking. Here’s a link to a map of the campus and the ISyE Visitor Parking Lot: http://www.isye.gatech.edu/visitors/maps/isye-map.php.

Dr. Siddhartha Maheshwary (Sid), of Delta Air Lines Inc., will be our guest speaker.  Dr. Maheshwary’s talk will focus on the Crew Reroute and Optimization system used at Delta Airlines. Delta uses this system to reroute the crews in real-time during flight disruptions.

The meeting is open to all interested parties, and is free of charge. Refreshments will be served, and there will also be time to network with fellow OR/MS and other professionals in the Atlanta community.  Please pass this email along to any associates whom you think might be interested.  

The meeting will be in the Executive Classroom (Room 228) of the ISyE main building located at 755 Ferst Drive. This is the same location as most of our previous meetings.  Here’s a link to a map of the campus and the ISyE Visitor Parking Lot: http://www.isye.gatech.edu/visitors/maps/isye-map.php.  There is plenty, but no longer free, parking.

Please RSVP to:

John M. Harris, Ph.D. President INFORMS - Atlanta 404.506.0198

Dr. Siddhartha Maheshwary’s BIO:

Sid got his PhD from the Georgia Tech School of ISyE in 2008 under the advisement of Eva K. Lee. His thesis focused on theory related to cutting planes derived from hypergraph structures found in 0-1 integer programs, and parallel computation for solving integer programming instances. As part of his graduate research, he also developed the RealOpt Simulation-Optimization system used for disaster planning and emergency response preparation. This work received the INFORMS Pierskalla Award in 2005. Upon graduation, he worked for a year at a small startup company in Atlanta where he developed manufacturing and logistics optimization applications. After that he joined the Crew Reroute Group at Delta Airlines, where he is currently working.