{"470841":{"#nid":"470841","#data":{"type":"event","title":"SCL Course: Pre-planning Strategy for Health and Humanitarian Organizations","body":[{"value":"\u003Ch4\u003ECOURSE DESCRIPTION\u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ERelief requirements for public health and humanitarian events are in general both unknown in size and type, and are affected by dynamic and hard to measure factors such as geographic location, local economy, infrastructure, social and political conditions, etc. Preparing for long-term development and response to emergent events often involves uncertainty in timing, scope, or scale. Pre-planning for these situations requires an understanding of forecasting, distribution network design, and strategies for managing the uncertainty. This course will examine methods and models for making pre-planning decisions and explore the significant value that is obtained through informed decision-making in advance of an unpredictable event.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch4\u003EWHO SHOULD ATTEND\u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETactical and strategic members of non-governmental organizations and\u0026nbsp;private corporations involved in the humanitarian relief efforts, U.S. federal government employees, U.S. state or local government employees, humanitarian foundation members, program managers, directors of field operations, disaster relief managers, director of logistics and inventory, and logistics officers\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch4\u003EHOW YOU WILL BENEFIT\u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EDevelop and apply analytical models to aid in distribution and routing decisions under uncertain conditions.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EIdentify and apply the appropriate forecasting technique considering characteristics such as seasonality and trends.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EProvide immediate impact to their organization through learnings gained from applied and real-world case studies.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003ELearn to bring NGOs, businesses or government entities together to enhance collaboration, cooperation and communication.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EDiscover current trends and procedures to help their organizations and team members get ahead and stay ahead of the curve.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EBuild a critical knowledge base to make tactical decisions around inventory, routing and distribution.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EDeliver best-practices to measure and evaluate outcomes of humanitarian relief efforts.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EUltimately transform the humanitarian sector with increased capacity to participate in planning and strategic decision-making for effective supply chain management.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch4\u003EWHAT IS COVERED\u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch5\u003EPre-Course Activities (2.5 hrs) - Online via HELIX platform\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nClassroom Activities (2 days) - Georgia Tech Global Learning Center\u003C\/h5\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ENOTE: Pre-course activities will conducted online using the HELIX online learning management system. Access instructions will be provided to registrants when details become available.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch5\u003EPre-Course Activities - Conducted online via HELIX\u003C\/h5\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EDistribution Network Design \u0026ndash; 2 hours\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EForecasting \u0026ndash; 1.5 hours\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch5\u003EClassroom Activities\u003C\/h5\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDay 1\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EOverview of Systems Design for Humantiarian Logistics\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EDistribution and Network Design\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EPre-positioning\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDay 2\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EForecasting\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EManaging Uncertainty\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch4\u003ECOURSE MATERIALS\u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EProvided\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EParticipants receive readings, case studies, spreadsheet files, and lecture slides, and will be given access to the pre-course web-based activities.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ERecommended\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EStudents need a laptop with Microsoft Excel and the ability to connect to a high-speed internet connection (internet access is provided for onsite portions of course).\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch4\u003ESTUDENT REQUIREMENTS\u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EStudents need a laptop with Microsoft Excel and the ability to connect to a high-speed internet connection (internet access is provided for onsite portions of course).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch4\u003ECOURSE PREREQUISITES\u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor those interested in earning the Health and Humanitarian Supply Chain Management Certificate,\u0026nbsp;this course is the first\u0026nbsp;of the three-course certificate program. To earn the certificate, participants must register and complete the following courses within three years:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Col\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EPre-planning Strategy for Health and Humanitarian Organizations\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.scl.gatech.edu\/education\/professional-education\/course\/humtdm\u0022\u003ETactical Decision Making in Public Health and Humanitarian Response\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.scl.gatech.edu\/education\/professional-education\/course\/humso\u0022\u003ESystems Operations in Health and Humanitarian Response\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ol\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECOURSE INSTRUCTORS\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.scl.gatech.edu\/users\/julie-swann\u0022\u003EJulie Swann\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.scl.gatech.edu\/users\/ozlem-ergun\u0022\u003EOzlem Ergun\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.scl.gatech.edu\/users\/pinar-keskinocak\u0022\u003EPinar Keskinocak\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDuring this course, examine methods and models for making preplanning decisions and explore the significant value that is obtained through informed decision-making in advance of an unpredictable event or long-term development.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Explore the significant value that is obtained through informed decision-making in advance of an unpredictable event or long-term development"}],"uid":"27233","created_gmt":"2015-11-17 15:45:15","changed_gmt":"2019-10-21 12:53:59","author":"Andy Haleblian","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2016-05-09T13:30:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2016-05-10T22:30:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2016-05-10T22:30:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2016-05-09 17:30:00","gmt_time_end":"2016-05-11 02:30:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2016-05-11 02:30:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.scl.gatech.edu\/humpps","title":"Course webpage within the SCL website"},{"url":"https:\/\/pe.gatech.edu\/courses\/pre-planning-strategy-for-health-and-humanitarian-organizations","title":"Course registration page"}],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"},{"id":"1243","name":"The Supply Chain and Logistics Institute (SCL)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"10377","name":"Career\/Professional development"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78771","name":"Public"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003Einfo@scl.gatech.edu\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"470871":{"#nid":"470871","#data":{"type":"event","title":"SCL Course: Systems Operations in Health and Humanitarian Response","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECOURSE DESCRIPTION\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDespite having common goals, often the lack of cooperation and coordination between humanitarian organizations results in procurement and allocation inefficiencies. As a result, a systems view of a humanitarian effort is needed to ensure appropriate use of scarce resources to meet the goals at hand. This course will focus on conceptual and modeling skills to understand and effectively manage humanitarian response from a systems perspective. Models will address system characteristics (e.g. demand dependencies) that drive system dynamics and policies to regulate performance. Course topics include methods for improving coordination and collaboration, addressing demand dependencies, and reliably measuring and evaluating system performance.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch4\u003EWHO SHOULD ATTEND\u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETactical and strategic members of non-governmental organizations, private corporations involved in the humanitarian relief efforts, U.S. federal government employees, U.S. state or local government employees, humanitarian foundation members, program managers, directors of field operations, disaster relief managers, director of logistics and inventory, and logistics officers\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch4\u003EHOW YOU WILL BENEFIT\u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EUpon completion of this course, you will be able to:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EDescribe and model the impact of demand dependencies among the many partners within a health or humanitarian response.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EIdentify methods for mitigating or reducing inventory variability and costs through information sharing among supply chain partners.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EIdentify opportunities for coordination within organizations and collaboration across organizations for increased efficiency and improved outcomes.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EDescribe the strategic behavior of decision makers and the impact of the market (or contract) structure on the participant\u0026#39;s actions and the overall system dynamics.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EDefine evaluation metrics in alignment with the system goals and structure system operations and incentives that address and evaluate these metrics.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EProvide immediate impact to their organization through learnings gained from applied and real-world case studies\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003ELearn to bring NGOs, businesses, and\/or government entities together to enhance collaboration, cooperation, and communication\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EDiscover current trends and procedures to help their organizations and team members get ahead and stay ahead of the curve\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EBuild a critical knowledge base to make tactical decisions around inventory, routing, and distribution\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EDeliver best-practices to measure and evaluate outcomes of humanitarian relief efforts\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EUltimately transform the humanitarian sector with increased capacity to participate in planning and strategic decision-making for effective supply chain management\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch4\u003EWHAT IS COVERED\u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch5\u003EPre-Course Activities (5 hrs) - Online via HELIX platform\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nClassroom Activities (2 days) - Georgia Tech Global Learning Center\u003C\/h5\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ENOTE: Pre-course activities will conducted online using the HELIX platform online learning management system. Access instructions will be provided to registrants when details become available.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch5\u003EPre-Course Activities - Conducted online via HELIX platform\u003C\/h5\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECoordination and Collaboration \u0026ndash; 2 hours\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nGame Theory\/Incentives \u0026ndash; 1 hour\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nSystem Dynamics - 2 hours\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch5\u003EClassroom Activities\u003C\/h5\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDay 1\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003ECoordination and Collaboration\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDay 2\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EPerformance and Measurements\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EGame Theory\/Incentives\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDay 3\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003ESystem Dynamics\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch4\u003ECOURSE MATERIALS\u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EProvided\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EParticipants receive readings, case studies, spreadsheet files, and lecture slides, and will be given access to the pre-course web-based activities.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ERecommended\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EStudents need a laptop with Microsoft Excel and the ability to connect to a high-speed internet connection (internet access is provided for onsite portions of course).\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch4\u003ECOURSE PREREQUISITES\u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor those interested in earning the Health and Humanitarian Supply Chain Management Certificate,\u0026nbsp;this course is the third and final\u0026nbsp;of the three-course certificate program. To earn the certificate, participants must register and complete the following courses within three years:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Col\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.scl.gatech.edu\/education\/professional-education\/course\/humpps\u0022\u003EPre-planning Strategy for Health and Humanitarian Organizations\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.scl.gatech.edu\/education\/professional-education\/course\/humtdm\u0022\u003ETactical Decision Making in Public Health and Humanitarian Response\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003ESystems Operations in Health and Humanitarian Response\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ol\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch4\u003ECOURSE INSTRUCTORS\u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.scl.gatech.edu\/users\/julie-swann\u0022\u003EJulie Swann\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.scl.gatech.edu\/users\/ozlem-ergun\u0022\u003EOzlem Ergun\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.scl.gatech.edu\/users\/pinar-keskinocak\u0022\u003EPinar Keskinocak\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDespite having common goals, often the lack of cooperation and coordination between humanitarian organizations results in procurement and allocation inefficiencies. As a result, a systems view of a humanitarian effort is needed to ensure appropriate use of scarce resources to meet the goals at hand. 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Many of these decisions are concerned with the timely and efficient procurement, allocation and distribution of resources (e.g. funds, supplies, volunteers) through a supply chain. 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We describe models to evaluate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of HIV and drug abuse prevention programs targeted to injection drug users; health impacts of diversion programs for low-level drug offenders; and health impacts of current and potential future opioid prescribing practices in the US. We conclude with a discussion of promising directions for further research.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBio: Margaret L. Brandeau is Coleman F. Fung Professor of Engineering and Professor of Medicine (by Courtesy) at Stanford University. Her research focuses on the development of applied mathematical and economic models to support health policy decisions. Her recent work has examined HIV and drug abuse prevention and treatment programs, programs to control the spread of hepatitis B virus, and preparedness plans for bioterror response. She is a Fellow of INFORMS and a member of the Omega Rho Honor Society for Operations Research and Management Science. 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The technology behind these platforms enable fine-grained monitoring and control tools, including good demand forecasts, accurate vehicle-availability information, and the ability to do dynamic pricing and vehicle repositioning. However, owing to their on-demand nature and the presence of network externalities (wherein setting prices at one place affects the supply at all other locations), optimizing the operations of such systems is challenging. To this end, I will describe how such systems can be modeled using queueing-network models, and talk about two recent projects in which we have developed the theoretical tools for analyzing such systems.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFirst, I will present a unifying framework for data-driven pricing and optimization in shared vehicle systems. Our approach provides efficient algorithms with rigorous approximation guarantees under a variety of controls (pricing, empty-vehicle repositioning, demand redirection) and for a wide class of objective functions (including welfare and revenue, and also multi-objective problems such as Ramsey pricing). Next, using the particular example of dynamic pricing in ride-sharing platforms, I will discuss how market mechanisms can help us to go beyond data-driven optimization; in particular, I will show how dynamic pricing is not any better than static pricing in general, but rather, how it allows the platform to realize optimal performance with limited knowledge of system parameters.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBased on joint work with Ramesh Johari and Carlos Riquelme at Stanford, Daniel Freund and Thodoris Lykouris at Cornell, and the data science team at Lyft.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"ISyE Seminar - Sid Banerjee"}],"uid":"27187","created_gmt":"2016-09-01 10:25:40","changed_gmt":"2017-04-13 21:14:51","author":"Anita Race","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2016-12-07T15:00:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2016-12-07T16:00:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2016-12-07T16:00:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2016-12-07 20:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2016-12-07 21:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2016-12-07 21:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDave Goldberg\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"581832":{"#nid":"581832","#data":{"type":"event","title":"SCL Course: Best Practices in Contract Development and Management","body":[{"value":"\u003Ch3\u003ECourse Description\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHigh quality contract development and management tools are essential activities in achieving improved levels of performance for all Procurement and Supply Management practitioners. 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If you are a returning student of the Supply Chain \u0026amp; Logistics Institute (SCL) courses, you will receive a 10% discount which you will enter at the \u0026quot;Check Out\u0026quot; page. Use Coupon Code\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003ESCL-Alum\u003C\/em\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThere are also discounts available for multiple-team member registrations, to those who prepay for all the courses in a specific certificate, to active\/retired military, or to members of certain organizations (\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.scl.gatech.edu\/education\/professional-education\/discounts\u0022\u003Eclick this link\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;for a listing).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDiscounts cannot be combined. To receive the coupon code for these discounts, call 404-385-8663 or\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.scl.gatech.edu\/contact\/Professional_Education_Offerings\u0022\u003Esend us an email\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;prior to registration\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe program fee for LIVE courses (non-online) includes continental breakfasts, lunches, breaks, parking, internet access, and all classroom materials.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIf the Supply Chain \u0026amp; Logistics Institute must cancel a program, registrants will receive a full refund. Georgia Tech, however, cannot assume the responsibility for other costs incurred. Due to program enrollment limits, early registration is encouraged. 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This line is available 24 hours a day.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EMAIL:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\tGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\tProfessional Education\u0026mdash;R\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\tP.O. Box 93686\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\tAtlanta, Georgia\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\t30377-0686\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003ECALL: (404) 385-3501 between 9:00a.m. and 4:00p.m., Eastern time. 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The 3-hour session will host supply chain representatives from \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.apicsatlanta.org\/\u0022\u003EAPICS\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ajilon.com\/\u0022\u003EAjilon Professional Staffing\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/amazon.com\u0022\u003EAmazon\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.fortna.com\/\u0022\u003EFortna\u003C\/a\u003E\u200b, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.llamasoft.com\/\u0022\u003ELlamasoft\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.logility.com\/\u0022\u003ELogility\u003C\/a\u003E, \u200b\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.manh.com\/\u0022\u003EManhattan Associates\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.schneider-electric.com\/ww\/en\/\u0022\u003ESchneider Electric\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.scottlogistics.com\/\u0022\u003EScott Logistics\u003C\/a\u003E, and \u200b\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.smith-nephew.com\/\u0022\u003ESmith \u0026amp; Nephew\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E who will be on campus to educate ISyE students about their organizations and available employment and networking opportunities.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWe strongly encourage students to act now to seek full-time employment\u003C\/strong\u003E, \u003Cstrong\u003Einternships, and projects\u003C\/strong\u003E (rather than waiting until the end of the semester). 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(2016).\u0026nbsp;\u0026ldquo;Debate: What is the Best Method to Monitor Surgical Performance?\u0026rdquo;,\u0026nbsp;BMC Surgery. 16:15 DOI 10.1186\/s12893-016-0131-8.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nWoodall, W. H., Fogel, S. L., and Steiner,\u0026nbsp;S. H. (2015). \u0026ldquo;The Monitoring and Improvement of Surgical Outcome Quality\u0026rdquo;.\u0026nbsp;Journal of Quality Technology\u0026nbsp;47(4),\u0026nbsp;383-399.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nZhang, X. and Woodall, W. H. (2015).\u0026nbsp;\u0026ldquo;Dynamic Probability Control Limits for Risk-adjusted Bernoulli CUSUM Charts\u0026rdquo;.\u0026nbsp;Statistics in Medicine\u0026nbsp;34, 3336-3348.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003EBio:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWilliam H. Woodall, Professor of Statistics at Virginia Tech, is a former editor of the\u0026nbsp;Journal of Quality Technology\u0026nbsp;(2001\u0026ndash;2003) and Associate Editor of\u0026nbsp;Technometrics\u0026nbsp;(1987\u0026ndash;1995; 2013). He has published well over 140 papers, most on aspects of process monitoring and health-related surveillance. He is the recipient of the ASQ Shewhart\u0026nbsp;Medal (2002), ENBIS Box Medal (2012), Jack Youden Prize (1995, 2003), ASQ Brumbaugh Award (2000, 2006), Ellis Ott Foundation Award (1987), Soren Bisgaard\u0026nbsp;Award (2012), Lloyd S. Nelson Award (2014), and a best paper award from\u0026nbsp;IIE Transactions on Quality and Reliability Engineering\u0026nbsp;(1997). 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The corresponding polyhedron provides an implicit polynomial size description of the convex hull of solutions. A natural question is whether one can find a similar description in the original variables of the problem. In this talk we present several examples, each time using a different technique to obtain the projection. 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A first use involves a combination of optimal transport and Metropolis correction; here, we use continuous transportation to transform typical MCMC proposals into adapted non-Gaussian proposals, both local and global. Second, we discuss a variational approach to Bayesian inference that constructs a deterministic transport map from a reference distribution to the posterior, without resorting to MCMC. Independent and unweighted samples can then be obtained by pushing forward reference samples through the map.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMaking either approach efficient in high dimensions, however, requires identifying and exploiting low-dimensional structure. We present new results relating the sparsity and decomposability of transports to the conditional independence structure of the target distribution. 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The algorithm is motivated by the scale of problem and significant differences in run times observed among scenario subproblems, which can result in inefficient use of distributed computing resources by synchronous parallel algorithms. Dual iterations are performed asynchronously using a block-coordinate subgradient descent method which allows performing block-coordinate updates using delayed information. We provide convergence guarantees for the asynchronous block-coordinate subgradient method based on previous results for incremental subgradient methods and stochastic subgradient methods. The algorithm recovers candidate primal solutions from the solutions of scenario subproblems using recombination heuristics.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe asynchronous algorithm is implemented in a high performance computing cluster and we conduct numerical experiments for two-stage SUC instances of the Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC) system and of the Central Western European (CWE) system. The WECC system that we study consist of 130 thermal generators, 182 nodes and 319 lines with hourly resolution and up to 1000 scenarios, while the CWE system consist of 656 thermal generators, 679 nodes and 1073 lines, with quarterly resolution and up to 120 scenarios. When using 10 nodes of the cluster per instance, the algorithm provides solutions that are within 2% of optimality to all problems within 47 minutes for WECC and 3 hours, 54 minutes for CWE. Moreover, we find that an equivalent synchronous parallel subgradient algorithm would leave processors idle up to 84% of the time, an observation which underscores the need for designing asynchronous optimization schemes in order to fully exploit distributed computing on real world applications.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBio\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIgnacio Aravena obtained his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria (UTFSM), Chile, where he also served as lecturer and as industrial consultant. He is currently a Ph.D. student on Applied Mathematics at Universite Catholique de Louvain (UCL), Belgium. 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In this\u0026nbsp;scenario, traditional\u0026nbsp;approaches for\u0026nbsp;intelligent data analysis (i.e., statistical data\u0026nbsp;modeling, monitoring and\u0026nbsp;control) need to be revised in order to deal with\u0026nbsp;3D quality\u0026nbsp;features,\u0026nbsp;multi-stream signal data, noncontact image point clouds. Starting from real\u0026nbsp;industrial problems, some of the main\u0026nbsp;challenges to be faced in these research\u0026nbsp;fields\u0026nbsp;are discussed. Viable solutions to enhance zero-defect manufacturing via\u0026nbsp;in-line, in-situ\u0026nbsp;statistical process monitoring are presented. 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