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Presented By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

SEMINAR: "Outward Facing Optimization: Operations Research With Impact" — Laura Albert

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This seminar is sponsored by the U-M INFORMS Student Chapter.

The Departmental Seminar Series is open to all. U-M Industrial and Operations Engineering graduate students and faculty are especially encouraged to attend.

Title:
Outward Facing Optimization: Operations Research With Impact

Abstract:
Government programs spanning public safety, transportation security, and critical infrastructure protection must deliver essential services by managing risks such as health emergencies, crime, acts of terrorism, and natural disasters. Doing so requires allocating resources in complex systems that span people, processes, vehicles, and critical infrastructure, where many decisions are interrelated.

Government leaders and researchers have been studying how to design and operate public sector systems to manage risk for the last half a century. Although researchers have created a body of knowledge for supporting prescriptive and predictive decisions in the public sector, public safety leaders must continually adapt to address new risks in budget-constrained environments. As a result, many research challenges remain.

In this talk, Dr. Laura Albert will discuss her research that studies how to design and operate public sector systems using optimization methodologies. She will discuss how she has connected theory and modeling to application in applications in the United States ranging from emergency medical services, aviation security, and critical infrastructure protection. She will also discuss how to engage policymakers and the public with research.

Bio:
Laura Albert, Ph.D., is a Professor of Industrial & Systems Engineering and a Harvey D. Spangler Faculty Scholar at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her research interests are in the field of operations research, with a particular focus on discrete optimization with application to homeland security and emergency response problems. Dr. Albert’s research has been supported by the National Science Foundation, the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of the Army, and Sandia National Laboratory. She has authored or co-authored 69 publications in archival journals and refereed proceedings. She has been awarded many honors for her research, including the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE) Fellow Award, the INFORMS Impact Prize, four publication awards, a National Science Foundation CAREER award, a Fulbright Award, and a Department of the Army Young Investigator Award. She is a Department Editor for IIE Transactions and is on or has been on six other journal Editorial Boards. Dr. Albert has served on the INFORMS Board as the Vice President for Marketing, Communication, and Outreach and served as the Assistant Dean for Graduate Affairs in the College of Engineering at UW-Madison. She is the author of the blogs “Punk Rock Operations Research” and “Badger Bracketology.” You can find her on twitter at @lauraalbertphd.
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