Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. SEMINAR: "The Interaction of Autonomy & Training for First-Person Drone Flights" — Missy Cummings (April 15, 2021 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82089 82089-21034696@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 15, 2021 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

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

Title:
The Interaction of Autonomy & Training for First-Person Drone Flights

Abstract:
While increasing automation has made UAVs, aka drones, accessible to a wider population of operators as compared to conventional aviation, such increased use has led to many preventable accidents. While added automation may make flight control more stable, the remote nature of the task can lead to degraded situation awareness, mode confusion and increased crashes. There are competing theories as to how much training and onboard autonomy are needed to successfully train drone operators, and this effort will discuss the results of a series of three studies that investigate balancing training and autonomy to achieve expertise, including how hidden Markov models can be used to predict who successfully obtains expertise and when a transition from novice to expert occurs.

Bio:
Professor Mary (Missy) Cummings received her B.S. in Mathematics from the US Naval Academy in 1988, her M.S. in Space Systems Engineering from the Naval Postgraduate School in 1994, and her Ph.D. in Systems Engineering from the University of Virginia in 2004. A naval officer and military pilot from 1988-1999, she was one of the U.S. Navy's first female fighter pilots. She is currently a Professor in the Duke University Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, and the Director of the Humans and Autonomy Laboratory. She is an American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Fellow, and a member of several national committees. Her research interests include human supervisory control, explainable artificial intelligence, human-autonomous system collaboration, human-robot interaction, human-systems engineering, and the ethical and social impact of technology.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 05 Mar 2021 10:21:11 -0500 2021-04-15T15:00:00-04:00 2021-04-15T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Workshop / Seminar Missy Cummings
Community Action to Promote Healthy Environments: Research to Improve Air Quality & Health in Detroit (April 20, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83634 83634-21446267@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 20, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center

Join us on Zoom as we discuss 'Community Action to Promote Healthy Environments: Research to Improve Air Quality and Health in Detroit' featuring Angela Reyes (Detroit Hispanic Development Corporation), Stuart Batterman (Environmental Health Sciences, UM SPH), and Amy Schulz (Health Behavior & Health Education, UM SPH). (Rescheduled from Feb 9.)

https://umich.zoom.us/j/96155698295

Webinar series organized by the Community Engagement Core and the Integrated Health Sciences Core of the Michigan Center on Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease (M-LEEaD). Co-sponsored by the DEI Committee of Health Behavior & Health Education and the DEI Committee of the Department of Environmental Health Sciences.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 08 Apr 2021 13:08:12 -0400 2021-04-20T12:00:00-04:00 2021-04-20T12:50:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center Lecture / Discussion Community Action to Promote Healthy Environments in Detroit
Bioethics Discussion: Abdication (April 20, 2021 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58841 58841-14563735@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 20, 2021 7:00pm
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A discussion on our renunciation.

Join us at: https://umich.zoom.us/j/99926126455

A few readings to consider:
––The Idea of Legitimate Authority in the Practice of Medicine
––Decentralization of health care systems and health outcomes: Evidence from a natural experiment
––Vox Populi or Abdication of Responsibility?: The Influence of the Irish Citizens’ Assembly on the Public Discourse Regarding Abortion, 2016-2019
––Lifeboat Ethics: The Case Against Helping the Poor
For more information and/or to receive a copy of the readings visit http://belmont.bme.umich.edu/bioethics-discussion-group/discussions/060-abdication/.

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Before you give up, consider the blog: https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/incidental-art/

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 08 Jan 2021 09:38:57 -0500 2021-04-20T19:00:00-04:00 2021-04-20T20:30:00-04:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Abdication
IOE LUNCH & LEARN: "The Toyota Way, Lean, and Toyota Kata: What’s up with this?" — Jeff Liker and Mike Rother (April 23, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83545 83545-21420818@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 23, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

This event is open to all including U-M students, faculty, and staff.

Title:
The Toyota Way, Lean, and Toyota Kata: What’s up with this?

Abstract:
Professor Emeritus Jeffrey Liker (author of The Toyota Way) and MSIOE Mike Rother (author of Toyota Kata) discuss the core ideas of their books. The Toyota Way, second edition, explains Toyota’s management philosophy through fourteen principles, with scientific thinking as the central connection point. Toyota Kata explains how we move from talking about such things as scientific thinking and a growth mindset and the practice of developing people to think scientifically to work toward challenging goals of any kind.

Bio:
Jeffrey K. Liker is Professor Emeritus, Industrial and Operations Engineering at The University of Michigan and President of Liker Lean Advisors, LLC. He is author of the best-selling book, The Toyota Way, Second Edition, and has co-authored nine other books about Toyota including The Toyota Way to Service Excellence, Designing the Future, and The Toyota Way to Lean Leadership. A recent graphic novel with Eduardo Lander and Tom Root tells the story of lean transformation at a mail-order company: Lean in a High-Variety Environment. His articles and books have won thirteen Shingo Prizes for Research Excellence. He was inducted into the Association of Manufacturing Excellence Hall of Fame and the Shingo Academy.

Mike Rother is an engineer (MS IOE '89), researcher and teacher who works to develop scientific thinking in individuals, teams and organizations. He shares his findings widely and is in the Association for Manufacturing Excellence Hall of Fame.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 07 Apr 2021 09:32:43 -0400 2021-04-23T12:00:00-04:00 2021-04-23T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Workshop / Seminar Jeff Liker and Mike Rother
PHD DEFENSE: "A Risk Analysis and Data-Driven Approach to Combating Sex Trafficking" — Julia Coxen (April 27, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83525 83525-21399323@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 27, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

Attend virtually via Zoom:
https://umich.zoom.us/j/92070538506

TITLE OF DISSERTATION:
A Risk Analysis and Data-Driven Approach to Combating Sex Trafficking

CHAIR:
Seth Guikema

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 02 Apr 2021 12:43:45 -0400 2021-04-27T12:00:00-04:00 2021-04-27T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Workshop / Seminar Julia Coxen
PHD DEFENSE: "Data science in energy and environmental systems with multiple data sources" — Youngchan Jang (April 27, 2021 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83373 83373-21367801@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 27, 2021 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

Attend virtually via Zoom:
https://umich.zoom.us/j/5325795788

TITLE OF DISSERTATION:
Data science in energy and environmental systems with multiple data sources

CHAIR:
Eunshin Byon

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 29 Mar 2021 10:34:08 -0400 2021-04-27T14:00:00-04:00 2021-04-27T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Workshop / Seminar Youngchan Jang
PHD DEFENSE: "Predicting Driver Takeover Performance and Designing Alert Systems in Conditionally Automated Driving" — Na Du (April 27, 2021 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83462 83462-21383597@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 27, 2021 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

Attend virtually via Zoom:
https://umich.zoom.us/j/96661546113

TITLE OF DISSERTATION:
Predicting Driver Takeover Performance and Designing Alert Systems in Conditionally Automated Driving

CHAIR:
Xi Jessie Yang

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 31 Mar 2021 08:55:47 -0400 2021-04-27T14:00:00-04:00 2021-04-27T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Workshop / Seminar Na Du
IOE Undergraduate Student Virtual Commencement (May 1, 2021 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83264 83264-21328375@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, May 1, 2021 3:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

PLEASE NOTE: The date of this event has been changed to May 1.

U-M Industrial and Operations Engineering (IOE) is holding a special virtual commencement event to celebrate the hard work and achievements of IOE undergraduate students.

The event is open to all IOE undergraduate students and their family and friends.

Registration is encouraged but not required.

Use the link in the event details above to register in advance or attend the virtual event directly once it has started.

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 09 Apr 2021 08:23:12 -0400 2021-05-01T15:30:00-04:00 2021-05-01T16:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Livestream / Virtual IOE logo with text that reads "IOE Undergraduate Student Virtual Commencement"
Connecting Education Innovation to Activism (May 12, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83807 83807-21538170@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, May 12, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: RISE (Research. Innovation. Scholarship. Education.)

R.I.S.E., the Center for Academic Innovation, and the Center for Research on Learning & Teaching (CRLT) invite you to join a Virtual Talking Circle (VTC) to discuss unique connections between education innovation & activism.

This collaboration across the University will serve as a first step in building a community interested in designing and promoting education innovation to improve society.

Anyone interested in education innovation and/or social justice and activism is invited!  We want to learn who is already doing this important work and identify potential collaborations across the University.

Please join us on Wednesday, May 12, 2021 from 12:00 - 1:00 PM

Register via Eventbrite

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 20 Apr 2021 06:37:52 -0400 2021-05-12T12:00:00-04:00 2021-05-12T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location RISE (Research. Innovation. Scholarship. Education.) Workshop / Seminar RISE Virtual Talking Circle
PHD DEFENSE: "An Industrial Engineering-Based Approach to Designing and Evaluating Healthcare Systems to Improve Veteran Access to Care" — Adam VanDeusen (May 17, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/83681 83681-21454203@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, May 17, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

Attend virtually via Zoom:
https://umich.zoom.us/j/3303851772

TITLE OF DISSERTATION:
An Industrial Engineering-Based Approach to Designing and Evaluating Healthcare Systems to Improve Veteran Access to Care

CHAIR:
Amy Cohn

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 09 Apr 2021 13:06:26 -0400 2021-05-17T10:00:00-04:00 2021-05-17T11:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Workshop / Seminar Adam VanDeusen
PHD DEFENSE: "Agent-based modeling of resilience in smallholder agriculture: toward robust models and equitable outcomes" — Tim Williams (May 17, 2021 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83344 83344-21346219@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, May 17, 2021 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

Attend virtually via Zoom:
https://umich.zoom.us/j/96596995831

TITLE OF DISSERTATION:
Agent-based modeling of resilience in smallholder agriculture: toward robust models and equitable outcomes

CHAIR:
Seth Guikema

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 13 May 2021 12:26:23 -0400 2021-05-17T14:00:00-04:00 2021-05-17T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Workshop / Seminar Tim Williams
Real-time Human Workload Estimation and Its Application in Adaptive Haptic Shared Control (May 25, 2021 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/84054 84054-21619770@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, May 25, 2021 1:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Robotics

Automated vehicles (AVs) are promising to have the potential to reduce driving-related injuries and deaths. However, autonomous driving technology is currently limited in its scope and reliability, giving rise to the semi-autonomous driving model, where the autonomy and the human share the control of the vehicle. Workload, despite being an important human factor, has not yet been considered when designing adaptive shared control. Recently, researchers have started to apply machine learning techniques to classify mental workload into different levels. However, most of these studies have adopted either a single-model-single-feature approach or a single-model-all-features approach. However different machine learning models are suitable for different features, how to leverage different models for different features is critical.

To address these shortcomings and research gaps, the goals of this dissertation were to (1) examine whether and to what extent haptic shared control performance can be improved by incorporating operators' workload; (2) develop a computational model for workload estimation, and the model should be able to leverage different machine learning models that work best for different features; and (3) investigate the generalizability of the workload estimation model. To address these research goals, this dissertation was composed of four research phases with two pilot studies and four human subject experiments.

(1) Collaborating with Yifan Weng, Dr. Tulga Ersal, and Prof. Jeffrey Stein from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Michigan, we developed a teleoperated dual-task shared control simulation platform where the human shared control of a ground vehicle with autonomy while performing a surveillance task simultaneously. In addition, we developed a real-time eye-tracking system based on Tobii Pro Glasses 2 to measure the human gaze points in a world frame and pupil sizes.

(2) We proposed a workload-adaptive haptic shared control scheme together with our collaborators. We conducted two human subject experiments during this phase. The results indicated that the proposed workload-adaptive haptic shared control scheme can reduce human workload, increase human trust in the system, increase driving performance, and reduce human effort without sacrificing surveillance task performance.

(3) We proposed a Bayesian inference model for workload estimation that can leverage the different machine learning models that work best for different features. Specifically, we used support-vector machines (SVMs) for pupil size change, the Hidden Markov Model (HMM) for gaze trajectory, SVMs for fixation feature, and Gaussian Mixture Models (GMMs) for fixation trajectory. The empirical results indicated that our proposed model achieved a 0.82 F1 score for workload imposed by varying surveillance task urgency.

(4) We investigated the generalizability of our proposed Bayesian inference model for workload estimation by conducting two human subject experiments with 24 participants and using different factors to impose human workload, i.e., obstacle headway and driving speed. The results indicated that our proposed model achieved a 0.70 F1 score for the workload imposed by obstacle avoidance and the personalized version of our proposed model can distinguish the workload imposed by different driving speeds under high surveillance task urgency.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 17 May 2021 10:55:54 -0400 2021-05-25T13:30:00-04:00 2021-05-25T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Robotics Lecture / Discussion simulating driving while multitasking
Getting Engaged in Campus Education Innovation Activities (June 9, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/84084 84084-21619928@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, June 9, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: RISE (Research. Innovation. Scholarship. Education.)

Our next Virtual Talking Circle (VTC) will feature representatives from several units on campus that are leading the way in cultivating education innovation: The Center for Academic Innovation (CAI), Fast Forward Medical Innovation (FFMI), and the International Mixed Reality Grand Rounds.

Join us on Wednesday, June 9, 2021 from 12:00 - 1:00 PM to learn more about these units and how you can get involved in their education innovation activities. We hope you will also share other education innovation resources available to faculty, staff and learners.

All are welcome!

Register via Zoom at: https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_xVYKDuaYSXa6AevHutqXBA

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 20 May 2021 06:44:41 -0400 2021-06-09T12:00:00-04:00 2021-06-09T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location RISE (Research. Innovation. Scholarship. Education.) Workshop / Seminar RISE Virtual Talking Circle
2021 International Symposium on Transportation Data and Modeling (June 21, 2021 8:45am) https://events.umich.edu/event/83965 83965-21619227@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, June 21, 2021 8:45am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Connected and Automated Transportation

ISTDM 2021 aims to gather transportation researchers and practitioners across the globe for exploring the frontiers of big data, modeling, and simulation to advance transportation research to support the connected, cooperative, and automated mobility. With a greater focus on emerging technologies, ISTDM 2021 rebrands the two long-standing transportation symposia: International Symposium of Transport Simulation (ISTS), and the International Workshop on Traffic Data Collection and its Standardization (IWTDCS).

The conference program can be found at https://limos.engin.umich.edu/istdm2021/schedule/.

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 04 May 2021 10:27:16 -0400 2021-06-21T08:45:00-04:00 2021-06-21T12:20:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Connected and Automated Transportation Conference / Symposium Banner Image for ISTDM 2021. It features headshots of the keynote speakers
2021 International Symposium on Transportation Data and Modeling (June 22, 2021 8:45am) https://events.umich.edu/event/83965 83965-21619228@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, June 22, 2021 8:45am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Connected and Automated Transportation

ISTDM 2021 aims to gather transportation researchers and practitioners across the globe for exploring the frontiers of big data, modeling, and simulation to advance transportation research to support the connected, cooperative, and automated mobility. With a greater focus on emerging technologies, ISTDM 2021 rebrands the two long-standing transportation symposia: International Symposium of Transport Simulation (ISTS), and the International Workshop on Traffic Data Collection and its Standardization (IWTDCS).

The conference program can be found at https://limos.engin.umich.edu/istdm2021/schedule/.

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 04 May 2021 10:27:16 -0400 2021-06-22T08:45:00-04:00 2021-06-22T12:20:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Connected and Automated Transportation Conference / Symposium Banner Image for ISTDM 2021. It features headshots of the keynote speakers
2021 International Symposium on Transportation Data and Modeling (June 23, 2021 8:45am) https://events.umich.edu/event/83965 83965-21619229@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, June 23, 2021 8:45am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Connected and Automated Transportation

ISTDM 2021 aims to gather transportation researchers and practitioners across the globe for exploring the frontiers of big data, modeling, and simulation to advance transportation research to support the connected, cooperative, and automated mobility. With a greater focus on emerging technologies, ISTDM 2021 rebrands the two long-standing transportation symposia: International Symposium of Transport Simulation (ISTS), and the International Workshop on Traffic Data Collection and its Standardization (IWTDCS).

The conference program can be found at https://limos.engin.umich.edu/istdm2021/schedule/.

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 04 May 2021 10:27:16 -0400 2021-06-23T08:45:00-04:00 2021-06-23T12:20:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Connected and Automated Transportation Conference / Symposium Banner Image for ISTDM 2021. It features headshots of the keynote speakers
2021 International Symposium on Transportation Data and Modeling (June 24, 2021 8:45am) https://events.umich.edu/event/83965 83965-21619230@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, June 24, 2021 8:45am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Connected and Automated Transportation

ISTDM 2021 aims to gather transportation researchers and practitioners across the globe for exploring the frontiers of big data, modeling, and simulation to advance transportation research to support the connected, cooperative, and automated mobility. With a greater focus on emerging technologies, ISTDM 2021 rebrands the two long-standing transportation symposia: International Symposium of Transport Simulation (ISTS), and the International Workshop on Traffic Data Collection and its Standardization (IWTDCS).

The conference program can be found at https://limos.engin.umich.edu/istdm2021/schedule/.

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 04 May 2021 10:27:16 -0400 2021-06-24T08:45:00-04:00 2021-06-24T12:20:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Connected and Automated Transportation Conference / Symposium Banner Image for ISTDM 2021. It features headshots of the keynote speakers
PHD DEFENSE: "Optimization of Critical Infrastructure with Fluids" — Byron Tasseff (July 16, 2021 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/84347 84347-21623423@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, July 16, 2021 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

Attend virtually via Zoom:
https://umich.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEtce2qqT0oHtd6kt2GIRgbXXf07doxeUIz

TITLE OF DISSERTATION:
Optimization of Critical Infrastructure with Fluids

CHAIRS:
Marina Epelman & Pascal Van Hentenryck

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 06 Jul 2021 14:26:41 -0400 2021-07-16T15:00:00-04:00 2021-07-16T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Workshop / Seminar IOE Logo and presenter photo
PHD DEFENSE: "Operations Research & Statistical Learning Methods to Monitor the Progression of Glaucoma and Chronic Diseases" — Isaac Jones (August 11, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/84808 84808-21625039@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, August 11, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

Attend virtually via Zoom:
https://umich.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIld-urpjMrHtbJBDjb-gCH3GT2wkbcdtmL

TITLE OF DISSERTATION:
Operations Research & Statistical Learning Methods to Monitor the Progression of Glaucoma and Chronic Diseases

CHAIR:
Mark Van Oyen

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 29 Jul 2021 11:58:49 -0400 2021-08-11T13:00:00-04:00 2021-08-11T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Workshop / Seminar Isaac Jones
PHD DEFENSE: "Data-Driven Optimization for Individualized Medical Decision-Making in Cancer" — Weiyu Li (August 31, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/85257 85257-21626081@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, August 31, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

Attend virtually via Zoom:
https://umich.zoom.us/j/97119919136

TITLE OF DISSERTATION:
Data-Driven Optimization for Individualized Medical Decision-Making in Cancer

CHAIR:
Brian Denton

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 27 Aug 2021 13:14:24 -0400 2021-08-31T10:00:00-04:00 2021-08-31T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Workshop / Seminar Weiyu Li
SWE x Disclosed Panel "How to make yourself stand out?" (September 1, 2021 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/86185 86185-21631883@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 1, 2021 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Society of Women Engineers

Worried about how to stand out as an applicant at Career Fair when you haven't had any experience? Want to hear advice from managers at Nissan and LinkedIn? Then come to our panel, Wednesday, September 8th at 7 pm EST!! Fill out the form to submit questions and receive notes after the event! Please email Gabrielle & Eva at swe.car.directors@umich.edu if you have any questions!

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 01 Sep 2021 19:51:56 -0400 2021-09-01T19:00:00-04:00 2021-09-01T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Society of Women Engineers Careers / Jobs
BINDx Meeting (September 8, 2021 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/86445 86445-21634320@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 8, 2021 5:30pm
Location: Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

Hello and welcome to the Fall semester!

You are invited to attend the first Black Industrial Engineers (BIndx) meeting of the school year! My name is Dr. Joi Mondisa and I am an Assistant Professor in Industrial and Operations Engineering, as well as the informal advisor and mentor to BINDx.

The Black Industrial Engineers (BIndx, pronounced BIND-ex) group is composed of IOE students and faculty/staff who come together informally for meaningful conversations and fellowship to promote learning, mentoring and networking. BIndx meetings occur as informal monthly discussions to help form relationships between faculty/staff and minoritized students. Also, BIndx will host a diverse group of guest speakers throughout the semester with a specific focus to facilitate conversations, build connections, and empower self-reflection.


Join us:
September 8, 2021
The First BINDx Meeting for Fall Term 2021
5:30pm - 7:00pm; Outdoors, North Campus, Lurie Reflecting Pool

Please RSVP above if you plan to attend.

Looking forward to seeing you there!

Professor Joi Mondisa

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Meeting Tue, 07 Sep 2021 14:56:23 -0400 2021-09-08T17:30:00-04:00 2021-09-08T19:00:00-04:00 Industrial and Operations Engineering Building U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Meeting Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
LUNCH & LEARN: CAREER TALKS — Steve Prast, Tesla (September 10, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/84401 84401-21624506@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 10, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

Discover and develop your personal career interests and acquire professional development skills through seminars and conversations with alumni of U-M Industrial and Operations Engineering.

Alumni will talk about their roles, their career path, and give advice on making the most of a degree from IOE.

This is event series is open to all U-M students, faculty and staff.

The Career Talks event series is also the focus of the course, IOE 190. IOE Careers: Find Your Purpose, a 1-credit course open to all U-M students and available in the Fall. For more information about enrolling in IOE 190 please contact IOE Undergraduate Student Advisor, Leonora Lucaj < lucajl@umich.edu>.

Bio:
Steven Prast is currently a Senior Staff Industrial Engineer at Tesla, having previously held a variety of leadership roles at the Gigafactories in Reno, Shanghai, and now Buffalo. Prior to coming to Tesla, he was a Senior Manager at Accenture responsible for multi-national technology consulting projects for a variety of Fortune 500 clients. Steven founded a software and consulting firm, EOS Solution, in 2007, which he eventually grew to include multiple offices in four countries serving the Aerospace, Defense and Petrochemical industries. He successfully sold and managed the acquisition of EOS Solutions in 2014 to PROSTEP GmbH before joining to Accenture. Steven graduated from the University of Michigan with a degree in Industrial and Operations Engineering in 1998.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 31 Aug 2021 10:22:48 -0400 2021-09-10T12:00:00-04:00 2021-09-10T13:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Workshop / Seminar Steven Prast
Tauber Leadership Speaker Series | Sam McCleery (September 14, 2021 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/86955 86955-21637626@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 14, 2021 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Tauber Institute for Global Operations

Sam McCleery is an Emmy award winning executive who has been in the forefront of innovation for several popular sports brands. He founded a company that pioneered the First-and-Ten Yellow Line in football and has worked for Prince Tennis, Cablevision, adidas, ESPN and most recently at Under Armour. At Under Armour he ran the Open Innovation teams and later served in Corporate Development.

Sam is an industry-recognized and proven executive specializing in forming product, markets and businesses around new and emerging technologies. He excels at bridging the gap between technology and business, providing unique management expertise when developing product strategies and go-to-market plans.

Sam will present 'ESPN as an Innovation,' which focuses on the founding of an All-American brand and delivers a case study on how it became a part of our entertainment, sports and social culture.

FOR WEBINAR LINK: https://myumi.ch/R5Y1D

CAN'T ATTEND? In the event that this Tauber Leadership Speaker Series is recorded, it would be added to the Leadership Speaker Series post-session.

UPCOMING MEETINGS: Check the Tauber Leadership Speaker Series for upcoming events: http://myumi.ch/VPx4z

HOSTED BY: Tauber Institute for Global Operations. For questions about this event, please visit tauber.umich.edu.

The Tauber Leadership Speaker Series is a student-organized initiative to bring in top leaders from industry to the University of Michigan. These high-level executives are invited to share insights on their own careers, the qualities needed in today's global economy for strong leadership, and tangible steps to achieve excellence in one's own career path.

For more information:

Email TLSS organizer dianak@umich.edu
Visit the visit tauber.umich.edu
Follow Tauber on Facebook, Twitter, and Flickr

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Presentation Tue, 14 Sep 2021 17:00:35 -0400 2021-09-14T19:00:00-04:00 2021-09-14T21:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Tauber Institute for Global Operations Presentation Sam McCleery
SEMINAR: "Unbiased Subdata Selection for Fair Classification: A Unified Framework and Scalable Algorithms" – Weijun Xie (September 16, 2021 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/86631 86631-21635241@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 16, 2021 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

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

Title:
Unbiased Subdata Selection for Fair Classification: A Unified Framework and Scalable Algorithms

Abstract:
Fair classification concerns the issues of unintentional biases against the sensitive features (e.g., gender, race) in the conventional classification approaches. Due to the high nonconvexity of fairness measures, existing methods are often unable to model exact fairness, which can cause inferior fair classification outcomes. This paper fills the gap by developing a novel unified framework to jointly optimize accuracy and fairness. The proposed framework is versatile and can incorporate different fairness measures precisely as well as can be applicable to many classifiers, including deep classification models. Many classification models within this framework can be recast as mixed-integer convex programs, which can be solved effectively by off-the-shelf solvers when the instance sizes are moderate. We prove that in the proposed framework, when the classification outcomes are known, the resulting problem, termed “unbiased subdata selection,” is strongly polynomial-solvable and can be used to enhance the classification fairness by selecting more representative data points. This motivates us to develop an iterative refining strategy (IRS) to solve the large-scale instances, where we improve the classification accuracy and conduct the unbiased subdata selection in an alternating fashion. We numerically demonstrate that the proposed framework can consistently yield better fair classification outcomes than existing methods. This is a joint work of my Ph.D. student Qing Ye.

Bio:
Dr. Weijun Xie is an Assistant Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Virginia Tech. He obtained his Ph.D. from Georgia Tech. His research interests are in theory and applications of stochastic, discrete, and convex optimization. Dr. Xie has won multiple awards including NSF Career Award, INFORMS Optimization Prize for Young Researchers, INFORMS Junior Faculty Interest Group Paper Competition, INFORMS George Nicholson Student Paper Competition. He currently serves as the Vice Chair of Optimization under Uncertainty at INFORMS Optimization Society.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 09 Sep 2021 22:34:50 -0400 2021-09-16T15:00:00-04:00 2021-09-16T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Workshop / Seminar Weijun Xie, Virginia Tech
LUNCH & LEARN: CAREER TALKS — Marcial Lapp, American Airlines (September 17, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/84396 84396-21628578@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 17, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

Discover and develop your personal career interests and acquire professional development skills through seminars and conversations with alumni of U-M Industrial and Operations Engineering.

Alumni will talk about their roles, their career path, and give advice on making the most of a degree from IOE.

This is event series is open to all U-M students, faculty and staff.

The Career Talks event series is also the focus of the course, IOE 190. IOE Careers: Find Your Purpose, a 1-credit course open to all U-M students and available in the Fall. For more information about enrolling in IOE 190 please contact IOE Undergraduate Student Advisor, Leonora Lucaj < lucajl@umich.edu>.

Bio:
Marcial Lapp is Managing Director of the Revenue Engineering group at American Airlines. His group is responsible for the systems and business process, including forecast & optimization of yield management, pricing and ancillary services/products that power our Revenue Management and Network Planning groups.

Marcial Lapp began his career in 2010 as an intern, where he developed the optimizer for the overbooking system, which is still in use today (though it’s been significantly enhanced since then). Following his internship, Marcial joined as Chief Scientist RM, where he led the development of an improved network controls model and managed a number of domestic markets. Following a period managing the Mexico, Caribbean & Latin America region, most recently Marcial had been leading the Operations Research and Data Science group, responsible for the technical implementations of systems that drive revenue outcomes.

Marcial earned a Doctorate in Industrial Engineering and a Master’s in Business Administration degree from the University of Michigan. He lives in Arlington with his wife, Allysen, and his son, Otto.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 27 Aug 2021 12:05:05 -0400 2021-09-17T12:00:00-04:00 2021-09-17T13:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Workshop / Seminar Marcial Lapp
Building Toward Flooding Resilience: Perspectives from the Field (September 21, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/86206 86206-21632182@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 21, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center

Panelists include: Ricky Ackerman (Eastside Community Network), Erma Leaphart (Sierra Club), and Peter Larson (Lecturer, Epidemiology & Researcher, Institute for Social Research; Univ of MI), Moderator: Angie Reyes (Detroit Hispanic Development Corporation). ZOOM https://umich.zoom.us/j/94323672749

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 02 Sep 2021 12:25:11 -0400 2021-09-21T12:00:00-04:00 2021-09-21T12:50:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center Lecture / Discussion R&R: Residents and Researchers Tuesday Talks at 12 on environment, health, and community
Using Network Analysis to Understand Teamwork in Engineering: Novel Approaches, Limitations, and Future Directions (September 22, 2021 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/87143 87143-21639089@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 22, 2021 10:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Engineering Education Research

Curricular and co-curricular design experiences are an increasingly popular mechanism for delivering opportunities for students to connect technical engineering knowledge to professional skills, such as teamwork, fabrication, communication, and design ability. As such, ensuring equal participation in design activities is a critical aspect of team-based pedagogies. In this research, using data from 12 student design teams in a first-year cornerstone design course, I describe a novel approach to examining the nature of working relationships in student teams. I use the multilayer exponential random graph model (ERGM) to examine perceptions of contributions (i.e., whether one is contributing ideas to their team) and enactments (i.e., whether one’s ideas are being utilized).

The purpose of this talk is both to introduce the multilayer ERGM as novel approach to understanding teamwork in engineering, as well as to draw on this method to describe processes of inequity in undergraduate engineering education experiences. I conclude with implications for future
research and practice.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH: Trevion Henderson is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Tufts University. He earned his Ph.D. in Higher Education from the University of Michigan, as well as his M.A. in Higher Education and Student Affairs and his B.S. in Computer Science and Engineering from The Ohio State University. Dr. Henderson holds secondary appointments in the STEM Education program in the Department of Education and the Institute for Research on Learning and Instruction (IRLI). As a first-year professor at Tufts, Dr. Henderson teaches courses on engineering design education and engineering education research methods.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 17 Sep 2021 10:53:52 -0400 2021-09-22T10:30:00-04:00 2021-09-22T11:45:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Engineering Education Research Lecture / Discussion EER Logo
SEMINAR: "Spectral Models for Air Transportation Networks" – Max Li (September 23, 2021 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/86630 86630-21635240@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 23, 2021 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

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

Title: Spectral Models for Air Transportation Networks


Abstract:
Air transportation networks are canonical examples of highly interconnected and complex systems. Furthermore, these societal-scale infrastructures generate large amounts of data upon which decisions regarding operational safety, efficiency, and reliability must be made. Therefore, understanding the characteristics of performance measures such as air traffic delays is critical for developing ways to mitigate their significant economic and environmental impacts. I will focus on network behavior and performance during disruptions (e.g., thunderstorms, nor’easters, hurricanes), and discuss how airport delays can be viewed as graph-supported signals, amenable to a variety of spectral and graph signal processing-based methods. Through this analysis, I characterize the spatial distribution of delays across a network of airports, highlighting key differences in delay dynamics between different types of disruptions and among different airline networks. I will then touch on some recent work regarding low-dimensional representations of airport network delays and how to use these representations to develop control and traffic flow management strategies. Finally, I will discuss some interdisciplinary research directions of interest to me, such as the integrated modeling of air-surface multi-modal transportation networks and emerging aerospace mobility systems (e.g., UAS/AAM).

Bio:
Max is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Michigan—Ann Arbor and will be starting as an Assistant Professor in Fall 2022. He is also currently at MITRE’s Center for Advanced Aviation System Development (CAASD) as a National Airspace System Senior Data Scientist. Max received his PhD in Aerospace Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2021. He earned his MSE in Systems Engineering and BSE in Electrical Engineering and Mathematics, both from the University of Pennsylvania, in 2018. Broadly, he is interested in the analysis, control, and optimization of networks and networked processes, signal processing over irregular domains and manifolds, and geometric/topological data analysis, with an eye towards applications in air transportation systems and other societal-scale networks. He is the recipient of the Federal Aviation Administration RAISE Award (2018), a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (2018), and the Wellington and Irene Loh Fellowship from MIT (2019), as well as several best paper awards from ICRAT and the ATM R&amp;D Seminar, two joint FAA- Eurocontrol conferences.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 09 Sep 2021 22:36:44 -0400 2021-09-23T15:00:00-04:00 2021-09-23T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Workshop / Seminar Max Li, University of Michigan
LUNCH & LEARN: CAREER TALKS — Anne Shen Smith, Southern California Gas Company (September 24, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/84393 84393-21623783@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 24, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

Discover and develop your personal career interests and acquire professional development skills through seminars and conversations with alumni of U-M Industrial and Operations Engineering.

Alumni will talk about their roles, their career path, and give advice on making the most of a degree from IOE.

This is event series is open to all U-M students, faculty and staff.

The Career Talks event series is also the focus of the course, IOE 190. IOE Careers: Find Your Purpose, a 1-credit course open to all U-M students and available in the Fall. For more information about enrolling in IOE 190 please contact IOE Undergraduate Student Advisor, Leonora Lucaj < lucajl@umich.edu>.

Bio:
Anne Shen Smith retired in 2014 as the chairman and CEO of Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas), a subsidiary of Sempra Energy. SoCalGas is the nation’s largest natural gas distribution utility, delivering energy services to over 23 million consumers.

Smith started her career with SoCalGas in 1977 and held leadership positions in marketing, public affairs, strategic planning, environmental policy, regulatory affairs, customer care, support services and operations. Smith received numerous awards for community service and environmental leadership. She was appointed to policy advisory commissions at the local, state, and federal levels. She served as a member of the board of directors for the PG&E Corporation (a Fortune 500 company), the American Gas Association, Coalition for Clean Air, Southern California Leadership Council, UC Davis Energy Efficiency Center, Asian American Advancing Justice Los Angeles, and California League of Conservation Voters Education Fund. She continues to be actively involved in her community, and is a member of The Trusteeship (an affiliate of the International Women’s Forum) and Women Corporate Directors.

Smith immigrated to the United States from Taiwan in 1964. She received her Bachelor’s degree in Industrial and Operations Engineering from the University of Michigan and has a Master’s degree in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from the University of California at Berkeley.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 27 Aug 2021 12:14:21 -0400 2021-09-24T12:00:00-04:00 2021-09-24T13:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Workshop / Seminar Anne Shen Smith
Tauber Leadership Speaker Series | Sam McCleery (September 28, 2021 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/87513 87513-21642904@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 28, 2021 6:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Tauber Institute for Global Operations

Sam McCleery is an Emmy award-winning executive who has been at the forefront of innovation for several popular sports brands. He founded a company that pioneered the First-and-Ten Yellow Line in football and has worked for Prince Tennis, Cablevision, Adidas, ESPN and most recently at Under Armour. At Under Armour, he ran the Open Innovation teams and later served in Corporate Development.

Sam is an industry-recognized and proven executive specializing in forming products, markets, and businesses around new and emerging technologies. He excels at bridging the gap between technology and business, providing unique management expertise when developing product strategies and go-to-market plans.

Sam will present 'ESPN as an Innovation,' which focuses on the founding of an All-American brand and delivers a case study on how it became a part of our entertainment, sports, and social culture.

FOR WEBINAR LINK: https://myumi.ch/xm1vz

CAN'T ATTEND? In the event that this Tauber Leadership Speaker Series is recorded, it would be added to the Leadership Speaker Series post-session.

UPCOMING MEETINGS: Check the Tauber Leadership Speaker Series for upcoming events: http://myumi.ch/VPx4z

HOSTED BY: Tauber Institute for Global Operations. For questions about this event, please visit tauber.umich.edu.

The Tauber Leadership Speaker Series is a student-organized initiative to bring in top leaders from industry to the University of Michigan. These high-level executives are invited to share insights on their own careers, the qualities needed in today's global economy for strong leadership, and tangible steps to achieve excellence in one's own career path.

For more information:

Email TLSS organizer dianak@umich.edu
Visit the visit tauber.umich.edu
Follow Tauber on Facebook, Twitter, and Flickr

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Presentation Fri, 24 Sep 2021 13:32:18 -0400 2021-09-28T18:30:00-04:00 2021-09-28T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Tauber Institute for Global Operations Presentation Sam McCleery
SEMINAR: "Detecting equivalence between iterative algorithms for optimization" – Madeleine Richards Udell (September 30, 2021 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/86946 86946-21637614@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 30, 2021 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

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

Title: Detecting equivalence between iterative algorithms for optimization

Abstract:
When are two algorithms the same? How can we be sure a recently proposed algorithm is novel, and not a minor twist on an existing method? In this talk, we present a framework for reasoning about equivalence between a broad class of iterative algorithms, with a focus on algorithms designed for convex optimization. We propose several notions of what it means for two algorithms to be equivalent, and provide computationally tractable means to detect equivalence. Our main definition, oracle equivalence, states that two algorithms are equivalent if they result in the same sequence of calls to the function oracles (for suitable initialization). Borrowing from control theory, we use state-space realizations to represent algorithms and characterize algorithm equivalence via transfer functions. Our framework can also identify and characterize some algorithm transformations including permutations of the update equations, repetition of the iteration, and conjugation of some of the function oracles in the algorithm. A software package named Linnaeus implements the framework and makes it easy to find other iterative algorithms that are equivalent to an input algorithm. More broadly, this framework and software advances the goal of making mathematics searchable.
Based on joint work with Shipu Zhao and Laurent Lessard


Bio:
Madeleine Udell is Assistant Professor of Operations Research and Information Engineering and Richard and Sybil Smith Sesquicentennial Fellow at Cornell University. She studies optimization and machine learning for large scale data analysis and control, with applications in marketing, demographic modeling, medical informatics, engineering system design, and automated machine learning. She has received several awards, including an Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship (2021), a National Science Foundation CAREER award (2020), an Office of Naval Research (ONR) Young Investigator Award (2020), a Cornell Engineering Research Excellence Award (2020), an INFORMS Optimization Society Best Student Paper Award (as advisor) (2019), and INFORMS Doing Good with Good OR (2018). Her work is supported by grants from the NSF, ONR, DARPA, the Canadian Institutes of Health, and Capital One.
Her research in optimization centers on detecting and exploiting novel structures in optimization problems, with a particular focus on convex and low rank problems. These structures lead the way to automatic proofs of optimality, better complexity guarantees, and faster, more memory-efficient algorithms. She has developed a number of open source libraries for modeling and solving optimization problems, including Convex.jl, one of the top tools in the Julia language for technical computing.
Her research in machine learning centers on methods for imputing missing data in large tabular data sets. Her work on generalized low rank models (GLRMs) extends principal components analysis (PCA) to embed tabular data sets with heterogeneous (numerical, Boolean, categorical, and ordinal) types into a low dimensional space, providing a coherent framework for compressing, denoising, and imputing missing entries. This research enables novel applications in medical informatics, quantitative finance, marketing, causal inference, and automated machine learning, among others.
At Cornell, Madeleine has advised more than 50 students and postdocs. She has developed several new courses in optimization and machine learning, earning the Douglas Whitney ’61 Engineering Teaching Excellence Award in 2018.
Madeleine completed her PhD at Stanford University in Computational & Mathematical Engineering in 2015 under the supervision of Stephen Boyd, and a one year postdoctoral fellowship at Caltech in the Center for the Mathematics of Information hosted by Professor Joel Tropp. At Stanford, she was awarded a NSF Graduate Fellowship, a Gabilan Graduate Fellowship, and a Gerald J. Lieberman Fellowship, and was selected as the doctoral student member of Stanford's School of Engineering Future Committee to develop a road-map for the future of engineering at Stanford over the next 10–20 years. She received a B.S. degree in Mathematics and Physics, summa cum laude, with honors in mathematics and in physics, from Yale University.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 14 Sep 2021 18:34:09 -0400 2021-09-30T15:00:00-04:00 2021-09-30T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Workshop / Seminar Madeleine Richards Udell, Cornell University
LUNCH & LEARN: CAREER TALKS — Heidi Smith & Jaspreet Singh, Bounteous (October 1, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/84445 84445-21624505@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 1, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

Discover and develop your personal career interests and acquire professional development skills through seminars and conversations with alumni of U-M Industrial and Operations Engineering.

Alumni will talk about their roles, their career path, and give advice on making the most of a degree from IOE.

This is event series is open to all U-M students, faculty and staff.

The Career Talks event series is also the focus of the course, IOE 190. IOE Careers: Find Your Purpose, a 1-credit course open to all U-M students and available in the Fall. For more information about enrolling in IOE 190 please contact IOE Undergraduate Student Advisor, Leonora Lucaj < lucajl@umich.edu>.

Bios:
Heidi is the Senior Vice President of Program Delivery at Bounteous. She is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) with over 25 years of experience in project and program management, utilizing both agile and waterfall methodologies. With a combination of both industry and consulting experience, she has a proven track record of successfully leading solution delivery teams in dynamic and fast-paced environments across a broad spectrum of industry verticals and technologies. Heidi has a Bachelor of Science in Industrial and Operations Engineering from the University of Michigan. She is also a board member of a women’s philanthropic organization, Impact100 Metro Detroit.

Jaspreet is the Chief Strategy and Insights Officer at Bounteous. In this role, Jaspreet is constantly striving to build upon our insights-driven reputation and deliver outstanding results when co-innovating with clients. Strategy and data/insights serve as the North Star in guiding Bounteous' work toward long-term success. The combination of these practices enables Bounteous to work nimbly when executing innovative digital transformations. His favorite part about this job is giving our talented people the support, guidance and tools they need to reach their full potential and soar. Jaspreet has a Bachelor of Science in Industrial and Operations Engineering from the University of Michigan and an MBA from NYU (Entrepreneurship/ Innovation & Marketing).

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 27 Aug 2021 12:14:52 -0400 2021-10-01T12:00:00-04:00 2021-10-01T13:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Workshop / Seminar Heidi Smith and Jaspreet Singh
Panel and Q&A: Academic/Research job search (October 5, 2021 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/87779 87779-21645942@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 5, 2021 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

As part of our Tuesday afternoon series, we are holding a faculty panel to answer some questions from PhD students to help them learn more about applying and interviewing, and be prepared for all aspects of the job search process in academia or research labs and similar settings. The PhD job market is often described as a marathon, and many aspects of it can be mysterious to first-time job seekers. If you are a PhD student currently on the job market, or considering going on the academic job market in the future, we particularly encourage you to attend. (The event is open to all IOE students and faculty.)

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 01 Oct 2021 13:41:14 -0400 2021-10-05T15:00:00-04:00 2021-10-05T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Workshop / Seminar IOE Seminar generic
IOE Graduate School Workshop (October 8, 2021 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/87824 87824-21647045@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 8, 2021 8:00am
Location: Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

This workshop offers direct access to faculty, staff, and graduate students from the IOE department at the University of Michigan, who are looking forward to providing you with information and answering your questions about studies and career paths in the field of Industrial and Operations Engineering. We will cover topics of graduate school applications and admissions, research, life on campus, funding, and much more!

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 04 Oct 2021 11:41:53 -0400 2021-10-08T08:00:00-04:00 2021-10-08T20:00:00-04:00 Industrial and Operations Engineering Building U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Workshop / Seminar IOE Graduate School Workshop image
2021 EER Prospective Student Open House (October 8, 2021 9:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/85934 85934-21630496@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 8, 2021 9:30am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: Engineering Education Research

IN-PERSON OR VIRTUAL OPTION

We invite students from all institutions to attend the University of Michigan Engineering Education Research (EER) graduate student open house!

THE OPEN HOUSE AGENDA FEATURES:
An overview about the program
Discussions with faculty
Meet the EER Grad Coordinator & Financial Administrator
Discussions with current EER graduate students
A tour of the beautiful University of Michigan campus

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 17 Sep 2021 10:43:37 -0400 2021-10-08T09:30:00-04:00 2021-10-08T16:00:00-04:00 Hatcher Graduate Library Engineering Education Research Workshop / Seminar EER Logo
LUNCH & LEARN: CAREER TALKS — Nevena Paripovic, Facebook (October 8, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/84849 84849-21625191@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 8, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

Discover and develop your personal career interests and acquire professional development skills through seminars and conversations with alumni of U-M Industrial and Operations Engineering.

Alumni will talk about their roles, their career path, and give advice on making the most of a degree from IOE.

This is event series is open to all U-M students, faculty and staff.

The Career Talks event series is also the focus of the course, IOE 190. IOE Careers: Find Your Purpose, a 1-credit course open to all U-M students and available in the Fall. For more information about enrolling in IOE 190 please contact IOE Undergraduate Student Advisor, Leonora Lucaj < lucajl@umich.edu>.

Bio:
After completing my MSE IOE, I joined the digital forensics team at a consulting company in San Francisco (SF) where I had the opportunity to work with many different tech companies to improve the inefficiencies for how data flows. It was a rewarding experience that allowed me a wide breadth of interesting challenges and approaches to privacy as well as fun travel and exposure to meet new people. I pivoted in-house to Facebook's (FB's) privacy program where I now work directly with teams implementing privacy by design before products are launched. My engineering background has prepared me to quickly and critically think through product proposals and effectively communicate privacy by design requirements.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 27 Aug 2021 12:13:21 -0400 2021-10-08T12:00:00-04:00 2021-10-08T13:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Workshop / Seminar Nevena Paripovic
SEMINAR: "Avoiding Weather Hazards in General Aviation: Display Interpretation as a Contributing factor" - Elizabeth L. Blickensderfer (October 14, 2021 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/87593 87593-21644208@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 14, 2021 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

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

Title: Avoiding Weather Hazards in General Aviation: Display Interpretation as a Contributing factor

Abstract: Pending

Bio:
Dr. Beth L. Blickensderfer has over 20 years of experience in human-machine systems research and development using both qualitative and quantitative research methods. She has designed and validated numerous training programs for purposes such as teaching general aviation pilots to interpret and understand weather displays and fostering crew resource management skills in helicopter and fixed-wing pilots. In addition, she has developed metrics to assess human performance in a range of domains and tasks such as aviation operations, nurses responding to cardiac arrest, and tennis teams. Her other recent work includes investigating patient safety at a community hospital, measuring general aviation pilots' knowledge and skill at interpreting weather displays, and performing cognitive task analyses to identify safety issues inherent to Live-Virtual-Constructive flight training environments for the U.S. Navy. Dr. Blickensderfer has held leadership positions in both the Human Factors and Ergonomic Society as well as Division 21 Applied Experimental and Engineering Psychology of the American Psychological Association. She earned an M.S in Industrial/Organizational Psychology and a Ph.D. in Human Factors Psychology from the University of Central Florida.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 30 Sep 2021 13:42:23 -0400 2021-10-14T15:00:00-04:00 2021-10-14T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Workshop / Seminar Elizabeth L. Blickensderfer, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
LUNCH & LEARN: CAREER TALKS — Greg King, GAP (October 15, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/86015 86015-21630949@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 15, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

Discover and develop your personal career interests and acquire professional development skills through seminars and conversations with alumni of U-M Industrial and Operations Engineering.

Alumni will talk about their roles, their career path, and give advice on making the most of a degree from IOE.

This is event series is open to all U-M students, faculty and staff.

The Career Talks event series is also the focus of the course, IOE 190. IOE Careers: Find Your Purpose, a 1-credit course open to all U-M students and available in the Fall. For more information about enrolling in IOE 190 please contact IOE Undergraduate Student Advisor, Leonora Lucaj < lucajl@umich.edu>.

Bio:
Dr. Greg King is a Senior Director of Advanced Analytics and Data Science at Gap Inc. where he leads the teams that focus on analytics in the inventory management and product domains. The essence of his team's mandate is predicting what is going to sell and where (Forecasting). and then using that information to make the best possible decisions related to the placement of inventory (Inventory Optimization) and the pricing of merchandise (Price Optimization). Greg holds a Ph.D. and MS in Industrial and Operations Engineering from the University of Michigan and regularly utilizes tools from Operations Research and Machine Learning for his work.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 28 Sep 2021 10:51:41 -0400 2021-10-15T12:00:00-04:00 2021-10-15T13:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Workshop / Seminar Greg King
Understanding the Productive Beginnings of Engineering Judgement (October 20, 2021 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/87988 87988-21648635@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 20, 2021 10:30am
Location: Duderstadt Center
Organized By: Engineering Education Research

In 200- and 300-level engineering science courses, students are traditionally asked to use mathematical models to solve well-defined textbook homework problems. While these problems are important for practicing mathematical problem-solving, they lack the complexity of ill-defined, sociotechnical engineering projects in the real world. In my current research I seek to bridge this gap between the engineering classroom and engineering workplace by understanding how students engage in the productive beginnings of professional practices and how instructors can support these productive beginnings.   This seminar will focus on one particular practice, engineering judgment, which is the use of mathematical models in design and analysis. I will begin by discussing my background and own personal motivation for this interpretivist research. I will then present my work in progress on the development of a new theoretical framework of the productive beginnings of engineering judgment. This research has been conducted symbiotically with a new innovative type of assignment in which students model a real-world system by making and justifying their own assumptions. I will conclude by outlining my future work on students’ development of macroethical reasoning and formative assessment strategies instructors can use to engage students in the productive beginnings of professional practices.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 07 Oct 2021 13:32:51 -0400 2021-10-20T10:30:00-04:00 2021-10-20T11:45:00-04:00 Duderstadt Center Engineering Education Research Lecture / Discussion Professor Aaron Johnson
LUNCH & LEARN: CAREER TALKS — Pamela Martinez Villarreal, University of Colorado Health System (October 22, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/84659 84659-21624504@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 22, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

Discover and develop your personal career interests and acquire professional development skills through seminars and conversations with alumni of U-M Industrial and Operations Engineering.

Alumni will talk about their roles, their career path, and give advice on making the most of a degree from IOE.

This is event series is open to all U-M students, faculty and staff.

The Career Talks event series is also the focus of the course, IOE 190. IOE Careers: Find Your Purpose, a 1-credit course open to all U-M students and available in the Fall. For more information about enrolling in IOE 190 please contact IOE Undergraduate Student Advisor, Leonora Lucaj < lucajl@umich.edu>.

Bio:
Pamela Martinez is a Health Systems Engineer at UCHealth, a nonprofit health care system that includes 12 Colorado hospitals and more than 150 clinics in Colorado, southern Wyoming and western Nebraska. She holds an MSE in Industrial and Operations Engineering with a concentration in Healthcare Engineering and Patient Safety from the University of Michigan. Pamela works to deliver human-centered solutions that drive innovation, improve patient experience and increase the quality and efficiency of health care.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 28 Sep 2021 10:51:58 -0400 2021-10-22T12:00:00-04:00 2021-10-22T13:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Workshop / Seminar Pamela Martinez Villarreal
LUNCH & LEARN: CAREER TALKS — Kirk Wolfe, MK Capital (October 29, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/84446 84446-21625746@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 29, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

Discover and develop your personal career interests and acquire professional development skills through seminars and conversations with alumni of U-M Industrial and Operations Engineering.

Alumni will talk about their roles, their career path, and give advice on making the most of a degree from IOE.

This is event series is open to all U-M students, faculty and staff.

The Career Talks event series is also the focus of the course, IOE 190. IOE Careers: Find Your Purpose, a 1-credit course open to all U-M students and available in the Fall. For more information about enrolling in IOE 190 please contact IOE Undergraduate Student Advisor, Leonora Lucaj < lucajl@umich.edu>.

Bio:
Kirk is a Partner at MK Capital, an established venture capital firm with offices in Chicago and Ann Arbor. Kirk focuses on software and cloud services sector investment opportunities. Prior to joining MK Capital, Kirk spent considerable time in management roles for leading technology companies, including Ariba, Motorola and Accenture.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 27 Aug 2021 12:08:15 -0400 2021-10-29T12:00:00-04:00 2021-10-29T13:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Workshop / Seminar Kirk Wolfe
RISE November Virtual Talking Circle (November 1, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/87910 87910-21647679@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 1, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: RISE (Research. Innovation. Scholarship. Education.)

Please join us for our next Virtual Taking Circle on Monday, November 1 at 12:00 PM. We will be hosting a conversation about how educators are finding ways to innovate within the clinical setting. We look forward to learning more about current innovations happening in the clinical setting and what it takes to be innovative within this setting. We will also explore synergies that might better enable innovation and what is next for innovation in the clinical setting.
All are welcome to join!

Register via Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rise-virtual-talking-circle-tickets-176292163607

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 05 Oct 2021 12:17:38 -0400 2021-11-01T12:00:00-04:00 2021-11-01T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location RISE (Research. Innovation. Scholarship. Education.) Workshop / Seminar RISE Virtual Talking Circle
MIDAS Seminar Series & Industrial and Operations Engineering Co-Present: Phebe Vayanos, University of Southern California (November 1, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/88654 88654-21656496@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 1, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

Title: Towards robust, interpretable, and fair social and public health interventions

Abstract: In the last decades, significant advances have been made in AI, ML, and optimization. Recently, systems relying on these technologies are being transitioned to the field with the potential of having tremendous influences on people and society. With increase in the scale and diversity of deployment of algorithm-driven decisions in the open world come several challenges including the need for robustness, interpretability, and fairness which are confounded by issues of data scarcity and bias, tractability, ethical considerations, and problems of shared responsibility between humans and algorithms. In this talk, we focus on the problems of homelessness and public health in low resource and vulnerable communities and present research advances in AI, ML, and optimization to address one key cross-cutting question: how to allocate scarce intervention resources in these domains while accounting for the challenges of open world deployment? We will show concrete improvements over the state of the art in these domains based on real world data. We are convinced that, by pushing this line of research, AI, ML, and optimization can play a crucial role to help fight injustice and solve complex problems facing our society.

Bio: Phebe Vayanos is a WiSE Gabilan Assistant Professor of Industrial & Systems Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Southern California. She is also an Associate Director of CAIS, the Center for Artificial Intelligence in Society. Her research is focused on Operations Research and Artificial Intelligence and in particular on optimization and machine learning. Her work is motivated by problems that are important for social good, such as those arising in public housing allocation, public health, and biodiversity conservation. Prior to joining USC, she was lecturer in the Operations Research and Statistics Group at the MIT Sloan School of Management, and a postdoctoral research associate in the Operations Research Center at MIT. She is a recipient of the NSF CAREER award and the INFORMS Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Ambassador Program Award.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 26 Oct 2021 09:07:31 -0400 2021-11-01T16:00:00-04:00 2021-11-01T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Workshop / Seminar Phebe Vayanos
Bayesian models for mercury effects on multiple outcomes in the Seychelles Child Development Study (November 2, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/88561 88561-21655084@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 2, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center

Sally W. Thurston, PhD is an Associate Professor of Biostatistics and Environmental Medicine, University of Rochester, Dept of Biostatistics and Computational Biology.

ABSTRACT: The Seychelles Child Development Study (SCDS) Main Cohort was recruited to investigate the association between prenatal mercury (Hg) exposure from maternal fish consumption and the children’s subsequent development. Multiple neurodevelopmental outcomes were measured at several discrete ages. These outcomes can be grouped into different classes or "domains", such as cognition, motor, or memory. Associations of Hg and covariates may differ across outcomes and domains. Motivated by the SCDS, I will first discuss a model for multiple outcomes at a single age under the assumption that each outcome belongs to one domain and domain memberships are known. I will then briefly describe two extensions: a model in which outcomes may have partial domain membership in more than one domain, and a longitudinal multiple outcomes model for cognition when the tests of cognition change with the age of the child.

The goal of Environmental Statistics Week is to disseminate knowledge of advanced statistical methods most relevant to environmental health research with expert-led discussions on statistical concepts.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 22 Oct 2021 16:34:57 -0400 2021-11-02T12:00:00-04:00 2021-11-02T12:50:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center Lecture / Discussion 2021 Environmental Statistics Week
The University of Michigan INFORMS Chapter Hosts the INFORMS Executive Director (November 2, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/88827 88827-21658608@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 2, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

Title: Resoundingly Human

This seminar is open to all U-M students, faculty and staff, and will be held virtually on Zoom.

Abstract: INFORMS is the largest association for the decision and data sciences, representing more than 11,000 professionals and students from around the world who leverage and innovate the science and technology of decision making to save lives, save money, and solve problems. Dr. Gerstmann will discuss INFORMS’ vision and mission, and the many products, programs, and services that help INFORMS’s members learn, network, and grow as students and professionals.

Bio: Elena Gerstmann, PhD, FASAE, CAE, uses she/her/hers pronouns. She is the Executive Director of INFORMS. INFORMS is the largest association for decision and data sciences. It advances and promotes the science and technology of decision making to save lives, save money, and solve problems. Before joining INFORMS, Elena served as a Principal at Avenue M Group. She previously served on the senior executive team at the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).

She earned her doctorate in social psychology from Rutgers University. She is a proud member of the LGBTQ+ community. She is a past board member of ASAE and is currently on the Board of Directors for CESSE.

STUDENTS, PLEASE NOTE: There will be a meeting with the speaker at 1:45–2:30 pm. Students are especially encouraged to attend that meeting at:

https://umich.zoom.us/j/93072879414
Meeting ID: 930 7287 9414
Passcode: 6558

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 01 Nov 2021 12:29:05 -0400 2021-11-02T12:00:00-04:00 2021-11-02T13:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Workshop / Seminar Elena Gerstmann, INFORMS Executive Director
IOE JOB TALK PRACTICE: "Multistage Distributionally Robust Mixed-Integer Programming with Decision-Dependent Moment-Based Ambiguity Sets" - Xian Yu (November 2, 2021 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/88854 88854-21658636@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 2, 2021 3:00pm
Location: Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

Seminar Abstract: We study multistage distributionally robust mixed-integer programs under endogenous uncertainty, where the probability distribution of stage-wise uncertainty depends on the decisions made in previous stages. We first consider two ambiguity sets defined by decision- dependent bounds on the first and second moments of uncertain parameters and by mean and covariance matrix that exactly match decision-dependent empirical ones, respectively. For both sets, we show that the subproblem in each stage can be recast as a mixed-integer linear program. Moreover, we extend the general moment-based ambiguity set in Delage and Ye (2010) to the multistage decision-dependent setting and derive mixed-integer semidefinite programming (MISDP) reformulations of stage-wise subproblems. We obtain lower and upper bounds of the optimal objective value of the multistage MISDPs. We deploy the Stochastic Dual Dynamic integer Programming (SDDiP) method for solving the problem with risk-neutral or risk- averse objective functions, and conduct numerical studies on multistage facility-location instances having diverse sizes under different parameter and uncertainty settings. Our results show that the SDDiP quickly finds optimal solutions for moderate-sized instances under the first two ambiguity sets, and also finds good approximate bounds for the multistage MISDPs derived under the third ambiguity set. We also demonstrate the efficacy of incorporating decision- dependent distributional ambiguity in multistage decision-making processes. This general decision-making framework can be applied to a broad spectrum of applications, such as shared mobility, supply chain management, and finance. In the future, I look forward to continuing this line of research and combining risk management with reinforcement learning to enhance risk- aware decisions.

Presenter Bio: Xian Yu is currently a Ph.D. candidate from Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering at the University of Michigan. Her research interest mainly lies in sequential decision-making and optimization under uncertainty, with applications in transportation, healthcare and supply chain management. Her dissertation aims to bridge theories in stochastic programming, distributionally robust optimization, integer programming and dynamic programming, as well as propose efficient algorithms for solving large-scale real-world problems under uncertainty. Xian has been awarded IOE Katta Murty Prize for the Best Research Paper on Optimization in 2021, and Michigan Institute for Computational Discovery and Engineering Fellowship in 2019.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 01 Nov 2021 13:01:18 -0400 2021-11-02T15:00:00-04:00 2021-11-02T16:00:00-04:00 Industrial and Operations Engineering Building U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Workshop / Seminar Xian Yu, IOE PhD Candidate
STEM Incubators: Centering Black Families' Rightful Presence in STEM (November 3, 2021 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88372 88372-21653523@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 3, 2021 10:30am
Location: Duderstadt Center
Organized By: Engineering Education Research

Black families act as STEM incubators. Despite stereotypical representations that are often rooted in deficit framing, Black families provide their children access to STEM opportunities, resources, capital, ways of thinking, behaving, and sense-making Scholars have identified that Black parents influence the college-going and completion process through practices such as sharing information, developing expectations around school completion, positioning students as examples to younger siblings/family members, and by sharing advice on how to persist when faced with challenging situations.  Building on this work, I will present some of my research on Black family life and the lineage Black contributions to STEM in order to provide evidence of the ways that Black families incubate STEM learning and aspirations. I have found that families – with emphasis on parents – leverage capital and establish family cultures values and practices that support STEM exploration and confidence. This talk will highlight some of my recent contributions along with implications for research on informal/family learning spaces

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 27 Oct 2021 14:27:20 -0400 2021-11-03T10:30:00-04:00 2021-11-03T11:45:00-04:00 Duderstadt Center Engineering Education Research Lecture / Discussion DeLean Tolbert Smith
Serco Corporate Info Session, Hosted by TBP (November 3, 2021 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/87793 87793-21645955@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 3, 2021 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Tau Beta Pi

Serco Inc. is the Americas division of Serco Group, plc, one of the world’s leading service companies. Serco serves Federal, state, and local governments, along with the Canadian government and commercial customers. We help our customers deliver vital services more efficiently, while increasing the satisfaction of their end customers.

Want to be apart of one of the Top 100 Internship Programs in the nation and work for a company that support your early career endeavors? Come learn about early career opportunities at Serco at their company information session on November 3rd from 6:00PM-7:00PM. Throughout this session you will hear about the day-to-day life as an engineer at Serco from a professional within the company and learn about the competitive atmosphere of its internship program. Come network and learn about how you can join their talent community for future career opportunities!

Please register at tbpmi.ga/sercoinfof21 !


Majors: AERO, Civil, CE, CS, Data Science, EE, IOE, ME, Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering
Degrees: Bachelor's
Positions: Intern, Full Time
Unwilling to provide sponsorship
Collecting resumes?: Yes - through registration

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Careers / Jobs Fri, 01 Oct 2021 17:02:59 -0400 2021-11-03T18:00:00-04:00 2021-11-03T19:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Tau Beta Pi Careers / Jobs Serco
SEMINAR: "Industrial & Systems Engineering at the University of Florida and Recent Automation and Situation Awareness Modeling Research" - David Kaber (November 4, 2021 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/86873 86873-21637055@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 4, 2021 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

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

Title: Industrial & Systems Engineering at the University of Florida and Recent Automation and Situation Awareness Modeling Research

Abstract:
In this talk, I will provide information on the current state of the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE) at the University of Florida (UF), including faculty, research thrusts and laboratories, as well as funding and some current projects. The second part of the talk will focus on methods of modeling degrees of automation in human-in-the-loop systems as well as the impact on operator situation awareness (SA) responses. We contend that methods of some prior research do not represent engineering models, per se. Furthermore, discrete and ordinal characteristics of other models limit reliable prediction of operator performance with automation. This research defines an “automation rate” (AR) function involving classification of all system functions according to stages of information processing, calculation of the AR for each stage, setting weighting factors for these rates, and finally obtaining an overall AR for the system. The practicality and feasibility of this model are verified through a case study analysis. In addition, we formulate a new model of operator SA responses to AR, based on existing empirical research findings. Through the case analysis and mathematical proof, the rationality of the form of these new models is demonstrated. This work lays the foundation for subsequent optimization of automated system design for operator SA. This study provides an example of current human-systems engineering research through the UF ISE Department.

Bio:
David Kaber is currently the Dean’s Leadership Professor and Chair of the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the University of Florida (UF). Prior to joining UF, Kaber was a distinguished professor of industrial engineering at North Carolina State University where he also served as the Director of Research for the Ergonomics Center of North Carolina. Kaber’s primary area of research interest is human-systems engineering with a focus on human-automaton interaction, including design and analysis for situation awareness in complex human in-the-loop systems. Domains of study for his research have included physical work systems, industrial safety systems, robotic systems, transportation systems and healthcare. Kaber is a senior member of IEEE and junior-past Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems. He is a fellow of Institute of Industrial Engineers and the Human Factors & Ergonomics Society. Kaber is also a Certified Human Factors Professional (BCPE) and a Certified Safety Professional (BCSP).

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 27 Sep 2021 16:17:44 -0400 2021-11-04T15:00:00-04:00 2021-11-04T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Workshop / Seminar David Kaber, University of Florida
LUNCH & LEARN: CAREER TALKS — Christine Hanon, Energy Biomass Sourcing (November 5, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/84400 84400-21624503@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 5, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

Discover and develop your personal career interests and acquire professional development skills through seminars and conversations with alumni of U-M Industrial and Operations Engineering.

Alumni will talk about their roles, their career path, and give advice on making the most of a degree from IOE.

This is event series is open to all U-M students, faculty and staff.

The Career Talks event series is also the focus of the course, IOE 190. IOE Careers: Find Your Purpose, a 1-credit course open to all U-M students and available in the Fall. For more information about enrolling in IOE 190 please contact IOE Undergraduate Student Advisor, Leonora Lucaj < lucajl@umich.edu>.

Bio:
Currently living near Paris, France, and raised in Michigan, Christine has pursued an international career. Working between Europe and the US over the past 30 years, she has transitioned from being a managing director in large corporations to becoming a business entrepreneur. After receiving her engineering degree with honors from the University of Michigan IOE department in 1989 and a diploma from the Sorbonne University in France, Christine has specialized in a diverse number of fields: automotive, environment, renewable energies, real estate investment and preventative health. Geographically, she has worked in Europe, the US and Mexico.

At the beginning of her career, she held management positions with automotive companies such as Faurecia and over the last 18 years has specialized in environmental issues, directing large-scale projects at the Veolia headquarters (a French international public-utilities services firm). She developed a solid knowledge of environmental systems including water, energy and waste/recycling, as well as a focus on renewable energies later, when she ran a business unit for developing solar and wind energy projects in Europe, including building the largest solar rooftop project in the world at the time with General Motors.

In 2012, she co-founded a renewable-energy biomass company, called Energy Biomass Sourcing, which supplies recycled and non-usable wood to utility companies, producing energy in Europe. She is currently running the company, with revenues of over 12m$/yr.

Being an entrepreneur and owning several companies has enabled Christine to explore different types of businesses and their potential growth. She is also an elected public official in the Parisian region and performs many civic duties (such as giving talks in schools to help children become more aware of the environmental challenges of our times).

She is married, has two children, and regularly practices running, water sports, reading and meditation.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 27 Aug 2021 12:16:51 -0400 2021-11-05T12:00:00-04:00 2021-11-05T13:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Workshop / Seminar Christine Hanon
Integrative Systems + Design Open House (November 10, 2021 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88203 88203-21651464@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 10, 2021 9:00am
Location:
Organized By: Integrative Systems + Design

YOU'RE INVITED
Integrative Systems + Design
Informational Open House

Wednesday, November 10, 2021
9:00 - 10:00 a.m. Virtually in Zoom
10:00 - 11:00 a.m. In-person for U-M Only Students

1075 Beal Ave.
Ann Arbor, MI
SI-North 2nd Floor Commons Area

Come learn about our exciting interdisciplinary engineering graduate programs.
Courses are available both on-campus and online!

Integrative Systems + Design (ISD) is dedicated to educating dynamic global leaders who can think transformatively to create innovative solutions for society’s challenges and the future.

Our six graduate programs include dual degrees, SUGS, masters, and doctoral* degrees in:
Automotive Engineering
Energy Systems Engineering
Manufacturing Engineering*
Systems Engineering and Design
Global Automotive & Manufacturing Engineering
Design Science*

Register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1yqO9GUdjQIDooe9JqJipdIfQ919NhWwL3n092sroLmk/edit

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Reception / Open House Wed, 13 Oct 2021 12:33:29 -0400 2021-11-10T09:00:00-05:00 2021-11-10T11:00:00-05:00 Integrative Systems + Design Reception / Open House Open House Invite
SEMINAR: "A DDDAMS-based Surveillance and Crowd Control via UAVs and UGVs" – Young-Jun Son (November 11, 2021 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/86680 86680-21635404@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 11, 2021 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

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

Title: A DDDAMS-based Surveillance and Crowd Control via UAVs and UGVs

Abstract:
In this talk, we first introduce a dynamic data driven adaptive multi-scale simulation (DDDAMS) based planning and control framework that we have developed for effective and efficient surveillance and crowd control via unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs). The framework is composed of integrated planner, integrated controller, and decision module for DDDAMS. The integrated planner, which is designed in an agent-based simulation (ABS) and Unity-based game engine, devises best control strategies for each function of 1) crowd detection, 2) crowd tracking, and 3) UAV/UGV motion planning. The integrated controller then controls real UAVs/UGVs for surveillance tasks via 1) sensory data collection and processing, 2) control command generation based on strategies provided by the decision planner, and 3) control command transmission via radio to the real system. The decision module for DDDAMS enhances computational efficiency of the framework via dynamic switching of fidelity of simulation and information gathering. Finally, we will share the results of our field demo, which successfully integrated a fast running simulator, a real-time simulator, and the real system (viz. UAVs, UGVs, and crowd).

Bio:
Dr. Young-Jun Son is a Professor and the Head of Systems and Industrial Engineering Department at The University of Arizona. He is a Department Editor of the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE) Transactions, and serve on the editorial board for six other international journals. He is an IISE Fellow, and has received several research awards such as the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) 2004 Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award, the IIE 2005 Outstanding Young Industrial Engineer Award, the Industrial and Systems Engineering Research Conference (ISERC) Best Track Paper Award (in 2005, 2008, 2009, 2016, 2018, 2019), and the Best Paper of the Year Award (2007) in International Journal of Industrial Engineering. His research works have been sponsored by NSF, AFOSR, USDOT, USDA, USDOE, NIST, among others. He can be reached at son@sie.arizona.edu.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 09 Sep 2021 22:19:27 -0400 2021-11-11T15:00:00-05:00 2021-11-11T16:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Workshop / Seminar Young-Jun Son, University of Arizona
LUNCH & LEARN: CAREER TALKS — Ryan Chen, Orlando Magic (November 12, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/84395 84395-21625186@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 12, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

Discover and develop your personal career interests and acquire professional development skills through seminars and conversations with alumni of U-M Industrial and Operations Engineering.

Alumni will talk about their roles, their career path, and give advice on making the most of a degree from IOE.

This is event series is open to all U-M students, faculty and staff.

The Career Talks event series is also the focus of the course, IOE 190. IOE Careers: Find Your Purpose, a 1-credit course open to all U-M students and available in the Fall. For more information about enrolling in IOE 190 please contact IOE Undergraduate Student Advisor, Leonora Lucaj < lucajl@umich.edu>.

Bio:
After four seasons as a data scientist in the Orlando Magic front office, Ryan Chen is a first-year student at Harvard Law School. With the Magic, his main role was to craft novel data sets and predictive models to guide decision-making pertaining to the NBA Draft. Ryan also supported pro personnel management with prediction models for NBA game outcomes to inform team strategic positioning and draft pick valuations and supported the coaching staff with data-driven analyses to inform in-game strategy. At Harvard, Ryan hopes to build a diversified skill set to enable future pursuits, whether within or outside of basketball.

Ryan is a 2014 graduate of the University of Michigan with a Bachelor's degree in Industrial & Operations Engineering and Music Performance (Euphonium). He earned a Master's degree in Management Science & Engineering from Stanford University in 2017.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 27 Aug 2021 12:13:54 -0400 2021-11-12T12:00:00-05:00 2021-11-12T13:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Workshop / Seminar Ryan Chen
Santander Bank Info Session, Hosted by TBP (November 15, 2021 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/88997 88997-21659586@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 15, 2021 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Tau Beta Pi

Have you wondered about how to apply your engineering background to consumer banking? The quantitative problem solving skillset that Michigan engineers develop are highly sought after by banks and finance firms.

Representatives from Santander Consumer will give an overview of engineers in financial services and discuss the types of problems that they solve. Santander Group is a global financial services company with about $1 trillion in assets and 200,000 employees. Within the US, the Santander vehicle finance division in Dallas, TX serves three million automobile loan customers with 6,000 associates.

Speakers to include Alex Hu, SVP of Decision Management and Pricing Strategy, and associates in the Strategy and Decision Sciences department.

Please register here: https://forms.gle/UspWriKFbZYXDJE1A

Recruiting for entry level positions for all engineering majors with a Bachelors, Masters, or PhD.

This company IS willing to sponsor employment.

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Careers / Jobs Fri, 05 Nov 2021 10:33:30 -0400 2021-11-15T18:00:00-05:00 2021-11-15T19:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Tau Beta Pi Careers / Jobs Santander Bank
IOE JOB TALK PRACTICE: Treating Some Difficulties in Nonlinear Discrete Optimization - Luze Xu (November 16, 2021 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/89145 89145-21660678@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 16, 2021 3:00pm
Location: Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

Seminar Abstract:
Many practical engineering problems, for example, in the areas of power systems, transportation and data science, have physical aspects that are naturally modeled by smooth nonlinear functions, as well as design aspects that are often modeled via discrete decision variables. By combining ideas from continuous and discrete optimization, research in nonlinear discrete optimization seeks to develop efficient and scalable exact or approximate algorithm frameworks attacking these challenging models. I have explored multiple facets of this interdisciplinary area, including mixed-integer models (both linear and nonlinear) and sparse generalized inverses. In this talk, I will present a few topics that I have worked on during my PhD. In the first part of the talk, I will talk about a more tractable relaxation of a mixed-integer nonlinear model for disjunctions. Volume is used as a measure of tightness to compare and investigate the relaxation quality. In the second part of the talk, I will introduce the sparse generalized inverses for least-squares problem and present an efficient and practical local-search algorithm to construct an approximate sparse generalized inverse with nice properties. In the third part of the talk, I will present some new bounds on the distance between optimal solutions of integer programming and its linear relaxation.

Presenter Bio:
Luze Xu is currently a Ph.D. student in the Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering at the University of Michigan, advised by Professor Jon Lee. He received his undergraduate degree in Computational and Applied Mathematics from Peking University. His research interests include global optimization, integer programming, and mixed integer nonlinear programming. Luze has been awarded IOE Katta Murty Prize for Best Research Paper on Optimization in 2018, 2020.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 10 Nov 2021 13:29:15 -0500 2021-11-16T15:00:00-05:00 2021-11-16T16:00:00-05:00 Industrial and Operations Engineering Building U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Workshop / Seminar Luze Xu
SEMINAR: "Optimization Models to Increase Supplier Autonomy and Resource Utilization" – Jennifer Ann Pazour (November 18, 2021 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/86681 86681-21635405@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 18, 2021 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

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

Title: Optimization Models to Increase Supplier Autonomy and Resource Utilization

Abstract:
Underutilized resources exist all around us. When at a stoplight, notice the empty seats and cargo spaces in the vehicles around you. Think about the monolithic distribution centers that are a mismatch for most businesses’ seasonal and fluctuating space and throughput requirements. To harness these and other underutilized resources, organizations need to think differently about how resources are acquired, managed, and allocated to fulfill requests. This talk will focus on one such solution: on-demand systems that match requests to independent, decentralized suppliers who are not employed nor controlled by the platform. In these situations, the platform cannot be certain a supplier will accept an offered request. To mitigate this selection uncertainty, a platform can offer each supplier a menu of requests to choose from. However, such menus need to be created carefully because of the trade-off between increasing selection probability and reduced systematic control. In addition to a complex decision space, supplier selection decisions are vast and have systematic implications, impacting the platform’s revenue, other suppliers’ experiences (in the form of duplicate selections) and the request waiting times. Thus, we present a multiple scenario approach, repeatedly sampling potential supplier selections, solving the corresponding two-stage decision problems, and combining the multiple different solutions through a consensus algorithm. Our specialized dynamic methods to create and push personalized recommendations to a set of freelance suppliers have broad applications to crowdsourced delivery, ride sharing, and volunteer management where providing choices can help interleaving of tasks with other activities and has the potential to increase resource utilization of decentralized assets. Extensive computational results using the Chicago Region as a case study illustrate that our method outperforms a set of benchmark policies, and is tractable for real-time deployment. We quantify the value of anticipating supplier selection, offering menus to suppliers, offering requests to multiple suppliers at once, and holistically generating menus with the entire system in mind. Our method leads to more balanced assignments by sacrificing some easy wins towards better system performance over time and for all stakeholders involved, including increased revenue for the platform, and decreased match waiting times for suppliers and requests.

This research is partially funded by the National Science Foundation award 1751801 and through a Johnson and Johnson WiSTEM2D fellowship. This is joint work with kind and talented people, including Rosemonde Ausseil, Hannah Horner, John Mitchell, Shahab Mofidi, and Marlin Ulmer.

Bio:
Jen Pazour is an Associate Professor and the Undergraduate Coordinator of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in Troy, NY. Her research and teaching focus on the development and use of mathematical models to guide decision making for logistics and supply chain challenges. Jen is a recipient of a National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award (2018), a Johnson & Johnson Women in STEM2D Scholars Award (2018), a National Academies of Science Gulf Research Program Early-Career Fellowship (2016), and a Young Investigator Award from the Office of Naval Research (2013). She was awarded the 2019 Rensselaer Alumni Teaching Award, the 2018 IISE Logistics and Supply Chain Division Teaching Award, and the 2017 IISE Dr. Hamed K. Eldin Outstanding Early Career IE in Academia Award. She is an Associate Editor of IISE Transactions and Military Operations Research. She has served as the chair of the INFORMS professional recognition committee, chair of the INFORMS undergraduate operations research prize, the communications chair of the IISE Logistics and Supply Chain division and is on the IISE Transaction Social Media Team. She proudly holds three degrees in Industrial Engineering (a B.S. from South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, and a M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Arkansas). More information can be found at her research and teaching blog: http://jenpazour.wordpress.com/

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 09 Sep 2021 22:25:52 -0400 2021-11-18T15:00:00-05:00 2021-11-18T16:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Workshop / Seminar Jennifer Ann Pazour, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
IOE Graduate School Webinar (November 19, 2021 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88813 88813-21658549@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 19, 2021 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

Are you interested in graduate school and career opportunities in industrial engineering? U-M IOE is holding a webinar for domestic and international students! Register at https://forms.gle/hK6GqtvxuMSEm6fx9

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 01 Nov 2021 09:59:19 -0400 2021-11-19T09:00:00-05:00 2021-11-19T10:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Workshop / Seminar IOE Graduate School Workshop image
LUNCH & LEARN: CAREER TALKS — Judy Xu, McKinsey Consulting (November 19, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/86017 86017-21630950@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 19, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

Discover and develop your personal career interests and acquire professional development skills through seminars and conversations with alumni of U-M Industrial and Operations Engineering.

Alumni will talk about their roles, their career path, and give advice on making the most of a degree from IOE.

This is event series is open to all U-M students, faculty and staff.

The Career Talks event series is also the focus of the course, IOE 190. IOE Careers: Find Your Purpose, a 1-credit course open to all U-M students and available in the Fall. For more information about enrolling in IOE 190 please contact IOE Undergraduate Student Advisor, Leonora Lucaj < lucajl@umich.edu>.

Bio:
Judy is an engagement manager at the Shanghai office. Her fields of expertise include consumer and advanced industries with a particular focus on supply chain management, end-to-end transformation, supply chain strategy design, and implementation.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 30 Aug 2021 22:18:24 -0400 2021-11-19T12:00:00-05:00 2021-11-19T13:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Workshop / Seminar Judy Xu
IOE JOB TALK PRACTICE: Data Analytics & Operations Research for Vulnerable Populations - Anna White (November 30, 2021 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/89488 89488-21663319@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 30, 2021 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

Abstract: Studies of vulnerable populations have an important and growing presence in the field of operations research and data analytics. In this talk, l will present one chapter of my dissertation work in which I use inferential modeling to better understand location characteristics for illicit massage businesses in the United States. Illicit massage businesses are a venue for sex and labor trafficking in the US and are primarily regulated at the state and local level, allowing for transience and spatial variation across local boundaries. Using web-scraped advertisement data over a 6-month period, I modeled illicit massage business prevalence at the Census tract and county levels. I used publicly available data to analyze location characteristics using a single- and multi-stage inferential machine learning model. Significant contributors to IMB prevalence included the state in which they were located and the racial composition, religious presence, and rent and income levels in the area surrounding the IMB. I will close the talk by discussing my insights on thoughtfully using data to model and understand vulnerable populations.

Bio: Anna White is a PhD candidate in Industrial and Operations Engineering at the University of Michigan and a member of the Science, Technology, and Public Policy Certificate Program. She specializes in applications-driven research using operations research tools including data analytics, simulation modeling, predictive modeling, spatial data analysis, and applied optimization. In her dissertation work, she has tackled issues including discriminatory housing policy, human trafficking, cell phone network resilience, and treatment access for opioid use disorder. She has also worked with the Air Force Research labs on communication systems modeling and simulation. In 2020, she served as President of the UM INFORMS Student Chapter, which received the Dean’s North Campus MLK Spirit Award for their work on anti-racism, diversity, equity, and inclusion including a virtual fundraiser and journal club. She also led a pro-bono consulting project to design a facility layout for a new neighborhood tool lending library with a local neighborhood organization and Habitat for Humanity. Prior to Michigan, she received her bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering at Clemson University, where she conducted research on bus fleet electrification for the Clemson campus.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 23 Nov 2021 12:08:30 -0500 2021-11-30T15:00:00-05:00 2021-11-30T16:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Workshop / Seminar Anna White
Exploring students’ expectations towards and experiences with a new engineering interdisciplinary curriculum (December 1, 2021 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/89044 89044-21660326@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, December 1, 2021 10:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Engineering Education Research

The University College London (UCL) Centre for Engineering Education is a joint venture between Faculty of Engineering Sciences and the Institute of Education (IoE). Through research and active engagement, it aims to encourage the study of engineering and allied subjects and drive curriculum innovations to help create the next generation of engineering graduates needed to address complex global challenges. The Centre for Engineering Education is heavily involved in the running and dissemination of UCL Engineering's Integrated Engineering Programme (IEP) – one of the four case studies described in the MIT report “Reimagining and rethinking engineering education” – a pedagogical framework by which undergraduate students study using innovative and interdisciplinary approaches. In this session, I will focus on CEE’s research with IEP students and recent graduates to understand their experiences in the programme. Findings suggest gender differences in the awareness of the societal impact of engineering, and that communication skills are essential to engineering practice. Finally, I will highlight contributions for future longitudinal research on engineering student learning and career pathways in the UK.

Register here: tinyurl.com/eerseminar-direito

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 08 Nov 2021 14:23:40 -0500 2021-12-01T10:30:00-05:00 2021-12-01T11:45:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Engineering Education Research Workshop / Seminar Inês Direito
SEMINAR: "Finding low-dimensional structure in messy data" – Laura Balzano (December 2, 2021 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/86875 86875-21637058@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 2, 2021 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

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

Title: Finding low-dimensional structure in messy data

Abstract:
In order to draw inferences from large, high-dimensional datasets, we often seek simple structure that models the phenomena represented in those data. Low-rank linear structure is one of the most flexible and efficient such models, allowing efficient prediction, inference, and anomaly detection. However, classical techniques for learning low-rank models assume your data have only minor corruptions that are uniform over samples. Modern research in optimization has begun to develop new techniques to handle realistic messy data — where data are missing, have wide variations in quality, and/or are observed through nonlinear measurement systems.

In this talk I will give a high-level overview of recent research in this area. Then I will focus on the problem of learning linear subspace structure from multiple data sources of varying quality. This is common in problems like sensor networks or medical imaging, where different measurements of the same phenomenon are taken with different quality sensing (eg high or low radiation). In this context, learning the low-rank structure via PCA suffers from treating all data samples as if they are equally informative. I will discuss our theoretical results on weighted PCA. I will then present new algorithms for the non-convex probabilistic PCA formulation of this problem and a novel SDP relaxation.

Bio:
Laura Balzano is an associate professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, and of Statistics by courtesy, at the University of Michigan. She is recipient of the NSF Career Award, ARO Young Investigator Award, AFOSR Young Investigator Award, and faculty fellowships from Intel and 3M. She received the Vulcans Education Excellence Award at the University of Michigan. Her main research focus is on modeling with big, messy data — highly incomplete or corrupted data, uncalibrated data, and heterogeneous data — and its applications in a wide range of scientific problems. Her expertise is in statistical signal processing, matrix factorization, and optimization. Laura received a BS from Rice University, MS from the UCLA, and PhD from the University of Wisconsin in Electrical and Computer Engineering.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 13 Sep 2021 14:33:25 -0400 2021-12-02T15:00:00-05:00 2021-12-02T16:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Workshop / Seminar Laura Balzano, University of Michigan
Engineering Education Research Information Session: EER Certificate and Master's Degree (December 3, 2021 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/89355 89355-21662211@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, December 3, 2021 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Engineering Education Research

Are you an engineering PhD student who wants to study approaches for improving learning in the engineering classroom and beyond? Are you interested in diversifying STEM education and the engineering workforce? Do you have ideas for developing engineers who think like entrepreneurs, design creative solutions to the nations’ grand challenges, and make a difference in the world? Pursuing an Engineering Education Research (EER) Certificate or Master's Degree may be a way for you to achieve those goals.

Join us for an information session about the EER Certificate and Master's Degree:
11:00 - 12:30 p.m. | Friday, December 3, 2021
Zoom link provided upon registration


You can read more information about the program is at this site: https://eer.engin.umich.edu/academics/rackham-certificate/

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 18 Nov 2021 08:55:30 -0500 2021-12-03T11:00:00-05:00 2021-12-03T12:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Engineering Education Research Workshop / Seminar Engineering Education Research (EER)
LUNCH & LEARN: CAREER TALKS — Mike Miller, Stripe (December 3, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/84394 84394-21624977@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, December 3, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

Discover and develop your personal career interests and acquire professional development skills through seminars and conversations with alumni of U-M Industrial and Operations Engineering.

Alumni will talk about their roles, their career path, and give advice on making the most of a degree from IOE.

This is event series is open to all U-M students, faculty and staff.

The Career Talks event series is also the focus of the course, IOE 190. IOE Careers: Find Your Purpose, a 1-credit course open to all U-M students and available in the Fall. For more information about enrolling in IOE 190 please contact IOE Undergraduate Student Advisor, Leonora Lucaj < lucajl@umich.edu>.

Bio:
Mike Miller is the Head of Global Payment Acceptance at Stripe, a technology company that builds economic infrastructure for the internet, aiming to lower the barriers to entrepreneurship and grow the GDP of the internet. In this role Mike and his team are responsible for global payment methods, payment infrastructure, payments APIs, and hosted user experiences, including Elements and Checkout. Formerly, Mike was the Director of Amazon Brand Program & Selling Partner Development. Prior to joining Amazon, Mike was in graduate school at the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon and the University of Arizona College of Law and is an active member of the WA state bar. He holds an undergraduate Industrial & Operations degree from the University of Michigan, where he was the President of his engineering class.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 24 Nov 2021 11:08:38 -0500 2021-12-03T12:00:00-05:00 2021-12-03T13:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Workshop / Seminar Mike Miller, Stripe
RISE December Virtual Talking Circle (December 6, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/87913 87913-21647681@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, December 6, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: RISE (Research. Innovation. Scholarship. Education.)

Please join us for our next Virtual Taking Circle on Monday, December 6 at 12:00 PM. We will be hosting a conversation about how educators are finding ways to innovate within the laboratory setting. We look forward to learning more about current innovations happening in the laboratory setting and what it takes to be innovative within this setting. We will also explore synergies that might better enable innovation and what is next for innovation in the laboratory setting.

All are welcome to join!

Register via Eventbrite https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rise-virtual-talking-circle-tickets-177410468487

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 05 Oct 2021 12:29:32 -0400 2021-12-06T12:00:00-05:00 2021-12-06T13:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location RISE (Research. Innovation. Scholarship. Education.) Workshop / Seminar RISE Virtual Talking Circle
LUNCH & LEARN: LIFE PLANNING WORKSHOP — Dave Ostreicher, Toyota (December 10, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/89364 89364-21662354@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, December 10, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

Discover and develop your personal career interests and acquire professional development skills through seminars and conversations with alumni of U-M Industrial and Operations Engineering.

Alumni will talk about their roles, their career path, and give advice on making the most of a degree from IOE.

This is event series is open to all U-M students, faculty and staff.

The Career Talks event series is also the focus of the course, IOE 190. IOE Careers: Find Your Purpose, a 1-credit course open to all U-M students and available in the Fall. For more information about enrolling in IOE 190 please contact IOE Undergraduate Student Advisor, Leonora Lucaj < lucajl@umich.edu>.

Bio: Dave Ostreicher is a Manager in the Purchasing Supplier Development Division at Toyota’s North American Research & Development Headquarters in Ann Arbor, Michigan. In this role, he leads all facets of the procurement process for the billions of dollars of components needed for all Toyota and Lexus sedan production in North America.

Dave’s previous roles at Toyota have included the education and development of more than 350 supply chain professionals, the leadership of all supplier-facing information systems, and responsibility for North American stamped body shell components – valued at $1.5 billion per year. Dave was also selected for two different multi-year assignments in Japan at the company’s headquarters, the second of which will begin in 2022.

Prior to joining Toyota in 2004, Dave earned a BSE and MSE in Industrial & Operations Engineering, and an A.B. in Japanese Language & Literature from the University of Michigan.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 23 Nov 2021 11:24:59 -0500 2021-12-10T12:00:00-05:00 2021-12-10T13:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Workshop / Seminar Dave Ostreicher, Toyota
RISE Virtual Talking Circle (January 10, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/90030 90030-21667626@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 10, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: RISE (Research. Innovation. Scholarship. Education.)

Crowdsourcing your input on our preliminary ideas emerging from the Health Science Education Innovation Task Force

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 15 Dec 2021 07:01:39 -0500 2022-01-10T12:00:00-05:00 2022-01-10T13:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location RISE (Research. Innovation. Scholarship. Education.) Workshop / Seminar RISE Virtual Talking Circle
Tauber Leadership Speaker Series | Brian Tauber (January 12, 2022 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/90816 90816-21674148@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 12, 2022 7:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Tauber Institute for Global Operations

How important is Lean to success?

Brian has experienced situations when ethics and values collide. He also credits his company’s Lean Journey for taking them from the brink of failure to a successful sale.

CAN'T ATTEND? In the event that this Tauber Leadership Speaker Series is recorded, it would be added to the Leadership Speaker Series post-session.

UPCOMING MEETINGS: Check the Tauber Leadership Speaker Series for upcoming events: http://myumi.ch/VPx4z

HOSTED BY: Tauber Institute for Global Operations. For questions about this event, please visit tauber.umich.edu.

The Tauber Leadership Speaker Series is a student-organized initiative to bring in top leaders from industry to the University of Michigan. These high-level executives are invited to share insights on their own careers, the qualities needed in today's global economy for strong leadership, and tangible steps to achieve excellence in one's own career path.

For more information:

Email TLSS organizer dianak@umich.edu
Visit the visit tauber.umich.edu
Follow Tauber on Facebook, Twitter, and Flickr

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Presentation Wed, 12 Jan 2022 10:31:29 -0500 2022-01-12T19:00:00-05:00 2022-01-12T20:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Tauber Institute for Global Operations Presentation Brian Tauber
Fall 2022 application deadline: U-M IOE master's program (January 15, 2022 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/90570 90570-21671702@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, January 15, 2022 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

The U-M Industrial Operations Engineering master’s degree requires 30 credit hours and is intended for students with a technical undergraduate degree.

The GRE is not required for master’s Fall 2022 admissions.
The application fee is waived for U.S. citizens and permanent residents.

For more information about the U-M IOE master's program please visit: ioe.engin.umich.edu/graduate/faqs/

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Other Thu, 06 Jan 2022 14:47:53 -0500 2022-01-15T00:00:00-05:00 2022-01-15T23:59:00-05:00 Off Campus Location U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Other
Navigating at the Intersection of Two Pandemics: Exploring Black Engineering Graduate Students’ Simultaneous Experiences of COVID-19 and Racism-20 (January 19, 2022 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/90470 90470-21671098@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 19, 2022 10:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Engineering Education Research

In this seminar, the presenter will share findings from an in-progress work and facilitate a conversation anchored in the experiences of Black graduate students in engineering (BGSE) at the intersections of two pandemics. This engaging conversation will support our awareness of how the experiences of BGSE as a marginalized group in engineering have been compounded by the simultaneous realities of COVID-19 and Racism-20 (systemic racism). Specifically, the duality of BGSE as Black people in America and Black graduate students in U.S. engineering programs creates a unique set of experiences about which little is known. This seminar will amplify the experiences of BGSE in this moment and their explicit needs with the goal of increasing institutional awareness, and thus accountability, for best supporting their persistence and success.

Brooke C. Coley, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor in Engineering at the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University. She is also Principal Investigator of the Shifting Perceptions, Attitudes and Cultures in Engineering (SPACE) Lab, which aspires to elevate the experiences of marginalized populations, dismantle systemic injustices, and transform the way inclusion is cultivated in engineering through the implementation of novel technologies and methodologies in engineering education. Her active NSF-supported research focuses on three specific areas: the role of identity-related professional organizations in engineering student success, factors impacting trajectory decisions of engineering students from underrepresented groups at community colleges and creating pathways to engineering education research. Dr. Coley recently received the 2021 Diversity and Inclusion Award from the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering for her commitment to creating and fostering a diverse and inclusive environment. She holds a BS degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Maryland Baltimore County.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 07 Jan 2022 09:24:14 -0500 2022-01-19T10:30:00-05:00 2022-01-19T11:45:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Engineering Education Research Workshop / Seminar Professor Brooke C. Coley
BIndx Meeting (January 27, 2022 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/90469 90469-21671096@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 27, 2022 5:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

The Black Industrial Engineers (BIndx, pronounced BIND-ex) group is composed of IOE students and faculty/staff who come together informally for meaningful conversations and fellowship to promote learning, mentoring and networking. BIndx meetings occur as informal monthly discussions to help form relationships between faculty/staff and minoritized students. Also, BIndx will host a diverse group of guest speakers throughout the semester with a specific focus to facilitate conversations, build connections and empower self-reflection.

Today's speaker will be:
Dr. Gian Gabriel-Garcia
Assistant Professor
H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
IOE Alum

Abstract: Mentorship has been intricately woven into the fabric of my career. As I began my undergraduate education in Industrial Engineering, I was fortunate to have had mentors who found me and who invested in me and my growth. It did not take long for me to appreciate the value of mentorship. As such, I have sought to give and receive mentorship in various forms. Throughout this talk, I will tell the story of my journey in Industrial Engineering, starting from my undergraduate education at the University of Pittsburgh, through my graduate student years at the University of Michigan, and now at my current position as a faculty member at Georgia Tech. As I take you along my journey, I will discuss the role of mentorship at various points in my career, how that mentorship has shaped my experiences, and how my understanding of mentorship has changed over time. I will also relay some of the lessons I learned along the way, including how to receive, give, and find mentorship as you navigate your own careers.

Bio: Dr. Gian-Gabriel Garcia is an Assistant Professor in the H. Milton and Caroline J. Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Georgia Tech. In his research, Dr. Garcia is interested in developing data-driven frameworks which integrate prediction and decision analytics as motivated by high-impact problems in health policy, personalized medicine, and medical decision-making. He is especially interested in how health equity, interpretability, and social/behavioral dynamics impact decision-making at the patient and policy levels. This research spans several disease areas, including concussion, opioids, maternal health, post-traumatic stress disorder, and chronic diseases. His research has also received recognition through various awards, including the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, the INFORMS Bonder Scholarship for Applied Operations Research in Health Services, the SMDM Lee B. Lusted Prize in Quantitative Methods and Theoretical Developments, first prize in the INFORMS Minority Issues Forum Paper Competition, and first prize at the INFORMS Minority Issues Forum Poster Competition. Prior to joining Georgia Tech, Dr. Garcia was a postdoctoral research fellow at the Massachusetts General Hospital Institute for Technology Assessment and Harvard Medical School. He also earned his Ph.D. and M.S. in Industrial and Operations Engineering from the University of Michigan, and B.S. in Industrial Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh. In his service efforts, Dr. Garcia is passionate about supporting under-represented and minoritized students in engineering through mentorship and outreach.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 10 Jan 2022 10:22:52 -0500 2022-01-27T17:30:00-05:00 2022-01-27T19:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Lecture / Discussion Dr. Gian Gabriel-Garcia, Georgia Institute of Technology
RISE Virtual Talking Circle (February 7, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/91172 91172-21677116@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 7, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: RISE (Research. Innovation. Scholarship. Education.)

Education Innovations in the Laboratory Setting

Register via Eventbrite

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 18 Jan 2022 12:06:56 -0500 2022-02-07T12:00:00-05:00 2022-02-07T13:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location RISE (Research. Innovation. Scholarship. Education.) Workshop / Seminar RISE Virtual Talking Circle
Integrative Systems + Design SUGS Info Session (February 9, 2022 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/92027 92027-21686274@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 9, 2022 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Integrative Systems + Design

Integrative Systems + Design (ISD) is holding a virtual SUGS Info Session on 2/9/22 at 2:00 PM EST, which will cover our SUGS option with our Graduate Programs. Our Graduate Coordinators will be on hand to answer any questions you may have about the program.

We offer 5 Graduate Programs that allow for the SUGS option:
Automotive Engineering
Energy Systems Engineering
Global Automotive + Manufacturing Engineering
Manufacturing
Systems Engineering + Design

Our SUGS can be done fully online so you don't have to choose between your dream job or getting a master's.

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Other Mon, 07 Feb 2022 09:42:58 -0500 2022-02-09T14:00:00-05:00 2022-02-09T15:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Integrative Systems + Design Other
Getting Involved in U-M IOE: Info Session (February 9, 2022 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/92034 92034-21686279@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 9, 2022 5:00pm
Location: Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

Learn about clubs, research opportunities and other ways to get involved in the U-M IOE community from a variety of guest speakers! Snacks will be provided.

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Social / Informal Gathering Mon, 07 Feb 2022 10:28:12 -0500 2022-02-09T17:00:00-05:00 2022-02-09T18:00:00-05:00 Industrial and Operations Engineering Building U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Social / Informal Gathering IOE Info Session
LUNCH & LEARN: Anne Lambrecht, Ernst & Young Technology Consulting (February 11, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/91737 91737-21687052@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 11, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

Discover and develop your personal career interests and acquire professional development skills through seminars and conversations with alums of U-M Industrial and Operations Engineering.

Alums will discuss their roles, their career path and give advice on making the most of a degree from a U-M IOE.

This is event series is open to all U-M students, faculty and staff.

Title: A Digital Take on the Fashion and Retail Space: EY’s SAP Consulting

Description: In our increasingly complex day and age, how has an industry like fashion and retail been impacted by technology? Specifically, how have tools like SAP (System Applications and Products in Data Processing) impacted the space, and how can you, as a future consultant, help to drive this success? In this session, Anne Lambrecht will discuss technology consulting and how it drives the technology business at Ernst & Young drawing on fashion retail case studies.

Bio: Anne Lambrecht is a Partner in the Ernst & Young North American Consumer Products and Retail segment, with more than 20 years of consulting experience. Currently, she is responsible for the SAP fashion and retail practice that serves Fortune 500 clients. Lambrecht has led numerous large-scale business transformations with SAP at the core, working with clients on global implementations focused on delivering value through digital transformation, optimizing the application landscape, and migrating to the cloud. Prior to joining Ernst & Young, Anne served as a Managing Director at Accenture, where she led their Consumer Goods and Services practice.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 03 Feb 2022 11:29:35 -0500 2022-02-11T12:00:00-05:00 2022-02-11T13:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Workshop / Seminar Anne Lambrecht, Ernst & Young Technology Consulting
The Outlook for Automation of Road Transportation Systems (February 17, 2022 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/91924 91924-21684245@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 17, 2022 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

Although media stories have for the past decade been hailing the imminent availability of vehicles that will completely take over the driving task from humans, reality will be far more prosaic. The coming decades will see increasingly wide availability of driving assistance systems that operate under continuous supervision of human drivers to enhance safety and driving comfort and convenience. The automated driving systems that perform the complete dynamic driving task are likely to be limited to specific commercial fleet applications, under tightly constrained geographic and operational conditions, and with remote human assistance, for the foreseeable future. This lecture will explain the reasoning behind these predictions based on the presenter’s nearly fifty years of experience working on automated driving technology and planning issues.
The challenges to deployment of automation systems that can replace human drivers will be explained from multiple perspectives, based on the presenter’s experience developing automated driving systems, evaluating their transportation system impacts, and assisting regulators in assessing their safety. These challenges will be discussed in terms of:
- The high safety baseline set by human driving in today’s safety statistics;
- The technological challenges in environment perception, prediction of actions of other road users, cyber-security and software safety verification and validation;
- The economic challenges posed by high costs of developing the technology, extending it to new locations and operating conditions, and equipping and maintaining the vehicles;
- The human factors and public perception challenges of accurately informing the public about the capabilities and limitations of the automation technology;
- The combined technological and institutional challenges of producing a robust safety case to prove adequate safety of an automated driving system;
- The natural inertia inherent in capital-intensive industries such as motor vehicles and civil infrastructure, in contrast to Silicon Valley information technology.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 03 Feb 2022 12:14:51 -0500 2022-02-17T15:00:00-05:00 2022-02-17T16:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Civil and Environmental Engineering Lecture / Discussion Steven E. Shladover, Sc.D.
A Human Factors Career in Industry: Is It for You? (March 8, 2022 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/92052 92052-21686411@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 8, 2022 1:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Human Factors & Ergonomics Society

What:
- Discover applications of Human Factors & Ergonomics within industry
- Learn about academia and career transition decisions, early career lessons learned, and a real industry project case study from U-M alum and President of Usability Associates, LLC.
- Participate in an open Q/A session – Ask your questions relating to topics covered, industry jobs and hiring, useful skills and professional networks, and more!
- Ask your questions live or submit via the RSVP form.


When / Where:
Tuesday, March 8, 2022 at 1:30pm – 3:00pm (EST) via Zoom
RSVP Required to obtain passcode: https://umich.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYrf-GopjsoHtfne644C9ZqNB8pIsnQf1H_


Stan Caplan’s bio:
Stan is a proud graduate of the University of Michigan with a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Industrial Engineering. He subsequently did PhD studies at the University of California-Berkeley. He has authored numerous articles and book chapters and given workshops in the U.S., Canada, and Europe. Stan is a Board-certified Human Factors Professional (CHFP) and a Fellow of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES). He has served as Western New York Chapter president for both HFES and the Product Development and Management Association. He has taught usability courses at a local college and has served as an expert witness.

Stan’s work career started at Kodak as an Industrial Engineer and he eventually joined Kodak’s Human Factors Group where his main focus was on product development. He contributed to the usability design of Kodak copiers, cameras, medical equipment and other products and systems. For several years he served as supervisor of the Human Factors Group. After 29 years at Kodak, Stan left and started his own consulting firm, Usability Associates, and has done user research, user experience design, and recruiting for a variety of companies. He also runs the User Experience Design Consortium which he created in 2003 to bring together UX managers and leaders from different companies for the purpose of having a beneficial, ongoing relationship with each other through shared learning experiences and personal interactions.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 04 Mar 2022 13:12:55 -0500 2022-03-08T13:30:00-05:00 2022-03-08T15:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Human Factors & Ergonomics Society Workshop / Seminar Discussion speaker, Stan Caplan
Making TSCA Work: Demystifying the Risk Assessment Process (March 8, 2022 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/92216 92216-21688196@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 8, 2022 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center

REGISTRATION REQUIRED
https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_K4BCE3rXSIuGYHsJ3n5LFw

The University of Michigan M-LEEaD Center is co-sponsoring a virtual event to discuss the bipartisan legislation called the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act. This reform law was designed to modernize the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) and U.S. industrial chemical policy to promote health, but has it lived up to its promise?

Toxic chemicals can harm our health as these substances are present in everyday products (e.g., cleaning products, cookware, housing and infrastructure materials, bedding, toys). Unlike pharmaceuticals, industrial and commercial chemicals are rarely tested for safety before they reach the U.S. market. However, amended TSCA gave the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency new authorities to require manufacturers provide the data needed for risk assessments. People expect the outcomes of implementing our environmental laws to be equitable health protection for the public from environmental harms. Yet, key components of risk evaluations seem complex and thus inaccessible to the public. Our goal is to demystify the process of assessing the science to move toward evidence-based safeguards communities want for public health.

Our virtual event will examine key issues from a series of recent scientific workshops. We will present a case study of applying the principles to treating cancer and non-cancer health effects in similar manners in the risk assessment for the chemical perchloroethylene (PCE). We will explore the use of probabilistic assessments in TSCA risk evaluations. The amended TSCA gave the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency new requirements and authorities. The public health impact points to the need for the U.S. EPA to fully use its new powers to evaluate all risks from hazardous chemicals and set policies which protect health and are accountable to high-risk communities. Preventive actions are urgently needed.

Speakers and discussants include:
* Regina Strong (Office of the Environmental Justice Public Advocate for the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE));
* Wilma Subra (Technical Director, Louisiana Environmental Action Network);
* Wendy Heiger-Bernays, PhD (Clinical Professor, Department of Environmental Health, Boston University);
* Gary Ginsberg, PhD (New York Dept of Health, Center for Environmental Health (CEH));
* Chanese Forté, PhD, MPH (Assistant Research Scientist, University of California, San Francisco, Program on Reproductive Health and the Environment);
* Greylin Nielsen, MPH (Doctoral student, Department of Environmental Health, Boston University School of Public Health).

REGISTRATION REQUIRED
https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_K4BCE3rXSIuGYHsJ3n5LFw

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 07 Mar 2022 12:42:08 -0500 2022-03-08T16:00:00-05:00 2022-03-08T18:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center Workshop / Seminar Making TSCA Work
Ph.D. Defense: Huiwen Jia (March 9, 2022 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/92365 92365-21690340@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 9, 2022 10:00am
Location: Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

Chairs: Siqian Shen and Cong Shi
Title of dissertation: Adaptive Optimization and Learning for Service Systems

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Presentation Fri, 04 Mar 2022 13:13:31 -0500 2022-03-09T10:00:00-05:00 2022-03-09T11:00:00-05:00 Industrial and Operations Engineering Building U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Presentation Huiwen Jia
Project Management Certification (March 13, 2022 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/91083 91083-21676628@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 13, 2022 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Tauber Institute for Global Operations

Once again, the Tauber Institute, in conjunction with the International Project Management Association (IPMA), is sponsoring a Project Management certification class and exam for graduate business and engineering students, alumni, and staff.

In order to participate, you will need to reflect upon a project management experience (for example: a work project, an engineering design experience/senior capstone, Ross' MAP project, Tauber team project, etc). If you cannot make it to the classes (due to project travel, MAP, or other another class), the sessions will be recorded. Homework (mastery verification) will be required after each session.

The cost to an individual to take the exam is normally $595, however, Tauber is offering the exam at a substantial discount to non-Tauber students:
$550 for U-M alumni or public
$425 for U-M students, U-M employees, or Tauber alumni
$325 for U-M Ross School of Business or U-M College of Engineering staff
$225 for Tauber Institute students
$145 for previous students to retake the exam

Certification is valid for 5 years. Three certification classes will be taught by Professor Eric Svaan on the following dates:

Sunday, March 13 (1:00 pm - 4:00 pm)
Sunday, March 27 (1:00 pm - 4:00 pm)
Sunday, April 10 (1:00 pm - 4:00 pm)

The certification exam, administered by IPMA-USA is scheduled for May 1, 2022 (11:00 am) virtually. Successfully passing the exam will yield IPMA's Level D certification (Certified Project Management Associate).

Project Management is a powerful skill set to have in your toolbox as you look for full-time employment!

REGISTRATION: Please register through iMpact by clicking here:
https://www.bus.umich.edu/Conferences/Project-Management-Certification-2022/Default.aspx

NOTE: The non-refundable fees

HOSTED BY: Tauber Institute for Global Operations. For questions about this event, please contact tauberinstitute@umich.edu or visit tauber.umich.edu.

What is IPMA Level D® (Certified Project Management Associate)? The IPMA Level D is an internationally recognized entry-level qualification in the area of project management. This designation, which demonstrates the individual's ability to understand the basics of project management, is similar to the exam-oriented, knowledge-based certifications of other major Project Management associations. For many, Level D® is the first step towards a professional project or program manager role. It is the first step in a sequence (C, B and A) to be earned by demonstration of success in larger PM responsibility sets.

For more information,
Visit tauber.umich.edu or call 734-647-1333
Connect via email to Diana Crossley dianak@umich.edu

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Class / Instruction Mon, 21 Feb 2022 15:54:30 -0500 2022-03-13T13:00:00-04:00 2022-03-13T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Tauber Institute for Global Operations Class / Instruction Certificate photo
Integrating intersectionality into Environmental Health Sciences (March 15, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/92997 92997-21698985@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 15, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center

*Registered required.

Ami Zota, ScD, MS, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Environmental & Occupational Health at George Washington University's Milken School of Public Health. Dr. Zota’s work seeks to secure environmental justice and improve health equity through advancements in science, policy, and clinical practice. Her research identifies novel pathways linking social disparities, environmental exposures, and reproductive and children’s health.

The environmental research seminar series is organized by the Integrated Health Sciences Core of the Michigan Center on Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease (M-LEEaD). More information about M-LEEaD and upcoming events can be found here: http://mleead.umich.edu/index.php

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 04 Mar 2022 09:34:10 -0500 2022-03-15T12:00:00-04:00 2022-03-15T12:50:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center Lecture / Discussion Integrating intersectionality into Environmental Health Sciences
Ph.D. Defense: Xian Yu (March 16, 2022 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/92724 92724-21694817@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 16, 2022 10:00am
Location: Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

Chair: Siqian Shen
Title of Dissertation: Sequential Optimization Under Uncertainty: Models, Algorithms, and Applications

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Presentation Fri, 04 Mar 2022 13:13:57 -0500 2022-03-16T10:00:00-04:00 2022-03-16T11:00:00-04:00 Industrial and Operations Engineering Building U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Presentation Xian Yu Portrait
Infusing Human Factors and Systems Approach into Health Care: Examples, Opportunities, and the Future (March 17, 2022 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/92822 92822-21702630@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 17, 2022 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

Seminar Abstract:
Within the last two decades, there has been an increasing emphasis on the use of human factors engineering to improve health care quality and safety. In this presentation, Dr. Gurses will describe how human factors and systems engineering principles and approaches can be used (1) to systematically identify hazards to patient safety and health care worker safety given the complex, adaptive, nonlinear nature of health care work systems; and (2) to develop effective interventions with the purpose of eliminating and/or mitigating these hazards and improving adaptive capacity and resilience of the frontline care work. Application examples will be from a variety of health care settings (i.e., emergency department, operating rooms, home care), and focus areas (e.g., safety of care transitions/ handoffs, COVID-19 personal protective equipment use, and the safety of air flow management in clinical settings).

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

Presenter Bio:
Ayse P. Gurses, Ph.D., MS, MPH

Director, Center for Health Care Human Factors, Armstrong Institute, Johns Hopkins Medicine

Professor, Schools of Medicine, Bloomberg Public Health, Whiting Engineering, Johns Hopkins University

Dr. Gurses is a globally recognized researcher, educator, and thought leader in infusing human factors engineering principles and methods into health care with the goal to design better and safer work environments and systems for improving patient safety and health care worker safety. She is the Founding Director of the Center for Health Care Human Factors at the Johns Hopkins Armstrong Institute and Professor in the Johns Hopkins University Schools of Medicine, Bloomberg Public Health and Whiting Engineering. She is the author of more than 100 peer-reviewed publications on human factors engineering, patient safety and quality of care, and health care worker safety.
Dr. Gurses has conducted research in a variety of care settings, including hospitals, ambulatory care, long-term care, and home care, as well as transitions of care between these settings. Her current research efforts include, but not limited to, re-engineering complex work systems to reduce healthcare-associated infections, improving safe management air flow and aerosol generating procedures in the operating rooms to reduce infection transmission, modeling cognitive and team work to improve diagnostic safety in emergency departments, improving safety care transitions/ handoffs, and improving medication safety among older adults using human-centered design approaches. Her research program has been funded by the CDC, AHRQ, NIH, NSF, multiple foundations and private institutions. Dr. Gurses served as a member of an ad-hoc National Academies Committee on a 2-year effort that produced the 2022 report titled “Frameworks for Protecting Workers and the Public from Inhalation Hazards.” She also served as an Editor/ Scientific Editor for several journals in her field of expertise and currently is an Executive Committee Member of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. Dr. Gurses received multiple awards for her contributions to the science of safety, including the Federation of Associations in Behavioral and Brain Sciences Foundation Award, Liberty Mutual Award on Safety, and the International Ergonomics Association Best Paper Award in Occupational Safety and Ergonomics.
In addition to advancing the science of safety, Dr. Gurses’s health care human factors program has had a wide practical impact in the frontline clinical work. For example, when the Ebola epidemic hit in 2014, she led the Armstrong Institute’s efforts in partnering with the CDC to develop a web-based training to prepare health care professionals for potential Ebola cases by integrating human factors and industrial engineering, implementation science, and public health principles and methods with infection control and prevention and clinical expertise. Currently, as part of the CDC’s Project Firstline Initiative, and in collaboration with the JHU Applied Physics Laboratory, Dr. Gurses is leading a large-scale, multidisciplinary, innovative project aimed at improving infection prevention and control in the operating rooms across the nation.

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Presentation Fri, 11 Mar 2022 13:59:39 -0500 2022-03-17T15:00:00-04:00 2022-03-17T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Presentation Ayse Gurse
HFES annual biomechanics dinner (March 17, 2022 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/93366 93366-21703970@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 17, 2022 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

Deanna Gates, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Movement Science, Biomedical Engineering, and Robotics at the University of Michigan. She earned her B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Virginia (2002), M.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Boston University (2004), and Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin (2009). Dr. Gates worked in engineering consulting and in civilian and military clinical gait laboratories, before arriving at the University of Michigan in 2012. The goal of her research program is to improve function and quality of life in individuals with musculoskeletal impairments. Her lab focuses on understanding how individuals adapt their neuromechanics in response to assistive technology. Her research explores the factors that relate to a person’s ability to successfully use assistive devices, how to train individuals for optimal use, and the development of appropriate outcome measures to assess the success of new technology. Her work has been funded by the DoD, DARPA, NSF, and NIH. Dr. Gates is also an Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Neural Engineering and Rehabilitation, a Consulting Editor for the Journal of Biomechanics, and Graduate Program Chair for the Movement Science Program at the University of Michigan

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Social / Informal Gathering Mon, 14 Mar 2022 10:44:37 -0400 2022-03-17T16:00:00-04:00 2022-03-17T18:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Social / Informal Gathering
Ph.D. Defense: Luze Xu (March 18, 2022 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/92586 92586-21692661@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 18, 2022 11:00am
Location: Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

Chair: Jon Lee
Title of Dissertation: Treating Some Difficulties in Mixed-Integer Nonlinear Optimization

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Presentation Fri, 04 Mar 2022 13:14:45 -0500 2022-03-18T11:00:00-04:00 2022-03-18T12:00:00-04:00 Industrial and Operations Engineering Building U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Presentation Luxe Xu
The resilient supply chain: Harnessing agility for a post-pandemic world (March 18, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/92790 92790-21695694@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 18, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

The supply chain field has never been more relevant. From the pandemic, to major logistical disruptions, to shortages due to increased demand, it’s hard to turn on any popular press or social media channel and not hear a comment about the supply chain. In this session, meet Kinaxis executives John Sicard, CEO, and Dr. Anne Robinson, CSO, and hear their stories from the front lines of the supply chain. They’ll cover how companies are looking to navigate their supply chain challenges in new and innovative ways, and the relevant skills required to be successful.

Anne Robinson bio: As Chief Strategy Officer (CSO), Anne is responsible for accelerating Kinaxis strategic development to add further value to customers. She and her team collaborate closely with customers, external stakeholders, and the rest of the senior executive team to drive the strategic roadmap, thought leadership, and to identify emerging technologies and new industry opportunities.
A proven leader in analytics and digital transformation, with expertise in operations, supply chain, and strategy, Anne has extensive experience managing supply chains for complex, global organizations. As Executive Director of, Global Supply Chain Strategy, Analytics, and Systems at Verizon, Anne was responsible for the strategic vision of the company’s global end-to-end supply chain, driving excellence through world-class data analytics, process innovation, and employee empowerment. Before Verizon, Anne spent several years at Cisco, where she was responsible for managing advanced analytics, business intelligence, and performance management teams.
Anne is a past president of INFORMS (the Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences), a seasoned industry speaker, and has served on several advisory boards. She is the recipient of the 2020 Martin K. Starr Excellence in Production and Operations Management Practice Award as well as a Supply & Demand Chain Executive 2020 Pros to Know. Originally from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Anne has a BScH from Acadia University, MASc from the University of Waterloo, and an MSc and Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from Stanford University.

John Sicard bio: John assumed the role of President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Kinaxis in Jan. 2016. With over 25 years’ tenure at Kinaxis, John first started at the company as a key contributor to the architecture and development of Kinaxis’ supply chain management solutions in early 1994 and has since held a number of senior management roles in development, professional services, business consulting, sales, marketing, and customer support. Prior to his current appointment, John was Chief Products Officer (CPO), overseeing all aspects of the product life cycle, including product vision and strategy, design and development, product management, and quality assurance. Before joining Kinaxis, John held senior software architect and management positions in research and development at FastMAN Software Systems Inc. (also known as Promira before being purchased by Manugistics) and Monaco Agra. John earned a Bachelor of Computer Science, from Concordia University in Montreal, Canada, with a strong focus on software architecture and UI Design. John is also a graduate of Harvard Business School’s Advanced Management Program.

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Presentation Fri, 04 Mar 2022 13:31:57 -0500 2022-03-18T12:00:00-04:00 2022-03-18T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Presentation Anne Robinson and John Sicard
Python Workshop Session 1 - Introductory Data Manipulation (March 22, 2022 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/93584 93584-21706186@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 22, 2022 4:00pm
Location: Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

> We will be going through a data analysis example, with an emphasis on the Pandas library.
> This is a great session if you are new to Python or want to further develop your skills!!

Hybrid (in-person and Zoom)
Room: IOE Room 2717
Snacks will be provided for those who come in person :-)

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 18 Mar 2022 08:37:37 -0400 2022-03-22T16:00:00-04:00 2022-03-22T17:00:00-04:00 Industrial and Operations Engineering Building U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Workshop / Seminar Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
IOE Community Event: Coffee & Donuts (March 23, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/93264 93264-21702112@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 23, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

Join us by the circle drive in front of the U-M IOE for coffee and donuts!

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Social / Informal Gathering Thu, 10 Mar 2022 15:25:12 -0500 2022-03-23T12:00:00-04:00 2022-03-23T13:00:00-04:00 Industrial and Operations Engineering Building U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Social / Informal Gathering Coffee and Donuts
Matt Olfat, PhD, Quantitative Analyst at Citadel (March 23, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/93756 93756-21708088@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 23, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

Title: Fairness in Machine Learning
Date and Time: 12-1:30 PM ET - March 23
https://umich.zoom.us/j/99223932320

The purpose of these presentations is to get senior/master students acquainted with recent tools in modern data analytics. Attendance is open to all U-M students.

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Presentation Mon, 21 Mar 2022 12:35:17 -0400 2022-03-23T12:00:00-04:00 2022-03-23T13:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Presentation
On Being an Editor in EER (Engineering Education Research) (March 23, 2022 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/92421 92421-21691390@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 23, 2022 12:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Engineering Education Research

On being an editor in EER
Maartje Van den Bogaard

Maartje has been a long time reviewer for the European Journal of Engineering Education and has served as a deputy editor for that journal since early 2018. During that time EJEE has revised its aims and scope to make sure we continue to connect with an audience of scholars and practitioners in a multidisciplinary field of discipline-based education research. Maartje is also an editor for Educational Planning and for Springer Nature Social Sciences. Maartje has a background in the social sciences and has been active in engineering education for 15 years. In this talk she will share her experiences as an editor in a multidisciplinary field and discuss her views on what makes a quality paper.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 16 Feb 2022 09:58:10 -0500 2022-03-23T12:30:00-04:00 2022-03-23T13:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Engineering Education Research Lecture / Discussion Dr. Maartje Van den Bogaard
INFORMS and HFES Weekly Coffee Chat (March 23, 2022 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/93588 93588-21706190@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 23, 2022 3:00pm
Location: Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

Please stop by for coffee, tea, as well as snacks and chat with INFORMS and HFES members. The INFORMS and HFES student chapters really enjoy hosting these coffee chats and are happy with the great attendance!

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Social / Informal Gathering Fri, 18 Mar 2022 09:18:08 -0400 2022-03-23T15:00:00-04:00 2022-03-23T16:00:00-04:00 Industrial and Operations Engineering Building U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Social / Informal Gathering Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
The ARPA-E GO competition: The good, the bad and the ugly (March 24, 2022 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/92760 92760-21695327@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 24, 2022 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

Seminar Abstract:
The Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) recently organized the "Grid Optimization" Competition, offering a total of $2.4M in prizes.

ARPA-E's goal is to "accelerate the development of transformational and disruptive methods for solving the most pressing power system problems" in a market where revenues reach close to $400B yearly.

In this talk, we will go over the computational challenges underlying these optimization problems and present the solution approach adopted by the team that ranked first across all divisions.

Presenter Bio:
Hassan Lionel Hijazi received a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Aix-Marseille University while working at Orange Labs - France Telecom R&D.
During his early career, Hassan was part of the Computer Science Laboratory of the Ecole Polytechnique in France and a senior lecturer at the Australian National University. Hassan is currently a staff scientist at Los Alamos National Laboratory. His main field of expertise is mixed-integer nonlinear optimization with applications in energy systems. Hassan was the laureate of the 2015 Rising Star Award by the Australian Society for Operations Research. In 2021, Hassan was the winner of the ARPA-E Grid Optimization Competition Challenge 2, ranking 1st across all divisions. Hassan continues to work on gravity, a modeling language for mathematical optimization.

This presentation is part of our IOE Departmental Seminar (899) Series.
The Departmental Seminar Series is open to all. U-M Industrial and Operations Engineering graduate students and faculty are especially encouraged to attend.

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Presentation Fri, 04 Mar 2022 13:15:49 -0500 2022-03-24T15:00:00-04:00 2022-03-24T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Presentation Hassan Hijazi
Does Cryptocurrency Have a Future? (March 25, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/93617 93617-21706429@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 25, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Information

Register to attend at: http://umsi.info/elo-register

It’s increasingly hard to find anyone to seriously defend the current state of cryptocurrencies. The predominant use of cryptocurrencies is speculation, which is almost certain to result in a bubble and crash. The second most common use is for fraud and crime of one kind or another. The largest currencies, notably BitCoin, are now among the most egregious contributors to climate change.

In this informal talk and discussion, Nathaniel Borenstein will explain how the very concept of cryptocurrency has been hijacked by people and groups with personal or political agendas. In particular, he will try to separate the current generation of cryptocurrencies and their problems from the wider range of digital currencies that have existed in the past and are likely to exist in the future, and will discuss how, if they were better designed and regulated, cryptocurrencies might yet play a valuable role in the economy.

Nathaniel hopes for a lively discussion rather than just a lecture. While he will not hide his beliefs, he will try to be aware of and transparent about his own biases, and welcomes a constructive discussion with anyone holding opposing views.

Nathaniel Borenstein has been an Internet innovator since 1980. In 1994, he founded the first online payment system, First Virtual Holdings, and in 2000, he founded the first network-based point-of-sale system, NetPOS. He has followed developments in online payments since the 1980's, and he sees Bitcoin as a genuine threat to human civilization.

Register to attend at: http://umsi.info/elo-register

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 18 Mar 2022 13:26:59 -0400 2022-03-25T12:00:00-04:00 2022-03-25T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School of Information Lecture / Discussion This image has an orange bitcoin logo in the center on a light blue background. The words "Does Cryptocurrency Have a Future" are written in a circle around the Bitcoin Logo. The bottom text reads: "Presented by Nathaniel Borenstein Friday, March 25 | 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, Virtual"
Project Management Certification (March 27, 2022 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/91083 91083-21677007@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 27, 2022 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Tauber Institute for Global Operations

Once again, the Tauber Institute, in conjunction with the International Project Management Association (IPMA), is sponsoring a Project Management certification class and exam for graduate business and engineering students, alumni, and staff.

In order to participate, you will need to reflect upon a project management experience (for example: a work project, an engineering design experience/senior capstone, Ross' MAP project, Tauber team project, etc). If you cannot make it to the classes (due to project travel, MAP, or other another class), the sessions will be recorded. Homework (mastery verification) will be required after each session.

The cost to an individual to take the exam is normally $595, however, Tauber is offering the exam at a substantial discount to non-Tauber students:
$550 for U-M alumni or public
$425 for U-M students, U-M employees, or Tauber alumni
$325 for U-M Ross School of Business or U-M College of Engineering staff
$225 for Tauber Institute students
$145 for previous students to retake the exam

Certification is valid for 5 years. Three certification classes will be taught by Professor Eric Svaan on the following dates:

Sunday, March 13 (1:00 pm - 4:00 pm)
Sunday, March 27 (1:00 pm - 4:00 pm)
Sunday, April 10 (1:00 pm - 4:00 pm)

The certification exam, administered by IPMA-USA is scheduled for May 1, 2022 (11:00 am) virtually. Successfully passing the exam will yield IPMA's Level D certification (Certified Project Management Associate).

Project Management is a powerful skill set to have in your toolbox as you look for full-time employment!

REGISTRATION: Please register through iMpact by clicking here:
https://www.bus.umich.edu/Conferences/Project-Management-Certification-2022/Default.aspx

NOTE: The non-refundable fees

HOSTED BY: Tauber Institute for Global Operations. For questions about this event, please contact tauberinstitute@umich.edu or visit tauber.umich.edu.

What is IPMA Level D® (Certified Project Management Associate)? The IPMA Level D is an internationally recognized entry-level qualification in the area of project management. This designation, which demonstrates the individual's ability to understand the basics of project management, is similar to the exam-oriented, knowledge-based certifications of other major Project Management associations. For many, Level D® is the first step towards a professional project or program manager role. It is the first step in a sequence (C, B and A) to be earned by demonstration of success in larger PM responsibility sets.

For more information,
Visit tauber.umich.edu or call 734-647-1333
Connect via email to Diana Crossley dianak@umich.edu

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Class / Instruction Mon, 21 Feb 2022 15:54:30 -0500 2022-03-27T13:00:00-04:00 2022-03-27T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Tauber Institute for Global Operations Class / Instruction Certificate photo
Michigan Engineering's Destination Survey & Swag (March 29, 2022 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/93794 93794-21708127@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 29, 2022 11:00am
Location: Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

Visit 1602 IOE from 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM on Tuesday, March 29th to pick up your FREE Michigan Engineering Alumni T-Shirt!

All you need to do is complete Michigan Engineering's Destination Survey. You may fill the survey out online prior to picking up your t-shirt, or you can complete the survey in 1602 IOE between 11 AM and 1 PM on Tuesday, March 29th.

The survey takes approximately 3 minutes to complete, and all individual responses are kept confidential. All survey respondents will also be entered into a drawing to win additional prizes.

Survey Instructions:
Login to Engineering Careers, by Symplicity!
Select the Surveys Tab at the left of the page
Select Edit underneath Destination Survey for April 2022 Graduates
Update your responses to reflect your current employment status
Submit your updated responses

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Other Mon, 21 Mar 2022 15:55:01 -0400 2022-03-29T11:00:00-04:00 2022-03-29T13:00:00-04:00 Industrial and Operations Engineering Building U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Other Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
Python Workshop Session 2 - Gurobi (March 29, 2022 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/93877 93877-21709210@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 29, 2022 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

> We will be going through how to use Gurobi (optimization solver) and include syntax, tips, and tricks when using it to solve your optimization problems. This is a great tool that can help your classwork and research.
> This is a great session if you understand the basics of Python, but want to learn how to use this powerful optimization solver!!

We kindly ask you install Gurobi prior to the session.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 23 Mar 2022 14:58:30 -0400 2022-03-29T15:00:00-04:00 2022-03-29T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Workshop / Seminar
Integrative Systems + Design SUGS Info Session (March 30, 2022 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/93854 93854-21709041@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 30, 2022 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Integrative Systems + Design

Integrative Systems + Design (ISD) is holding a virtual SUGS Info Session on 3/30/22 at 3:00 PM EST, which will cover our SUGS option with our Graduate Programs. Our Graduate Coordinators will be on hand to answer any questions you may have about the program.

We offer 5 Graduate Programs that allow for the SUGS option:
Automotive Engineering
Energy Systems Engineering
Global Automotive + Manufacturing Engineering
Manufacturing
Systems Engineering + Design

Our SUGS can be done fully online so you don't have to choose between your dream job or getting a master's.

Register here: https://umich.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUtceCppzgtHNKbBmR7SDKKj2aF8c9LezLr

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Other Wed, 23 Mar 2022 10:08:45 -0400 2022-03-30T15:00:00-04:00 2022-03-30T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Integrative Systems + Design Other ISD Logo
899 Seminar Series: Karmel S. Shehadeh, Lehigh University (March 31, 2022 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/93814 93814-21708495@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 31, 2022 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

In this talk, we present two distributionally robust optimization (DRO) models for a mobile facility (MF) fleet sizing, routing, and scheduling problem (MFRSP) with time-dependent and random demand, as well as methodologies for solving these models. Specifically, given a set of MFs, a planning horizon, and a service region, our models aim to find the number of MFs to use (i.e., fleet size) within the planning horizon and a route and time schedule for each MF in the fleet. The objective is to minimize the fixed cost of establishing the MF fleet plus a risk measure (expectation or mean conditional value-at-risk) of the random operational costs over all demand distributions defined by an ambiguity set. In the first model, we use an ambiguity set based on the demand’s mean, support, and mean absolute deviation. In the second model, we use an ambiguity set that incorporates all distributions within a 1-Wasserstein distance from a reference (empirical) distribution. To solve these DRO models, we propose a decomposition-based algorithm. In addition, we derive valid lower bound inequalities that efficiently strengthen the master problem in the decomposition algorithm, thus improving convergence. We also derive two families of symmetry-breaking constraints that improve the solvability of the proposed models. Finally, we present extensive computational experiments comparing the operational and computational performance of the proposed models and a stochastic programming model, demonstrating where significant performance improvements could be gained and derive insights into the MFRSP.

Presenter Bio:
Dr. Karmel S. Shehadeh is an Assistant Professor of Industrial Systems and Engineering (ISE) at Lehigh University. She currently serves as one of the directors of the Operations Research Division at the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers. Before joining Lehigh, she was a Presidential and Dean Postdoctoral Fellow at Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University. She holds a doctoral degree in Industrial and Operations Engineering from the University of Michigan, a master's degree in Systems Science and Industrial Engineering from Binghamton University, and a bachelor's in Biomedical Engineering from Jordan University of Science and Technology.

Shehadeh’s broad methodological research expertise and interests include integer programming, stochastic optimization, and scheduling theory and algorithms development. Her primary application areas and expertise are in healthcare operations and analytics. Her research group is currently working on solving emerging and challenging real-world optimization problems within and outside healthcare operations. These include healthcare scheduling and capacity planning, home care, hospital readmission, facility location, and disaster response operations.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 22 Mar 2022 09:06:54 -0400 2022-03-31T15:00:00-04:00 2022-03-31T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Workshop / Seminar Karmel: 899 Seminar Series
Culturally Relevant Pedagogy: Amplifying students’ voices in the classroom (April 6, 2022 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/93246 93246-21701938@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 6, 2022 10:30am
Location: Duderstadt Center
Organized By: Engineering Education Research

In this seminar, I plan to discuss culturally relevant pedagogy and its importance in our engineering education practices. I also plan to focus on the importance of incorporating the voices of our students, especially those from traditionally marginalized backgrounds in our teaching practices. My goal is to help participants improve their learning environments and teaching practices by acknowledging and supporting the cultural knowledge and assets that students possess. Just as our learning environments are complex, so are the individuals that comprise them. Everyone has visible as well as “invisible” cultural identities and culturally relevant pedagogy attends to those differences. Learning happens when we can connect the new knowledge we are receiving to our previous experiences, so being able to make those connections despite our backgrounds is really important. Similarly, a key aspect of learning is to feel safe. When we feel safe and recognize that our ideas are valued, and who we are is important and relevant to the learning community, we have the motivation to engage with the collective construction of knowledge. Best practices around CRP and some research results will also be shared.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 10 Mar 2022 11:01:58 -0500 2022-04-06T10:30:00-04:00 2022-04-06T11:45:00-04:00 Duderstadt Center Engineering Education Research Workshop / Seminar Dr. Homero Murzi
Pedro Hespanhol, PhD, Quantitative Researcher at Aquatic Capital Management (April 6, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/93757 93757-21708089@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 6, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

Title: How to train autonomous agents to play games: AlphaGo analysis and implementation from Dynamic Programming principles
Date and Time: 12-1:30 PM ET - April 6
https://umich.zoom.us/j/99223932320

The purpose of these presentations is to get senior/master students acquainted with recent tools in modern data analytics. Attendance is open to all U-M students.

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Presentation Mon, 21 Mar 2022 12:37:19 -0400 2022-04-06T12:00:00-04:00 2022-04-06T13:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Presentation
Low Back Disorder Causality? (April 7, 2022 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/92931 92931-21698084@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 7, 2022 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

Seminar Abstract:
Low back disorders (LBDs) are a common world-wide problem that leads to disability, pain and excessive medical costs. While one can find volumes of information relating to the casual pathways associated with LBDs, our rates of LBDs have been increasing over the decades and the treatment costs have increased by over 300 percent in recent years. This situation begs the question: What do we really know about LBD causality? This presentation will review the efforts that have been underway at the Spine Research Institute over the past several decades to unravel the casual pathway puzzle. These efforts involve observational field studies, biomechanical laboratory studies, modeling and more recent attempts to phenotype patients using patient-centered studies. These efforts will be presented as a pattern of evidence to better appreciate the casual pathways associated with LBD that can be used to inform prevention as well as treatment efforts.

Presenter Bio:
William S. Marras, Ph.D.

William S. Marras holds the Honda Chair in Integrated Systems Engineering at the Ohio State University and serves as the Director of the Spine Research Institute at the Ohio State University where he leads NIH, NSF, DoD and privately funded research efforts. Dr. Marras holds joint academic appointments in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, the Department of Neurosurgery, and the Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation. His research is focused on understanding multidimensional causal pathways for spine disorders through quantitative epidemiologic evaluations, laboratory biomechanical studies, personalized mathematical modeling, and clinical studies of the lumbar and cervical spines. His findings have been published in over 300 peer-reviewed journal articles, hundreds of refereed proceedings, and numerous books and book chapters including a book entitled The Working Back: A Systems View. Professor Marras has been active in the National Research Council (NRC) having served on over a dozen boards and committees and has served as Chair of the Board on Human Systems Integration for multiple terms. He has also served as Editor-in-Chief of Human Factors and is currently Deputy Editor of Spine. Dr. Marras holds Fellow status in six professional societies and is an elected member of the National Academy of Engineering (the National Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine), recorded a TEDx talk entitled “Back Pain and your Brain” and has been featured on NPR’s All Things Considered.

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Presentation Fri, 04 Mar 2022 13:32:49 -0500 2022-04-07T15:00:00-04:00 2022-04-07T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Presentation William Marras
How can you leverage your IOE degree towards executive leadership roles? Learn from three successful IOE alums (April 8, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/93065 93065-21700318@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 8, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

IOE alums work in a wide range of industries, from consumer products to private equity to consulting, with many ultimately reaching executive leadership roles like Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer, and Managing Partner, to name a few. The panelists for this lunch and learn will share their lessons learned in defining a career path to the highest levels of management in industry organizations like Amazon, Crate & Barrel, McKenzie-Childs, Unilever, Stride Consumer Partners, and more.

Sharon’s Bio:
Sharon Fox joined Stride as a founding member in 2019. She works closely with the investment and portfolio company management teams to identify and develop growth opportunities. Over the last 20+ years, she has gained hands-on experience across a wide range of customers, brands, and companies – specifically in brand and performance marketing, brand strategy, eCommerce development, new product innovation, consumer insights, digital product features, customer service, and omni-channel management. Prior to Stride, she was the CMO at Freshly and Melissa & Doug. Fox also led brand management for several organizations, including Amazon, Ralph Lauren, and Unilever. Fox grew up in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Fox has a BSE in Industrial and Operations Engineering from the University of Michigan and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Steve’s Bio:
As part of the founding team at Stride, Steve Berg helps entrepreneurs and founders build the next great consumer brands while building a next-generation investment firm. Prior to Stride, Berg was a Managing Partner at Castanea Partners. He joined Castanea because he wanted to work with entrepreneurs at a critical stage in their companies’ development to help them build their businesses. Prior to Castanea, Berg worked in the private equity group at Bain Capital, where I was involved with larger consumer and retail brands. He holds a BSE in Industrial and Operations Engineering from the University of Michigan and an MBA from Wharton.

John’s Bio:
John Ling has been the CEO of passion brand MacKenzie-Childs, a high-end home furnishings retailer since September 2015. Ling spent much of his career (15 years) at Crate & Barrel, a leading home furnishings retailer with retail, catalog, and e-commerce presence. Ling provided leadership for Crate & Barrel’s e-commerce platform, international retail operations, global sourcing, vendor management, and end-to-end supply chain operations. Prior to MacKenzie-Childs, he was CEO for Artissimo Designs, the leading provider of fashion-forward and licensed wall-art to retailers. Early in his career, Ling was at Frito-Lay for 10 years with roles in plant management, industrial engineering, distribution, transportation and manufacturing engineering and subsequently spent four years with Merck-Medco Managed Care in general management, customer service, and engineering roles. Ling has a BSE in Industrial and Operations Engineering from the University of Michigan and an MBA in Business Management with an emphasis in Finance from Southern Methodist University.

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Presentation Mon, 07 Mar 2022 12:29:38 -0500 2022-04-08T12:00:00-04:00 2022-04-08T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Presentation Sharon Fox, Steve Berg, John Ling
Project Management Certification (April 10, 2022 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/91083 91083-21677008@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, April 10, 2022 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Tauber Institute for Global Operations

Once again, the Tauber Institute, in conjunction with the International Project Management Association (IPMA), is sponsoring a Project Management certification class and exam for graduate business and engineering students, alumni, and staff.

In order to participate, you will need to reflect upon a project management experience (for example: a work project, an engineering design experience/senior capstone, Ross' MAP project, Tauber team project, etc). If you cannot make it to the classes (due to project travel, MAP, or other another class), the sessions will be recorded. Homework (mastery verification) will be required after each session.

The cost to an individual to take the exam is normally $595, however, Tauber is offering the exam at a substantial discount to non-Tauber students:
$550 for U-M alumni or public
$425 for U-M students, U-M employees, or Tauber alumni
$325 for U-M Ross School of Business or U-M College of Engineering staff
$225 for Tauber Institute students
$145 for previous students to retake the exam

Certification is valid for 5 years. Three certification classes will be taught by Professor Eric Svaan on the following dates:

Sunday, March 13 (1:00 pm - 4:00 pm)
Sunday, March 27 (1:00 pm - 4:00 pm)
Sunday, April 10 (1:00 pm - 4:00 pm)

The certification exam, administered by IPMA-USA is scheduled for May 1, 2022 (11:00 am) virtually. Successfully passing the exam will yield IPMA's Level D certification (Certified Project Management Associate).

Project Management is a powerful skill set to have in your toolbox as you look for full-time employment!

REGISTRATION: Please register through iMpact by clicking here:
https://www.bus.umich.edu/Conferences/Project-Management-Certification-2022/Default.aspx

NOTE: The non-refundable fees

HOSTED BY: Tauber Institute for Global Operations. For questions about this event, please contact tauberinstitute@umich.edu or visit tauber.umich.edu.

What is IPMA Level D® (Certified Project Management Associate)? The IPMA Level D is an internationally recognized entry-level qualification in the area of project management. This designation, which demonstrates the individual's ability to understand the basics of project management, is similar to the exam-oriented, knowledge-based certifications of other major Project Management associations. For many, Level D® is the first step towards a professional project or program manager role. It is the first step in a sequence (C, B and A) to be earned by demonstration of success in larger PM responsibility sets.

For more information,
Visit tauber.umich.edu or call 734-647-1333
Connect via email to Diana Crossley dianak@umich.edu

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Class / Instruction Mon, 21 Feb 2022 15:54:30 -0500 2022-04-10T13:00:00-04:00 2022-04-10T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Tauber Institute for Global Operations Class / Instruction Certificate photo
2022 CCAT Global Symposium on Connected and Automated Vehicles and Infrastructure (April 12, 2022 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/93055 93055-21700218@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 12, 2022 8:00am
Location: Michigan Union
Organized By: Center for Connected and Automated Transportation

The 5th annual CCAT Global Symposium returns this year on April 12th and 13th! The conference will be hosted at the Michigan Union in Ann Arbor, MI with both in-person and virtual registration options available to attendees. The two-day, two-track event will continue discussions on cybersecurity, infrastructure, shared mobility, and more.

The 2022 CCAT Global Symposium on Connected and Automated Vehicles and Infrastructure is sponsored by Michigan Engineering, the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute, and WSP. Women in Autonomy serves as our conference partner.

For complete details and hotel room blocks, please visit the Symposium page on the CCAT website: https://ccat.umtri.umich.edu/symposium/

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 07 Mar 2022 08:14:47 -0500 2022-04-12T08:00:00-04:00 2022-04-12T16:00:00-04:00 Michigan Union Center for Connected and Automated Transportation Conference / Symposium Decorative Image for the 2022 CCAT Global Symposium. It features a 3-D animated city with several forms of transportation and text that reads '2022 Global Symposium' with the CCAT logo in the bottom right.
2022 CCAT Global Symposium on Connected and Automated Vehicles and Infrastructure (April 13, 2022 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/93055 93055-21700219@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 13, 2022 8:00am
Location: Michigan Union
Organized By: Center for Connected and Automated Transportation

The 5th annual CCAT Global Symposium returns this year on April 12th and 13th! The conference will be hosted at the Michigan Union in Ann Arbor, MI with both in-person and virtual registration options available to attendees. The two-day, two-track event will continue discussions on cybersecurity, infrastructure, shared mobility, and more.

The 2022 CCAT Global Symposium on Connected and Automated Vehicles and Infrastructure is sponsored by Michigan Engineering, the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute, and WSP. Women in Autonomy serves as our conference partner.

For complete details and hotel room blocks, please visit the Symposium page on the CCAT website: https://ccat.umtri.umich.edu/symposium/

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 07 Mar 2022 08:14:47 -0500 2022-04-13T08:00:00-04:00 2022-04-13T16:00:00-04:00 Michigan Union Center for Connected and Automated Transportation Conference / Symposium Decorative Image for the 2022 CCAT Global Symposium. It features a 3-D animated city with several forms of transportation and text that reads '2022 Global Symposium' with the CCAT logo in the bottom right.
Sina Aghaei, PhD Candidate, University of Southern California (April 13, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/93758 93758-21708090@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 13, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

Title: Decision-tree Based ML Models via Mixed-Integer Optimization
Date and Time: 12-1:30 PM ET - April 13
https://umich.zoom.us/j/99223932320

The purpose of these presentations is to get senior/master students acquainted with recent tools in modern data analytics. Attendance is open to all U-M students.

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Presentation Mon, 21 Mar 2022 12:39:44 -0400 2022-04-13T12:00:00-04:00 2022-04-13T13:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Presentation