I am excited to share information about a recent virtual workshop entitled Artificial Intelligence / Operations Research Workshopheld on September 23-24, 2021 and its related report which was just released on October 22, 2021: Artificial Intelligence and Operations Research Workshop 1 Report Out. This workshop is one of the key activities envisioned as part of the INFORMS AI Initiative articulated in the white paper and the keynote presented at the 2019 Annual Meeting by 2019 President Ramayya Krishnan and Pascal Van Hentenryck.
The Computing Community Consortium(CCC), the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences(INFORMS) and ACM SIGAI sponsored this recent workshop, to provide a space for the Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Operations Research (OR) communities to discuss a joint strategic vision for a strong and sustained collaboration between the two fields.
Organized by Sanmay Das(George Mason University), John Dickerson(University of Maryland), Pascal Van Hentenryck(Georgia Tech), Sven Koenig(University of Southern California), Ramayya Krishnan (Carnegie Mellon University), Radhika Kulkarni(SAS Institute, Inc. - retired), Phebe Vayanos(University of Southern California) the workshop was held on September 23rd-24th, 2021. There were 60+ participants with equal representation from the AI and OR communities with a mix of academia, industry and government.
This workshop is the first of a three-part series focusing on exploiting the synergies of the AI and OR communities to transform decision making to maximize societal impact of AI and OR in a world that is bound to undergo significant changes due to the COVID-19 pandemic, widening inequalities, and challenges in resilience and sustainability in the food-water-energy nexus. The respective goals of the workshop series are:
- Articulating a strategic vision
- Implementing a strategic vision
- Progressing the strategic vision
The linked report summarizes presentations, breakout discussions and key takeaways from each session at the workshop. Video recordings of the presentations are linked in the report. If you are interested in future activities pertaining to this topic or have any questions or feedback, please email cccinfo@cra.org. The second and third workshops are expected to take place in the first half of 2022.
See the full report here
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Radhika Kulkarni
Vice President, Advanced Analytics R&D (retd.), SAS Institute Inc.
President Elect, INFORMS (2021)
Durham, NC
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