OR 2024 is the International Conference on Operations Research, jointly organized by the German Operations Research Society (GOR), the Austrian Society for Operations Research (ÖGOR), and the Swiss Operations Research Society (SVOR/ASRO). This conference is a place to exchange ideas and interact with other academics, researchers, and practitioners in the fields of Operations Research, Management Science, Data Science, and Analytics. The OR 2024 will take place from September 3-6, 2024 on the downtown campus of the Technical University of Munich.
Gurobi is proud to participate as a Gold Sponsor at OR 2024. As leaders in mathematical optimization, we are keen to share our latest advancements and insights. Visit our booth and attend our expert-led sessions.
Our team will be presenting the following topics:
Presenters include Marika Karbstein, Robert Luce, Kostja Siefen, Mario Ruthmair and Robert Bixby. Additionally, we will also be sponsoring this year’s prestigious PhD Prize.
Principal Developer
Gurobi Optimization
Principal Developer
Gurobi Optimization
Dr. Luce is an experienced researcher in applied mathematics, and author of numerous publications in the fields of numerical linear algebra and optimization. He holds a Ph.D. from Technical University of Berlin.
Advisor and Co-founder
Gurobi Optimization
Advisor and Co-founder
Gurobi Optimization
Dr. Bixby has over thirty years of experience in the optimization software business. Prior to his role as Gurobi CSO, Dr. Bixby held the Gurobi CEO role since co-founding Gurobi in 2008. Prior to Gurobi, Dr. Bixby co-founded CPLEX Optimization, Inc. in 1987. CPLEX was acquired by ILOG, Inc., in 1997, after which he served on the ILOG Board of Directors, was manager of the ILOG CPLEX Development Team, President of the ILOG Technical Advisory Board, and General Manager of ILOG’s Semiconductor Business Division. Dr. Robert Bixby has a BS in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from the University of California, Berkeley, and a PhD in Operations Research from Cornell University. He has held academic positions at the University of Kentucky, Northwestern University, and Rice University. He is currently Noah Harding Professor Emeritus of Computational and Applied Mathematics at Rice, and Research Professor of Management in Rice’s Jones School of Management. Dr. Bixby has published over fifty journal articles, and is an acknowledged expert on the computational aspects of linear and integer programming. He has won several awards for his work in optimization, including the Beale-Orchard-Hays Prize of the Mathematical Programming Society, and the INFORMS Impact and Frederick W. Lanchester Prizes. In 1997 he was elected to the National Academy of Engineering for his contributions to the theory and practice of optimization.
Optimization Engineer
Gurobi Optimization
Optimization Engineer
Gurobi Optimization
Dr. Marika Karbstein studied mathematics with economics and finished her PhD in mathematics at the Technical University of Berlin. She worked as a research assistant at Matheon and at the Zuse Institute Berlin for more than 10 years. Her research focus were optimization problems in public transport, in particular fare planning and line planning. Before joining Gurobi in April 2022 she worked several years as an optimization specialist for airline crew planning at Lufthansa Systems Berlin.
Senior Optimization Engineer
Gurobi Optimization
Senior Optimization Engineer
Gurobi Optimization
Dr. Mario Ruthmair joined Gurobi in 2021 as an Optimization Support Engineer. He studied computer science at the Vienna University of Technology (Austria) and finished his PhD in 2012, with focus on exact and heuristic solution methods for discrete optimization problems. From 2008 to 2014, he ran a one-man consulting company offering IT services for business customers. Since 2008, Mario regularly taught courses in algorithms and mathematical optimization at two Austrian universities. For many years, he conducted research projects related to optimization in transportation, logistics, and network design, at several academic and near-industry research institutions. In his free time, Mario frequently goes for a hike (with neighbor's dog), enjoys nature with and without camera, strives to produce an optimal espresso, and reads Sci-Fi books.
Director Technical Account Management
Gurobi Optimization
Director Technical Account Management
Gurobi Optimization
Dr. Kostja Siefen leads the global Technical Account Management team at Gurobi Optimization. Kostja holds a Ph.D. in Operations Research from the University of Paderborn (Germany). He joined Gurobi in 2015 after many years of experience in the development and design of decision support systems using mathematical optimization. Before joining Gurobi he worked at Daimler Research & Development and as a lecturer at the University of Paderborn. Since 1998, before focusing on optimization and during his studies he continuously worked as system administrator, software developer and support engineer for an IT service company. Kostja has been active in academic teaching and customer training since 2009. Beyond Gurobi, Kostja enjoys spending time with his family, working as a Les Mills group fitness instructor, traveling and good food.
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