We are launching the ORAI seminar series this Fall! Register now!
Students in the ORAI program must take the ORAI Seminar course at least once.
Syllabus
Catalogue Description. Current research, guest speakers in the field; review papers; guidance in preparing research proposals and special projects. Open only to those admitted to the ORAI certificate program.
Learning Objectives. The ORAI Seminar series is a required component of the ORAI Interdisciplinary PhD program in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Operations Research (OR). The seminar will be held once a week during one semester each year. All students who are enrolled in the program will need to register for the seminar at least once. The seminar will involve a mix of:
Student presentations of cutting-edge papers at the interface of AI/OR
Presentations (often virtual) from leading researchers in interdisciplinary research in AI/OR
5 workshops on each of the following topics:
Team building
Ethics in AI/OR
Advanced training on human subjects (beyond just Citi training)
Entrepreneurship
Interdisciplinary research
The seminar will complement in various ways the training that the students will receive in their courses by teaching them complementary skills. By the end of the course, students will be able to:
Describe cutting-edge research and open problems at the interface of AI and OR and using terminology and language from both fields
Be comfortable interacting with leading researchers in AI, OR, and their interface
Ethically and responsibly work in teams to engage in possible deployment and commercialization of technologies that integrate OR and AI to address problems that cannot currently be solved by any one discipline in isolation.
Such skills are an important part of their training and an important component of any NSF National Research Traineeship program such as the one that supports the creation of the ORAI program (see here: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2346058&HistoricalAwards=false)
Syllabus. [docx]
Fall 2025 ORAI Seminar Schedule