United States Naval Academy Optimization and Operations Research Conference
United States Naval Academy Optimization and Operations Research Conference
June 2, 2021 - June 4, 2021
Conference Overview
The United States Naval Academy (USNA) Optimization and Operations Research Conference is a three-day conference held to demonstrate the work by USNA faculty and students at USNA as well as top researchers at other institutions. In addition, we will honor Professor Kees Roos' 80th birthday and Professor Florian Potra's 70th birthday as a celebration of their significant contributions to the field of optimization. In honor of their birthdays, we invite researchers in the fields of optimization and operations research to share their research with us.
About the Conference
This virtual conference will feature both plenary talks as well as 90-minute sessions having 3 different speakers. While sessions may include researchers in and outside the Mathematics Department at USNA, many sessions will highlight work directly related to military applications of OR.
Plenary Speakers
Below is the list of plenary speakers. For more information regarding plenary speakers' biographies and talks please visit the Plenary Speakers page.
ARKADI NEMIROVSKI
Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
YURII NESTEROV
Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium
KEES ROOS
Technical University of Delft, Netherlands
TAMÁS TERLAKY
Lehigh University, USA
STEPHEN WRIGHT
University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
Special Issue of Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications (JOTA)
A Special Issue of JOTA has been established in connection with this conference and in honor of Prof. Potra's and Prof. Roos' birthdays. Please consider submitting your research contributions to this Special Issue. More details about the Special Issue can be found on the "Special Issue of JOTA" page on this website.
Organizing Committee
Goran Lesaja (Chair), William R. Davis Distinguished Chair and Visiting Professor, Department of Mathematics, USNA, lesaja@usna.edu
Rob Curry, Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, USNA, rcurry@usna.edu
Chris Lourenco, Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, USNA, lourenco@usna.edu
Anna Svirsko, Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, USNA, svirsko@usna.edu
Acknowledgment
The William R. Davis Distinguished Chair in Mathematics has been established by the generous gift of William R. Davis. Mr. Davis graduated with the USNA Class of ’68 and is a former submarine officer. Upon graduation from Stanford Graduate School of Business, Mr. Davis went to work for McKinsey and Co. He and a business school and McKinsey partner started a company and enjoyed a very successful career in business. We are very grateful to Mr. Davis for his support of this Chair and this conference.