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DIMACS Workshop on COIN-OR<br>
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July 17 - 20, 2006<br>
DIMACS Center, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ<br>
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Organizers:<br>
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Jonathan Eckstein, Rutgers University, jeckstei@rutcor.rutgers.edu
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Jeff Linderoth, Lehigh University, jtl3@lehigh.edu <br>
Robin Lougee-Heimer, IBM Research, robinlh@us.ibm.com <br>
Francois Margot, Carnegie Mellon University, fmargot@andrew.cmu.edu<br>
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This meeting is jointly sponsored by the Center for Discrete<br>
Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science (DIMACS), and IBM<br>
Research. <br>
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COIN-OR (www.coin-or.org) is an initiative to promote open-source<br>
software, standards, models, and data for operations research. More<br>
than a dozen projects are hosted by COIN-OR, including linear and<br>
integer programming solvers, frameworks for implementing branch, cut,<br>
and price algorithms, libraries of cutting planes for mixed integer<br>
programs, interior point solvers for nonlinear programs, tools for<br>
derivative-free optimization, and interfaces for modeling stochastic<br>
programs.<br>
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The goals of this workshop are to provide:<br>
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* Hands-on tutorials for new users,<br>
* Forums for users, would-be users, and developers to exchange<br>
ideas and experiences,<br>
* Case-studies of research and business uses, and<br>
* Discussions on the future direction and shape of open-source
in<br>
operations research. <br>
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Monday, July 17, 2006<br>
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Welcome & Using COIN-OR Day
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8:45 - 9:30 Breakfast and Registration
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9:30 - 9:45 Welcome and Opening Remarks
<br>
Mel Janowitz, DIMACS
Associate Director<br>
Jeff Linderoth, Lehigh
University and <br>
Jon Lee, IBM Research
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9:45 - 10:00 COIN-OR: The Computational Infrastructure for Operations
Research
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Robin Lougee-Heimer,
IBM Research
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10:00 - 11:30 Getting & Building COIN-OR
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JP Fasano, IBM
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11:30 - 12:30 Lunch
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12:30 - 1:00 OSI: The Open Solver Interface
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Matthew Saltzman, Clemson
University
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1:00 - 1:30 NLPAPI: A Subroutine Interface to Nonlinear Programming
Problems
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Mike Henderson, IBM
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1:30 - 2:00 SMI: Stochastic Modeling Interface for COIN-OR
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Alan King, IBM
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2:00 - 2:30 Break
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2:30 - 5:00 Tutorial: COIN-OR LP Solver (CLP)<br>
John Forrest, IBM
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Tutorial: IPOPT<br>
Andreas Waechter, IBM<br>
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5:00 - 6:00 Reception
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Tuesday, July 18, 2006<br>
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Research Day
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8:30 - 9:00 Breakfast and Registration
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9:00 - 10:00 Mixed-Integer Rounding Inequalities for COIN-OR
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Joao Goncalves, IBM Research
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9:30 - 10:00 Tightening `Big M' Disjunctions<br>
Lou Hafer, Simon Fraser
University
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10:00 - 10:30 Break
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10:30 - 11:00 Overview of the PEBBL and PICO Projects:<br>
Massively Parallel Branch
and Bound
<br>
Jonathan Eckstein, Rutgers
University
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11:00 - 11:30 Experience with CGL in the PICO Mixed-integer Programming
Solver
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Cindy Phillips, Sandia
National Laboratories
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11:30 - 12:00 Optimizing PICO's CLP Interface
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Ojas Parekh, Emory University
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12:00 - 1:00 Lunch
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1:00 - 1:30 Branch-and-Bound Algorithms for Solving the Quadratic
Assignment
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Peter Hahn, University
of Pennsylvania
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1:30 - 2:00 Automated Tuning of Solver Parameters
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Brady Hunsaker, University
of Pittsburgh
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2:00 - 2:30 Break
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2:30 - 5:00 Tutorial: COIN-OR Branch and Cut (CBC)
<br>
John Forrest, IBM
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Tutorial: Branch-Cut-Price
(BCP) Framework<br>
Laszlo Ladanyi, IBM and
Francois Margot, Carnegie Mellon University<br>
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5:00 - 5:30 travel to restaurant
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5:30 - 9:00 Conference Dinner at Seven Hills
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Wednesday, July 19, 2006<br>
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COIN-OR Projects Day
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8:30 - 9:00 Breakfast and Registration
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9:00 - 9:30 An Introduction by Example to Algorithmic Differentiation
<br>
Brad Bell, University
of Washington
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9:30 - 10:00 The Ongoing Development of CSDP<br>
Brian Borchers, New Mexico Tech
<br>
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10:00 - 10:30 Break
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10:30 - 12:00 An Open Interface for Hooking Solvers to Modeling Systems
<br>
Jun Ma, Northwestern
University
<br>
Bob Fourer, Northwestern University
<br>
Kipp Martin, University of Chicago
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12:00 - 1:00 Lunch
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1:00 - 1:30 Web Services and COIN-OR
<br>
Leo Lopes, University
of Arizona
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1:30 - 2:00 Building a Tabu Search with the Java Engine OpenTS
<br>
Rob Harder, USAF<br>
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2:00 - 2:30 CoinMP: Simple C-API Windows DLL implementation
of CLP, CBC, and CGL
<br>
Bjarni Kristjansson,
Maximal Software
<br>
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2:30 - 3:00 Break
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3:00 - 5:30 Tutorial: Bonmin<br>
Pierre Bonami, Carnegie
Mellon University
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Tutorial: Symphony<br>
Ted Ralphs, Lehigh University<br>
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5:30 - 6:30 Panel: "Whine & Cheese" -- Open
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Margot, CMU, moderator
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Thursday, July 20, 2006<br>
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Future Day
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8:30 - 9:00 Breakfast and Registration
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9:00 - 9:30 Challenges and Opportunities Generated by the
Increasing <br>
Importance of Optimization
in Supply Chain Management
<br>
Chih-Hui Chang, IBM<br>
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9:30 - 10:15 Panel: COIN-OR in Industry<br>
John Tomlin, Yahoo, moderator<br>
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10:15 - 10:30 Break
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10:30 - 11:00 Cyber infrastructure: Initiatives at the National Science
Foundation
<br>
Stephen Nash, George
Mason University<br>
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11:00 - 11:45 Panel: The Future of COIN-OR
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Mike Trick, Carniegie
Mellon University, moderator<br>
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11:45 - 12:00 Closing Remarks
<br>
Jeff Linderoth, Lehigh
University<br>
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Registration Fees:<br>
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(Pre-registration deadline: July 10, 2006)<br>
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Please see website for additional registration information.<br>
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Information on participation, registration, accomodations, and travel<br>
can be found at:<br>
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http://dimacs.rutgers.edu/Workshops/COIN/<br>
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