<div dir="ltr">Yes, I also thought so, but he is not listed on the IMA Web site. I will follow up with Ben on that one. You can tell Suvrajeet that we are following up and an invitation should go out soon.<div><br></div><div>Ted</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Tue, Sep 4, 2018 at 10:15 AM Giacomo Nannicini <<a href="mailto:nannicini@us.ibm.com">nannicini@us.ibm.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><p><font size="2">Hi all,</font><br><font size="2">I thought we had approved Jiajun Xu? I definitely remember emails with Ben in which this was brought up. Any idea why he is not on the list?</font><br><br><font size="2">G</font><br><br><font size="2" color="#800080">----- Forwarded by Giacomo Nannicini/Watson/IBM</font><font size="2" color="#800080"> on 09/04/2018 10:10 AM</font><font size="2" color="#800080"> -----</font><br><br><font size="2" color="#5F5F5F">From: </font><font size="2">Suvrajeet Sen <<a href="mailto:suvrajes@usc.edu" target="_blank">suvrajes@usc.edu</a>></font><br><font size="2" color="#5F5F5F">To: </font><font size="2">Giacomo Nannicini <<a href="mailto:nannicini@us.ibm.com" target="_blank">nannicini@us.ibm.com</a>></font><br><font size="2" color="#5F5F5F">Cc: </font><font size="2">Matthew Saltzman <<a href="mailto:mjs@clemson.edu" target="_blank">mjs@clemson.edu</a>></font><br><font size="2" color="#5F5F5F">Date: </font><font size="2">09/04/2018 07:57 AM</font><br><font size="2" color="#5F5F5F">Subject: </font><font size="2">Re: COIN-OR Workshop</font><br><hr width="100%" size="2" align="left" noshade style="color:#8091a5"><br><br><br>Hi,<br><br>I figured I would follow up on an e-mail about the possibility of Jiajun Xu attending the IMA workshop on COIN-OR. Can you let me know whether he will be able to attend the workshop. Thanks - Suvrajeet<br><br>On Thu, Aug 2, 2018 at 8:58 AM, Suvrajeet Sen <<a href="mailto:suvrajes@usc.edu" target="_blank"><u><font color="#0000FF">suvrajes@usc.edu</font></u></a>> wrote:
<ul>Hi Giacomo,<br><br>I am writing to you about the COIN-OR Workshop. I had intended to attend that workshop, but my travel plans make that infeasible. The reason for my interest is the following. <br><br>You might recall that I had mentioned a new data-oriented platform during my presentation at the MIP 2018 workshop in Greenville earlier in the summer (see <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__nsf.gov_awardsearch_showAward-3FAWD-5FID-3D1822327-26HistoricalAwards-3Dfalse&d=DwMFAw&c=Ngd-ta5yRYsqeUsEDgxhcqsYYY1Xs5ogLxWPA_2Wlc4&r=rnUB298ByR5BGgo6vv2b6g&m=z6thCLakbTGOMx5eJwdddbgcmynLub6MZNifOLGMhWQ&s=DhkxemBrePVsN6LkJBXuermbmAwS0Lh5hCEWtuwRhpM&e=" target="_blank"><u><font color="#0000FF">https://nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1822327&HistoricalAwards=false</font></u></a>). This project is a joint effort between Carl Kesselaman (<a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.isi.edu_-7Ecarl_&d=DwMFAw&c=Ngd-ta5yRYsqeUsEDgxhcqsYYY1Xs5ogLxWPA_2Wlc4&r=rnUB298ByR5BGgo6vv2b6g&m=z6thCLakbTGOMx5eJwdddbgcmynLub6MZNifOLGMhWQ&s=vndHNZsjTy1DYShApoQ9jBHrwhaKJzp7Vh9TmNh2BJ8&e=" target="_blank"><u><font color="#0000FF">https://www.isi.edu/~carl/</font></u></a>) of ISI (<a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.isi.edu_&d=DwMFAw&c=Ngd-ta5yRYsqeUsEDgxhcqsYYY1Xs5ogLxWPA_2Wlc4&r=rnUB298ByR5BGgo6vv2b6g&m=z6thCLakbTGOMx5eJwdddbgcmynLub6MZNifOLGMhWQ&s=Uefn9fWLfBiayYyuB6QlgKZP_JOFOVjBw1JzNAeUFHc&e=" target="_blank"><u><font color="#0000FF">https://www.isi.edu/</font></u></a>) and my lab (<a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__sites.google.com_site_uscdatadrivendecisions_home&d=DwMFAw&c=Ngd-ta5yRYsqeUsEDgxhcqsYYY1Xs5ogLxWPA_2Wlc4&r=rnUB298ByR5BGgo6vv2b6g&m=z6thCLakbTGOMx5eJwdddbgcmynLub6MZNifOLGMhWQ&s=AmPxUT1N9eF51MU1BjpkCbW6AbN24N59MnHApt0kQ44&e=" target="_blank"><u><font color="#0000FF">https://sites.google.com/site/uscdatadrivendecisions/home</font></u></a>). <br><br>The above project is about data and creating an environment/repository for computational experiments. In the context of COIN-OR, our project is focusing on what used to be RPX in COIN-OR. But despite all the advances in COIN-OR, that part appears to be an orphan at this point. Please correct me if I am wrong. Nevertheless, thanks to NSF's support, we are hoping to set up datasets which focus on OR problems which arise in various communities: crime, traffic, energy, and others. In addition to providing a show case of OR impact, we wish to also provide a platform where computational experiments can be reported in detail, and can be replicated by others. Ultimately, our goal is to have a setup which one could characterize as "Archive-in-Steroids" ... namely, computational OR papers being posted together with datasets, results, and an interface which will make it possible to reproduce of computational results. This will not only promote greater fidelity to scientific methods of computational tests, but also promote more hands-on learning on the part of users/researchers.<br><br>Any way, connections with COIN-OR activities are obvious, but as I mentioned earlier, I will not be able to attend the October workshop. In order to have our team hook up with the current state of COIN-OR software, I am hoping to send one of my Ph.D. students (Jiajun Xu) who will be applying for support from the IMA site as well. However, I thought that unlike others who apply for support, our goals are very tangible, and have some strict "delivery time-lines." As a result, I hope that you will be able to support Jiajun's participation at the IMA workshop, and we are also hopeful that this will provide a very timely connection between data (us) and software (COIN-OR). Thanks very much for your consideration. - SS<br></ul><br>
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