More than 3,000 people will come to Lyngby Campus to participate in the 33rd European Conference on Operational Research (EURO 2024) Conference, at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Copenhagen, Denmark from June 30, 2024 to July 3, 2024. The event includes a talk from AI4OPT Director Pascal Van Hentenryck on fusing learning and optimization for engineering.

Abstract: The fusion of machine learning and optimization has the potential to deliver outcomes for engineering applications that the two technologies cannot achieve independently. This talk illustrates this potential with the concept of optimization proxy that can produce, in real time, feasible and near-optimal solutions to classes of optimization problems. The talk reviews the theoretical foundations underlying optimization proxies and demonstrates its practical practical on applications in power systems, supply chains, and mobility.

Bio: Pascal Van Hentenryck is an A. Russell Chandler III Chair and Professor in the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Georgia Tech. Prior to this appointment, he was a professor of Computer Science at Brown University for about 20 years, he led the optimization research group (about 70 people) at National ICT Australia (NICTA) (until its merger with CSIRO), and was the Seth Bonder Collegiate Professor of Engineering at the University of Michigan. Van Hentenryck is also an Honorary Professor at the Australian National University.

Learn more: https://euro2024cph.dk/.

See full list of keynote speakers: https://euro2024cph.dk/programme/plenary-keynote-speakers#read-more-3.