AMPL Calendar

April 18-20, 2010
INFORMS Conference on OR/MS Practice, Orlando, Florida, U.S.A.

• AMPL booth in the exhibit area

• Track T9: Software Tutorials, Monday, April 19, 15:40-16:30
  • Robert Fourer,
    Attacking Hard Mixed-Integer Optimization Problems Through the AMPL Modeling Language

June 6-9, 2010
ALIO-INFORMS Joint International Meeting, Buenos Aires, Argentina

• AMPL table in the exhibit area

• Session TB08: Modeling Languages for Optimization, Tuesday, June 8, 11:30-13:00
  • Robert Fourer and David M. Gay,
    Attacking Hard Mixed-Integer Optimization Problems Through the AMPL Modeling Language

• Session WC08: OR in Practice III – Modeling, Wednesday, June 9, 13:20-14:50
  • Robert Fourer,
    Experimenting with Near-Optimal Integer Programming Formulations for Discrete Optimization Problems

July 11-14, 2010
EURO XXIV: 24th European Conference on Operational Research,
Lisbon, Portugal

• AMPL booth in the exhibit area

• Session MC21: Optimization Modeling I, Monday, July 12, 12:20-13:40
  • Robert Fourer and David M. Gay,
    Attacking Hard Mixed-Integer Optimization Problems Through the AMPL Modeling Language
  • Andreas Grothey, Jacek Gondzio, Marco Colombo, Kristian Woodsend and Jonathan Hogg,
    A Structure-Conveying Modelling Language for Mathematical and Stochastic Programming

• Session TB21: Optimization Modeling V, Tuesday, July 13, 10:40-12:00
  • Alexandra Newman,
    Efficient Mixed Integer Programming Formulations in Energy and Mining

• Session WD35: Mixed-Integer Nonlinear Programming – Problem-Specific Approaches, Wednesday, July 14, 14:00-15:20
  • David M. Gay,
    On Bound Computations for MINLP

August 16-20, 2010
SP XXI: 12th International Conference on Stochastic Programming,
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

• AMPL table in the exhibit area

• Session RB2: Solution Algorithms for Stochastic Programming, Thursday, August 19, 10:00-11:40
  • Christian Valente,
    Extensions to the SP Modelling System SPInE/SAMPL

• Session RC4: Software and Modelling Tools for Stochastic Programming I, Thursday, August 19, 13:20-15:00
  • David M. Gay,
    Update on AMPL Extensions for Stochastic Programming

September 1-3, 2010
OR 2010: German OR Society Annual International Conference, Munich, Germany

• Semi-plenary presentation, Wednesday, September 1, 13:30-14:15
  • Robert Fourer,
    Cyberinfrastructure and Optimization

September 26-28, 2010
What a Pivot: Workshop Honoring the 65th Birthday of Bob Bixby, Erlangen, Germany

• Presentation, Monday, September 27
  • Robert Fourer,
    Approaches to Near-Optimally Solving Mixed-Integer Programs

November 7-10, 2010
INFORMS Annual Meeting, Austin, Texas, U.S.A.

• AMPL booth in the exhibit area

• INFORMS Roundtable: OR in the Cloud, Sunday, November 7
  • Robert Fourer,
    Cloud Pioneers: NEOS and Optimization Services

• Session SA18: Optimization Modeling, Sunday, November 7, 8:00-9:30
  • Barry King and Terri Friel,
    Class Rostering at Roosevelt University using AMPL and LPsolve

• Session SD48: Exhibitor Presentations, Sunday, November 7, 16:30-18:00
  • Robert Fourer and David M. Gay,
    New and Forthcoming Developments in the AMPL Modeling Language and System

• Session MC33: Algorithms & Solvers for SOCP & Stochastic SDP, Monday, November 8, 13:30-15:00
  • Jared Erickson and Robert Fourer,
    Second-Order Cone Program (SOCP) Detection and Transformation Algorithms for Optimization Software

• Session MD18: Modeling Languages II, Monday, November 8, 16:30-18:00
  • Robert Fourer and David M. Gay,
    New Directions in Development of the AMPL Modeling Language and System

• Session TC40: Solver Interface APIs I, Tuesday, November 9, 13:30-15:00
  • David M. Gay,
    Overview of and Update on ASL, the AMPL/Solver Interface Library

November 18-19, 2010
85th GOR Working Group on Real World Optimization:
Modelling Languages in Mathematical Optimization, Bad Honnef, Germany

• Developer presentation, Friday, November 19, 09:15-10:15
  • Robert Fourer and David M. Gay,
    Recent Developments in Model and Solver Support in the AMPL Modeling Language

January 4-7, 2011
CMIC-2011: Chiang Mai University Int’l Conference, Chiang Mai, Thailand

• Workshop, Tuesday-Wednesday, January 4-5
  • Robert Fourer,
    Modeling and Solving Nontraditional Optimization Problems
    1a. Background — 1b. Current Features — 2a. Conic Constraints — 2b. Complementarity Conditions — 3a. Discrete Models — 3b. Discrete Solver Support — 4a. Solver Interfaces — 4b. Solver Selection

• Keynote presentation,
  • Robert Fourer,
    Assigning People in Practice

January 9-11, 2011
12th INFORMS Computing Society Conference, Monterey, California, U.S.A.

• Bob Fourer of AMPL Optimization will be attending.

April 10-12, 2011
INFORMS Conference on Business Analytics and Operations Research, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.

• AMPL booth in the exhibit area

• Workshop: Ziena Optimization, Sunday, April 10, 9:10-10:00
  • Robert Fourer and David M. Gay,
    Using KNITRO for AMPL

• Track 19: Software Tutorials, Tuesday, April 12, 12:45-13:10
  • Robert Fourer,
    New and Forthcoming Developments in the AMPL Modeling Language and System

May 16-19, 2011
SIAM Conference on Optimization, Darmstadt, Germany

• AMPL sponsorship and booth in the exhibit area

• David Gay of AMPL Optimization will be attending.

May 23-27, 2011
CPAIOR 2011: 8th International Conference on Integration of Artificial Intelligence and Operations Research Techniques in Constraint Programming for Combinatorial Optimization, Berlin, Germany

• AMPL sponsorship of this event

• Bob Fourer of AMPL Optimization will be attending.

July 10-15, 2011
IFORS 2011: 19th Triennial Conference of the International Federation of Operational Research Societies, Melbourne, Australia

• AMPL booth in the exhibit area

• Session MC-7: OR Software, Monday, July 11, 16:15-17:45
  • Robert Fourer,
    Attacking Hard Mixed-Integer Optimization Problems Using an Algebraic Modeling Language

August 30-September 2, 2011
OR 2011: International Conference on Operations Research, sponsored by the German, Austrian, and Swiss OR societies, Zurich, Switzerland

• AMPL booth in the exhibit area

• Session TC-22: Advances in Modeling Languages, Thursday, Sept 1, 11:30-13:00
  • Robert Fourer,
    New and Forthcoming Developments in the AMPL Modeling Language and System

September 6
Very Large Scale Optimization: A Conference in Honor of Etienne Loute, Brussels, Belgium

• Invited presentation, Tuesday, September 6, 14:45-15:30
  • Robert Fourer,
    Convexity Detection in Large-Scale Optimization

September 6-8
OR53: Annual Conference of the OR Society, Nottingham, United Kingdom

• Track 11: Optimisation Keynote, Thursday, Sept 8, 14:00-15:00
  • Robert Fourer,
    Convexity Detection in Large-Scale Optimization

November 13-16, 2011
INFORMS Annual Meeting, Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.A.

• AMPL booth in the exhibit area

• Session SB03: Optimization Software, Sunday, November 13, 11:00-12:30
  • Robert Fourer, Jared Erickson,
    Strategies for Using Algebraic Modeling Languages to Formulate Second-Order Cone Programs

• Session TC10: Software Demonstrations, Tuesday, November 15, 13:30-15:00
  • Robert Fourer,
    AMPL Models for ?Not Linear? Optimization Using Linear Solvers

• Invited presentation, Tuesday, November 29, 11:00-12:00
  • Robert Fourer,
    Using a Modeling Language for Efficient and Reliable Optimization in Logistics and Related Applications

• Invited presentation, Friday, December 2, 13:20-14:35
  • Robert Fourer,
    Using AMPL with Gurobi to Apply Optimization Models Efficiently and Reliably

February 24-26, 2012
4th INFORMS Optimization Society Conference, Coral Gables, Florida

• AMPL sponsorship of this event

• Session SB01: Software for Optimization Modeling, Saturday, February 25, 10:30-12:00
  • Robert Fourer,
    Alternatives for Scripting in the AMPL Modeling Language

March 28-30, 2012
APMOD 2012: International Conference on Applied Mathematical Optimization and Modelling, Paderborn, Germany

• AMPL sponsorship of this event

April 15-17, 2012
INFORMS Conference on Business Analytics & Operations Research, Huntington Beach, California, U.S.A.

• AMPL booth in the exhibit area

• Track 22: Software Tutorials, Tuesday, April 17, 10:30-11:20
  • Robert Fourer,
    New and Forthcoming Developments in the AMPL Modeling Language and System

June 24-27, 2012
INFORMS International Conference, Beijing, China

• AMPL booth in the exhibit area
  
• AMPL sponsorship of this event

• Session TB20: Software Tutorials, Tuesday, June 26, 11:00-12:30
  • Robert Fourer,
    Alternatives for Scripting in the AMPL Modeling Language

July 8-11, 2012
25th European Conference on Operational Research, Vilnius, Lithuania

• AMPL booth in the exhibit area

• Session WD-33: Optimization Modeling II, Wednesday, July 11, 14:30-16:00
  • Robert Fourer,
    Alternatives for Scripting in Conjunction with an Algebraic Modeling Language for Optimization

July 23-27, 2012
6th International Conference on Automatic Differentiation, Fort Collins, Colorado, U.S.A.

• Poster Presentation 5
  • David M. Gay,
    Bounds from Slopes

August 19-24, 2012
21st International Symposium on Mathematical Programming, Berlin, Germany

• AMPL booth in the exhibit area
  
• Bob Fourer of AMPL Optimization has organized 3 sessions on Modeling Languages and Software

• Modeling Languages and Software I, Thursday, August 23, 10:30-12:00
  • Robert Fourer,
    Strategies for Using Algebraic Modeling Languages to Formulate Second-Order Cone Programs

September 4-7, 2012
OR 2012: International Annual Conference of the German Operations Research Society, Hannover, Germany

• AMPL booth in the exhibit area
  

• Invited Talk, to be scheduled
  • Robert Fourer,
    Alternatives for Scripting in Conjunction with an Algebraic Modeling Language for Optimization

October 14-17, 2012
INFORMS Annual Meeting, Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.A.

• AMPL booth in the exhibit area
  
• Bob Fourer of AMPL Optimization has organized 3 sessions on modeling systems

• Session SA15: Software Demonstrations, Sunday, October 14, 8:00-9:30
  • Robert Fourer,
    Specifying “Logical” Conditions in AMPL Optimization Models

• Advances in Optimization Modeling Languages and Systems I, Sunday, October 14, 16:30-18:00
  • Session SD72: Jared Erickson and Robert Fourer,
    Automated Conversion of Common Optimization Problem Structures to Mixed-Integer Linear Programs

January 6-8, 2013
13th INFORMS Computing Society Conference, Santa Fe, New Mexico, U.S.A.

• AMPL sponsorship of this event
• Conference theme: Modeling and Analytics for the Real World
• Bob Fourer of AMPL Optimization is the stream chair for
  Modeling Languages and Systems.

• Optimization Modeling: Alternative Interfaces, Sunday, January 6, 16:30-18:00
  • Session SC3: Victor Zverovich and Robert Fourer,
    The AMPL Interface to Constraint Programming Solvers

• Optimization Modeling: Algebraic Languages, Tuesday, January 8, 16:30-18:00
  • Session TC3: David M. Gay,
    AMPL Implementation Techniques

April 7-9, 2013
INFORMS Conference on Business Analytics & Operations Research, San Antonio, Texas, U.S.A.

• AMPL booth in the exhibit area

• Track 11: Software Tutorials, Monday, April 8, 13:50-14:40
  • Robert Fourer,
    New and Forthcoming Developments in the AMPL Modeling Language and System

May 18-22, 2013
CPAIOR 2013: 10th International Conference on Integration of Artificial Intelligence and Operations Research Techniques in Constraint Programming, Yorktown Heights, New York, U.S.A.

• Late Breaking Abstracts, Wednesday, May 22, 16:00-17:00
  • Victor Zverovich,
    Connecting Constraint Programming Solvers to AMPL

July 1-4, 2013
EURO-INFORMS Joint International Meeting, Rome, Italy

• AMPL booth in the exhibit area

• Session TB56: Optimization Modeling I, Tuesday, July 2, 10:30-12:00
  • Robert Fourer,
    New Interface Developments in the AMPL Modeling Language & System
  
  
• Session WB9: Sponsor Presentations, Wednesday, July 3, 10:30-12:00
  • Robert Fourer,
    AMPL Models for “Not-Linear” Optimization Using “Linear” Solvers

July 8-12, 2013
13th International Conference on Stochastic Programming, Bergamo, Italy

• Solvers for Stochastic Optimization, Wednesday, July 10, 10:45-12:50
  • Victor Zverovich, Gautam Mitra, Csaba I. F?bi?n,
    A Solver for Problems with Second-Order Stochastic Dominance Constraints
  
  
• Computational SP Including Risk Management and Energy Applications, Thursday, July 11, 14:00-16:25
  • Gautam Mitra, Victor Zverovich, Christian Valente,
    Formulation and Solver Support for Optimisation under Uncertainty

July 29-August 1, 2013
4th International Conference on Continuous Optimization, Caparica, Portugal

• Session Thu.A.23: Extending the Power and Expressiveness of Optimization Modeling Languages, Thursday, August 1, 9:00-10:30
  • Robert Fourer,
    Convex Quadratic Programming in AMPL

September 3-6, 2013
OR 2013: International Conference of the German and Dutch OR Societies, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

• AMPL booth in the exhibit area
  
• AMPL sponsorship of this event

September 16-20, 2013
CP 2013: 19th International Conference on Principles and Practice of Constraint Programming, Uppsala, Sweden

• AMPL sponsorship of this event

• Workshop on CP Solvers: Modeling, Applications, Integration, and Standardization, Monday, September 16, 15:00-15:25
  • Victor Zverovich,
    Constraint Programming in AMPL

October 6-9, 2013
Informs Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A.

• AMPL booth in the exhibit area
  
  
• Session MC29: Software Demonstrations, Monday, October 7, 13:30-15:00
  • Robert Fourer,
    New AMPL Interfaces for Enhanced Development and Deployment of Optimization Models
  
  
• Session TD08: Constraint Programming III, Tuesday, October 8, 16:30-18:00
  • Victor Zverovich,
    New Features of the AMPL Constraint Programming Interfaces

January 5-9, 2014
Third International Conference on Numerical Analysis and Optimization, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman

• Venue 1, Wednesday, January 8, 10:20-12:40
  • David M. Gay,
    The AMPL Modeling Language -- an Aid to Formulating and Solving Optimization Problems