Operations Research Colloquium Spring 2001  
 

 
   Date
    Title and Speaker
 
  Jan 25, Thursday
 

 


   Queueing Networks: When can we solve them and how?

   Xiuli Chao
   North Carolina State University
 

   Feb 1, Thursday
 

 


   Algorithmic Analysis of Stochastic Models: 
   The Changing Face of Mathematics 

   V. Ramaswami 
   AT&T Research
 

   Feb 8, Thursday
 

 


   Optimization on the Internet 

   Jeff Linderoth 
   Argonne National Laboratory and Dash Optimization
 

   Feb 22, Thursday
 

 


   Maximum Stable Set Formulations and Heuristics 
   Based on Continuous Optimization 

   Renato Monteiro 
   Georgia Institute of Technology
 

   March 1, Thursday
 

 


   Fluid Models of TCP-based Flows 

   Don Towsley 
   University of Massachusetts Amherst 
 

   March 8, Thursday
 

 


   Managing Product Variety

   Jay Swaminathan 
   UNC, Kenan-Flagler Business School
 

   April 5, Thursday
 
 

 


   Barrier Functions and Convex Optimization 
 

   Stefan Schmieta 
   Axioma Inc. and Columbia University
 

   April 19, Thursday

 


   Approximation Algorithms for Linear Programming: 
   From Theory to Growing Practice 

   Daniel Bienstock
   Columbia University