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Paul Rubin

@parubin.bsky.social

Apostate mathematician, operations research, optimization, Pro Bono Analytics, inarticulate Java & R coder

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Thiago Serra@thserra.bsky.social · 7mo ago

We are now accepting applications for the 5th FutureBAProf workshop at the University of Iowa for advanced PhD students and postdocs. This is the one and only workshop that demystifies academic careers in business analytics and helps participants prepare for the job market and careers in this field.

Business Analytics FutureBAProf - About

FutureBAProf is a one-and-a-half-day workshop designed to demystify the field of business analytics while supporting emerging scholars preparing for the academic job market.

tippie.uiowa.edu

Alexander Helber@ahelber.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Question for #orms people: do you know any problem-specific cutting planes that are not too hard to explain and separate and would improve performance compared to a baseline MIP solver (e.g. SCIP, Gurobi)? Asking because its more fun for students if they implement something and it helps performance

Paul Rubin@parubin.bsky.social · last yr.

For my faculty friends trying to sort out how to cope with AI use by students, I think this post by @lauraalbertphd.bsky.social is dead on. punkrockor.com/2025/10/09/c...

Culture eats AI strategy for breakfast: why professors should focus on culture instead of consequences when confronting generative AI in the classroom

The rise of generative AI (GenAI) has been swift, leaving many of us in higher education scrambling to adapt. We have focused on creating new policies and redesigning assignments, but it can feel l…

punkrockor.com

Peter Baker@peterbakernyt.bsky.social · last yr.

During the campaign, Trump said it would be so easy to end the war in Ukraine he could do it in 24 hours and in fact would do it before being inaugurated. Three months after his inauguration, his chief diplomat now says it is so hard he may stop trying. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/w...

Rubio Says U.S. to ‘Move On’ From Ukraine Peace Efforts if No Progress Soon

“If it is not possible to end the war in Ukraine, we need to move on,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio said as he departed meetings in Paris.

nytimes.com

Randy Cassingham@thisistrue.com · 2y ago

My dad's mom died when I was 15ish. I didn't use my mom's mother as an excuse; instead, I sat with her as she died several years after I graduated college. But I do remember "my grandmother died" being used by several other students as an excuse during my college years. Some 'died' several times!

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Anna Nagurney@annanagurney.bsky.social · 2y ago

Today, the daughters of Dr. Marguerite Frank wrote me that she passed away on Dec. 11 at the age of 97. I had written a post about her & Ailsa Land when they turned 93: annanagurney.blogspot.com/2021/03/cele... No obituary yet. Marguerite was a friend. I helped with a paper award in her honor. #orms

Celebrating Two Amazing Female Operations Researchers, Both 93 Years Old, for Their Contributions to Algorithms

Since this blogpost was published, sadly, Professor Ailsa Land passed away on May 16, 2021. Please refer to this obituary posted on the Lond...

annanagurney.blogspot.com

Paul Rubin@parubin.bsky.social · 2y ago

Random thought for the day: a completely logical AI program would probably crash trying to fill out a US federal tax return; but an LLM prone to hallucination would have no trouble with it.