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March 19, 2026 at 10AM ET | 4PM CET

Originally presented at Gurobi Days Digital Academic 2025, this panel explores the evolving role of Generative AI in optimization education and academic research.

As GenAI tools rapidly transform the academic landscape, this discussion examines the growing impact on how optimization is taught, learned, and advanced.

Featuring leading academic voices, the panel will share practical insights, real-world experiences, and emerging best practices for integrating AI into teaching, student advising, and research workflows. The conversation will highlight both opportunities and challenges, offering thoughtful perspectives for educators and researchers navigating this new AI-enabled era.

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Dr. Can Li

Assistant Professor
Purdue University

Dr. Can Li

Assistant Professor
Purdue University

Can obtained his bachelor’s degree from Tsinghua University, China, in Chemical Engineering. He completed his PhD in Chemical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. His PhD research is focused on stochastic mixed-integer nonlinear programming and long-term expansion planning of power systems. Can did a one-year Postdoc at Polytechnique Montreal on using machine learning techniques to accelerate optimization algorithms. He joined the Davidson School of Chemical Engineering at Purdue University as an assistant professor in the Fall of 2022. His research group is focused on optimization, machine learning, and applications in sustainable energy systems. His group won Air Liquide’s global scientific challenge on data sharing for decarbonization in 2023 and the Amazon Research Award in 2024.

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Dr. Laura Albert

Professor Industrial and Systems Engineering
University of Wisconsin-Madison

Dr. Laura Albert

Professor Industrial and Systems Engineering
University of Wisconsin-Madison

Laura Albert, Ph.D., is a Professor of Industrial & Systems Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a thought leader in operations research and analytics. She served as the David H. Gustafson Department Chair from 2021-24 and the President of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) in 2023. Dr. Albert’s research focuses on mitigating risks in the public sector through optimization and operations research methodologies, with applications in critical infrastructure protection, public safety, and emergency response. She is a Fellow of both the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE). Her work has been recognized with numerous accolades, including the INFORMS Impact Prize, a National Science Foundation CAREER award, and a Fulbright Award. An advocate for public engagement, Dr. Albert has penned several op-eds for national news outlets, and she authors the engineering blogs “Punk Rock Operations Research” and “Badger Bracketology.” 

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Dr. Naser Nikandish

Associate Professor of Practice
Johns Hopkins

Dr. Naser Nikandish

Associate Professor of Practice
Johns Hopkins

Naser Nikandish holds a PhD and MA in Operations, Technology, and Information Management from Cornell University. He received a bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering from Tehran Polytechnic and MSc in Industrial Engineering from Sharif University of Technology, Iran. His research interests include Inventory Management and Capacity Planning.

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