WEBINAR / EVENT
Fireside Chat with Ed Rothberg and Mike Watson
The world of mathematical optimization has contributed greatly to the global economy for years. Many businesses have saved millions of dollars (and improved operational efficiencies) solving problems with this technique at the helm. In this Opex Analytics Academy session, Mike Watson was able to sit down and chat with one of the pioneers in this space, Dr. Ed Rothberg, CEO of Gurobi Optimization.
September 01 2022
WEBINAR / EVENT
Fireside Chat with Ed Rothberg and Mike Watson
The world of mathematical optimization has contributed greatly to the global economy for years. Many businesses have saved millions of dollars (and improved operational efficiencies) solving problems with this technique at the helm. In this Opex Analytics Academy session, Mike Watson was able to sit down and chat with one of the pioneers in this space, Dr. Ed Rothberg, CEO of Gurobi Optimization.
September 01 2022
WEBINAR / EVENT
Fireside Chat with Ed Rothberg and Mike Watson
The world of mathematical optimization has contributed greatly to the global economy for years. Many businesses have saved millions of dollars (and improved operational efficiencies) solving problems with this technique at the helm. In this Opex Analytics Academy session, Mike Watson was able to sit down and chat with one of the pioneers in this space, Dr. Ed Rothberg, CEO of Gurobi Optimization.
September 01 2022
Webinar Summary
The world of mathematical optimization has contributed greatly to the global economy for years. Many businesses have saved millions of dollars (and improved operational efficiencies) solving problems with this technique at the helm. In this Opex Analytics Academy session, Mike Watson was able to sit down and chat with one of the pioneers in this space, Dr. Ed Rothberg, CEO of Gurobi Optimization.
Ed led the CPLEX Optimization Team for ten years before moving on to co-found Gurobi, today’s most powerful mathematical optimization solver on the market. Mike Watson, who also brings a deep background in optimization and data science, sits with Ed to discuss a brief history of mathematical optimization, to consider where it fits amid the current barrage of Artificial Intelligence hype, and to look into the types of future innovations it will continue to drive.
This recording of the Opex Academy presents a solid understanding of the power behind mathematical optimization as the enormous value it creates in the market today as well as a sneak peek into opportunities we see it supporting in the years to come.
Webinar Summary
The world of mathematical optimization has contributed greatly to the global economy for years. Many businesses have saved millions of dollars (and improved operational efficiencies) solving problems with this technique at the helm. In this Opex Analytics Academy session, Mike Watson was able to sit down and chat with one of the pioneers in this space, Dr. Ed Rothberg, CEO of Gurobi Optimization.
Ed led the CPLEX Optimization Team for ten years before moving on to co-found Gurobi, today’s most powerful mathematical optimization solver on the market. Mike Watson, who also brings a deep background in optimization and data science, sits with Ed to discuss a brief history of mathematical optimization, to consider where it fits amid the current barrage of Artificial Intelligence hype, and to look into the types of future innovations it will continue to drive.
This recording of the Opex Academy presents a solid understanding of the power behind mathematical optimization as the enormous value it creates in the market today as well as a sneak peek into opportunities we see it supporting in the years to come.
Webinar Summary
The world of mathematical optimization has contributed greatly to the global economy for years. Many businesses have saved millions of dollars (and improved operational efficiencies) solving problems with this technique at the helm. In this Opex Analytics Academy session, Mike Watson was able to sit down and chat with one of the pioneers in this space, Dr. Ed Rothberg, CEO of Gurobi Optimization.
Ed led the CPLEX Optimization Team for ten years before moving on to co-found Gurobi, today’s most powerful mathematical optimization solver on the market. Mike Watson, who also brings a deep background in optimization and data science, sits with Ed to discuss a brief history of mathematical optimization, to consider where it fits amid the current barrage of Artificial Intelligence hype, and to look into the types of future innovations it will continue to drive.
This recording of the Opex Academy presents a solid understanding of the power behind mathematical optimization as the enormous value it creates in the market today as well as a sneak peek into opportunities we see it supporting in the years to come.
Speakers
Meet Your Expert Speaker
Learn from the best in the industry, bringing years of experience and groundbreaking insights to the forefront of AI personalization.
Edward Rothberg
Chairman of the Board and Co-Founder
Dr. Rothberg has served in senior leadership positions in optimization software companies for more than twenty years. Prior to his role as Gurobi Chief Scientist and Chairman of the Board, Dr. Rothberg held the Gurobi CEO position from 2015 - 2022 and the COO position from the co-founding of Gurobi in 2008 to 2015. Prior to co-founding Gurobi, he led the ILOG CPLEX team. Dr. Edward Rothberg has a BS in Mathematical and Computational Science from Stanford University, and an MS and PhD in Computer Science, also from Stanford University. Dr. Rothberg has published numerous papers in the fields of linear algebra, parallel computing, and mathematical programming. He is one of the world's leading experts in sparse Cholesky factorization and computational linear, integer, and quadratic programming. He is particularly well known for his work in parallel sparse matrix factorization, and in heuristics for mixed integer programming.
Michael Watson
Associate Professor of Instruction
He was the co-founder and CEO of Opex Analytics, an AI firm that grew from 0 to 140 data scientists from 2013 to 2019. Their clients included many Fortune 500 companies. In 2019, it was acquired by LLamasoft and by Coupa in 2020. At Coupa, he led the AI Center of Excellence until December 2021.
He is now a full-time faculty member at Northwestern University in the Department of Industrial Engineering. He teaches master’s and undergraduate level courses in Supply Chain, Operations Excellence, Managerial Analytics, and Optimization. He also runs a capstone course where students do projects for companies.
He has a Ph.D. from Northwestern, is the lead author of the books “Supply Chain Network Design” and “Managerial Analytics,” and writes at https://MikeTalksAI.substack.com/.
Speakers
Meet Your Expert Speaker
Learn from the best in the industry, bringing years of experience and groundbreaking insights to the forefront of AI personalization.
Edward Rothberg
Chairman of the Board and Co-Founder
Dr. Rothberg has served in senior leadership positions in optimization software companies for more than twenty years. Prior to his role as Gurobi Chief Scientist and Chairman of the Board, Dr. Rothberg held the Gurobi CEO position from 2015 - 2022 and the COO position from the co-founding of Gurobi in 2008 to 2015. Prior to co-founding Gurobi, he led the ILOG CPLEX team. Dr. Edward Rothberg has a BS in Mathematical and Computational Science from Stanford University, and an MS and PhD in Computer Science, also from Stanford University. Dr. Rothberg has published numerous papers in the fields of linear algebra, parallel computing, and mathematical programming. He is one of the world's leading experts in sparse Cholesky factorization and computational linear, integer, and quadratic programming. He is particularly well known for his work in parallel sparse matrix factorization, and in heuristics for mixed integer programming.
Michael Watson
Associate Professor of Instruction
He was the co-founder and CEO of Opex Analytics, an AI firm that grew from 0 to 140 data scientists from 2013 to 2019. Their clients included many Fortune 500 companies. In 2019, it was acquired by LLamasoft and by Coupa in 2020. At Coupa, he led the AI Center of Excellence until December 2021.
He is now a full-time faculty member at Northwestern University in the Department of Industrial Engineering. He teaches master’s and undergraduate level courses in Supply Chain, Operations Excellence, Managerial Analytics, and Optimization. He also runs a capstone course where students do projects for companies.
He has a Ph.D. from Northwestern, is the lead author of the books “Supply Chain Network Design” and “Managerial Analytics,” and writes at https://MikeTalksAI.substack.com/.
Speakers
Meet Your Expert Speaker
Learn from the best in the industry, bringing years of experience and groundbreaking insights to the forefront of AI personalization.
Chairman of the Board and Co-Founder
Edward Rothberg
Dr. Rothberg has served in senior leadership positions in optimization software companies for more than twenty years. Prior to his role as Gurobi Chief Scientist and Chairman of the Board, Dr. Rothberg held the Gurobi CEO position from 2015 - 2022 and the COO position from the co-founding of Gurobi in 2008 to 2015. Prior to co-founding Gurobi, he led the ILOG CPLEX team. Dr. Edward Rothberg has a BS in Mathematical and Computational Science from Stanford University, and an MS and PhD in Computer Science, also from Stanford University. Dr. Rothberg has published numerous papers in the fields of linear algebra, parallel computing, and mathematical programming. He is one of the world's leading experts in sparse Cholesky factorization and computational linear, integer, and quadratic programming. He is particularly well known for his work in parallel sparse matrix factorization, and in heuristics for mixed integer programming.
Associate Professor of Instruction
Michael Watson
He was the co-founder and CEO of Opex Analytics, an AI firm that grew from 0 to 140 data scientists from 2013 to 2019. Their clients included many Fortune 500 companies. In 2019, it was acquired by LLamasoft and by Coupa in 2020. At Coupa, he led the AI Center of Excellence until December 2021.
He is now a full-time faculty member at Northwestern University in the Department of Industrial Engineering. He teaches master’s and undergraduate level courses in Supply Chain, Operations Excellence, Managerial Analytics, and Optimization. He also runs a capstone course where students do projects for companies.
He has a Ph.D. from Northwestern, is the lead author of the books “Supply Chain Network Design” and “Managerial Analytics,” and writes at https://MikeTalksAI.substack.com/.
