Events

Events

2019 Events/Seminars

Date Topic Presenter
May 15, 2019 The National Critical Infrastructure Interdependency Model Paul Chouinard, Douglas Hales
April 8, 2019 Students Presentations

2018 Events/Seminars

Date Topic Presenter
December 3, 2018 Students Presentations
November 9, 2018 Using a multiple newsvendor modeling framework to compare surgeons’ risk attitudes in an English hospital ManMohan S. Sodhi
October 17, 2018 Big Data and the Oilpatch: The Future is Now Rob Burton
September 19, 2018 Staffing Levels and Shift Scheduling of Workforce with Time Varying Productivity Negar Ganjouhaghighi
May 25, 2018 Introduction to Microsoft Power BI Darryl Burns
April 11, 2018 Students Presentations
March 16, 2018 Can Brands Claim Ignorance? Unauthorized Subcontracting in Apparel Supply Chains Felipe Caro
February 16, 2018 Optimization of Municipal Capital Program Owen James

2017 Events/Seminars

Date Topic Presenter
October 23, 2017 Data Analytics: Application, Methodology and Issues Tim Huh
September 13, 2017 Subsurface Analytics Database Craig Hassen
May 26, 2017 Applying Hybridized Decision Support System Tools to Client Based Scenarios – the Benefits, the Costs, and the Challenges Klas Ohman
February 24, 2017 Optimization of Municipal Capital Program Owen James

2016 Events/Seminars

Date Topic Presenter
September 21, 2016 Nonparametric Estimation of the Renewal Function and its use in Optimizing Preventive Replacement of a Large Number of Identical Equipment Systems Tom Morrison
May 27, 2016 Airplane Boarding Optimization Mostafa Salari
April 15, 2016 MODELING COMPETITIVE FIRMS’ PERFORMANCE UNDER PRICE-SENSITIVE DEMAND AND CAP-AND-TRADE EMISSION CONSTRAINTS Nikou Sabzevar
March 18, 2016 Operational Research Highs and Lows Maurice Elliott

2015 Events/Seminars

Date Topic Presenter
April 17, 2015 VERIFICATION AND VALIDATION OF PIPELINE TERMINAL SIMULATION MODELS Frank Lin
February 20, 2015 Autonomous Vehicles: A Paradigm Shift Paul Godsmark, P.Eng., C.Eng., M.I.C.E.

2014 Events/Seminars

Date Topic Presenter
Sep 17, 2014 Social Network Influence on Variability of Demand: The Hidden Cost of a Connected World Mozart Menezes
Jan 16, 2014 Introduction to Quantile Regression – Analyzing the Complicated Relationship Between Ice Failure Pressure and Area Tom Morrison and Paul Spencer

2013 Events/Seminars

Date Topic Presenter
21st June Simulating Aircraft Flow in WestJet's Network Glen Phillips
19th April Risk & Value - A Practical Approach to Effective Decision Making in a Large Water and Wastewater Utility Owen James

2012 Events/Seminars

Date Topic Presenter
20th September The Wisdom of Voters: Evaluating the Weber Objective at the Condorcet Solution Mozart Menezes
19th April Optimal Supply Chain under Uncertain Future Demand Suvra Saha

2011 Events/Seminars

Date Topic Presenter
17th November Robustness Measurement of Supply Chain Replenishment Strategies under Multiple Measuresof Wind Power into Power Systems and Market Operations Chandandeep Singh Grewal
29th June Integration of Wind Power into Power Systems and Market Operations Ming Hu
18th March The Problem of Measuring "Lean" Performance S. T. Enns
18th February Using a Simple Simulation to Support Pipeline Contamination Estimates Maurice Elliot

2010 Events/Seminars

Date Topic Presenter
19th November Behavioural Operations Management: An Introduction and a Sample of Applications Diane Bischak
20th May An MILP-based Formulation for Minimizing Pumping Energy Costs of Oil Pipelines: Beneficial to both the Environment and Pipeline Companies Ehsan Abbasi
18th February Studying the Impact of Uncertainty in Operational Release Planning – An Integrated Method and its Initial Evaluation Ahmed Al-Emran
21st January Adaptive Production Scheduling and Control for One-of-a-kind Production (OKP) Wei Li (Mike)

2009 Events/Seminars

Date Topic Presenter
18th November Scheduling to Optimize Due Date Performance under Uncertainity of Processing Times Anubhuti Parajuli
21st October Better Inventory Management in a Seasonal Demand with Re-adjustment and Re-optimization of Replenishment Parameters Chandandeep Singh Grewal
16th September Development of a Financial Sustainability Model for a Solid waste Management Facility Klas Ohman
21st May Using Spreadsheets to Teach Management Science: Opportunities, Adaptations and Caveats Jaydeep Balakrishnan
19th, March Trans Canada's Risk Management System for Pipeline Integrity Management Warren Peterson and Louis Fenyvesi

2008 Events/Seminars

Date Topic Presenter
15th May Comparing Supply chain Replenishment Policies using Optimum-seeking Simulation Chandandeep Singh Grewal
20th March A Capability based Measure of Economic Working Gas Capacity Neil Robinson
21st Feburary An Optimization System for Heavy Oil Supply Allocation and Strategic Planning Mina Rahnama

2007 Events/Seminars

Date Topic Presenter
19th December Fredholm Integral Equations of the First kind: A Discussion of the Influence of Measurement Error Tom Morrison
21st November Beyond Black-Scholes: Approaches to Energy Option Pricing Des J. Mc Manus
17th October Scheduling the Career Days at western Canada High School Maurice Elliott
19th September The Robustness of Applying Genetic Algorithm(GA) to Multiple objective optimization of large Pipeline Networks Kamal K. Botros
21st June Risk Modeling Methodology Tools and Demonstration Alex Hudy
17th May Personal Productivity, Communication & E-mail Ron Kitt
19th April Facility Integrity – A Management Perspective Tom Morrison
15th March Maple 11 - Global Optimization Toolkit MapleSoft Mathematical Software Company
15th Feburary Comparing “Pull” Replenishment Systems under Capacity Constraints Van Enns
18th Janurary Developing a Gas Supply Model For Forecasting Future Canadian Gas Supply Kenneth Logan

2006 Events/Seminars

Date Topic Presenter
13th December The Development Process of the Plant Risk Tool Model Alex Hudy
18th October Maximum Inventory Space when Re-Stocking and Drawdown Rates are Functions of Inventory Ron Kitt
16th June Integrating Market and Operational Research: A Look into Discrete Choice Modelling (DCM) Phillip Elliot
19th May Measuring Efficiency Using Data Envelopment Analysis: Managerial and Implementation Issues Murray Howland
21st April Optimizing the Utility return in Complex Projects: Getting the Most out of Projects, Before They are Finished Tim Sweet
20th Janurary Risk and Decision Analysis for Environmental Projects Andrew Mcgoey Smith

2005 Events/Seminars

Date Topic Presenter
21st October Productivity Improvement for a Manufacturing Process: The Black Belt Attack Sara Haynes
16th September Liquified Natural Gas: Yesterday, Today and Tommorrow Peter Howard
3rd June Operations Reserach in Health Care Micheal Carter
18th March Learning by (Not) Dying on the 8000 meter peaks in Himalaya and Karakoram Diane Bischak
18th Feburary CPR Transforms Oprations by Using Models to Develop Integrated Operating Plans Philip Ireland
21th Janurary Optimization and Simulation Software in Supply Chain Consulting Olessia Mikhovitch

2004 Events/Seminars

Date Topic Presenter
19th November Inventory Management Under Supplier Trade Credit With Stochastic Demand and Lead Time David Robb
15th October Enterprise resource Planning Implementations at Small and Medium Sized Enterprises: Influencial factors Brent Snider
17th September Electricity Deregulations in Alberta Softening the Bow Maurice Elliott
18th June Planning and Control in a Warranty Service Facility Energy Van Enns, Amir Messih
28th May Energy Environment Modeling with Energy 2020 Abha Bhargava
16th April Input Control via Delayed Order Release and Judicious Order Rejection: Results from Simple Queuing Models Paul Rogers
19th March Optimization of Process Operating Strategy for Oil Reservoir Simulation Ian Gates
20th Feburary Optimal Allocation of Production Lots to Surface Mount Technology Lines Ryan Waarringto