Dr. Joel Sokol
Thursday, 17 June 2004, 3:30 PM
Seminar EA-06-03, 9 Engineering Drive 1, Faculty of Engineering, NUS
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• About the Speaker •

Joel Sokol, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
School of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
http://www.isye.gatech.edu/people/profile.php?id=1324

Joel Sokol is an assistant professor in Industrial and Systems Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He received a Ph.D. in operations research from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1999. His bachelor's degrees, including a B.S. in applied sciences in engineering and a B.A. in mathematics and computer science are from Rutgers University, where he graduated first in his class. Dr. Sokol's research interests include networks, linear programming, inverse optimization, and combinatorial optimization, as well as the application of operations research techniques to logistics, transportation, and network design problems. He is also interested in applications in biology, social logistics, and sports modeling.

• About the Seminar •

We discuss the problem of assigning products to zones in a warehouse in order to minimize the number of multizone orders. We explain the motivation for the objective function, and discuss the application of some heuristics from the literature to the problem. Previous work has focused on construction heuristics; in this work, we present a large-scale neighborhood search heuristic for improving previously-found solutions. We demonstrate how to generalize the heuristic to various types of warehouse storage policies, and present computational results to show the effectiveness of our method.

• Program at a Glance •

3:30 pm : Introduction by A/P Huang Huei Chuen, ISE, Engineering
3:35 to 4.30 pm : Lecture by Dr. Joel Sokol
                           (followed by Question & Answer)

• Seminar Materials •

Should the speaker permits, material used during the seminar will be posted here for public reference after the seminar has successfully concluded.

• Registration •

Admission is free. Seats are limited to the first 80 participants on a first come first serve basis. Please register your attendance via email to tlievent1@nus.edu.sg and provide your name, designation, company and contact nos.

• Other Information •

This invitation extends to

• NUS Faculty Members, Research Staff and Students (specifically, from Faculty of Engineering, Faculty of Science - Maths and Statistics Departments, School of Business - Decision Science Department, and School of Computing)
• All members of TLI-Asia Pacific Supporting Government Agencies and Operational Research Society of Singapore
• Members of the Logistics Industry & Professions
• TLI - Asia Pacific Faculty Members, Research Staff and Dual MSc Students