Prof Narayan Rangaraj visited University of Goettingen (Georg August Universitaet, Goettingen) from July 8-12, 2013. He visited the research group of Prof Anita Schoebel (Institute for Numerical and Applied Mathematics) and gave a talk on "Optimization Problems in Production Planning and Supply Chain Management" based on work done with students and colleagues at IIT Bombay.

Prof Narayan Rangaraj attended the EURO 2013 conference in Rome, Italy from July 1-4, 2013 and presented a talk "Timetabling for Suburban Rail Services in India", work co-authored with Abhiram Ranade, Devendra Shelar, Peeyush Gupta and R.Gopalakrishnan.

Title: Ensembles of Adaptive One-Factor-at-a-time Experiments: Methods, Evaluation, and Theory

Speaker: Dr. Nandan Sudarsanam, Quantitative Researcher, Rackson Asset Management

Time and Date: 3:30 p.m., Tuesday July 16 2013
Venue: Room 208, Mechanical Engineering

Speaker: Vinod Cheriyan, Georgia Tech.

Date and Time: 11:30 am, Friday July 12, 2013
Venue: Room 217, Mechanical Engineering

Abstract:
Asset price bubbles have been observed in experimental markets.
However, in most of these studies the supply and demand of assets are
specified exogenously. Also, their finite duration causes end of the
horizon effects. In this work, we design an experimental market with
endogenous supply and demand, and random duration. We show that asset

Anirban Ghatak, Ph.D. Student, IE&OR, delivered an Institute Lecture on “Evolution, Cooperation and Us”, during his visit to IIT Ropar between April 15, and May 15, 2013. He also delivered a lecture for all Ph.D Students on “Irrationality in Research"

 Like every year IITB PG Sports saw a good participation from IEOR. There were some highs and some lows in the  many events that took place throughout the academic year. IEOR participated in many events like swimming, cricket, football, table tennis, etc. It was a great experience for all the players.

Some details of how the individuals and teams fared.