Dear All,
We are pleased to invite you to the IEOR Seminar by Dr. Ashwin Verma on Tuesday Feb 24, 9:30 am. The details are given below.
TITLE: Optimization and Learning in Networked Systems Under Information and Resource Constraints
SPEAKER: Dr. Ashwin Verma, Purdue University
DATE & TIME: Tuesday, Feb 24, 2026, 9:30 am
VENUE: IEOR 211 (Seminar room), Dept. of IEOR.
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Dear All,
I am pleased to invite you to an upcoming webinar organised by TCA2I, IIT Bombay on "Supply Chain Analytics - Driving Agility & Efficiency: Some Case Studies."
The session will explore how AI-driven analytics and mathematical modelling are transforming modern supply chains by bridging rigorous academic research with real-world operational agility and efficiency.
Dear All,
We are pleased to invite you to the IEOR Online Seminar by Maharshi Dhada (faculty candidate).
Talk title: Multi-level Models for Asset Failure Prognosis and Maintenance
Planning
Speaker: Maharshi Dhada, University of Cambridge
Time: Monday, 16th February, 11:35AM
Venue: Online on MSTeams
Link: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/44665641044357?p=kXdld22Q0xGm7JVUie
Meeting ID: 446 656 410 443 57
Passcode: gS6vK7jn
Dear All,
We are pleased to invite you to the IEOR Seminar by Prof. Manikandan Rangaswamy on 09 February 2026 (Monday).
Title: Equilibrium, Pricing, and Social Welfare in Observable and Unobservable Queueing–Inventory Systems with Optional Service
Speaker: Manikandan Rangaswamy, Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics , Central University of Kerala (CUK), Kasaragod,
Date and time: Monday, 9th Feb 2026, 5:15pm
Venue: Seminar room, 2nd floor, IEOR building, IE 211
The Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research (IEOR) is pleased to welcome Dr. Manikandan Rangaswamy as an INSA Visiting Scientist. His visit is scheduled from January 12 to February 10, 2026.
Dr. Rangaswamy is a faculty member in the Department of Mathematics, Central University of Kerala. His research interests include stochastic modelling and analysis of queueing, reliability, and storage systems; stochastic games in queues; and telecommunications networks and their applications. During his visit, he will be collaborating with Prof. N. Hemachandra.
Dear All,
We are pleased to invite you to the IEOR Seminar by Prof. Bismark Singh on 04 February 2026 (Wednesday).
Title: Balancing user accessibility and facility load fairness in undesirable facility location problems.
Speaker: Bismark Singh, Associate Professor in the Operational Research group at the School of Mathematical Sciences, University of Southampton, UK.
Date and time: Wednesday, 04 February 2026, 3PM
Venue: Seminar Room, 2nd Floor, IEOR Building
Savad KP, a PhD student from the Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research (IEOR), participated in the Reinforcement Learning Workshop 2026, held at the IISc Bangalore campus from January 15–18, 2026. The workshop commenced with a tutorial on reinforcement learning theory by Prof. Gugan Thoppe from IISc Bangalore. From January 16-18, the event featured insightful talks by renowned professors from around the world, including Aviral Kumar, Vivek Borkar, and M Vidyasagar, among others.
Himanshu Maurya , Anubhav Bonit , Divya Jyoti Bajpai and Prakhar Paliwal attended the COMSNETS 2026 conference , dated 6th January 2026 to 10th January 2026. The conference focused on Communication System and Networks , highlighting various innovative research taking place in this field . The conference also served as a platform for networking and academic exchange, contributing positively to ongoing projects and future collaborative opportunities.
Gurkirat Wadhwa presented her paper titled "Price Equilibria with Positive Margins in Loyal-Strategic Markets with Discrete Prices" at the 64th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC 2025), Rio De Janerio, Brazil. This work, coauthored with Akansh Verma (MTech passout student, IEOR), Prof. Veeraruna Kavitha, and Prof. Priyank Sinha, discusses Nash equilibria and Edgeworth cycles in a modified Bertrand duopoly. They have attached a personal picture and the CDC invitation letter to support leave form completion.