INFORMS 2026 Panel: AI in the ORMS Workforce: Threat, Tool, or Career Accelerator?
, INFORMS 2026 Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA,
Panel discussion on the role of AI in the OR/MS workforce at the INFORMS 2026 Annual Conference.
Talks and presentations
INFORMS 2026 Doctoral Student Colloquium Industry Career Paths Panel
, INFORMS 2026 Annual Conference Doctoral Student Colloquium, San Francisco, CA,
Doctoral Student Colloquium Industry Career Paths Panel at the INFORMS 2026 Annual Conference.
Where Should the Analysts Live: Organizing Analytics Within the Enterprise (University of Alberta)
, Alberta School of Business, University of Alberta,
This talk focuses on common management structures—centralized, decentralized, and matrix organizations—and how they impact the success of analytics projects.
Development and Deployment of Advance Operational Planning for Disaster Response for the American Red Cross (Columbia)
, Columbia University, Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research (IEOR),
Guest lecture on disaster response operational planning in Operations Research for Public Policy at Columbia University IEOR.
INFORMS Analytics 2026 Workshop Using Generative AI in Analytics: Demonstration, Pitfalls, and Practices
Tutorial, INFORMS Webinar / INFORMS Analytics+ 2026,
Demonstration and discussion of generative AI workflows, common pitfalls, and best practices presented for INFORMS.
Fireside Chat: Exploring Generative AI in Healthcare and Emergency Response (CMU)
, Carnegie Mellon University, Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy,
Fireside chat with Heinz College at CMU Healthcare Analytics and AI Management students.
INFORMS-Pittsburgh Panel: Mentoring in Analytics
, INFORMS-Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA,
Panel discussion on mentoring strategies and professional development in analytics.
INFORMS 2025 Panel on AI and Optimization for Smarter Healthcare Systems
, INFORMS 2025 Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA,
Panel on the integration of artificial intelligence and mathematical optimization in modern healthcare systems.
PyCon USA Does Generative AI Know Statistics?
, PyCon USA 2025, Pittsburgh, PA,
This talk discusses some experiences using Generative AI as an aid in applied analytics and walks through an example that illustrates working around its weaknesses and taking advantage of its capabilities.
INFORMS Analytics 2025 Where Should Analysts Live: Organizing Analytics Within the Enterprise
, INFORMS-Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA / INFORMS Analytics+, Indianapolis, IN,
This talk focuses on common management structures—centralized, decentralized, and matrix organizations—and how they impact the success of analytics projects.
AI and Its Implications in Public Health: The Application of Generative AI in Public Health Analytics
, Chulalongkorn University - College of Public Health Sciences,
In the past two years Generative AI has had broad impacts in the applications of analytics. In public health, Generative AI can help perform our duties. This includes planning activities, statistical analysis, and public health communications.
The Uses and Limitations of Generative AI in the Mathematical Sciences
, Chiang Mai University Department of Mathematics,
This workshop will discuss current findings on the capabilities and limitations of Generative AI will guide participants in assessing domains where participants have knowledge. Finally, participants will use Generative AI to provide summaries of mathematical papers for a diverse set of audiences.
INFORMS 2024 Panel on Artificial Intelligence and Generative AI in Analytics Practice
, INFORMS 2024 Annual Conference, Seattle, WA,
Panel exploring practical applications and challenges of generative AI in enterprise analytics practice.
POMS 2024 Analyzing Social Vulnerability as a Proxy for Damage in a Natural Disaster
, POMS 2024, Minneapolis, MN,
Working with the American Red Cross and using the FEMA Individuals and Households Program (IHP) valid registrations data set, we explore the relationship between socially vulnerable populations and the damage that occurred to their homes from Hurricane Michael.
INFORMS Analytics 2024 Rising Analytics Career Panel
, INFORMS Analytics 2024, Los Angeles, CA,
Career development panel at the INFORMS Analytics Conference.
Information During a Disaster: The Development of Advanced Operational Planning Tools and Model(CMU)
, Carnegie Mellon University, Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy,
Guest lecture on disaster analytics and decision support tools at Carnegie Mellon University Heinz College.
INFORMS 2023 A Panel Discussion on Successfully Entering the Data Profession
, INFORMS 2023 Annual Conference, Phoenix, AZ,
Panel session discussing strategies and pathways for entering the data science and analytics profession.
The Development of Advanced Operational Planning for National Disaster Response at the American Red Cross (University of Pittsburgh)
, University of Pittsburgh, Department of Industrial Engineering,
Guest lecture on data for public good and Red Cross operational modeling at the University of Pittsburgh.
Tech Talk: Solving the Two Population SIR Model to Project COVID-19 Wave
, ChristianaCare Institute for Research in Equity and Community Health (iREACH) / Delaware-CTR,
Invited technical seminar on epidemic modeling using two-population SIR formulations for ChristianaCare iREACH.
INFORMS 2022 Solving the Two Population SIR Model to Provide Early Estimates of Peak and Duration of a COVID-19 Wave
, INFORMS 2022 Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, IN,
Conference presentation at INFORMS 2022 on epidemic trajectory forecasting using two-population SIR modeling.
COVID-19 compartmental models with vaccinations and immune evasive variants using insurance data
, Highmark Health COVID-19 Journal Club,
Internal talk on using compartmental models to provide early identification of new variant case surges.
INFORMS 2021 Evaluating Specialist Staffing for Telestroke Consult Support for Regional Hospital Emergency Departments
, INFORMS 2021 Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA / Virtual,
Operations research modeling of telestroke staffing levels to support emergency department consults.
INFORMS 2019 Pro Bono Analytics – Providing Analytics Support to Nonprofit Organizations
, INFORMS 2019 Annual Conference, Seattle, WA,
Panel on leveraging analytics expertise for social good and supporting nonprofit organizations.
Human Resources Analytics Dashboard for Healthcare Volunteer Retention
, Pre Association for Information Systems (AIS) International Conference on Information Systems (Pre-ICIS) Special Interest Group on Decision Support and Analytics (SIGDSA) Symposium,
‘Our Volunteer Services staff has very little analytical knowledge, and the community partners [Pro Bono Analytics team] were able to break down the information in a way for us to understand,’ said Cheronda Rutherford, senior volunteer coordinator at Houston Methodist Hospital.
Bayesian Methods in Python
, Pittsburgh Python Meetup at IBM Pittsburgh,
This talk on Bayesian Methods in Python given at the Pittsburgh Python Meetup on May 27, 2015. It gives examples of Bayesian Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) methods using the emcee, PyMC, and PyStan.
Natural Language Toolkit and Association Rules
, Pittsburgh Python Meetup at Google Pittsburgh,
This talk on the Natural Language Toolkit and Association Rules uses the Mine Safety and Health Administration Accident Injuries Data Set as example data was given at the Pittsburgh Python Meetup on October 22, 2014.