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Joint
Seminar
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
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Department of Systems Engineering and Engineering Management
The Chinese
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Adventures in Sports Scheduling and Trends in
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Prof. Michael Trick |
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March 9th, 2012 (Friday) |
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4:30p.m. - 5:30p.m. |
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9/F,ERB LT |
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William M.W. Mong Engineering
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(Engineering Building Complex Phase 2) |
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CUHK |
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Abstract:
Major League Baseball is a multi-billion dollar per year
industry that relies heavily on the quality of its schedule. Teams,
fans, TV networks, and even political parties (in a way revealed in the talk)
rely on the schedule for profits and enjoyment. Only recently have |
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Biography:
Michael Trick is Professor of Operations Research
and Associate Dean, Research at the Tepper School
of Business, Carnegie Mellon, where he has been on faculty since 1989.
His research interests are in sports scheduling, integer and constraint
optimization, and social choice. In 2002 he was President of the Institute
for Operations Research and |
************************* ALL ARE WELCOME ************************
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Host |
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Prof. Leung May Yee, Janny |
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(852) 3943-8238 |
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Prof. Nan Chen or Prof. Sean X. Zhou |
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Department of Systems Engineering and Engineering
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