Research Opportunities for Operational and Service Excellence in Healthcare
Abstract: Health is Wealth (Ralph Waldo Emerson, 18th century) An apple a day keeps the doctor away (English proverb, 19th century) Happiness is the highest form of health (Dalai Lama, 20th century) To make the right choices in life, you have to get in touch with your soul. (Deepak Chopra, 21st century) Maintaining and sustaining
Optimization: A guided tour
Abstract: Optimization, also known as Mathematical Programming, or Operations Research, is a field that aims to model with mathematics, and solve with computers, practical decision problems arising in engineering and business. The field is at the foundation of most modern artificial intelligence technology, with use cases in natural language processing and computer vision, machine learning, data
Endangered languages
Abstract: Half of the world’s languages are endangered and may go extinct in this century. The loss of these languages will have dire consequences not only for their speakers, but also for culture, science, and the environment. Around the world, speakers of endangered languages are mounting strategic efforts to save their languages. This presentation features photos