Our rapidly changing world is characterized by unpredictable events and growing uncertainty levels. Technological advancements, global economic shifts, geopolitical tensions, and environmental challenges are some factors contributing to this trend. This change presents new opportunities for growth and innovation. …

When solving a mathematical problem, one generally seeks the optimal solution. However, sometimes, this solution is not good enough, especially if other factors are taken into consideration. These factors include robustness, fairness, and others. “If you optimize everything, you will always be unhappy” — Donald Ervin Knuth In this article…

Humans have been inspired a lot by nature while developing several algorithms used in optimization and artificial intelligence. Indeed, nature shows many signs of intelligence as it can be witnessed while observing ants. “Am I as admirable as that ant?” — Nobuyuki Fukumoto In this article, I would like to…

One of the most exciting research areas in operations research is automatic algorithm configuration (AAC). It caught first the ML community's attention given its practical relevance in several tasks such as hyperparameters tuning. In this article, I would like to highlight that there is room to push further the boundaries…

When dealing with large-scale optimization, decomposition techniques take place as effective exact methods. In addition to Dantzig-Wolfe decomposition covered in a previous topic, Benders decomposition is another prominent method used intensively to tackle several large-scale real-life problems. In this article, I will go through this extremely interesting algorithm that was…

Since the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), rethinking our skills has become extremely exciting, especially when it comes to reasoning. The latter is linked directly to whether, someday, machines can fully replace humans as we often see in science fiction movies or not. “Without the influence…

Science has been contributing significantly to our lives since the 14th century through the production of knowledge. The application of the latter in real life allowed longer and healthier life, medicine to cure our diseases, transportation, food, etc. …

Since I got into the optimization swimming pool, I have been witnessing closely that this field has been greatly improving our lives over the last years. In short words, optimization is the choice of the best possible decision in a given context. Examples of optimization problems can be seen in…

While Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been adding value to ours lives in many ways, it remains a tool that can be harmful in case of exaggeration or bad usage. To deal with the second aspect, several big tech corporations initiated AI ethics boards and/or departments. While the role differs from…