Miscellaneous

Upcoming Events

1. 2026 INFORMS Transportation Science and Logistics (TSL) Conference, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA, July 26-29, 2026.

2. INFORMS Annual Meeting 2026, San Francisco, CA, November 2026.

3. Modeling and Optimization: Theory and Applications (MOPTA) 2026, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, Aug 18-19, 2026.

4. CDC 2026, 65th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, Dec 15-18, 2026.

Past Events

1. International Conference on Transport and Logistics (T-LOG 2026), Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, June 27-29, 2026.

2. SIAM Conference on Optimization (OP26), University of Edinburgh, UK, June 2-5, 2026.

3. 2025 International Conference on Stochastic Programming (ICSP), Paris, France, July 28-Aug 01, 2025.

4. 2025 IISE Annual Conference and EXPO, Atlanta, GA, May 31-June 3, 2025.

5. IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC 2024), Milan, Italy, Dec 16-19, 2024.

6. International Symposium on Mathematical Programming (ISMP), Montreal, Canada, July 21-26, 2024.

7. International Conference on Learning Representations, Vienna, Austria, May 7-11, 2024.

Academic Related

1. Writing Tips and Style Guidelines by J. Cole Smith

2. Optimization-Online

3. SIPLIB: A Stochastic Integer Programming Test Problem Library

4. COIN-OR

5. JuliaOpt, Optimization packages for the Julia Language.

6. PhD - Piled Higher & Deeper: Life (or the lack thereof) in Academia (PhD Comics)

Fun Facts in A^2

1. About Ann Arbor: https://localwiki.org/ann-arbor/

2. Michigan Theater: http://www.michtheater.org/

3. Music, Theatre, and Dance: http://www.music.umich.edu/index.php and http://ums.org/

4. Top of the Park: Ann Arbor Summer Festival http://a2sf.org/desktop/

5. Farm Markets: http://kerrytown.com/ and http://www.detroiteasternmarket.com/

6. Beer Garden: https://www.facebook.com/BillsBeerGarden

7. Cycling: http://www.aavc.org/, http://www.umcycling.org/, and http://www.mapmyride.com/us/ann-arbor-mi/

8. State Parks: http://annarborobserver.com/cg/t0433.html and http://www.michigan.org/nature-parks/

Recommended stops:

• Argus Farm Stop (for almond/red-bean croissant and coffee): http://www.argusfarmstop.com/

• Blank Slate Creamery (adult’s size ice cream; not open till Spring): http://www.blankslatecreamery.com/

• Washtenaw Dairy (kid’s size ice cream is big enough!): http://washtenawdairy.com/

• Zou Zou’s Cafe in Chelsea (pecan bar, walnut bar, scones, crepes, soup; bikers’ stop): http://www.zouzouscafe.com/

• Joe and Rosie Coffee & Tea in Dexter (sandwich and soup; bikers’ stop): http://joeandrosie.com/

More About Me

I enjoy many kinds of outdoor activities, and admire those who hike, climb, kayak, …, to explore the great lands everywhere. My longest race distance I've finished so far was an IRONMAN 70.3 race in Racine, WI in July 2015. Definitely an experience mixing with fun, obstacles, and unforgettable moments!