Pascal Van Hentenryck is the A. Russell Chandler III Chair and Professor in the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering and the associate chair for innovation and entrepreneurship at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Prior to this appointment, Van Hentenryck was a Professor of Computer Science at Brown University for 20 years, the leader of the Optimization Research Group at National ICT Australia (about 70 people), and the Seth Bonder Collegiate Professor at the University of Michigan. Van Hentenryck is an INFORMS Fellow and a Fellow of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI). Several of his optimization systems, including OPL and CHIP, have been in commercial use for more than 20 years. Van Hentenryck’s current research is focusing on artificial intelligence and operations research with applications in energy systems, transportation, resilience, and privacy.   

Kevin Dalmeijer is a Senior Research Associate for the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE) at Georgia Tech and the Managing Director of the NSF AI Research Institute for Advances in Optimization (AI4OPT). He obtained a Ph.D. in Operations Research from the Erasmus School of Economics, and he has worked on challenging problems in mobility, transportation, and logistics. As a member of the Socially Aware Mobility lab, his current research focuses on redesigning public transit to ensure equitable access, reduce congestion, and improve mobility.

Hongzhao is a Ph.D. student who works at AI4OPT with Professor Van Hentenryck. His research focuses on optimization, machine learning, and their applications on mobility and supply chain. Hongzhao has done multiple projects related to network design and travel behavior. He is one of the main developers for the Smart CAT project in Savannah. He was also one of the developers of the MARTA Reach pilot in 2022.

Liam Jagrowski is a researcher in the Socially Aware Mobility Lab at Georgia Institute of Technology. He received his BS in Industrial Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology in 2022. Liam’s research interests mostly involve community networks, public transit, urban planning, and public health.

Jiawei Lu earned his Ph.D. in Transportation Engineering from Arizona State University in 2022. Specializing in transportation network modeling, traffic simulation, and distributed traffic control, his research endeavors seek to navigate and resolve complex challenges within the field. He merges analytical skills and innovative approaches to contribute to the advancement of intelligent transportation systems and sustainable mobility solutions.

Ryan Rodriguez is an undergraduate student at Georgia Tech majoring in Industrial Engineering. His professional interests include mobility, analytics, optimization, and subway systems (his favorites are Atlanta's MARTA and Washington DC's Metro). In his spare time he enjoys reading, camping, chess, and épée fencing.