Registration is open and FREE! See cp2020.a4cp.org/registration.h… for more details :)

What are the biggest challenges when building optimization tools for clients? Probably not what you expect. Hear more in my invited talk "Optimization in practice" at virtual @cp2020conf on Sept 8, registration is free! tinyurl.com/y3kptjhv #orms #cp2020 #constraintprogramming

J-5 before CP! We invite everyone to look at the pre-recorded presentations on the Whova platform! You can already post questions that will be answered during the conference. See registration page for more information cp2020.a4cp.org/registration.h…

Thank you Andrea Rendl for your time and dedication on this this interesting tech talk! bit.ly/2R3cHLD. Follow us at our community of technology practice. Thanks to the invited professionals who share these practical topics with us.They help us to improve in our work.

A fantastic first day at @cp2020conf, with a great CPTAI Workshop, ModRef and PTHG workshop. 🎉 My personal highlight: Maria Garcia de la Banda's invited ModRef talk on considering human-centered aspects in optimisation: youtube.com/watch?v=4ijBIn…

My invited talk "Optimisation in practice" at @cp2020conf is now online 🎉 youtube.com/watch?v=x7Ihtu… I discuss the unexpected challenges in industrial optimisation projects, and ways to tackle them. #orms #thisisor #constraintprogramming

MiniZinc 2.5.0 has been released! Lots of new features, e.g. extended enumerated types, more constraints on option types, reading options from configuration files, updates to the IDE... Download from minizinc.org and see the full change log at minizinc.org/changes.html#v…

This episode has had so much collateral damage--it has brought so many different threads together, and has damaged so many people. The latest is not only the racist & sexist attacks on Reddit we even wrote about on our paper, but fake accounts & troll farms targeting ppl 1\

MiniZinc 2.5.4 is now available from minizinc.org

The past 6 weeks I've been diving into semi-definite programming. It's great fun and I have embraced the matrix view! Also inspired my first geeky meme for a company-internal presentation today 😁 #semidefinite #sdp #convexoptimisation #thisisor

One more reason to take the ÖBB night train: the breakfast mugs are re-usable, and made of porcelain! 😍 And there are several organic options for breakfast. Well done, ÖBB! 👏 #nightjet #nj456 #nachtzug #liegenstattfliegen

I played the Financial Times Climate Game and managed to cut emissions to zero by 2050!😀 Try it out yourself: ig.ft.com/climate-game/ PS: Great game, except it gives an award for "responsible growth" - we need a circular economy, not more growth Financial Times! #EarthDay22

Climate activist Wynn Alan Bruce died 24 hours after setting himself on fire on the steps of the Supreme Court on Earth Day. “This act is not suicide. This is a deeply fearless act of compassion to bring attention to climate crisis.” uk.news.yahoo.com/climate-activi…

I'm in awe of Steven Donziger, and terrified by his story. How did Chevron manage to put under 993-days house arrest the environmental lawyer who won a 9bio$ lawsuit against them, representing indigenous people? I subscribed to stevendonziger.substack.com to learn more & support him.

Go Austria! ⚽️ sportschau.de/fussball/fraue… #euro2022

Great panel on career development at the IJCAIconf #DoctoralConsortium. Thank you for all the great questions and thanks to Andrea Rendl Prof. Barry O'Sullivan, MRIA and Sony's Pete Wurman for answering them!!

Don't miss tomorrow's special event on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) & the Constraint Programming community CP2025 FLoC2022 ! We'll share very interesting results and have a strong panel with Helene Verhaeghe Verhaeghe Hélène, Luis Quesada & Noa Agmon. #floc22 #cp2022 #dei