Program Overview

Introduction to LSO Summer School 2025

The Large Scale Optimization (LSO) Summer School 2025 is a comprehensive program designed to cover advanced topics in integer, linear, and nonlinear optimization. The school will feature sessions on theory, modeling, applications, and computing, targeting PhD students, post-graduate students, faculty, and industry professionals interested in advanced topics in this area.

Topics

The summer school will cover various advanced topics in integer, linear, and nonlinear optimization, including:

• Applications in logistics and transportation
• Benders decomposition
• Column generation
• Computational complexity in optimization
• Cutting plane methods
• Dantzig-Wolfe decomposition
• Heuristic methods
• Lagrangean relaxation
• Robust optimization
• Valid inequalities and polar duality

Speakers

The LSO Summer School 2025 will feature expert lectures from leading experts in the field of optimization from prestigious institutions across India, including:

• Yogesh Agarwal, IIM Lucknow (retd)
• Guneshwar Anand, IIM Visakhapatnam
• Shuvabrata Chakraborty, IIM Raipur
• Saurabh Chandra, IIM Indore
• Reshma Chandrasekharan, IIM Bangalore
• Manu Gupta, IIT Roorkee
• Faiz Hamid, IIT Kanpur
• Sachin Jayaswal, IIM Ahmedabad
• Shubham Keshri, IIT Kanpur
• Ashutosh Mahajan, IIT Bombay
• Vishnu Narayanan, IIT Bombay
• Divya Padmanabhan, IIT Goa
• Narayan Rangaraj, IIT Bombay
• Sriram Sankaranarayanan, Indian School of Business
• Ankur Sinha, IIM Ahmedabad

Program Overview

The LSO Summer School 2025 will feature a mix of lectures, hands-on sessions, and panel discussions focused on various aspects of optimization methods. The detailed schedule and program information will be announced closer to the event date.

Program Schedule

The program will take place from June 16-21, 2025. Online pre-school sessions will be conducted prior to the main event to help participants refresh foundational concepts and gain an introductory overview of the topics to be covered.

Online Pre-School Sessions

The pre-school sessions will take place from 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM and will cover the following topics:

1. Session 1: June 06, 2025 - Basics of Optimization and Modeling by Shubham Keshri, IIT Kanpur
2. Session 2: June 07, 2025 - Computational Optimization - I: Installing CPLEX by Guneshwar Anand, IIM Visakhapatnam
3. Session 3: June 08, 2025 - Computational Optimization - II: Calling CPLEX from C/C++ programs by Guneshwar Anand, IIM Visakhapatnam
4. Session 4: June 09, 2025 - Theoretical Foundations of the Simplex Algorithm by Shubham Keshri, IIT Kanpur
5. Session 5: June 10, 2025 - Review of Simplex Method and Interpreting the Simplex Tableau by Prof Yogesh Agarwal, IIM Lucknow (Retd)
6. Session 6: June 11, 2025 - Shadow Price, Reduced Cost and Duality Theory of Linear Programming by Prof Yogesh Agarwal, IIM Lucknow (Retd)

Registration Details

Registration includes participation in all sessions, course materials, and refreshments during the program. It does not include accommodation, travel, lunch, or dinner.

Registration Fees

The registration fees are as follows:

• Students (PhD, Post-doctoral researchers, postgraduate or graduate): Rs 6,000
• Faculty members (Universities or colleges in India): Rs 12,000
• Practitioners and all others (Industry professionals and international participants): Rs 27,000

What's Included

• All sessions and workshops
• Course materials
• Lunch and refreshments during breaks
• Certificate of participation

Not Included

• Accommodation
• Travel to/from venue
• Breakfast and dinner
• Personal expenses

Required Documents

• ID proof
• Student/Faculty ID card (if applicable)
• Payment confirmation
• Authorization letter (if sponsored)

Venue

The LSO Summer School 2025 will be held at the IIT Bombay campus in Powai, Mumbai. The exact venue is Classroom LH 101, Lecture Hall Complex (LHC), IIT Bombay Campus.

Accommodation

Shared rooms in hostels are available from June 15th to June 22nd at Rs 300 per night (excluding GST). Guest house accommodations on campus are available for speakers and other attendees. Nearby hotels are also available for attendees seeking alternative accommodation.

How to Reach

The IIT Bombay campus is well-connected by road network and easily accessible from all parts of Mumbai. The nearest airport is Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (BOM), approximately 8 km from the campus. The nearest train stations are Kanjurmarg (5 km) and Vikhroli (7 km) on the Central line.

Organizers

The LSO Summer School 2025 is organized by the Industrial Engineering & Operations Research Department, IIT Bombay. The team includes:

• Ashutosh Mahajan, IEOR Department
• Vishnu Narayanan, IEOR Department
• Avinash Bhardwaj, IEOR Department
• Narayan Rangaraj, IEOR Department
• Debanjan Gangopadhyay, PhD Student, IEOR Department
• Simran Lakhani, PhD Student, IEOR Department