Thiago Serra
@thserra.bsky.social
Assistant professor at University of Iowa, formerly at Bucknell University, mathematical optimizer with an #orms PhD from Carnegie Mellon University, curious about scaling up constraint learning, proud father of two
Given the capability of foundation models for memorization, which may defeat the purpose of benchmarks even if solvers are designed in earnest not to exploit prior knowledge of the benchmarks, this is an important question when compiling new benchmarks.
October 28, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Given the capability of foundation models for memorization, which may defeat the purpose of benchmarks even if solvers are designed in earnest not to exploit prior knowledge of the benchmarks, this is an important question when compiling new benchmarks.
I was happy to see him remembered and awarded a posthumous honorable mention to the ICS Prize last night at #informs2025
(To be clear, given my role at ICS, I did not influence the award committee’s decision about this.)
(To be clear, given my role at ICS, I did not influence the award committee’s decision about this.)
October 28, 2025 at 1:03 PM
I was happy to see him remembered and awarded a posthumous honorable mention to the ICS Prize last night at #informs2025
(To be clear, given my role at ICS, I did not influence the award committee’s decision about this.)
(To be clear, given my role at ICS, I did not influence the award committee’s decision about this.)
Please reach out to one of our faculty members attending #informs2025 if you would like to talk about it!
Link here: tippie.uiowa.edu/faculty-rese...
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Link here: tippie.uiowa.edu/faculty-rese...
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Business Analytics Research Rankings - Faculty Research
This ranking, based on large-scale data from a wide array of journal and conference papers covering diverse topics and approaches, offers a holistic assessment of the current state of business analyti...
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October 26, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Please reach out to one of our faculty members attending #informs2025 if you would like to talk about it!
Link here: tippie.uiowa.edu/faculty-rese...
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Link here: tippie.uiowa.edu/faculty-rese...
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This ranking is based on a more comprehensive list of journals considered as top publications for their specific subjects, which reflects the breadth of the scholarship of business analytics faculty, and therefore includes top conferences such as AAAI, ICML, and NeurIPS.
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October 26, 2025 at 4:08 PM
This ranking is based on a more comprehensive list of journals considered as top publications for their specific subjects, which reflects the breadth of the scholarship of business analytics faculty, and therefore includes top conferences such as AAAI, ICML, and NeurIPS.
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Wrapping up, I caught up with former colleagues and students from Bucknell University who are here for the conference.
#informs2025
#informs2025
October 26, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Wrapping up, I caught up with former colleagues and students from Bucknell University who are here for the conference.
#informs2025
#informs2025
Later, I sat again with Kayse Lee Maass for the panel Research Pathways at the MIF Undergraduate Workshop, hosted by Trilce Encarnacion and Ruben Proano Morales (thank you Austin Saragih for the pic!)
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October 26, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Later, I sat again with Kayse Lee Maass for the panel Research Pathways at the MIF Undergraduate Workshop, hosted by Trilce Encarnacion and Ruben Proano Morales (thank you Austin Saragih for the pic!)
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