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Keynote Talks

  1. Careers in Research, Keynote Talk at INFRATRAIN 2006, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany, October 2-7, 2006 (a European Commission-sponsored workshop on infrastructure modeling for young researchers)
  2. Modeling Infrastructure and Network Industries: Theory and Applications, Keynote Talk at Infraday 2007, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany, October 6, 2007.

Presentations

2008

  1. A Complementarity-Based Energy Equilibrium Model and a Scenario Reduction Algorithm, (invited talk), The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway, January 25, 2008.
  2. A Complementarity-Based Energy Equilibrium Model and a Scenario Reduction Algorithm, (invited talk), Department of Industiral and Manufacturing Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, February 21, 2008.
  3. An Equilibrium Model for International Natural Gas Markets, Electricité de France, Paris, France, April 1, 2008.
  4. Evaluating Real Options for Investments in Low-Carbon Energy Research & Development, (inivted talk with Jeremy Eckhause), ENERDAY Conference on Energy Economics and Technology, Energy Resources and Technologies in a Carbon Constrained World, April 11, 2008, Dresden, Germany.
  5. Stochastic Market Equilibrium Models Using Complementarity Theory, (invited talk with J. David Fuller, Ruud Egging, Yohan Shim), Resources for the Future, Washington, DC, May 8, 2008.
  6. A Benders Method for Solving Stochastic Complementarity Problems with an Application in Energy, (invited talk with J. David Fuller), CORS/Optimization Days 2008 Joint Conference, Université Laval, Quebec City, Canada, May 14, 2008.
  7. A Global Natural Gas Market Equilibrium Model, (invited talk with R. Egging, F. Holz, J. Zhuang, S. Kiet), University of Málaga, Spain, July 4, 2008.
  8. Stochastic Market Equilibrium Models Using Complementarity Theory, (invited talk with J. David Fuller, Y. Shim, R. Egging), University of Málaga, Spain, July 4, 2008.

2007

  1. A Complementarity Model for the European Natural Gas Market with Worldwide LNG Representation (invited talk with R. Egging (presenter), F. Holz, J. Zhuang), Energy Modeling Forum Meeting, Stanford , California , January 25-26, 2007.
  2. Complementarity-Based Energy Equilibrium Models and a Scenario Reduction Algorithm (with J. Zhuang, S. Kiet ,and R. Egging), invited talk, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS), Tokyo, Japan, March 22, 2007.
  3. A Complementarity-Based Global Natural Gas Market Equilibrium Model (with R. Egging, F. Holz, J. Zhuang, S. Kiet), invited talk to Tokyo Gas Company, Tokyo, Japan, March 23, 2007.
  4. Solving Stochastic Complementarity Problems for Natural Gas Markets Using Scenario Reduction (with J. Zhuang, R. Egging), invited talk, CORS 2007, London, Ontario, Canada, May 14, 2007.
  5. A Complementarity Model for the European Natural Gas Market with Worldwide LNG Representation (with R. Egging, F. Holz, J. Zhuang), invited talk, U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, DC, USA, May 22, 2007.
  6. Global Dependencies in Natural Gas Markets How do the European Natural Gas Market and the Worldwide LNG Market affect each other? (invited talk with R. Egging (presenter), F. Holz, J. Zhuang), 1st CESSA Conference, "Natural Gas, Nuclear Energy, and Security of Supply" Berlin , 31 May - 01 June, 2007.
  7. Military Operations Research Society (MORS) 75th Symposium, June 12-14, 2007, Annapolis, MD.  “Mitigating Technical Risk in R&D Intensive Weapon System Acquisitions,” Eckhause, J., Hughes, D. and S. Gabriel.
  8. Stochasticity in Infrastructure Network Models: Application to Global Natural Gas Markets (invited talk with J. Zhuang and R. Egging), Technische Universität-Berlin, Berlin, Germany, June 28, 2007.
  9. A Complementarity Model for the EU Natural Gas Market (invited talk with J. Zhuang, S. Kiet, and R. Egging), 22nd European Conference on Operational Research, Prague, Czech Republic, July 8-11, 2007.
  10. A Global Natural Gas Equilibrium Model (invited talk with R. Egging, F. Holz, J. Zhuang, S. Kiet), Resources for the Future, Washington, DC, September 13, 2007.
  11. Global Natural Gas Market Equilibrium Models Expressed as Complementarity Problems, (invited talk with R. Egging, F. Holz, J. Zhuang, S. Kiet), Gaz de France, Paris, France, September 28, 2007.
  12. Stochastic Multiobjective Optimization for Telecommunications Network Reconfiguration, (invited talk with Y. Shim and J. Llorca), presented to Matheon Consortium at "Mathematics Meets Economics" workshop, Berlin, Germany, October 12, 2007.
  13. Application of a New Benders Decomposition Method for DC-MPECs to the Bidding Strategy of a Power Producer, presented at Trans-Atlantic Infraday Conference, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryalnd, November 2, 2007 (invited talk with S. de la Torre, A.J. Conejo, R. Garcia- Bertrand, Y. Shim).
  14. Topology Control in a Free Space Optical Network, presented at Trans-Atlantic Infraday Conference, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryalnd, November 2, 2007 (invited talk with Y. Shim, S. Milner).
  15. World Gas Model, presented at Trans-Atlantic Infraday Conference, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryalnd, November 2, 2007 (invited talk with F. Holz, R. Egging).
  16. Managing Odorous Biosolids from Wastewater Plant Using Statistical Odor Prediction Models, presented at Trans-Atlantic Infraday Conference, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryalnd, November 2, 2007 (invited talk with S. Vilalai, K. Hyunook,M. Ramirez).
  17. A Benders Decomposition Method for Discretely-constrained MPECs in Energy Planning, (invited talk with A. J. Conejo, Y. Shim, S. de la Torre, R. Garcia-Bertrand), INFORMS, Seattle, Washington, November 6, 2007.
  18. Bidding Strategies for Generators in Electricity Markets Using an Endogenous Treatment of Prices, (invited talk with A. J. Conejo, Y. Shim, S. de la Torre, R. Garcia-Bertrand), INFORMS, Seattle, Washington, November 6, 2007.
  19. Analyzing the Long-run Impact of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, (invited talk with Y. Chen, D. Burtraw, B.F. Hobbs, S. Kim, K. Palmer, A. Paul), INFORMS, Seattle, Washington, November 7, 2007.

2006

  1. Natural Gas Market Modeling (invited talk with J. Zhuang and R. Egging), Atlantic Energy Group, presentation at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, January 27, 2006.
  2. A Stochastic Complementarity Problem for Natural Gas Market Equilibria and Scenario Reduction Methods (invited talk with J. Zhuang), CORS/Optimization Days 2006 Joint Conference, Montréal, Canada, May 8-10, 2006.
  3. A Natural Gas Equilibrium Model for North America (invited talk with J. Zhuang), Energy Modeling Forum (EMF) Meeting #23, Berlin, Germany, June 7, 2006.
  4. Complementarity Models for Natural Gas Market Equilibria with Endogenous Risk (invited talk with J. Zhuang), 29th IAEE International Conference, Potsdam, Germany, June 7-10, 2006.
  5. Scenario Reduction as Applied to Stochastic Complementarity Problems in Energy (invited talk with J. Zhuang and R. Egging), 19th Mini-Euro Conference, Operations Research Models and Methods in the Energy Sector (ORMMES 2006), Coimbra, Portugal, September 6,7,8 2006.
  6. The Contract Design Problem in Retail Electric Power Markets (invited talk with A. Conejo, M.A. Plazas, and S. Balakrishan), INFRADAY Conference on Infrastructure, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin Germany, October 6-7, 2006.
  7. Methods for MPEC Planning Problems in Energy (invited talk with Y. Shim, A. Conejo, R. Garcia-Bertrrand), INFORMS Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, November 5-8, 2006.
  8. Methods for Stochastic Complementarity Models of Natural Gas Market Equilibria (invited talk with R. Egging, J. Zhuang), INFORMS Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, November 5-8, 2006.
  9. Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) Annual Meeting, Nov. 5-8, 2006, Pittsburgh, PA.  “Evaluating Real Options for Mitigating Risk in Government R&D Acquisitions,” Eckhause, J., Hughes, D. and S. Gabriel.
  10. Southern Economic Association (SEA) Annual Meeting, Nov. 18-21, 2006, Charleston, SC.  “Real Options for Public Sector R&D Investments,” Hughes, D., Eckhause, J. and S. Gabriel.

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2005

  1. An Analysis of the European Natural Gas Market Using GASTALE-A Complementarity Model (invited talk with R. Egging), 17th Triennial Conference of the International Federation of Operational Research Societies, Honolulu, Hawaii, July 2005.
  2. A Stochastic Equilibrium Model for the North American Natural Gas Market (invited talk with J. Zhuang) , 17th Triennial Conference of the International Federation of Operational Research Societies, Honolulu, Hawaii, July 2005.
  3. Efficient Heuristics for Congestion Minimization in Dynamic Free Space Optical Networks (invited talk with Y. Shim, A. Desai, S. Milner, P. Sahakij, J. Zhuang), INFORMS Conference, San Francisco, California, November 2005.
  4. Evaluating Effectiveness of Cost Minimization Heuristics in Optical Wireless Networks (invited talk with J. Llorca, A. Desai, S. Milner, Y. Shim), INFORMS Conference, San Francisco, California, November 2005.
  5. Statistical Modeling to Forecast Odor Levels of Biosolids Applied to Reuse Sites (invited talk with S. Vilalai, C. Peot, M. Ramirez), INFORMS Conference, San Francisco, California, November 2005.
  6. Multiobjective Optimization Modeling of Biosolids Odors and Costs at a Wastewater Treatment Plant (invited talk with P. Sahakij, C. Peot, M. Ramirez), INFORMS Conference, San Francisco, California, November 2005.
  7. Prediction of Dimethyl Disulfide Levels from Biosolids Using Statistical Modeling (invited talk with H. Kim, S. Vilalai, S. Arispe , L. L. McConnell , A. Torrents, C. Peot, M. Ramirez), INFORMS Conference, San Francisco, California, November 2005.
  8. Decomposition Methods Applied to a Land Development Problem (invited talk with J.A. Faria), INFORMS Conference, San Francisco, California, November 2005.
  9. Bi Level Optimization of a Land Development Problem with Minimum Spanning Trees (invited talk with J.A. Faria), INFORMS Conference, San Francisco, California, November 2005.
  10. A Stochastic Equilibrium Model for the North American Natural Gas Market (invited talk with J. Zhuang), INFORMS Conference, San Francisco, California, November 2005.

2004

  1. The Contract Design Problem in Retail Electric Power Markets (invited talk with A. Conejo, M.A. Plazas, and S. Balakrishnan), INFORMS Conference, Denver, Colorado, Oct. 24-27, 2004.
  2. Minimum Spanning Trees and Multiobjective Optimization for Smart Growth Land Development Planning (invited talk with J. Faria and G. Moglen), INFORMS Conference, Denver, Colorado, Oct. 24-27, 2004.
  3. A Stochastic Natural Gas Equilibrium Model for North America (invited talk with J. Zhuang), INFORMS Conference, Denver, Colorado, Oct. 24-27, 2004.
  4. A Micro-Level Approach to Solving Market Equilibria in Natural Gas (invited talk with S. Kiet), INFORMS Conference, Denver, Colorado, Oct. 24-27, 2004.
  5. Recent Numerical Results for a Natural Gas Equilibrium Model for North America (invited talk with S. Kiet and J. Zhuang), INFORMS Conference, Denver, Colorado, Oct. 24-27, 2004.
  6. A Nash-Cournot Equilibrium Model for the North American Natural Gas Sector, (invited talk with S. Kiet and J. Zhuang), Universidad Castilla La Mancha, Ciudad Real, Spain, September 23, 2004.
  7. Complementarity Problems in Restructured Gas Markets, (invited talk with Y. Smeers), 12th French-German-Spanish Conference on Optimization, Avignon, France, 20-24 September, 2004.
  8. GASTALE-Analysis of Gas Supply Security in Europe, (invited talk with R. Egging, M.B. Boots), 6th IAEE European Conference, Zurich, Switzerland, 1-3 September, 2004.
  9. A Nash-Cournot Model for the North American Natural Gas Market, (invited talk with S. Kiet and J.-F. Zhuang), 6th IAEE European Conference, Zurich, Switzerland, 1-3 September, 2004.
  10. Results from a North American Natural Gas Market Equilibrium Model, (invited talk with S. Kiet and J.-F. Zhuang), CORS/INFORMS Joint Conference, Banff, Alberta, Canada, May 2004.

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2003

  1. Optimal Retail Forward Load Estimates for the Texas Market Using Stochastic Dynamic Programming, (invited talk with P. Sahakij and S. Balakrishnan), INFORMS Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, October, 2003.
  2. Pool-Based Electricity Market Equilibrium under LMP and Minimum Profit Conditions, (invited talk with A. Conejo and R. Garcia-Bertrand), INFORMS Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, October, 2003.
  3. A Mixed Complementary Model of the Natural Gas Market, (invited talk with S. Kiet and J.-F. Zhuang), INFORMS Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, October, 2003.
  4. An Equilibrium Model of the North American Natural Gas Market, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, January 31, 2003 (invited talk with S. Kietnithiamorn, J.-F. Zhuang).

2002

  1. Pool-Based Electricity Market Equilibrium Under Locational Marginal Pricing, (invited talk with A. Conejo and R. García-Bertrand), INFORMS Conference, San Jose California, November 17-20, 2002.
  2. A Multiobjective Approach to Solving “Smart Growth” Land Deveopment Problems, (invited talk with J.A. Faria, G.E. Moglen), INFORMS Conference, San Jose California, November 17-20, 2002.
  3. An Equilibrium Model of the North American Natural Gas Market, (invited talk with S. Kietnithiamorn, J.-F. Zhuang), INFORMS Conference, San Jose California, November 17-20, 2002.
  4. A Probabilistic Optimization Model for Settlement Risk in Retail Electrical Power Markets, (invited talk with S. Kietnithiamorn, S. Balakrishan), INFORMS Conference, San Jose California, November 17-20, 2002.
  5. Exploring Smart Growth in Land Development Using Multi-Objective Optimization, October 11, 2002, Dept. of Geography and Environmental Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University.
  6. A Multi-Objective Optimization Approach to Smart Growth in Land Development, Canadian Operational Research Society 2002, Toronto (contributed talk with G. Moglen, J. Faria) (htm file).
  7. Analyzing Forecasting Strategies in Retail Electrical Power Markets, S. Gabriel Optimization Days 2002, Montréal (contributed talk with , M. F. Genc, S. Balakrishnan, S. Kiethnithiamorn, P. Sahakij) (htm file).
  8. A Multi-Objective Optimization Approach to Smart Growth in Maryland, Maryland Dept. of Transportation, April 16, 2002, S. Gabriel, G. Moglen, J. Faria (htm file).

2001

  1. The Retail Electric Power Marketer's Problem, INFORMS International Conference, Maui, Hawaii, June 17-20, 2001 (invited talk with S. Balakrishnan) (htm file).
  2. Are Smart Growth Objectives Complimentary or Conflicting?, American Geophysical Union, Spring Meeting, June 1, 2001, Boston, (contributed talk with G. Moglen)
    (htm file).
  3. Impact of Electricity and Industrial Demand Growth on Overall U.S. Natural Gas Pricing, Demand, and Transportation, 24th International IAEE Conference, Houston, Texas, April 25-27, 2001, (invited talk with S. Vikas and J. Manik) (pdf file).
  4. The Nonadditive Traffic Equilibrium Problem, Institute for Systems Research, University of Maryland, March 8, 2001 (invited talk).

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2000

  1. An Intertemporal, Market Equilibrium Model of the North American Natural Gas System Using Successive Linear Programming, D&IT Department, Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, December 1, 2000 (invited talk).
  2. Numerical Experiments with a Large-Scale Equilibrium Model for the North American Natural Gas System, INFORMS Conference, San Antonio, Texas, November 5-8, 2000 (contributed talk with S. Vikas and J. Manik) (pdf file).
  3. Solving an Intertemporal, Interregional Equilibrium for the North American Natural Gas Market, INFORMS Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah, May 9, 2000 (invited talk with S. Vikas and J. Manik).

1999

  1. Natural Gas Issues in a High Natural Gas Demand World, INFORMS Conference, Philadelphia, November 8, 1999 (invited talk with S. Vikas and D. Ribar).
  2. Natural Gas Issues in a High Natural Gas Demand World, USAEE 20th Annual North American Conference, Orlando Florida, August 30, 1999 (contributed talk with S. Vikas and D. Ribar).
  3. Predicting Henry Hub Natural Gas Prices and the Connection with Climate Change, INFORMS Conference, Cincinnati, May l, 1999 (invited talk with D. Ribar, R. Baron, A. Gulhati, G. Guzman)

1998

  1. The Influence of Canadian Carbon Stabilization Programs on Natural Gas Exports to the United States , INFORMS Conference, Montreal, April, 1998 and 21st Annual Conference International Association for Energy Economics, Quebec, Canada, May 1998 (contributed talk with D. Ribar, W. I. Willis, E. F. Hardy, R. E. Baron).
  2. Solving the Nonadditive Shortest Path Problem, INFORMS Conference, Montreal, April, 1998. (contributed talk with D. Bernstein).

1997

  1. The Nonadditive Traffic Equilibrium Problem, Optimization Days, University of Montreal, May, 1997. (invited talk)
  2. A Reservoir-Based Model for the North American Natural Gas Market, Optimization Days, University of Montreal, May, 1997. (invited talk)
  3. A Reservoir-Based Model for Analyzing North American Natural Gas Storage, INFORMS Conference, San Diego, CA, May, 1997. (contributed talk with S. Vikas and E. Hardy).

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1996

  1. A Reservoir-Based Model for Forecasting Natural Gas Supply, Demand, and Prices in the North American Gas Market, presented at the 17th Annual North American Conference, United States Association for Energy Economics/International Association for Energy Economics, Boston, MA, October 1996. (contributed talk with S. Vikas, M. Godec, and W. Pepper).
  2. Development and Testing of a Comprehensive Gas Storage Reservoir Performance Model, presented at the Eastern Regional Meeting of the Society of Petroleum Engineers, # 37342, Columbus, OH, October 1996. (contributed talk with S. Vikas, H. Mohan, and A. B. Becker)
  3. The Traffic Equilibrium Problem with Nonadditive Path Costs, presented at the Conference on Network Optimization, Center for Applied Optimization, University of Florida, Gainesville, February 1996.(invited talk with D. Bernstein)

1995

  1. Smoothing Techniques for Mixed Complementarity Problems, presented at the International Conference on Complementarity Problems, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, November 1995. (invited talk with J. J. More' and Z. Wu)
  2. The National Energy Modeling System: A Large-Scale Equilibrium Model at the U.S. Department of Energy, presented at the International Conference on Complementarity Problems, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, November 1995. (invited talk with A. S. Kydes)
  3. A Path Generation Method for the Nonadditive Traffic Equilibrium Problem, presented at the Urban Transportation Center, University of Illinois at Chicago, February 1995. (invited talk with D. Bernstein)

1994

  1. A Path Generation Method for Solving the General Traffic Equilibrium Problem, presented at the 41st North American Meeting of the Regional Science Association International, Niagara Falls, Canada, November 1994. (invited talk with D. Bernstein)
  2. The National Energy Modeling System: A Large-Scale Equilibrium Model at the U.S. Department of Energy, presented at the 15th International Symposium on Mathematical Programming, The University of Michigan (Ann Arbor), August 1994. (invited talk with A. S. Kydes)
  3. Modern Approaches to Equilibrium Modeling with Emphasis on Economic Applications, a seminar series (4 sessions) offered at the U.S. Department of Energy, June 1994. (invited seminar)
  4. A Path Generation Method Based on NE/SQP for Solving the Asymmetric, Elastic Traffic Equilibrium Problem, presented at the joint ORSA/TIMS meeting, Boston, MA, April 1994. (contributed talk)

1992

  1. The NE/SQP Method and Extensions, presented at the joint ORSA/TIMS meeting, San Francisco, CA, November 1992. (contributed talk with J. S. Pang)

1991

  1. The NE/SQP Method and Extensions, presented at the ICIAM meeting, Washington, DC, July 1991. (contributed talk with J. S. Pang)
  2. The NE/SQP Method for Solving the Nonlinear Complementarity Problem, presented at the Workshop on Algorithms and Applications of Economic Equilibrium Models, The University of Western Ontario, June 1991. (invited talk with J. S. Pang)
  3. The NE/SQP Method for Solving the Nonlinear Complementarity Problem, presented at the joint ORSA/TIMS meeting, Nashville, TN, Spring 1991. (contributed talk with J. S. Pang)

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