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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#292929">Dear all, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#292929">We are organizing a cluster on "<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">AI for Optimization and its Applications</span></strong>" at the INFORMS International
Conference in Medellín, Colombia (June 16-19, 2024). We invite you to organize a session or submit a presentation that fits the theme. Sessions typically feature 3-4 presentations, and chairs are expected to identify corresponding speakers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#292929"> If you are interested in serving as a chair or presenting within this cluster, please email Reem Khir at<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:rkhir@purdue.edu" target="_blank" title="mailto:rkhir@purdue.edu"><span style="color:#003087">rkhir@purdue.edu</span></a>.
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#292929">Best Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#292929">Pascal Van Hentenryck, Georgia Tech<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#292929">Reem Khir, Purdue University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Reem Khir<br>
Assistant Professor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Purdue University<br>
West Lafayette IN<br>
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