TWCCC Fall 2026 Meeting - In Person

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Travel Information [link]

Location for Talks: Pyle Center - Alumni Lounge [link]

Location for Poster Session and Dinner: Tripp Commons (Memorial Union) [link]

Recommended Parking Lots: State Street Campus Garage (5 min walk to event) [link] and State Street Capitol Parking Garage (15 min walk to event): [link]

Access to Files [link]

WiFi Access: UWNet (open to all, just register) or Eduroam (open to academics and students)

Final Program (All Times Central)

Monday September 14th

Breakfast on your own

8:45  Welcome and Introduction

9:00 - Steve Wright (UW-Madison): Recent Trends in AI/ML 

9:45 - Break

10:00 - Jim Rawlings (UC Santa Barbara)

10:45 -  Ilias Mitrai (UT Austin)

11:30 - Lunch (on your own)

13:00 - Michael Baldea (UT Austin)

13:45 - Jay Lee  (University of Southern California) 

14:30 - Break 

14:45 - Styliana Avraamidou (UW-Madison)

15:20 - Joel Paulson (UW-Madison)

15:55 - Victor Zavala (UW-Madison): Advances in Optimization

16:30 -  Reception + Poster Presentations by Students/Postdocs 

18:00 -  Group Dinner (Provided) 

Tuesday September 15th

Breakfast on your own

8:00 - 9:00 - PIs + Industry Meeting (coffee+pastries provided) - Discussion on emerging trends and challenges.

9:00 - Invited Industrial Talk

9:45 - Break and Group Picture

10:00 - Student/Postdoc Talks

12:05 - Concluding Remarks + Adjourn

Poster Titles

Kiernan Jennings (Avraamidou/Zavala Group): "Multi-Scale Optimization for Capacity Planning and Operations of Electrolysis Systems"

Ashley McCullough (Avraamidou/Zavala Group): "Power Grid-Informed Experiments for Batteries: Integrating Electricity Markets, Scheduling Models, and Degradation Data"

Angan Mukherjee (Zavala Group): "Topological Data Analysis for Multivariate Process Monitoring"

Joe Flory (Zavala Group): "Bayesian Optimization for Dynamic Catalysis"

Manuel Gomez (Zavala Group): "Large Language Models for Optimization: A Case Study in Supply Chains"