Presentations

2025 INFORMS Healthcare

Jahan Beikloo, M., Janan, F, Sharkey, T., Kurz, M. E.
“Mitigating Harm from Disruption in Illicit Fentanyl Supply Networks: A Stochastic Bilevel Optimization Approach.” Oral Presentation at the INFORMS Healthcare Conference,Raleigh, NC, 2026.

2025 INFORMS: Agent-Based Modeling of Opioid Use and Harm Reduction Strategies in Community Settings

Jahan Beikloo, M., Kurz, M. E., Miller, B. L., Sharkey, T., Kang, H. “Agent-Based Modeling of Opioid Use and Harm Reduction Strategies in Community Settings.” Oral Presentation at the INFORMS Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, 2025.

2025 IISE: Assessing the Distribution of Naloxone Across Communities in South Carolina

Jahan Beikloo, M., Kurz, M. E., Miller, B. L., Sharkey, T., Kang, H. “Assessing the Distribution of Naloxone Across Communities in South Carolina.” Oral Presentation at the IISE Annual Conference & Expo Atlanta, GA, 2025.

2024 SCJA: Targeted Analysis of the Opioid Crisis Using GIS and ABM in a Specific Community

Jahan Beikloo, M., Spence, C., Kurz, M. E., Miller, B. L., & Sharkey, T. (2024). Targeted Analysis of the Opioid Crisis Using GIS and ABM in a Specific Community. Poster presented at the Southern Criminal Justice Association (SCJA) Conference, 2024, Greenville, SC.

2024 INFORMS: Assessing the Equitable Distribution of Naloxone Locations in South Carolina.

Jahan Beikloo, M., Kurz, M. E., Miller, B. L., Sharkey, T., Kang, H., & Spence, C. (2024). Assessing the Equitable Distribution of Naloxone Locations in South Carolina. Oral presentation at the INFORMS 2024 Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA.

Analysis of Existing Opioid Epidemic Models

Chelsea Spence (presenter), Mary E. Kurz, Thomas C. Sharkey, Bryan L. Miller, Corey A. Kalbaugh, “Analysis of Existing Opioid Epidemic Models”, 2021 INFORMS Annual Meeting, October 25, 2021.

Comparison of Local Search Algorithms for Solving Car Sequencing Problem

I. Ozan Yilmazlar (presenter), M.E. Kurz, “Comparison of Local Search Algorithms for Solving Car Sequencing Problem”, 2021 INFORMS Annual Meeting, October 27, 2021.

Scheduling Jobs with Sequence-dependent Setup Times and Conflicting Performance Measures

Nitin Srinath (presenter), Ibrahim Ozan Yilmazlar (presenter), Mary E. Kurz, Kevin M. Taaffe, “Scheduling Jobs with Sequence-dependent Setup Times and Conflicting Performance Measures”, IISE Annual Meeting 2020, Virtual November 1-3, 2020.

An Implementable Industry-driven Scheduling System for Parallel Machines

Nitin Srinath (presenter), Ibrahim Ozan Yilmazlar (presenter), Mary E. Kurz, Kevin M. Taaffe, “An Implementable Industry-driven Scheduling System for Parallel Machines”, INFORMS Annual Meeting 2020, Virtual November 11, 2020.

Accommodating Social Distancing in Classes Through Day-of-attendance Assignment During Covid-19 at Clemson University

Burton, A.E., M.E. Kurz (presenter), M.J. Saltzman, B. Splitter, W.C. Bridges, N.J. Calkin, “Accommodating Social Distancing in Classes Through Day-of-attendance Assignment During Covid-19 at Clemson University”, 2021 INFORMS Business Analytics Conference, Virtual April 12, 2021.