📈 The capacity of LLMs in doing OR research + 4 other impactful projects
Search space: your dose of OR discoveries
Hey, Borja here! 👋
Consider these new posts on Saturdays your dose of OR discoveries without the time investment of finding them yourself.
In summary: a curated list of news.
💭 LLMs and academic research: the capacity of LLMs in doing OR/MS research. An article by Hanzhao Wang, via Johannes Royset.
🪡 This also applies to OR projects… How to select the use cases that actually move the needle? By Deepak Mehta.
💡 Microsoft developed Kamino, a simple, provably effective algorithm with substantial real-world impact (double-digit latency cuts, sizeable resource savings, and headroom for more allocator instances) all achieved with minimal engineering complexity and no disruptive architectural changes. Via Ishai Menache.
🎲 I see RKO (Random-Key Optimizers) gaining momentum. Want another proof? Take a look at Antonio Chaves’ work presented at EURO 2025.
🏅 Google just announced the 87 professors selected for the 2025 Google Research Scholar Program. There are papers about optimization, just in case.
Found something I should see? Send it my way and I’ll credit you next week.
In the meantime…
Let’s keep optimizing,
Borja.
