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The 2019 GAMS Software Christmas feast

Dec 17, 2019 News
GAMS offices are geographically distributed between different cities in the US (GAMS Development Corp.) and Germany (GAMS Software GmbH). The teams try to meet regularly - this time we enjoyed our Christmas party at Henk Mulder’s cooking school, where we could try our hands at preparing our own Christmas dinner. Not everyone was there, but fortunately it still worked a treat - have a look at the pictures.
INFORMS Annual Meeting in Seattle

Oct 23, 2019 News Conference Report
This year, Lleny, Franz, Lutz, Michael, and Steve traveled to Seattle for the INFORMS Annual Meeting 2019. Lutz and Steve held a Pre-Conference Workshop on Saturday, talking about GAMS and our interactive web application framework GAMS MIRO, which was well received. On Tuesday, Michael gave a Conference Talk about Solving Energy System Models with GAMS on HPC platforms.
Why was GAMS at the OR2019 in Dresden?

Sep 9, 2019 News Conference report
GAMS was attending the OR2019 in Dresden. But I don’t want to report about the conference itself at this point. We gave a workshop, held talks, and had a booth - the usual. However, in Dresden, I was asked not for the first time what GAMS actually does at such a conference.
Beijing Uone - GAMS Workshop

May 31, 2019 News Courses
On May 31- June 2, 2019, our reseller Beijing Uone Info & Tech Co. , Ltd hosted a three-day course on CGE Modeling with GAMS at the South China Agricultural University in Guangzhou, China. More than 20 participants attended this successful training course. “We enjoyed the opportunity to connect with some GAMS users from different universities there to hear about their projects and to answer some of their questions along the way,” said Crystal from Beijing Uone Info & Tech Co.
GAMS, CGE modeling and its applications in China

May 19, 2019 News Courses
Three very exciting and well-organized workshops on advanced GAMS features as well as CGE modeling took place this May. For this adventure, Michael, Steve and Freddy from GAMS teamed up with Agapi Somwaru who recently retired from USDA and Xinshen Diao from IFPRI, two experts in CGE modeling. Yumei Zhang from the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) was our main local contact for the entire trip.
INFORMS Business Analytics Conference in Austin

Apr 16, 2019 News Conference Report
In April this year, Franz, Lleny, Freddy, and Marius traveled to Austin for the INFORMS Business Analytics Conference. Franz and Freddy held a Pre-Conference Workshop on Sunday morning, talking about GAMS and our interactive web application framework GAMS MIRO, which was well received. Then in the evening, the conference started.
GAMS at the Mathematical optimization for hidden champions (102. Meeting) 2019 in Pforzheim

Apr 14, 2019 News Conference Report
GAMS staff Michael Bussieck and Robin Schuchmann attended the meeting Mathematical Optimization for the Hidden Champions of the GOR working group Real World Optimization at the Chamber of Industry and Commerce (IHK) in Pforzheim, Germany. The focus of the 2-day event was on optimization-based analysis and decision making, especially from the perspective of small businesses in the manufacturing industry.
CAPD Annual Review Meeting (Carnegie Mellon)

Mar 14, 2019 News Conference Report
As usual, CAPD was a well-organized 2-day conference. It is small enough that there are no parallel sessions. So the group was together from breakfast through dinner, which allows for and fosters lots of interaction on professional and social levels. The venue - CMU’s campus and the conference dinner at Monterey Bay - was very pleasant and conducive to good discussion.
IEWT Conference in Vienna

Feb 27, 2019 News Conference Report
This February, I spent three days at IEWT (Internationale Energiewirtschaftstagung) in beautiful Vienna, Austria. Even though the “I” stands, supposedly, for “International”, virtually all of the attendants were either Austrian or German.The event was very successfully hosted by TU Vienna - which appears to be the alma mater of most Austrian participants.
Army Goes Bowling

Nov 21, 2017 GAMS Applications
The announcement that the US Military Academy’s football team, the Army West Point Black Knights, had received a bid to the Armed Forces Bowl on 23 Dec was good news for the team and its fans and supporters everywhere, but it posed a problem for those tasked with scheduling the Term End Exams at the Academy.

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Authors

Aileen Boehme

Adam Christensen

Bruce McCarl

Clemens Westphal

Evangelos Panos

Fred Fiand

Freddy Proske

George Franco

Julien Harou

Leonard Kunz

Logan Randolph

Lutz Westermann

Mohammed Basheer

Marius Bützler

Michael Bussieck

Renke Kuhlmann

Robin Schuchmann

Steve Dirkse

Stefan Mann