Presentations

* presenting author(s)

Superior and Light Pareto Robust Optimization

CORS Annual Meeting, June 2024, London, ON
Fahimeh Rahimi, Danielle Ripsman*, Hossein Abouee Mehrizi, Houra Mahmoudzadeh
Finalist, CORS Student Paper Competition - Open Category 
Finalist, CORS Health Care Operational Research SIG Student Paper Competition

 

Robust CVaR Chance Constraints in Radiotherapy Treatment Planning for Prostate Cancer

CORS Annual Meeting, June 2024, London, ON
Stoyan Hristov, Ernest Osei, Johnson Darko, Houra Mahmoudzadeh
 

Constraint Inference for Radiotherapy using Robust-Inverse Optimization

CORS Annual Meeting, June 2024, London, ON
Bradley Hallett, Ernest Osei, Johnson Darko, Houra Mahmoudzadeh

 

A Time-discretized Mathematical Model and Heuristic for Breast Cancer Radiotherapy

INFORMS Annual Meeting, October 2023, Phoenix, AZ
Scholar Sun*, Johnson Darko, Ernest Osei, Houra Mahmoudzadeh
Second Place, INFORMS Undergraduate Operations Research Prize

 

Inverse Learning of Radiotherapy Treatment Planning Criteria

INFORMS Annual Meeting, October 2023, Phoenix, AZ
Bradley Hallett*, Johnson Darko, Ernest Osei, Houra Mahmoudzadeh

 

A Geometric Approach to Beam Angle Optimization in Radiation Therapy

INFORMS Annual Meeting, October 2023, Phoenix, AZ
Danielle Ripsman*, Sibel Alumur Alev,  Houra Mahmoudzadeh

 

Understanding the Logic of Hospital Discharge Decisions Using Inverse Optimization

INFORMS Healthcare Conference, July 2023, Toronto, ON
Sara Ebrahimkhani*, Hossein Abouee Mehrizi,  Houra Mahmoudzadeh

 

Inverse Learning of Acceptability Criteria in Radiotherapy

INFORMS Healthcare Conference, July 2023, Toronto, ON
Bradley Hallett*, Johnson Darko, Ernest Osei, Houra Mahmoudzadeh

 

Evaluating Sampling Approaches in Radiation Therapy Treatment Planning

INFORMS Healthcare Conference, July 2023, Toronto, ON
William Kwong*, Danielle Ripsman, Houra Mahmoudzadeh

 

Geometric Beam Angle Optimization for Radiation Therapy Treatment Planning

INFORMS Healthcare Conference, July 2023, Toronto, ON
Danielle Ripsman*, Sibel Alumur Alev, Houra Mahmoudzadeh

 

Inverse Optimization for Inferring Clinical Criteria in Radiation Therapy Treatment Planning

INFORMS Healthcare Conference, July 2023, Toronto, ON
Bradley Hallett*, Ernest Osei, Johnson Darko, Houra Mahmoudzadeh

 

Light Pareto Robust Optimization for Radiation Therapy Treatment Planning

INFORMS Healthcare Conference, July 2023, Toronto, ON
Fahimeh Rahimi*, Danielle Ripsman, Hossein Abouee Mehrizi, Houra Mahmoudzadeh

 

A Time-Discretized Mathematical Model and Heuristic for Breast Cancer Radiotherapy

CORS / Optimization Days Conference, May 2023, Montreal, QC 
Scholar Sun*, Johnson Darko, Ernest Osei, Houra Mahmoudzadeh
First Place, CORS Student Paper Competition - Undergraduate Category

 

Inverse Optimization for Inferring Clinical Criteria for Radiation Plans for Prostate Cancer Patients

CORS / Optimization Days Conference, May 2023, Montreal, QC 
Bradley Hallett*, Johnson Darko, Ernest Osei, Houra Mahmoudzadeh
 

Superior and Light Pareto Robust Optimization in Radiation Therapy

CORS / Optimization Days Conference, May 2023, Montreal, QC 
Fahimeh Rahimi*, Hossein Abouee Mehrizi, Houra Mahmoudzadeh
 

A Geometric Approach to Beam Angle Optimization in Radiation Therapy Treatment Planning

CORS / Optimization Days Conference, May 2023, Montreal, QC 
Danielle Ripsman*, Sibel Alumur Alev, Houra Mahmoudzadeh
 

A Tractable Approach to Inverse Optimization under the Euclidean Norm

CORS / Optimization Days Conference, May 2023, Montreal, QC 
Sara Ebrahimkhani*, Hossein Abouee Mehrizi, Houra Mahmoudzadeh
 

A Geometric Approach to Beam Angle Selection in Radiation Therapy Treatment Planning

INFORMS Annual Meeting, October 2022, Indianapolis, IN 
Danielle Ripsman*, Sibel Alumur Alev, Houra Mahmoudzadeh
 

Learning from Good and Bad Decisions Using Inverse Optimization

INFORMS Annual Meeting, October 2022, Indianapolis, IN 
Danielle Ripsman*, Houra Mahmoudzadeh
 

Structural Solution Approaches to Robust Optimization with Polyhedral Uncertainty

CORS/INFORMS International Conference, June 2022, Vancouver, BC 
Danielle Ripsman*, Houra Mahmoudzadeh
 

Learning from Good and Bad Decisions Using Inverse Optimization

CORS/INFORMS International Conference, June 2022, Vancouver, BC 
Houra Mahmoudzadeh, Kimia Ghobadi
 

Robust Approaches to Radiation Therapy Treatment Planning

CORS/INFORMS International Conference, June 2022, Vancouver, BC 
Danielle Ripsman*, Houra Mahmoudzadeh
 

Performance Analysis of Probabilistic and Robust Optimization: A Special Case of Left-hand Side Breast Cancer

CORS/INFORMS International Conference, June 2022, Vancouver, BC 
Amirhossein Vaeztehrani*, Houra Mahmoudzadeh
 

Optimization of Sliding Windows IMRT Treatment Planning

INFORMS Annual Meeting, October 2021, Anaheim, CA (Hybrid)
Rafiq Habib*, Jessie Yeung*, Ernest Osei, Johnson Darko, Houra Mahmoudzadeh
Finalist, INFORMS Undergraduate Research Prize

 

A Vehicle Routing Problem for Livestock Feed Distribution

INFORMS Annual Meeting, October 2021, Anaheim, CA (Hybrid)
Theodore Morissette*, Andrew Veldhuis*, Razi Sayed*, Eric Entz*, Hossein Abouee Mehrizi, Houra Mahmoudzadeh
Finalist, INFORMS Undergraduate Research Prize

 

Inverse Optimization For Standardizing Cancer Care Guidelines

INFORMS Annual Meeting, October 2021, Anaheim, CA (Hybrid)
Kimia Ghobadi*, Houra Mahmoudzadeh
 

A Geometric Approach To Beam Angle Selection In Radiation Therapy Treatment Planning

INFORMS Annual Meeting, October 2021, Anaheim, CA (Hybrid)
Danielle Ripsman*, Sibel Alumur Alev, Houra Mahmoudzadeh
 

Radiotherapy Patient Scheduling During Pandemics

INFORMS Annual Meeting, October 2021, Anaheim, CA (Hybrid)
Shamim Raeisi*, Ernest Osei, Johnson Darko, Houra Mahmoudzadeh
 

A Network-based Column Generation Approach For Volumetric-modulated Arc Therapy

INFORMS Annual Meeting, October 2021, Anaheim, CA (Hybrid)
Amirhossein Vaeztehrani*, Houra Mahmoudzadeh
 

Closed-form Constraint Generation For Classes Of Robust Polyhedral Uncertainty

INFORMS Annual Meeting, October 2021, Anaheim, CA (Hybrid)
Danielle Ripsman*, Houra Mahmoudzadeh
 

Data-driven Inverse Optimization for Standardizing Cancer Care Guidelines

INFORMS MSOM Conference, July 2021, (virtual)
Kimia Ghobadi*, Houra Mahmoudzadeh
 

Data-driven Inverse Optimization for Standardizing Cancer Care Guidelines

INFORMS Healthcare Conference, July 2021, (virtual)
Houra Mahmoudzadeh*, Kimia Ghobadi
 

An optimization model for sliding windows IMRT treatment planning

CORS Annual Meeting, May 2021, (virtual)
Rafiq Habib*, Johnson Darko, Ernest Osei, Houra Mahmoudzadeh
 

A vehicle routing problem for livestock feed distribution

CORS Annual Meeting, May 2021, (virtual)
Theodore Morissette*, Eric Entz*, Andrew Veldhuis*, Razi Sayed*, Hossein Abouee Mehrizi, Houra Mahmoudzadeh
First Place, CORS Student Paper Competition - Undergraduate Category

 

Inverse optimization for promotion pricing

CORS Annual Meeting, May 2021, (virtual)
Saeide Bigdellou*, Houra Mahmoudzadeh, Shirin Aslani, Mohammad Modarres
 

Generating the Pareto robust frontier in robust radiotherapy optimization problems

CORS Annual Meeting, May 2021, (virtual)
Fahimeh Rahimi*, Hossein Abouee Mehrizi, Houra Mahmoudzadeh
 

A two-stage column-and-constraint generation approach for direct aperture optimization in intensity-modulated radiation therapy

CORS Annual Meeting, May 2021, (virtual)
Amirhossein Vaeztehrani*, Houra Mahmoudzadeh
 

Closed-form constraint generation for robust radiation therapy treatment planning

CORS Annual Meeting, May 2021, (virtual)
Danielle Ripsman*, Houra Mahmoudzadeh
 

Radiotherapy patient scheduling during pandemics

CORS Annual Meeting, May 2021, (virtual)
Shamim Raeisi*, Ernest Osei, Johnson Darko, Houra Mahmoudzadeh, Hossein Abouee Mehrizi
 

Optimizing the operations of cancer centers during the COVID-19 pandemic

CORS Annual Meeting, May 2021, (virtual)
Arian Aminoleslami*, Ernest Osei, Johnson Darko, Houra Mahmoudzadeh, Hossein Abouee Mehrizi
 

Data-driven Inverse Optimization for Constraint Inference

CORS Annual Meeting, May 2021, (virtual)
Houra Mahmoudzadeh*, Kimia Ghobadi
 

An Analysis of Advance Scheduling Problem in Health Care Systems with Uncertainty

CORS Annual Meeting, May 2021, (virtual)
Nafise Niazi Shahraki*, Hossein Abouee Mehrizi, Houra Mahmoudzadeh
 

Inferring Linear Feasible Regions using Inverse Optimization

INFORMS Annual Meeting, November 2020, (virtual)
Houra Mahmoudzadeh*, Kimia Ghobadi
 

An Adversarial-based Solution to a Robust Multi-priority Advance Patient Scheduling Problem with Demand Uncertainty

INFORMS Annual Meeting, November 2020, (virtual)
Nafise Niazi Shahraki*, Hossein Abouee Mehrizi, Houra Mahmoudzadeh
 

Finding The Pareto Robust Frontier Of Robust Optimal Solutions

INFORMS Annual Meeting, November 2020, (virtual)
Fahimeh Rahimi*, Hossein Abouee Mehrizi, Houra Mahmoudzadeh
 

Optimizing the Operations of Cancer Centers During the COVID-19 Pandemic

INFORMS Annual Meeting, November 2020, (virtual)
Arian Aminoleslami*, Hossein Abouee Mehrizi, Houra Mahmoudzadeh
 

A Network-based Column Generation Approach For Direct Aperture Optimization In Radiation Therapy

INFORMS Annual Meeting, November 2020, (virtual)
Amirhossein Vaeztehrani*, Houra Mahmoudzadeh
 

Implementing Constraint Generation Methods for Solving Large-scale IMRT Treatment Optimization Problems

CORS 2020 (competition only), June 2020 
Lucy Fountain*, Houra Mahmoudzadeh
Runner-up, CORS Student Paper Competition - Undergraduate Category

 

Multi-point Inverse Optimization of Constraint Parameters

INFORMS Annual Meeting, October 2019, Seattle, WA
Kimia Ghobadi*, Houra Mahmoudzadeh
 

Optimal Re-allocation of Pay and Display Machines for Toronto Parking Authority

INFORMS Annual Meeting, October 2019, Seattle, WA
Milan Preet Kaur*, Mandeep Hanspal, Jui Dhaval Champaneri, Sathana Srikanthan and Houra Mahmoudzadeh
Winner, INFORMS Undergraduate OR Prize
(See article on Waterloo Engineering News)
 

Multi-point Inverse Optimization of Constraint Parameters

INFORMS Healthcare, July 2019, Cambridge, MA
Houra Mahmoudzadeh*, Kimia Ghobadi
 

Robust Direct Aperture Optimization for Radiation Therapy Treatment Planning

INFORMS Healthcare, July 2019, Cambridge, MA
Danielle Ripsman*, Thomas Purdie, Timothy Chan, and Houra Mahmoudzadeh
 

A Robust Optimization Approach for Partially-Ineffective Uncertainty Sets with Application to Power Dispatch

CORS Annual Meeting, May 2019, Saskatoon, ON
Milad Dehghani Filabadi*, Sahar Pirooz Azad, and Houra Mahmoudzadeh
Finalist (top 3) of the CORS Student Paper Competition - Open Category

 

Optimal Re-allocation of Pay and Display Machines for Toronto Parking Authority

CORS Annual Meeting, May 2019, Saskatoon, ON
Milan Preet Kaur*, Mandeep Hanspal, Jui Dhaval Champaneri*, Sathana Srikanthan and Houra Mahmoudzadeh
First Place, CORS Student Paper Competition - Undergraduate Category

 

Robust Direct Aperture Optimization for Radiation Therapy Treatment Planning

Canadian Healthcare Optimization Workshop (CHOW) and CORS Annual Meeting, May 2019, Saskatoon, ON
D.  Ripsman*, T. Purdie, T. Chan, H.Mahmoudzadeh
First Place, CORS Healthcare Operational Research SIG Oral Presentation Competition
 

IMRT with the sliding window technique: An optimization model and demonstration 

IISE Annual Conference and Expo,  May 2019, Orlando, FL
Jessie Yeung*, Johnson Darko, Ernest Osei, Houra Mahmoudzadeh.
Finalist, Representing IISE Canada in the International IISE Undergraduate Student Technical Paper Competition 

 

IMRT with the sliding window technique: An optimization model and demonstration 

IISE Student Conference, 2019, Montreal, QC
J. Yeung*, J. Darko, E. Osei, H. Mahmoudzadeh.
First Place, Canadian IISE Undergraduate Student Technical Paper Competition

 

Robust direct aperture optimization for radiation therapy treatment planning

CORS Annual Meeting 2018, Halifax, NS
D. A. Ripsman*, H. Mahmoudzadeh, T. C. Y. Chan, T. G. Purdie.
 

IMRT with the sliding window technique: An optimization model and demonstration 

CORS Annual Meeting 2018, Halifax, NS
J. Yeung*, J. Darko, E. Osei, H. Mahmoudzadeh.
Finalist of the CORS Student Paper Competition - Undergraduate Category

 

Optimal power flow in HVDC interconnected systems considering wind uncertainty

CORS Annual Meeting 2018, Halifax, NS
M. Dehghani Filabadi, S. Pirooz Azad, H. Mahmoudzadeh*.
 

Robust inverse optimization

 INFORMS Annual Meeting 2017, Houston, TX
T. Lee*, H. Mahmoudzadeh, D. Terekhov, K. Ghobadi.
 

Robust multi-class multi-period scheduling of MRI services with wait targets

 CORS/IFORS 2017, Quebec City, QC
A. Mirahmadi Shalamzari*, H. Mahmoudzadeh, H. Abouee Mehrizi.
 

Robust inverse optimization

CORS/IFORS 2017, Quebec City, QC
D. Terekhov*, K. Ghobadi, T. Lee, H. Mahmoudzadeh.
 

Robust mixed-integer optimization for radiation therapy treatment planning with delivery constraints

Optimization Days 2017, Montreal, QC
D. A. Ripsman*, H. Mahmoudzadeh, T. C. Y. Chan, T. G. Purdie.
 

Robust multi-class multi-period scheduling of MRI services with wait targets

Optimization Days 2017, Montreal, QC
A. Mirahmadi Shalamzari*, H. Mahmoudzadeh, H. Abouee Mehrizi.
 

Robust inverse optimization

INFORMS Annual Meeting 2016, Nashville, TN
K. Ghobadi*, T. Lee, H. Mahmoudzadeh, D. Terekhov.
 

Robust inverse optimization

CORS Annual Meeting 2016, Banff, AB
T. Lee*, K. Ghobadi, D. Terekhov, H. Mahmoudzadeh.
 

Robust optimization methods for breast cancer radiation therapy

INFORMS Annual Meeting 2015, Philadelphia, PA
H. Mahmoudzadeh*, T. C. Y. Chan, T. G. Purdie.
 

Robust-CVaR optimization for breast cancer radiation therapy

Robust and Probabilistic Radiation Therapy Workshop, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
H. Mahmoudzadeh*, T. C. Y. Chan, T. G. Purdie.
 

Robust optimization methods for breast cancer radiation therapy

CORS/INFORMS International Joint Conference 2015, Montréal, QC
H. Mahmoudzadeh*, T. C. Y. Chan, T. G. Purdie.
 

Cardiac sparing in left-sided breast IMRT using robust optimization

World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering 2015, Toronto, ON
H. Mahmoudzadeh*, T. C. Y. Chan, T. G. Purdie.
 

Pareto robust optimality in breast cancer radiation therapy treatment

INFORMS Annual Meeting 2014, San Francisco, CA
H. Mahmoudzadeh*, T. C. Y. Chan, T. G. Purdie.
 

A constraint generation solution approach to robust optimization models in radiation therapy treatment planning

ESIXXXI: OR Applied to Health in a Modern World 2014, Forte di Bard, Italy
H. Mahmoudzadeh*, T. C. Y. Chan, T. G. Purdie.
 

A constraint generation solution method for robust breast cancer IMRT treatment planning

INFORMS Annual Meeting 2013, Minneapolis, MN
H. Mahmoudzadeh*, T. C. Y. Chan, T. G. Purdie.
 

A robust direct aperture optimization approach for left-sided breast IMRT

AAPM Annual Meeting 2013, Indianapolis, IN
H. Mahmoudzadeh*, T. C. Y. Chan, T. G. Purdie.
 

A robust-CVaR model and constraint generation solution method for breast cancer radiation therapy

INFORMS Healthcare 2013, Chicago, IL
H. Mahmoudzadeh*, T. C. Y. Chan, T. G. Purdie.
 

A robust-CVaR optimization approach to left-sided breast IMRT

Radiation Physics Seminar, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, 2012, Toronto, ON
H. Mahmoudzadeh*, T. C. Y. Chan, T. G. Purdie.
 

A robust-CVaR approach to left-sided breast cancer radiation therapy

INFORMS Annual Meeting 2012, Phoenix, AZ
H. Mahmoudzadeh*, T. C. Y. Chan, T. G. Purdie.
 

A robust-CVaR approach to left-sided breast IMRT

AAPM Annual Meeting 2012, Charlotte, NC
H. Mahmoudzadeh*, T. C. Y. Chan, T. G. Purdie.
 

A robust-CVaR approach to left-sided breast cancer radiation therapy

CORS Annual Conference 2012, Niagara Falls, ON
H. Mahmoudzadeh*, T. C. Y. Chan, T. G. Purdie.
 

A robust-CVaR optimization approach to left-sided breast IMRT

Ontario Consortium for Adaptive Interventions in Radiation Oncology (OCAIRO) Lecture Series, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, 2012, Toronto, ON
H. Mahmoudzadeh*, T. C. Y. Chan, T. G. Purdie.