Monthly Archives: March 2025

Can AI code an Entire Optimization Model?

SolverMax attempted to use an LLM tool to create an entire, non-trivial optimization model, with the AI doing all the programming. They asked Copilot to “Design a crop rotation optimization model“. Copilot responds with a comprehensive specification for this situation, … Continue reading

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AI Interview

Kurt Cagle: “I’ve been interviewed hundreds of times over my career for work-related positions, consultations, and podcasts. An interview is a conversation. It is a chance to get to know the people you might be working with, to assess the … Continue reading

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New book about Business Decision Modeling

Jacob Feldman just published a new book “Business Decision Modeling with OpenRules” available from Amazon. “This book is oriented to subject matter experts who want to build operational decision models for their business environments. No programming skills are required. The … Continue reading

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Java continues to perform well 

Despite the predictions of doomsayers, Java is still a very relevant and clever choice for startups of any size in 2025. Especially with all the goodies just released with Java 24. Java is entirely responsible for Netflix’s success story. It still … Continue reading

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AI Index Reports

Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI): “The mission of the AI Index is to provide unbiased, rigorously vetted, and globally sourced data for policymakers, researchers, journalists, executives, and the general public to develop a deeper understanding of the complex … Continue reading

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Philippe Kahn

Stéphane Dalbera posts biographies of the most influential figures in the history of software development. Today he wrote about Philippe Kahn: “Meet Philippe Kahn – a visionary mathematician, entrepreneur, and tech industry pioneer. Best known for inventing the camera phone in 1997, … Continue reading

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NVIDIA Open-Sources cuOpt for Decision Optimization

Optimization has always been at the core of computational research, and now, a new frontier is emerging—one where open-source innovation meets GPU acceleration. COIN-OR and NVIDIA are collaborating to bring NVIDIA cuOpt, a GPU-accelerated optimization engine, into the COIN-OR open-source ecosystem. This collaboration … Continue reading

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Amazon Layoffs and Streamline Decision-Making

In a surprising move, Amazon is set to lay off up to 14,000 managers by March 2025. Comments from LinkedIn: “Is this really about cost-cutting, or something bigger? Amazon is flattening its hierarchy and betting big on automation and AI-driven … Continue reading

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Event Stream Processing by Roy Schulte

Roy Schulte published a two-part series about Event Stream Processing (ESP) today. Part 1 provides context, defines terms, and explains how AI helps ESP. Part 2 explains how ESP helps AI by enabling streaming data pipelines.

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Is there a perfect programming language?

Stephane Dalbera: “Faced with every crusade proclaiming that a particular language is the miracle cure that will save the world of computing, I always remind people that if we ever reach the point where only the strengths and weaknesses of … Continue reading

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