The second annual HiGHS Workshop welcomed 47 attendees that use or distribute HiGHS – the world’s best open-source linear optimization software – including representatives from Microsoft and Edinburgh Airport.

Through collaboration with NVIDIA, HiGHS is excited to push the boundaries of what’s possible in GPU-accelerated optimization.

This year’s challenge was run in partnership with Public Health Scotland and involved undergraduate students from across the UK acting as consultants to derive a data-driven optimization strategy for a strategic resource allocation problem.

We caught up with first year PhD student Ben Champion to learn about the benefits of doing a PhD funded by industry.

By collaborating with the National Energy System Operator and other industry partners, our researchers are helping to shape the future of energy in the UK and beyond.

Thinking about a career in data science or operational research? Scott Jenkins’ journey might inspire you. In this blog, he shares how his MSc in Operational Research with Data Science gave him the skills to transition from a retail job to a fulfilling role in the energy sector.

Representatives from MathWorks, Microsoft, Octopus Energy, and Tesco joined the first annual HiGHS Workshop, bringing together users of the world’s best open-source linear optimization software.

Torben Sell, a lecturer in Machine Learning at the School of Mathematics, talks about his experiences of attending an AIMday and the resulting project with the Pentland Land Managers Association. Academic researchers in the School of Mathematics regularly participate in various knowledge exchange activities with external partners and across Schools. One format that has proved […]

The fight against deforestation – supporting sustainable land use with satellite data Computer Science MSc student, Megan, shares their experience with taking part in the School of Mathematics’ annual interdisciplinary MSc Challenge. For one week, Master’s students from diverse academic backgrounds – mathematics, informatics and geosciences – came together to take on the week-long Earth […]

We are excited to announce some recent successes in our ongoing collaboration with Police Scotland. Three different projects have been approved for funding, marking a significant step forward in our working relationship. We are working closely to develop innovative solutions aimed at optimizing police resourcing through data-driven decision-making. This partnership originated as part of the […]