Michael Morin - Talks and Seminars

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Communications

Below are selected presentations and seminars related to research projects I participated in or on research subjects I worked on. For each communication, the speaker’s name is in bold.

Publications in peer-reviewed proceedings are listed in the Publications section. Those communications are not duplicated here. Please see https://www.michaelmorin.info/publications.html.

There are currently 55 entries on this page.

Last update: November 2024.

Presentations

1.  Abbasiparizi, S., M. Morin, I. Abi-Zeid (July 2024). “A Benders Decomposition Algorithm for the Overland Search and Rescue Problem Considering Search Area Selection”. 25th International Symposium on Mathematical Programming (ISMP 2024). Montreal, QC, Canada.
  Conference: [→ ISMP 2024]

2.  Abbasiparizi, S., M. Morin, I. Abi-Zeid (June 2024). “An Overland Search and Rescue Problem with Search Area Selection and Path Optimization”. CORS Annual Conference. London, ON, Canada.
  Conference: [→ CORS 2024]

3.  Abbasiparizi, S., M. Morin, I. Abi-Zeid (May 2024). “Solving an Optimal Search Path Problem Considering Search Area Selection Using GRASP and Benders Decomposition Algorithms”. Journée de l’optimisation / Optimization Days. Montreal, QC, Canada.
  Conference: [→ JOPT 2024]

4.  Duhem, L., M. Ben Ali, J. Gaudreault, M. Morin (May 2024). “Assessing the potential of market prices to drive sawing decisions”. IISE Annual Conference and Expo. Montréal, QC, Canada.

5.  Morin, M. (Apr. 8, 2024). “Apprentissage machine et optimisation: quand deux tiens valent mieux qu’un tu l’auras”. Semaine numériQC. Québec, QC, Canada.
  Slides: [→ MichaelMorin.info]
  Conference: [→ numeriQC 2024]

6.  Morin, M. (Jan. 24, 2024). “Entrer dans la boîte noire: démystifier le fonctionnement de l’IA pour en saisir son potentiel et ses limites (Entering the black box: Demystifying how AI works to understand its potential and limits)”. Faculté des sciences de l’administration, Université Laval. Québec, QC, Canada.

7.  Morin, M. (May 9, 2024). “Machine learning and optimization: Industrial and humanitarian applications”. Canadian workshop on constraint programming, artificial intelligence, and operations research. Montréal, QC, Canada.
  Slides: [→ MichaelMorin.info]

8.  Morin, M. (Mar. 21, 2024). “Systèmes intelligents et intelligence artificielle: un survol des concepts et des méthodes au-delà des prédictions”. Presented by the Société canadienne de recherche opérationnelle SCRO-Québec in collaboration with the Department of Operations and Decision Systems & the Center for Research on Modeling, Information and Decision (CERMID) of the Faculty of Business Administration, Université Laval. Québec, QC, Canada.

9.  Morin, M., I. Abi-Zeid, C.-G. Quimper (Oct. 2024). “Ant Colony Optimization for Path Planning in Search and Rescue Operations”. INFORMS Annual Meeting. Seattle, WA, USA.
  Paper: Please refer to the EJOR paper: [→ Elsevier] [→ MichaelMorin.info (postprint)]
  Slides: [→ MichaelMorin.info]
  Conference: [→ INFORMS 2024]

10.  Richard, D., M. Morin, C.-G. Quimper (May 2024). “A hybrid dynamic programming and local search algorithm for coverage path planning with imperfect extended detection”. Journée de l’optimisation / Optimization Days. Montreal, QC, Canada.
  Conference: [→ JOPT 2024]

11.  Abbasiparizi, S., M. Morin, I. Abi-Zeid (May 2023). “An Overland Search and Rescue Problem With Search Area Selection”. CORS Annual Conference / Optimization Days. Montréal, QC, Canada.
  Conference: [→ CORS/JOPT 2023]

12.  Morin, M. (Apr. 26, 2023). “Démystifier l’intelligence artificielle: Définition et applications en scierie”. Carrefour Forêts. Québec, QC, Canada.
  Conference: [→ Carrefour 2023]

13.  Morin, M. (Nov. 23, 2023). “L’intelligence artificielle: vers de meilleures décisions et davantage d’automatisation en scierie”. Ateliers-conférences sur la transformation du bois – CIFQ. Québec, QC, Canada.

14.  Morin, M. (Dec. 6, 2023). “Traduire ses objectifs d’affaires en langage compréhensible pour un système intelligent (Translate your business objectives into understandable language for an intelligent system)”. Faculté des sciences de l’administration, Université Laval. Québec, QC, Canada.

15.  Morin, M., T. Laperrière-Robillard, I. Abi-Zeid (Oct. 2023). “Metamodels Of A Search Simulator For Maritime Search Operations Efficiency Evaluation”. INFORMS Annual Meeting. Phoenix, AZ, USA.
  Slides: [→ MichaelMorin.info]
  Conference: [→ INFORMS 2023]

16.  Koné, A., M.-A. Ménard, M. Rekik, M. Morin, C.-G. Quimper (May 18, 2022). “Ordonnancement d’une cellule robotisée de soudage 4.0”. Journée de l’optimisation / Optimization Days. Montréal, QC, Canada.
  Conference: [→ JOPT 2022]

17.  Tremblay, F.-A., J. Gaudreault, A. Durand, M. Morin (Jan. 26, 2022). “Pilotage d’une ligne de rabotage avec séchoir en continu à l’ère de l’Industrie 4.0”. Expo-Forac. Québec, QC, Canada.

18.  Garzon, C., P.-A. Hudon, M. Morin, L.-A. Pelletier-Dubé (May 3, 2021). “Les méthodes de l’indice des risques de corruption et de la détection d’anomalies pour mesurer les risques de corruption dans les marchés publics à partir des données du SEAO”. 88e congrès de l’ACFAS. Montréal, QC, Canada.
  Slides: [→ MichaelMorin.info]

19.  Martineau, V., M. Morin, J. Gaudreault (Jan. 27, 2021). “Anticiper la production associée au débitage d’un lot de billots”. Expo-Forac. Québec, QC, Canada.

20.  Gaudreault, J., M. Morin (Jan. 29, 2019). “Vers l’avenir en transformation : Développer des outils de planification intelligents pour le pilotage des usines 4.0”. Expo-Forac. Québec, QC, Canada.

21.  Morin, M. (June 2019). “L’ABC de l’intelligence artificielle dans le domaine de la santé”. École d’été franco-canadienne en gestion des services de santé (GSS). Québec, QC, Canada.

22.  Morin, M., M. P. Castro, K. E. C. Booth, T. T. Tran, C. Liu, J. C. Beck (July 15, 2019). “Intruder Alert! Optimization Models for Solving the Mobile Robot Graph-Clear Problem”. International Conference on Automated Planning and Scheduling (ICAPS Journal Track). Berkeley, CA, USA.
  Paper: Please refer to the Constraints paper: [→ Springer]  [→ TIDEL (postprint)]
  Conference: [→ ICAPS 2019]

23.  Morin, M., M. P. Castro, K. E. C. Booth, T. T. Tran, C. Liu, J. C. Beck (Oct. 23, 2019). “Optimizing Surveillance Routes for a Team of Robots: Solving the Graph-clear Problem”. INFORMS Annual Meeting. Seattle, WA, USA.
  Slides: [→ MichaelMorin.info]

24.  Morin, M., other panelists (Nov. 19, 2019). “Discussion Panel on Artificial Intelligence in Business Administration (Panel de discussion sur l’intelligence artificielle en administration)”. Journée de l’intelligence artificielle (IA) en sciences de l’administration (IAScA). Québec, QC, Canada.

25.  Morin, M. (May 10, 2018). “Learning from data to feed and to understand optimization-based decision support systems: application cases”. Conférence du CIRRELT. Québec, QC, Canada.

26.  Morin, M., J. Gaudreault, E. Brotherton, F. Paradis, A. Rolland, J. Wery, F. Laviolette (Jan. 30, 2018). “Anticiper la production du sciage pour une meilleure allocation forêt-usine”. Expo-Forac. Québec, QC, Canada.

27.  Morin, M., R. Thomopoulos, I. Abi-Zeid, M. Léger, F. Grondin, M. Pleau (July 2017). “Mining Candidate Solutions to Understand the Results of an Optimization-Based Decision Support System”. 21st Conference of the International Federation of Operational Research Societies (IFORS). Québec, QC, Canada.
  Slides: [→ MichaelMorin.info]

28.  Moisan, T., M. Morin (June 2016). “Constraint Programming Approaches to the Robot Cleaning Problem”. CORS Annual Conference. Banff, AB, Canada.

29.  Morin, M. (Aug. 2016). “Machine Learning for Decision Making”. Toronto Intelligent Decision Engineering Laboratory (TIDEL), Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto. Toronto, ON, Canada.

30.  Morin, M., I. Abi-Zeid, O. Nilo (June 2016). “The Multiple Rectangular Search Areas Problem and its Application to Maritime Search and Rescue”. CORS Annual Conference. Banff, AB, Canada.

31.  Morin, M., J. Gaudreault, F. Laviolette (Jan. 27, 2016). “Prédiction du panier de produits issu de la transformation d’une bille en scierie (Predicting the Basket of Products Resulting from the Transformation of a Log at Sawmills)”. Expo-Forac. Québec, QC, Canada.

32.  Morin, M. (Jan. 31, 2015). “A Hybrid Algorithm for Coverage Path Planning with Imperfect Sensors (Un algorithme hybride pour la planification de chemins couvrant avec capteurs imparfaits)”. Département d’informatique et de génie logiciel, Université Laval. Québec, QC, Canada.
  Slides: [→ MichaelMorin.info]

33.  Morin, M., F. Paradis, A. Rolland, J. Gaudreault, F. Laviolette (June 16, 2015). “Machine Learning and the Log Breakdown Problem”. CORS/INFORMS International Meeting. Montréal, QC, Canada.
  Slides: [→ MichaelMorin.info]

34.  Morin, M., C.-G. Quimper (June 14, 2015). “Introducing the Markov Transition Constraint (MTC)”. CORS/INFORMS International Meeting. Montréal, QC, Canada.
  Slides: [→ MichaelMorin.info]

35.  Morin, M., A. Fruitet, I. Abi-Zeid, C.-G. Quimper (May 28, 2014). “Bicriteria Trajectory Planning in Demining Operations”. CORS Annual Conference. Ottawa, ON, Canada.
  Slides: [→ MichaelMorin.info]

36.  Morin, M. (Jan. 10, 2013). “Constraint Programming for Path Planning with Uncertainty: Solving the Optimal Search Path Problem”. The 9th Summer School of the Association of Constraint Programming / 1st International Optimisation Student Symposium. Kioloa, NSW, Australia.

37.  Morin, M. (Feb. 15, 2013). “On Constraint Programming for Path Planning with Uncertainty (Sur la programmation par contraintes pour la planification de chemins sous incertitude)”. Département d’informatique et de génie logiciel, Université Laval. Québec, QC, Canada.
  Slides: [→ MichaelMorin.info]

38.  Morin, M., L. Lamontagne, I. Abi-Zeid, P. Maupin (May 7, 2012). “Introducing Lexicographic and Pareto Ant Search to Solve the Multi-Criteria OSPV problem”. Optimization Days. Montréal, QC, Canada.

39.  Morin, M. (Apr. 6, 2011). “La planification monocritère et multicritère de plans de recherche: Un survol du problème de l’OSPV (Optimal Searcher Path Problem with Visibility)”. Département d’informatique et de génie logiciel, Université Laval. Québec, QC, Canada.

40.  Morin, M. (May 20, 2011). “Vers des outils d’aide à la décision pour la planification d’opérations de recherche”. 3e forum VRM–Analyse multicritère et territoire. Montréal, QC, Canada.
  Slides: [→ MichaelMorin.info]

41.  Morin, M., A. P. Papillon (June 16, 2011). “On Using Cop-Win Strategies to Solve the Optimal Search Path Problem with Visibility”. The 11th Canadian Undergraduate Mathematics Conference (CUMC). Québec, QC, Canada.

42.  Abi-Zeid, I., O. Nilo, S. Schvartz, M. Morin (July 28, 2010). “Towards a Knowledge-Based System Prototype for Aeronautical Search and Rescue Operations”. The 13th International Conference on Information Fusion (FUSION). Edinburgh, UK.
  Slides: [→ MichaelMorin.info]

43.  Morin, M., L. Lamontagne, I. Abi-Zeid (Mar. 19, 2010). “Planification de chemins dans le contexte de la recherche sauvetage”. MITACS–OSD seminar series. Québec, QC, Canada.

44.  Morin, M., L. Lamontagne, I. Abi-Zeid, P. Maupin (May 26, 2010). “The Ant Search Algorithm: Path Planning for Search and Rescue”. MITACS/CORS Annual Conference. Edmonton, AB, Canada.

45.  Morin, M., L. Lamontagne, I. Abi-Zeid (June 2, 2009). “Multi-Criteria Path Planning for Search and Rescue: A Multi-Criteria Formulation for the Optimal Searcher Path Problem with Visibility”. MITACS Annual Conference. Fredericton, NB, Canada.

46.  Morin, M., L. Lamontagne, I. Abi-Zeid (June 15, 2009). “Multi-Criteria Path Planning for Search and Rescue: The Optimal Searcher Path Problem with Visibility”. CORS/INFORMS International Meeting. Toronto, ON, Canada.

Posters

1.  Picherit, T., L.-P. Lampron, M. Morin, G. Caron-Guillemette, J. Gaudreault (June 13, 2023). “Supervised recommendations of gas metal arc welding parameters”. 4e École d’été du Réseau SDG Innovation. Drummondville, QC, Canada.

2.  Picherit, T., M. Morin, J. Gaudreault, L.-P. Lampron (Nov. 9, 2022). “Supervised Learning For Gas Metal Arc Welding Parameters Recommendations”. Second International Innovation 5.0 Forum and Exhibition. “Beyond Industry 4.0/5.0: Towards a Smart-Digital-Green Society”. Montréal, QC, Canada.

3.  Sexton, J.-T., M. Morin, J. Gaudreault (2022). “Vine Copula Based Data Generation for Machine Learning With an Application to Industrial Processes”. Neurips Workshop on Synthetic Data for Empowering ML Research (SyntheticData4ML). New Orleans, LA, USA.
  Paper: Please refer to the Neurips workshop SyntheticData4ML paper: [→ OpenReview]
  Conference: [→ SyntheticData4ML 2022]

4.  Sexton, J.-T., M. Morin, R. Georges, F. Abasian, J. Gaudreault (Nov. 9, 2022). “Automatic State Matching Gaussian Process Ensemble for Wood Planer Control”. Second International Innovation 5.0 Forum and Exhibition. “Beyond Industry 4.0/5.0: Towards a Smart-Digital-Green Society”. Montréal, QC, Canada.

5.  Dorval, C., J. Cadorette, A. Giroux, C. Savard, M. Morin, A. Ruiz, I. Abi-Zeid, E. Gilbert (Oct. 13, 2021). “Analyse descriptive des différences de genre dans l’évaluation systématique du trouble du spectre de l’autisme dans l’ADOS”. 43e congrès annuel de la Société Québécoise pour la Recherche en Psychologie (SQRP 2021).

6.  Morin, M., M. P. Castro, K. E. C. Booth, T. T. Tran, C. Liu, J. C. Beck (June 29, 2018). “Intruder Alert! Optimization Models for Solving the Mobile Robot Graph-Clear Problem”. Integration of AI and OR Techniques in Constraint Programming (CPAIOR). Delft, The Netherlands.
  Paper: Please refer to the Constraints paper: [→ Springer]  [→ TIDEL (postprint)]
  Poster: [→ MichaelMorin.info]
  Conference: [→ CPAIOR 2018]

7.  Morin, M., F. Paradis, A. Rolland, J. Wery, J. Gaudreault, F. Laviolette (Oct. 15, 2015). “Machine Learning and Data in Sawing Simulation”. ITIS Big Data Colloquium. Québec, QC, Canada.
  Poster: [→ MichaelMorin.info]

8.  Simard, F., M. Morin, C.-G. Quimper, F. Laviolette, J. Desharnais (Sept. 3, 2015). “Bounding an Optimal Search Path with a Game of Cop and Robber on Graphs”. The 21st Conference on Principles and Practice of Constraint Programming (CP).
  Paper: Please refer to the CP paper: [→ Springer]  [→ MichaelMorin.info]
  Poster: [→ MichaelMorin.info]

9.  Morin, M., A. P. Papillon, F. Laviolette, I. Abi-Zeid, C.-G. Quimper (Oct. 9, 2012). “Constraint Programming for Path Planning with Uncertainty: Solving the Optimal Search Path Problem”. The 18th Conference on Principles and Practice of Constraint Programming (CP).
  Paper: Please refer to the CP paper: [→ Springer]  [→ MichaelMorin.info]
  Poster: [→ MichaelMorin.info]