<html aria-label="message body"><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue;">Discrete Optimization Talks (DOTs)</span><br style="font-family: HelveticaNeue;"><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue;">A virtual seminar series by the Mixed Integer Programming Society, a section of the Mathematical Optimization Society.</span><br style="font-family: HelveticaNeue;"><br style="font-family: HelveticaNeue;"><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue;">==================================</span><br style="font-family: HelveticaNeue;"><br style="font-family: HelveticaNeue;"><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue;">We invite you to join us for the next season of Discrete Optimization Talks (DOTs).</span><br style="font-family: HelveticaNeue;"><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue;">DOTs are virtual discrete optimization talks, organized by Margarita Castro (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile), Silvia Di Gregorio (Université Sorbonne Paris Nord) and Aleksandr M. Kazachkov (University of Florida). The format is two 30-minute talks. </span><br style="font-family: HelveticaNeue;"><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue;">In the coming semester, DOTs will be held on the second Friday of the month at 12:00pm Eastern Time over Zoom.</span><br style="font-family: HelveticaNeue;"><br style="font-family: HelveticaNeue;"><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue;">After a usual (in-person) seminar, you might grab a tea/coffee and chat with other attendees. Why not here too? You are invited to stay on for some informal discussion and socialization after the talks.</span><br style="font-family: HelveticaNeue;"><br style="font-family: HelveticaNeue;"><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue;">To attend, please subscribe via </span><a href="https://mixedinteger.hosted.phplist.com/lists/?p=subscribe" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue;">https://mixedinteger.hosted.phplist.com/lists/?p=subscribe</a><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue;">. We will send the link to join by the morning of the seminar.</span><br style="font-family: HelveticaNeue;"><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue;">Details can be found on our website: </span><a href="https://talks.discreteopt.com/" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue;">https://talks.discreteopt.com</a><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue;">. There, you may also subscribe to our calendar or watch recordings of previous talks. You may also sign up to give a future DOT.</span><br style="font-family: HelveticaNeue;"><br style="font-family: HelveticaNeue;"><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue;">If you have any questions, please reach out to us at </span><a href="mailto:discrete.opt.talks@gmail.com"><font face="HelveticaNeue">discrete.opt.talks@gmail.co</font>m</a>.<br style="font-family: HelveticaNeue;"><br style="font-family: HelveticaNeue;"><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue;">================================</span><br style="font-family: HelveticaNeue;"><br style="font-family: HelveticaNeue;"><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue;">Schedule:</span><br style="font-family: HelveticaNeue;"><font face="HelveticaNeue"><br>September 11, 2026 at 12:00 p.m. ET<br>MIP Poster Winners<br><br>October 9, 2026 at 12:00 p.m. ET<br><span data-sheets-root="1" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Sonia Cafieri</span></font><div><font face="HelveticaNeue"><span data-sheets-root="1" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Thiago Serra</span><font color="#000000"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br></span></font><br>November 13, 2026 at 12:00 p.m. ET<br><span data-sheets-root="1" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Ed Klotz</span><br><span data-sheets-root="1" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Daphne Skipper</span></font></div><div><font face="HelveticaNeue"><font color="#000000"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br></span></font>December 11, 2026 at 12:00 p.m. ET<br><span data-sheets-root="1" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Mathieu Besançon</span></font></div><div><font face="HelveticaNeue"><span data-sheets-root="1" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Cristina Molero del Río</span><font color="#000000"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br></span></font></font><div><br></div></div></body></html>