This work is conducted by a company, which is, I would say, unique in Armenia, in that they are engaged directly in industrial engineering. Maybe any company deals with optimization problems, I don't know, scheduling problems and try to solve them, these problems by industrial engineering tools. But this is, this field is something that rather misunderstood and maybe misused in Armenia and this is a nice opportunity for all of us to understand what are these tools where they can be used. And now after a short presentation introduction of the company, I will ask maybe Artem to continue. With offices in Armenia, India, Australia and in the United States, Optim's worldwide team is comprised of highly qualified and experienced individuals who work with some of the largest names in the transportation industry, including Southwest Airlines, FedEx, Freight and BHP Billiton. Optim recently expanded their presence in Armenia, opening a new office in the heart of Yerevan with the opportunity to expand their team. The workshop will be presented by top Optim executives involved in the development of rail and airline solutions including Artem Ulyan, executive director of Optim Armenia. With discussions on airline and rail, the regular case studies applies methods and approaches in operational research and exciting announcements relating to new development in Armenia. This is a must-see event for the IT and business communities as well as professors and emerging talent in Armenian universities. Thank you very much. Thank you for this opportunity to be here and to present our company, our ideas, case studies. I think it's really interesting for everyone to share what we have now, what we are doing now with our students, with our colleagues in the university and also to see how we can cooperate in the future. By the way, did you hear about Optim before? Yes. Okay. What did you hear? I think the professor shared what he once said. That is a good one. I think it would be more interesting to start from video. I think everyone will understand what we are doing and then we will do the presentation. We will present some very interesting case studies from the airline industry, from the rail industry which allows you to understand much better what we are doing and how we can cooperate in the future. Okay. So they found other ways to get from point A to point B by worse, by road, by rail and by speed, and eventually through the air. As the world grew, more people went more places and wanted more things. So transportation networks became larger and more complex to satisfy this increasing demand. Eventually, these different modes of transportation started working together. Companies started transferring cargo and parcels between trucks, railroads, ships and things. Passenger transport evolved into mixed-mode commuting, including rail links that meet your airports and parking right facilities for buses and trailers. As all of these networks became more intertwined and as more traffic used them, increasingly complex decisions had to be made about where shipments and people go, when and how they get there, and how to deal with disruptions along the way. Sounds complicated? It is. But when you step back and look at the big picture, all of these elements are just movements on the network and networks can be optimized. And often it's our mission to optimize and automate transportation networks from planning to operations and execution. We develop intelligent software solutions that help companies reduce costs, increase profitability and improve service quality. Optin was founded in 2000 with its roots in academics. And in just a few years, our academic research was ready for the market. We focused on developing software for the rail industry. Gradually, we added advanced solutions for the airline, trucking and mining industries as well. As we solved new business problems in different modes of transportation, we perfected our technologies, combining optimization and simulation in novel ways to develop next generation solutions. We opened offices in Armenia, India and Australia to access new talent and be closer to our global clients. Through all of this change, however, we've remained the same team at heart. A team with deep expertise in transportation and logistics, operations research, computer science, data analytics, and user interface development. A team with top-notch academic credentials and a natural drive for creativity and innovation. A team with members from nearly two dozen countries around the world, fostering diversity, cooperation and understanding. A team with a relentless drive to solve real-world business problems and make a positive impact on society. Today, the transportation industry is facing unprecedented challenges. Thousands of decisions need to be made quickly across complex networks to run operations efficiently. An airline schedules thousands of flights and crews and hundreds of planes every day. A large LTL carrier rounds millions of shipments over thousands of journals, using tens of thousands of tractors, trailers and drivers. A railroad assigns thousands of locomotives each day to the hundreds of trains and lines. These decisions are noisy, but they need to be made every day. And not only are they getting more complex every year, there's a shortage of skilled manpower to make these decisions and relentless pressure to perform better and accommodate more. That's where Optum comes in. We're building decision automation systems that will partially or totally automate transportation. Decision automation naturally leads to optimization, since these systems can evaluate millions of decisions and implement the best one. At the heart of our decision automation systems are algorithms to create plans, to execute plans, and to analyze operations for better future performance. This is what we're doing. Developing these with the common objective of running our lives for longer missions, increasing profits and improving service quality. The future of transportation is very big, and algorithms will try all of it, with minimal usage. Imagine hundreds of driverless trains moving on a rail. Automated rail yards process thousands of cars every day. There are light schedules that evolve automatically based on real-time passenger demand. Automated supply chains move iron ore or coal from mines to ports to ships. Driverless cars and cab networks carry passengers where they need to go. These technologies used to seem like science fiction, but they're actually just around the corner. So join us as we transform the world through decision automation. Together, there's no telling what we can do efficiently. I think now everyone has a better understanding of what we are doing or where we are coming. So let me briefly introduce what we will present today. So brief introduction of our team who will present today, who needs to present our company today. We will do some brief opening over because I think video is very good, so it provides more of a proper understanding of what we are doing, what is called company implementing. Then we have two very interesting case studies, and I think it's really unique opportunity that our colleagues are here and I know that they are very busy, but I try to bring them here because it's very important to share what we are doing based on some real cases. Then I think you will understand how we can cooperate and also I think students will understand where they should go, what kind of achievements they can get and they will understand the operation we serve to better science much better. And then also I will announce some upcoming events. So our team is going to announce HAKEDOM today here and also we are going to have extensive internship program. I will share details then about presentation and then we can have some questions and answers session where you can ask questions here just to answer all your questions. And please, feel free to ask questions at any time. We have Q&A session at the end, but we want this to be a conversation. Yes, definitely, so it can be interactive also. So let me introduce my colleagues. Shaman Awuja is responsible for managing airlines, industry solutions, implementation, promotion in the world wide. Shaman. And Sao Paulo is here, he is PhD and he is over 10 years experience in project management, rail industry, solution implementation and he is currently managing rail business, intelligence and optimization product development. And I'm just director of OptiHarmonia Just director? Yes. Okay. So we mostly develop decision automation solution which allows us to someone not replace but to help people to make decisions. So machines are making this decision instead of human. This is I think the most important part of decision automation based on really complicated algorithm, based on numbers, based on some constraints which are provided by industry. So we are capable to take the decision and I think machines are capable to make the decision or to help taking this decision for human. You know that now it's very popular in Armenia we are talking about how to bring scientific achievements to industry, how to do it. I think this is quite unique company because our founder is quite famous scientist.


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Hidden parcels, closet doors all locked. Leroy, what you doing picking through that keyhole? I wasn't picking. Looking through a keyhole into a dark closet. You can't see nothing in there. Yeah, I know it.  Now it's coming on Christmas Eve. Hey, where's that? Is that all the presents you're putting under the tree? Well, that's all for now, Leroy. I may have a couple of other little items to bring down after you're snug in your bed. Yeah? While visions of sugar plums dance through your head. That's something I could never figure out. What's a sugar plumb? Well... Make room coming through. Well, marjorie with her little presents. Little presents is right. Holy smokes, you can carry them all in one hand. What a cheapskate. How are you, Leroy? It's all right, Anki. It doesn't bother me a bit. What dinky little packages? I bet everybody gets a doily. The size of the package, my boy, doesn't mean a thing. It's the thought that counts. Yeah, I know. This is going to be the best Christmas we ever had, Anki. Well, it could be. I have a big surprise for you. For me? I know, it's a motorcycle. Yep. No, it's not a motorcycle. It's a wonderful surprise for a wonderful uncle. Oh, marjorie, don't hug me so tight. Oop. I heard something crack. Were they ribs? No, Leroy. Three cigars. Oh, well, I'll give them to Judge Hooker. I'll tell them they're a new brand of cigar with hinges in the middle. For smoking in phone booths. I can hardly wait, Anki. Now, marjorie, I hope you didn't buy me something expensive. You'll never guess what it is. Oh, that must be Bronco. Yeah, that's Bronco all right. He always rings the bell like a bear was chasing him. Bronco, come in. Hiya, Marge, honey. Well, come in, Bronco. Merry Christmas, Mr. Gilderslee. Leroy. Merry Christmas to you, Bronco. Yeah, Merry Christmas, honey. Leroy. Little brothers, you can leave your coat on, Bronco. We're all going over to the high school auditorium tonight. Oh? They're having the Kraft Coral Club from Chicago. Wow, that's very nice, Mr. Gilderslee. Yeah, a lot of fine voices. Beautiful music. What are they going to sing on that opera stuff? No, Leroy. Christmas carols. Bronco, I told Anki I have a surprise for him tonight. Yeah, quite a surprise. Oh, is Bronco in on this, too? I'll buy a little tip, Bronco. Oh, I couldn't do that, Mr. Gilderslee. I don't know what it is, but Birdie does. Birdie? Hmm.  I think I'll drift out to the kitchen and have a little talk with Birdie. You won't get anything out of Birdie, Anki. Well, I'm not trying to, Marge. I just want to see Birdie about arrangements for this evening. Of course it wouldn't hurt to pick up a small clue. I love Christmas. Birdie! Yes, Mr. Gilderslee? I just thought I'd come out and see if you're all set for tonight. Yes, sir. Birdie's all set. Fine. Margery has a little surprise for me this evening. Yes, sir. Of course I know what it is. Yes, sir. I'm sure you know what it is, too, Birdie. Yes, sir. That is, you may know what it is, but just so you'll be sure, Birdie, you write what you think it is on this piece of paper, and I'll write what I know it is, then we'll exchange pieces of paper. All right, Mr. Gilderslee, here's my grocery pencil. There. Now we exchange, Birdie. Yes, sir. Thank you. Let's see what Birdie wrote. You ain't trapping me. Let's face it, Birdie. Margery's gone out and bought me a very nice present of some kind, and I'm a little worried about it. Oh? See, I don't have anything very spectacular for Margery. Just the usual presents for a girl. Well, don't worry about that, Mr. Gilderslee. Miss Margery ain't worried about what she's going to get this year. She's a grown-up lady now. I know, Birdie, but I've got to give her something a little bit special. After all, she has this big surprise for me. Pretty late to go buying anything now, Mr. Gilderslee. Yeah, that's right. Bye, George Birdie. I just had a great idea. You remember a long time ago I said when Margery grew up, I was going to give her my mother's diamond ring? Yes, sir. I was going to surprise her with it on her next birthday. But what's wrong with Christmas? There's nothing wrong with it, absolutely nothing. I'll do it, Birdie. I've got the ring up in my dresser drawer. I'll get down to Mr. Peavey's and get a fancy box for it. Oh, that sure will please her. You bet. Now, Birdie, don't you say a word about this to Margery? No, sir. I ain't tellin' nobody nothin'.  I ain't tellin' nobody nothin'. Fine. What time is dinner? I ain't tellin' nobody... Oh, I mean six o'clock. Good ol' Birdie. Oh, Mr. Gilderslee. What can I do for you this Christmas Eve? Peavey, I need a box. Something very fancy. What would you like to have in it? Nothing, Peavey. I just want a little empty box. It's for a Christmas present. Empty box, eh?  No, Peavey. It's for a ring. I want a box for a ring. Oh, well, why didn't you say so? Do you have one? I don't think so. Peavey, you must have something around here. There's a lot of little boxes there in the showcase.  Oh, goodness. How about an aspirin box? You could take the aspirin out. Peavey, this is Marjorie's Christmas present. I'm giving her my mother's diamond ring. The most wonderful surprise of her life. Now, come on, Peavey. Well, I think I can find you something. Attaboy. Look at this ring. Isn't that a beauty? Oh, my, my. I've just been waiting for Marjorie to grow up, so I could give it to her. Makes me feel a little old, Mr. Gilderslee. Huh? Seems like only yesterday that Marjorie was in here dangling her pigtails in a chocolate sundae. Yeah, those pigtails are up in the attic now. I kept them both. Very sweet girl, Marjorie. Yes, she is, Peavey. I was thinking this afternoon while Marjorie and Leroy and I were decorating the tree, how much those children mean to me. How I've cared for them and watched them grow. Yeah, they're everything I have, Peavey. It's nice to feel that way. Makes a nice Christmas, too. All the stockings hung up by the chimney. You bet. Too bad you didn't have any children, Peavey. Only two stockings on your mantle. No, we have three. Mrs. Peavey hangs out with both of her. Oh, I've got to run, Peavey. I'm picking up Miss Milford, and we're all going over to the auditorium to hear the craft chorus. Why don't you folks drop over to the house later, Peavey? Christmas Eve, you know. Well, thank you, Mr. Gilderslee. Happy Christmas, Carol. Yeah, see you later, Peavey. The auditorium's almost full. Let's sit down here, Catherine. Thank you, Throckmorton. You look lovely this evening. Thank you. I feel like a debutante with this corsage you sent me. Well, what the heck, it's Christmas. I gave the floors 375 and told them to shoot the works. Anne! Who's that? Look, I'm here on the roof. Leoy! Oh, where is he? We're up there in the balcony, eating peanuts. Leoy, watch those shells! Oh, look, there's Bronco and Marjorie. Yeah, you can't miss Bronco. What a moose. Aren't they cute together? Yeah. Care to put your coat over the back of the seat?  Thank you. Nice evening gown. Love concerts. Throckmorton, the curtain is going up. Ladies and gentlemen, on this Christmas Eve, it is our pleasure to present the Craft Coral Club under the direction of Gerhard Schrupp. Looking through, all in tuxedos. No surprise I have for Marjorie tonight. What do you think of this? I beg your pardon. Oh, excuse me, please. The judge late again. Well, gilded. Good evening, Miss Milford. Sit down, judge. You're interrupting something important. I am? Oh, are you presenting your Lady Fair with a ring? Judge, please. This is Swachmorton's gift to Marjorie. Yeah. Horace, why don't you drop over after the concert and watch Marjorie's eyes light up when she sees this, huh? Thank you, gilded. I'll be happy to. Hey, the PPs are coming over. They're about to sing again, Swachmorton. I'd invite all the craft singers, too, but I'm afraid Birdie might run out of cheese and crackers. Oh, yeah. Best pocket Christmas Eve, very nice, judge. Where do we get over to our house? In Marjorie starts opening her presents. Oh, brother, I can... Great Gilder Sleeve will return in just a minute. Santa Claus season is pretty expensive, isn't it? Well, if the holiday ahead might put your food budget in the red, here's how to economize now so you'll be prepared for the splurge meals. Use up leftovers tomorrow and Friday and Saturday by dressing them up with the wonderful cheese sauce you can make with craft, smooth-melting cheese-food velvita. You see, you can pour this velvita sauce over leftovers, ham or veal or fish, or just over toast. For an economical hot main dish, you can make it a jiffy. That sauce will help you economize after Christmas, too, when you serve it with the last bits of the Christmas bird. For that tasty sauce, all you do is melt one half pound of velvita in the top of your double boiler, then gradually stir in one quarter cup of milk and season to taste. That's all there is to it for a sauce that'll give your main dish a grand, rich, yet mild, cheddar cheese flavor. And find nourishment, too, because velvita is rich in important food values from milk. So for a wide variety of hot main dishes that are really economical, use good-eating velvita, the cheese food that's as digestible as milk itself. When you buy, be sure you get genuine velvita. It's the cheese food of top quality, made only by Kraft. Well, the folks have just come home from the Christmas Eve concert, and it's getting close to the big moment the great Gilder Sleeve has been waiting for. Uh-huh. Marjorie, you and Catherine come over by the fire.  What? Oh, sure, Mr. Gilder Sleeve. Bronco, that's the footstool. Oh, sorry, Mr. Gilder Sleeve. I don't know what I was thinking about. He's excited tonight, Uncle. What's everybody so excited about? That's Christmas Eve, huh? Let's light the tree and open the packages. Well, better light the tree, I guess. Where's that plug? Get ready, everybody. Here go the lights. Oh, it's perfectly beautiful, Throckmorton. Yeah, that's quite a tree. Isn't it wonderful? It's very effective with all those lights bubbling. Well, I'm sort of a bubbly fellow, too, around Christmas time. Why shouldn't I be? Got a lot of good friends and a wonderful little family. You certainly have, Throckmorton. Yes, sir, I've raised two fine children, and they mean all the world to me. We go through this every year, Miss Milford. You mean it. Well, I mean it. I appreciate you more and more every year. We appreciate you, too, Aunt. Now let's open the presents. Yeah, let's open the presents. My surprise, do you come last, Auntie? Well, I have a surprise for you, too, Marjorie, but wait a minute. We can't open presents until the others get here. What others? You mean you're expecting somebody else, Mr. Gilder-Sleeve? Well, I invited Judge Hooker and the P.V.s. But, Uncle Mort, we thought it was just to be the family and Miss Milford. Yeah, that's what we thought, Mr. Gilder-Sleeve. Well, Marjorie, I sort of wanted the judge and the P.V.s to see what I have for you. Yeah, what's wrong with having them over at Christmas? They always bring presents. Leroy is being very practical about this. Yeah, Christmas to Leroy is like bank night. Yeah! Bronco, let's bring some more chairs into the dining room, huh? Say, where's Bronco? Did he fall in the fireplace? I think he went in your den, Auntie. Oh? Mr. Gilder-Sleeve. Yes, Bronco? May I see you for a minute? Certainly. Excuse me, everybody. Do you mind if we close the door, Mr. Gilder-Sleeve? Close the door? Is it that secret? Well, it's about the surprise Marjorie was telling you about. Well, don't tell me now, Bronco. I want to wait for it. I think I should tell you, Mr. Gilder-Sleeve, before the others come. Huh? What difference does that make? Well, we planned this for just you and the family. Marjorie and I were going to stand up by the tree hand in hand and give you your surprise. Cute, cute. I... I was going to make the speech. You? A speech? Yes, sir. I was going to tell you that Marjorie and I want to be married. Married? Well, sure. Maybe sometime, Bronco. Not sometime, Mr. Gilder-Sleeve. This is definite. I'm asking you if I may marry Marjorie. Marry? Marjorie? Little Marjorie? So, this is her surprise, eh? I love her, Mr. Gilder-Sleeve. Yes. And Marjorie loves me. That's pretty important. Yeah, I guess it is. We've been thinking about it for a long time. I guess it's sort of sudden to you, but... Well, what do you think, Mr. Gilder-Sleeve? We aren't going to do anything hasty, sir. We weren't even planning it until spring. Late spring. June, maybe? That's long enough to wait. Don't you think so, Mr. Gilder-Sleeve? I... I've never thought about it at all. Well, you'll probably get used to the idea of not having Marjorie around by then. Wouldn't you? I've been saving my money. In fact, Marjorie and I aren't giving each other much for Christmas. We're looking ahead. I want to be able to take good care of Marjorie, Mr. Gilder-Sleeve. Of course, we wouldn't do anything without your permission. So, what do you think, Mr. Gilder-Sleeve? Bronco, I think the other guests have arrived by now. Will you tell them I'll be out in a minute? Of course, Mr. Gilder-Sleeve. I'll tell them. Can't believe it. Just can't imagine this house without her. Couldn't bear to go into her little room again. But I used to tuck her in, read her bedtime stories, care for her when she had an easel, chicken pox. I've worked and sacrificed to raise Marjorie. Now, what she means is the most to me. Somebody wants to take her away. Boy has his nerves, he thinks he is. Who is it? It's Catherine, Throckmorton. Oh. Judge Hooper and the PDs are outside. Don't you think you should join the party? Well, I have some thinking to do. Catherine? Yes? Bronco and Marjorie want to get married. Oh, I suspected something like that. Isn't it wonderful? What's so wonderful about it? Why, Throckmorton, I should think you'd be very proud and happy. Happy? How would you feel if your Christmas surprise meant losing your daughter? Well, I suppose I'm thinking more about Marjorie's happiness and Bronco's, how radiant she looks tonight and what it will mean to them. Try to remember, Throckmorton, that a mother wants more than anything else to have her daughter marry a nice young man, somebody who will be kind and good to her. Bronco will? My Marjorie. What are you going to do? I don't know. Give me a little time, Catherine. Anybody want more cocoa and popcorn ball? Oh, no, thank you, Birdie. Gosh, where's Anke? It's time to open the presents. Now there are. Let's not be impatient. Anke has a present under the tree for you, Judge. He has. Where is Gildy? Of course, when he comes out, he ought to start handing out to the little kids first. Well, they say age before beauty, Leroy. Perhaps Peebie should receive his present first. He's the oldest man here. Well, no, I wouldn't change that. Marjorie, while we're waiting for the Lord of the Manor, perhaps you'll play the piano for us. Oh, Judge, I couldn't. I'm too excited tonight. Well, you're complimenting Gildy to me. I'm sorry if I kept everybody waiting. What have you been doing, Gildy? Hibernating in your den. Come on, Anke, I want to see what Santa Claus brought. Yes, it is time to pass out the presents, isn't it? Leroy, we'll start with you. Here you are, my boy. Oh, boy, thanks, Anke. And Birdie, here's a package with your name on it. Thank you, Mr. Gildy. Oh, Santa Claus never forgets Birdie. Now we come to Marjorie. I said I had a special surprise for her tonight. A number of years ago, my mother gave me her engagement ring. I guess she secretly hoped that someday I'd give it to a girl and start a little family. Well, I have a little family, a fine niece and nephew. But I haven't been very lucky on the other score. Thank you again for your address. And so this Christmas, I thought I'd present my mother's ring to Marjorie. Oh, Anke. Splendid idea. But something has happened tonight, which forces me to change my plans. Instead of giving the ring to Marjorie, I want to give it to Bronco to give to Marjorie. Oh, me, Mr. Gilder's sleeve? You want me to give it to her? Here, Bronco, read the card. To Marjorie, or always, from Bronco. Bronco is joining our little family. Oh, Anke, thank you, thank you. Thank you, Mr. Gilder's sleeve very much. We hadn't planned to have an engagement ring. I hope you'll be very happy, both of you. Let me shake your hand, my boy. Wonderful. Gosh, Anke, is Marjorie leaving us? Well, let's not talk about that now, huh, my boy? Bertie, isn't it time for your little Christmas song? Yes, or if Mr. Marjorie feels like playing the piano. I never felt more like it in my life. Fine. This is a little lullaby, Bertie. Always sang to the children, since Marjorie was this high. Full time, child, bye-bye. So it's a merry Christmas to all of you from all of us. Waller-Tetli. Leroy. Mary-Lee Robb. Marjorie. Lillian Randolph. Bertie. Earl Ross. Judge Hooker. Kathy Lewis. Katie Milford. Dick Crenna. Bronco. And Dick LeGrand. Mr. Peavey. Yeah. And a merry Christmas to from all the people behind the scenes. From Jack Meakin and the Orchestra, Writers Paul West, John Elliott and Andy White. From Ray Ferguson and Monty Frazier, our engineer and sound effects artist. And from our producer director, Fran Van Hardisfeld. 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