• TPM25
  • March 2-5, 2025 | Long Beach Convention Center

Dr. Jon Orwant

Google AI

Senior Director

Dr. Jon Orwant is Senior Engineering Director of Google AI and leads their Operations Research organization, using mathematical optimization to improve the efficiency of Google and its partners, with a focus on logistics and transportation. In his nearly 20 years at Google, he has led machine learning, visualization, and search teams. Prior to joining Google, he was a Director of Research at France Telecom, CTO of O'Reilly Media, and a Lecturer at MIT. He received his BS, MS, and PhD from MIT and has written several books on programming.

Sessions With Dr. Jon Orwant

Monday, 3 March

  • 02:15pm - 02:45pm (PST) / 03/mar/2025 10:15 pm - 03/mar/2025 10:45 pm

    TPM Tech: Cracking the Ocean Network Design Code
    Google researchers announced in June that they had made a breakthrough in ocean carrier network design and scheduling, one that would make carriers more profitable by allowing them to use fewer ships while carrying more cargo. The claims seemed ambitious, if not fanciful, yet barely a month later Google announced a broad AI partnership with liner carrier CMA CGM. The June announcement centered around a plug-in Google’s team said would change the nature of vessel optimization and routing decisions by considering scheduling, routing and port call orders simultaneously, rather than sequentially. This kickoff session at TPM Tech will explore Google’s specific work in liner network design, while also considering a bigger-picture question: How radically can a physically network of independent companies changes? And how would such changes benefit the customers and partners of shipping lines?
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