# Event Details - **Event Name**: Hybrid: An Introduction to Operational Research with Google OR-Tools - **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 22 Jul, 2026 at 06:30 pm – Wed, 22 Jul, 2026 at 09:00 pm - **Event Description**: Learn how Google OR-Tools is organised and how its components can be applied to solving operational business problems.About this EventSpeakerNicholas StylianouSynopsisModern Operations Research provides a scientific framework for today's complex decision-making landscape. Google OR-Tools supports this by providing a high-performance, open-source software suite that gives access to powerful optimisation techniques that can be applied to real-world industrial applications.In this presentation, I will introduce the field of Operations Research and Google OR-Tools. I'll then demonstrate the use of OR-Tools in practice by outlining the key elements that define an Operations Research problem and showing how these key elements provide a context for the different types of problems, and the "solvers" that OR-Tools provides access to for solving them.I'll describe the generic process for working with solvers and illustrate this process in action through various examples using the OR-Tools Python wrapper.I'll finish by reflecting on some of the interesting design features of OR-Tools and outlining some of the current challenges for Operations Research.About the speakerNicholas Stylianou – Senior Software Engineer at Reach ComputingSince graduating from the Department of Computing at Imperial College London in the mid-1990s, Nicholas has worked in the IT industry as a CAD/CAM Software Engineer, UNIX Systems Administrator, Enterprise Architect and Text/Data Mining Analyst.He is now an Independent Researcher and Software Engineer specialising in Computational Musicology. He has presented at the "Mathematics and Computation in Music" biennial international conference, and also successfully authored and published his first book "Heptatonics" (2019), with a second volume currently in preparation.Alongside this he also continues to work more broadly on IT projects in industry, having established Reach Computing Ltd in 2017, and has been an active member of the BCS since 2011.Our events are for adults aged 16 years and over.This meeting is conducted in accordance with the BCS Code of Conduct for Meetings.BCS is a membership organisation. If you enjoy this event, please consider joining BCS. You’ll be very welcome. You’ll receive access to many exclusive career development tools, an introduction to a thriving professional community and also help us Make IT Good For Society. 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Please speak to a member of staff if you do not wish to be included.For overseas delegates who wish to attend the event, please note that BCS does not issue invitation letters.This event is brought to you by: London Central branchSupported by: London North branch and London South branchAgenda?: 06:30 PMHybrid event starts?: 08:00 PMPresentation ends with networking and refreshments for those in person.?: 09:00 PMEvent close - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/london/hybrid-an-introduction-to-operational-research-with-google-or-tools/100001988401957782 - **Event Categories**: it, meetups, business, conferences - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 - **Event Highlights**: - Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes - Location: BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT - Languages: English ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: GBP ## Event venue details - **city**: London - **state**: EN - **country**: United Kingdom - **location**: BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT - **lat**: 51.5168719 - **long**: -0.0877157 - **full address**: BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, 25 Copthall Ave, London, United Kingdom ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Hybrid: An Introduction to Operational Research with Google OR-Tools - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events10/banners/645349829a018d15594653e1f0ae5abf72b65a53971ccf1d6d44378bbaa637c1-rimg-w1200-h600-dc006b41-gmir.jpg?v=1779150613 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Hybrid: An Introduction to Operational Research with Google OR-Tools being held? - **A:** Hybrid: An Introduction to Operational Research with Google OR-Tools takes place on Wed, 22 Jul, 2026 at 06:30 pm to Wed, 22 Jul, 2026 at 09:00 pm at BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, 25 Copthall Ave, London, United Kingdom. - **Q**: Who is organizing Hybrid: An Introduction to Operational Research with Google OR-Tools? - **A:** Hybrid: An Introduction to Operational Research with Google OR-Tools is organized by BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT. - **Q**: Who is this event for? 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