The Fifth Elephant 2025 Annual Conference CfP

Constrained optimization lies at the heart of many complex systems where multiple limited resources, like time, labor, equipment, or energy, must be allocated efficiently while satisfying strict operational constraints. These problems are often high-dimensional, dynamic, and involve tightly coupled dependencies between variables. Traditional methods like Mixed-Integer Linear Programming or Heuristics often struggle in dynamic, distributed settings due to their centralized and rigid nature. Agentic AI offers a compelling alternative by modeling system components as autonomous agents capable of local reasoning, coordination, and negotiation.

This talk illustrates the power of agentic AI for airline scheduling, which is an exceptionally complex, real-world example of constrained optimization. Here, aircraft, crew, fuel resources, etc. must be jointly scheduled under tight timing constraints, regulatory rules, and disruption risks. By representing multiple elements as intelligent agents, agentic AI enables decentralized decision-making and dynamic re-optimization. The talk will demonstrate how integrating agentic models with classical optimization solvers creates hybrid frameworks that are not only scalable but also resilient to real-time changes.

Key takeaways

• Learn how agentic AI enables decentralized, adaptive, optimal solutions
• See the complexity involved in optimisations like airline scheduling
• See how agentic AI solves such complex problems

Target audience

• Practitioners keen to learn amazing potential of agentic AI
• Data science and AI enthusiasts
• Folks looking to solve complex optimization problems

Speaker bio
Dr. Karthika Vijayan is a Solution Consultant at Sahaj Software. She has been conducting research in the field of conversational AI with voice and text data for almost a decade. Her research has been published in several journals and presented at various international conferences. Prior to joining Sahaj Software, she worked as a research fellow at the National University of Singapore and at IISc Bangalore. She has done her PhD from IIT Hyderabad.
Previous talk links

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6YHcDLod8A
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uoUwGpzIL0
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kphYc_lvKIk&list=PLkPaq00oPRfzz9O4q06rOL2dHCEX7PQwU&index=18
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvJhtBdmUi8&t=897s
  Profile links
• https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=fJp6O0UAAAAJ&hl=en
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/karthika-vijayan/
• https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Karthika-Vijayan