UK customers will benefit from its expertise, enabling them to make better business decisions using advanced business analytics

Brussels, 28th November 2018: The Smith Institute has become Gurobi’s first UK-based Premier Partner at an event in Brussels. Named after its founders, Zonghao Gu, Edward Rothberg and Robert Bixby, US-based Gurobi’s state-of-the-art software is a commercial solution for all common large-scale optimisation problems. Gurobi counts global giants including Google, Shell, Ferrari, Siemens and Microsoft among its customers. As Gurobi’s only UK Premier Partner, the Smith Institute is expert in implementing Gurobi’s software to drive business performance for its customers.

The speed and efficiency of Gurobi enables expert users to create optimal solutions without compromising on quality; the software can be seen as an alternative to IBM’s CPLEX Optimizer. The Smith Institute has successfully used Gurobi in both domestic and international markets. Recent examples include projects for National Grid, matching supply and demand in electricity networks and the Federal Communications Commission in its recent Broadcast Incentive Auction, the latter of which won the Smith Institute the Operational Research (OR) Society’s acclaimed President’s Medal.

“We have found that Gurobi’s Optimizer is the best software out there for solving complex business problems. It is robust, scalable and performs outstandingly against all benchmarks. At the Smith Institute, it allows us to do a better job for our customers, and we are delighted that Gurobi has selected the Smith Institute as its first Premier Partner in the UK. Dr Robert Leese, Chief Technical Officer, Smith Institute for Industrial Mathematics and Systems Engineering

“Gurobi Premier Partners have a demonstrated track record of expertise in solving complex optimization problems. This select group of partners have extensive experience working both with the Gurobi Optimizer and the Gurobi Support and Development teams. This allows them to fully exploit the capabilities of the solver which, in turn, helps applications developed by Premier Partners to solve mission-critical problems quickly and effectively.” Gurobi website

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