Speaker: Dr. Thomas L. Mifflin, CEO Metron Scientific Solutions

Abstract: On the morning of June 1, 2009, Air France flight 447 fell into the depths of the Atlantic ocean during turbulent weather. One week later the mathematical and computational efforts conducted at Metron Scientific Solutions identified the approximate location where the wreckage would be found. We will present how probabilistic search models, along with knowledge of ocean currents and prior searches, lead to the successful outcome of finding the wreckage of flight 447.

An OR/MS Today article from August 2011 with additional details is here.