{"id":6037,"date":"2026-06-09T17:04:48","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T11:34:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/internshala.com\/competitions\/?p=6037"},"modified":"2026-06-09T17:06:51","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T11:36:51","slug":"optimization-grandchallenge-2026-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/internshala.com\/competitions\/optimization-grandchallenge-2026-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Optimization GrandChallenge 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83d\udccc<strong> About the Challenge<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"p-rc_6335f563ff8dcd53-129\">The <strong>Optimization Grand Challenge 2026 (OGC 2026)<\/strong> is an elite global operations research tournament co-hosted by <strong>LG CNS<\/strong> and the <strong>Korean Institute of Industrial Engineers (KIIE)<\/strong>.<sup><\/sup> This year&#8217;s core track presents <strong>&#8220;The Grand Shipyard Puzzle: Pack the Block, Beat the Clock.&#8221;<sup><\/sup><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The problem simulates real-world heavy industrial manufacturing bottlenecks where 2D\/3D spatial layout constraints are tightly coupled with temporal scheduling parameters. 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