HiGHS and NVIDIA cuOpt: Driving open-source innovation in optimization

For the past six years, HiGHS, the world's leading open-source linear optimization software, has been developed at the University of Edinburgh under the leadership of Julian Hall and Ivet Galabova. Built with contributions from graduate students, HiGHS has consistently delivered state-of-the-art performance, as confirmed by industry-standard independent benchmarks.

With NVIDIA cuOpt becoming open source, a new era of accelerated optimization is emerging—one that combines powerful algorithms with the computational strength of GPUs. This move presents a game-changing opportunity for researchers, developers, and businesses seeking high-performance, cost-effective solutions.