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Brenda Dietrich Is One of Fast Company 100
O.R. in the News
 Former INFORMS President Brenda Dietrich was named one of the 100 Most Creative People in Business by the magazine Fast Company. Read her profile here. Read more O.R. in the News. |
INFORMS Member Insurance Benefits
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Blog On: From 2009 INFORMS Conference on O.R. Practice
 The INFORMS Practice Conference has concluded, but the thoughts continue to swirl, and those who attended have been blogging about major conference issues. Visit the blogs below to join the discussion.
How Can O.R. Help Stop the Spread of the Swine Pandemic?
by Erica Klampfl, blogging at the 2009 INFORMS Conference on O.R. Practice
For those of you who weren't at the talk this morning [April 28, 2009] by Mark Ehlen, Chief Economist at Sandia National Laboratories, you missed a very interesting discussion on applications of O.R. in homeland security. Of particular interest to those of us who have been traveling to and from this conference is concern about the spread of the swine disease...Read more.
Robustness Rules, Determinism Drools!
by Mohan Sodhi, blogging at the 2009 INFORMS Conference on O.R. Practice
Had a really productive first day (Sunday) at the conference, getting enlightened on a number of front(s) as regards deterministic modeling versus stochastic. Started the day with attending Sam Savage's presentation about the Flaw of Averages at the JMP software distribution. JMP seems to have come so far away...Read more. |
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INFORMS Meetings
CORS/INFORMS International Toronto
June 14-17, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
http://meetings.informs.org/Toronto09
 Register Now: Early Registration Deadline Through May 22
Take advantage of the early rates now and save! Click here to register today at the lowest rates.
Hotel Discount Rate Extended
The Westin Harbour Castle will continue to honor the INFORMS special rate ($219 CAD, approx. $180 US) as long as rooms are still available. All sessions, plenaries, GDN meeting, and exhibits will be held at the Westin. Click here to reserve.
INFORMS Annual Meeting San Diego 2009
October 11-14, San Diego Convention Center & Hilton San Diego
http://meetings.informs.org/sandiego09
Submit an Interactive Presentation
Contributed abstract submission is now closed. If you missed the May 15 deadline and would still like to present, we encourage you to submit to the Interactive Sessions. These sessions provide excellent visibility for posters and laptop displays. A high-level panel of judges will review each presentation and will award two prizes (first place $1,000, second place $500). For information on submission, click here.
2009 INFORMS Combined Colloquia - Nominations Due July 15
The colloquia will be held on October 9-10, preceding the INFORMS Annual Meeting, and will feature the Teaching Effectiveness Colloquium, Future Academician Colloquium, and Future Practitioner Colloquium. Consideration for participation is by nomination only. For more information about the Combined Colloquia, including eligibility and registration fees, click here.
Data Mining & System Informatics Workshop - Submission Deadline June 1
Saturday, Oct. 10. For information, click here.
CIST 2009, October 10-11 - Submission Deadline June 1
Submit an abstract to CIST, the Conference on Information Systems and Technology. For complete information, click here.
International Symposium on Mathematical Programming 2009
August 23-28, Chicago, IL
www.ismp2009.org
May 29 early registration deadline - register by May 29 and save! All authors must register by May 29 in order for their papers to be scheduled in the program.
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Latest Discoveries and Breakthroughs Inside Science
Improving Your Golf Game
http://www.aip.org/dbis/stories/2009/19051.html
Computational scientists are studying the dimple design on golf balls to optimize flight.
Are you working on an exciting discovery or breakthrough that you'd like to share on local TV news? Visit or send your ideas to barry.list@informs.org. |
Organization Science Call for Nominations for Editor-in-Chief
 The second and final term of Linda Argote as editor-in-chief of the INFORMS journal Organization Science expires on December 31, 2009. Consistent with the policies of INFORMS, the president has appointed a committee to conduct a full search for a new editor-in-chief. The committee intends to propose a candidate for approval by the INFORMS Board of Directors by July 15, 2009.
Please submit nominations and self-nominations to Zur Shapira, search committee chair, at zshapira@stern.nyu.edu. The complete call for nominations is available at http://orgsci.pubs.informs.org.
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INFORMS' Decision Analysis Journal Review
 In accordance with INFORMS policy and procedures, INFORMS Vice President for Publications, Terry Harrison, has appointed a committee to review the journal Decision Analysis and consider the reappointment of Robin Keller as editor-in-chief for a second three-year term. Robin has provided a report on the journal, and the committee will conduct a survey as part of the review process. The committee will be sending a survey to Decision Analysis subscribers and interested INFORMS members. Please respond to our survey and feel free to provide any feedback on the journal to the committee chair or any committee member. The committee includes Greg Parnell (United States Military Academy and Committee Chair); Manel Baucells, (IESE Business School, Barcelona); Robin Dillon-Merrill (Georgetown University); Jim Felli (Eli Lily Company); Warren Powell (Princeton University and INFORMS Publications Committee representative); and Candita Gerzevitz (ex officio, liaison from the INFORMS office).The final report is due to INFORMS on August 1, 2009. |
June Issue of OR/MS Today Mails June 8
Don't miss timely articles on the O.R. cure for runaway healthcare costs, results from the "Super Bowl" of O.R., and the next topic in our popular software survey series - linear programming. OR/MS Today is also available in digital format. |
Summer Issue of Analytics Posts June 20
 Next issue of our popular digital magazine Analytics features how-to articles on applying decision analysis and getting started in probability management and making better military decisions. Want to contribute an article or story idea for Analytics? Contact Pete Horner at horner@lionhhrtpub.com. Analytics receives nearly 5,000 unique visitors for each issue who spend an average of 23 minutes with the issue. Two-thirds are not INFORMS members. This is your outreach magazine. Use it! |
Are you LinkedIn?
 The INFORMS Group on LinkedIn now has over 2,000 members. If you are a LinkedIn member and would like to join the INFORMS group, go to http://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/82644/2B51D8671DEB. Not a LinkedIn member, go to www.linkedin.com to join. Choose INFORMS and 2009 INFORMS Conference on O.R. Practice as two of your groups. |
New Feature! Jobs at INFORMS
The INFORMS Job Placement Service regularly features openings in operations research and related fields. One new posting is:
 Bank of America
Operations Research Analyst
Charlotte, NC
For information on these and other job postings, go to http://jps.informs.org/view.htm. You must register at the website to view job details. |
Coming Soon: 2009 Member Survey
 The Marketing Strategy Committee, led by Joel Steckel of NYU, has been busily putting together the 2009 INFORMS Member Survey.The survey should launch later this month. Please watch for an e-mailed invitation and a link on the front page of the INFORMS website. Please participate. The more members who complete the survey, the better INFORMS leaders can judge how to serve you better. Plus, you can win a Kindle! Ten members who complete the survey will win the popular Amazon.com electronic book reader. Thank you for your support. |
In Memoriam: Austin Hoggatt
INFORMS extends its condolences to the family of member Austin Hoggatt, a UC Berkeley professor emeritus who passed away on April 28 at age 79. Read about Prof. Hoggatt's career here and here. |
New Feature! Quick Poll
Interfaces has published opposing studies on the move to list polar bears as threatened under the U.S. Endangered Species Act, here and here.
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