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INFORMS Meetings
CORS/INFORMS International Toronto
June 14-17, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
http://meetings.informs.org/Toronto09
Online registration is available through June 9. Click here to register now.
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
Although contributed abstract submission has closed, there is still a great opportunity to present in the Interactive Sessions. These sessions provide excellent visibility for posters and laptop displays. A high-level panel of judges will review the presentations and award two prizes (first-place $1,000; second-place $500). Click here for more information and to submit.
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, click here.
Data Mining & System Informatics Workshop - Submission Deadline June 8
Saturday, Oct. 10. For information, click here.
CIST 2009, October 10-11 - Submission Deadline Extended to June 8
Submit an abstract to CIST, the Conference on Information Systems and Technology. For complete information, click here.
Announcing INFORMS Practice Conference 2010
April 18-20, Hilton Bonnet Creek, Orlando, FL
Mark your calendar now and plan to attend!
Announcing ALIO-INFORMS Joint International Meeting 2010
June 6-9, Law School, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
http://meetings.informs.org/BuenosAires2010
Conference Venue
The Law School of the University of Buenos Aires is located inside a park in Recoleta, the city's most elegant district, close to shops, galleries, museums, the National Library and some of the best restaurants in Buenos Aires.The general reception will be held at a popular tango ballroom.
Abstract Submission
Abstract submission will open on August 15, 2009, with the deadline for submission February 1, 2010.
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Student Chapters at the Western Regional Conference
 INFORMS staff would like to thank the outstanding student chapters at Arizona State University and the University of Arizona for their contribution to the Western Regional Conference, held at ASU April 24-25. Led by Dr. John Fowler and Dr. Muhong Zhang at ASU, and by Dr. Young-Jun Son at UA, many student volunteers, both chapter officers and members, worked to make this conference a success. Special thanks to Adrian Ramirez, President of the ASU chapter, for coordinating the student volunteers on-site. |
Undergraduate Capstone Project Winners
 At the INFORMS Western Regional Conference, held in April, student teams presented papers in the "Best Undergraduate Capstone Project."
In first place was the team from the United States Air Force Academy, with their paper, "Fighter Basing Analysis for Continental U.S. Protection." Team members were Cadet David Ocampo, Cadet Philip Cunningham, and Cadet Michael Peterson. Their faculty advisor was Lieutenant Colonel Maureen Borgia.
In second place was the team from National University, including members Daniel Hathaway, Art Saldana, Daryl Smith, Kyle Downing, and faculty advisor Albert Cruz.
Congratulations to these students for their work and accomplishments! |
OR/MS Teachers - Nominate Your Favorite Classroom Text
INFORMS Transactions on Education is finalizing a list of classroom texts at the beginning undergraduate or master's level to include in a comparison and review. Two categories being considered are 1) management science texts oriented for a business school and 2) operations research texts oriented for an engineering or mathematics program. Please send your nomination of any texts that you would like to see included in the review to David Rogers, ITE Resource Reviews Editor, at David.Rogers@UC.edu. |
Decision Analysis Journal Review
 In accordance with INFORMS policy and procedures, the INFORMS VP for Publications, Terry Harrison, has appointed a committee to review the Decision Analysis journal 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 includes Greg Parnell (United States Military Academy and Committee Chair); Manel Baucells (IESE Business School, Barcelona); Robin Dillon-Merrill (Georgetown University); Jim Felli (Eli Lilly and 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.
If you're a DAS reader, complete a short survey (15 questions) and help INFORMS shape the journal. Click here to complete the survey. Survey responses will be collected until June 26. Also, feel free to provide feedback on the journal to the committee chair (gregory.parnell@usma.edu) or any committee member. |
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 at http://orgsci.pubs.informs.org.
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INFORMS Transactions on Education New Issue
 Check out INFORMS Transactions on Education's (ITE's) special issue on revenue management education.This issue comprises three articles, four cases, and a puzzle. Read these articles in the INFORMS open-access, online journal and learn how you can incorporate innovative and effective approaches in your classroom.The selection includes:
Teaching Demand Management and Price Optimization in the MBA Program at the Carnegie Mellon University Tepper School of Business by Secomandi
Teaching Revenue Management at the Cornell University School of Hotel Administration by Anderson, Kimes, and Carroll
The Customer Valuations Game as a Basis for Teaching Revenue Management by Talluri
Introductory Integrative Cases on Airline Revenue Management by Shumsky
Revenue Management at Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. by Agrawal, Cohen, and Gans |
INFORMS Transactions on Education Implements ScholarOne Manuscripts System
On May 15, INFORMS Transactions on Education (ITE) became the latest INFORMS journal to implement a ScholarOne Manuscripts (formerly known as Manuscript Central) system to facilitate online peer review and tracking of submitted manuscripts. This system will enable ITE to accelerate the review process and reduce time to decisions; standardize the format of and information provided in reviews; reduce the time between manuscript acceptance and publication; eliminate paper distribution costs; facilitate greater participation in the journal throughout the worldwide OR/MS education community; and simplify the collection of the data used to monitor and evaluate the journal's performance. Visit http://ite.pubs.informs.org for more information or to submit your manuscript to ITE at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/ite. |
ITE Special Issue on Teaching Service and Retail Operations Management
INFORMS Transactions on Education (ITE) will publish a special issue on teaching service and retail operations management at the end of 2009. This special issue seeks to highlight advances in teaching service operations management and retail operations management. The objective of this special issue is to provide a forum in which course materials and effective teaching practices within each topic can be exchanged. Read the call for papers at http://www.informs.org/site/ITE/article.php?id=60.
Paper submissions should follow ITE guidelines detailed at http://www.informs.org/site/ITE/article.php?id=11. Submissions should include a cover letter noting that the manuscript is being submitted to the "Teaching Service and Retail Operations Management" special issue. The special issue editors are Zeynep Aksin Karaesmen (zaksin@ku.edu.tr) and Nicole DeHoratius (dehorati@up.edu). |
OMEGA RHO International Honor Society of INFORMS New Website
 OMEGA RHO, the International Honor Society for Operations Research and Management Science since 1973 and formally a part of INFORMS since 1998, has launched a new website. The url is unchanged at http://omegarho.informs.org and is easily accessible from the INFORMS home page by clicking on "Communities". Among the information on the website are directions for starting a new chapter, help in maintaining an existing chapter, and information about all future and past Distinguished Lectures. If your university or college has programs in operations research and/or management science and does not have a chapter of OMEGA RHO, it is quite easy to include one as part of your offerings. Contact David Rogers, Historian and Past President, at David.Rogers@UC.edu if you would like to discuss adding an OMEGA RHO chapter or reviving an existing chapter. |
Yes, INFORMS Is on Facebook
 INFORMS' outreach efforts now include Facebook. Come visit us.Our new Facebook page will reach out to students and others who are not INFORMS members and want to learn more about what the institute can do for them. Become a fan of INFORMS on Facebook, and suggest that your friends, colleagues, and students do the same. |
Blog On: Jim Orlin Writes on Why CEOs Need O.R.
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Georgia Tech Discounted Course Offering
Next up from Georgia Tech's Supply Chain and Logistics Institute is the Material Handling Short Course, August 3-6, 2009 on the Georgia Tech campus. INFORMS members receive 10% off the registration fee. |
O.R. on Hiring Those with Criminal Records
 INFORMS Veteran Al Blumstein and Carnegie Mellon University researchers have created a model for providing empirical evidence on when an ex-convict has been "clean" long enough to be considered "redeemed" for employment purposes. Read study here.
Read more O.R. in the News. |
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