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INFORMS Election Results
The INFORMS election has concluded and the results are in. Congratulations to the new 2010 INFORMS Board Members:
President-Elect: Rina Schneur
Secretary: Anton Kleywegt
VP International Activities: J. Judy Jin
VP Marketing, Communications & Outreach: Anne G. Robinson
VP Membership & Professional Recognition: Pinar Keskinocak
VP Practice Activities: Jack Levis
VP Publications: Martin W.P. Savelsbergh
VP Chapters/Fora: Stefan Karisch |
INFORMS Annual Meeting San Diego 2009
October 11-14,
San Diego Convention Center & Hilton San Diego http://meetings.informs.org/sandiego09/
Online Registration -
Open through Thursday, October 9
 Register now and avoid waiting in line. If you preregister, you can simply pick up your registration materials on Saturday, October 10, 4:00pm-7:00pm, and Sunday-Wednesday, 7:00am-5:00pm, at the registration counters (San Diego Convention Center, ground level, by Exhibit Hall H). These are also the hours for onsite registration. Note that registration will open at 4:00pm on Saturday. If you signed up for a Saturday vendor workshop or special program, you will receive an e-mail about picking up materials for these programs, which will be held at the Hilton Bayfront Hotel.
Going Green?
If you chose not to receive a hard-copy program book in San Diego, you can print out sections of interest before you travel here. You can also use the Itinerary tool on the Program Search to create a customized schedule of sessions (click here). In addition, all registrants will receive a convenient summary brochure in San Diego. This "Quick Reference" includes the Master Track Schedule, maps and floor plans, speaker information, listings of special events and community business meetings, and abbreviated information about the major social events.
Vendor Technical Workshops,
October 10 - FREE
Plan now to attend software workshops presented by vendors on Saturday, October 10. Admission is free if you are registered for the meeting. Do not miss these presentations from AIMMS, American Optimal Decisions, FICO, Frontline Systems, GAMS, Gurobi Optimization, IBM, Imagine That, JMP, LINDO Systems, Maximal Software, Responsive Learning, Salford Systems, SAS, and SAS Global Academic Program. Sign up for a workshop when you register for the meeting. If you already registered, call 800-446-3676, x591 to add a workshop.
Chapters Meet and Greet Event
Who: YOU and your fellow chapter members
What: Host a table at the 'Chapters Meet-and-Greet' event
When: Sunday, October 11, 7:30pm-9:00pm
Where: Welcome Reception at the INFORMS Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA
Why: Because it's a big meeting -- let's make it personal! Promote your local chapter as a "home base" within INFORMS, network with other meeting attendees from your area, and increase chapter membership.
Cost: Free
For more details, or if you are interested in hosting a table, please contact Tracy Byrnes at tracy.byrnes@informs.org.
Visit the Exhibit Hall, WIN a Kindle, Attend Software Demonstrations
Get up to speed on the latest software and publications in the Exhibit Hall (Convention Center, Exhibit Hall H). WIN a Kindle - visit the exhibit hall for all details. Two Kindles will be awarded each day on Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday. Attend intensive software demonstrations during the meeting (Track 15).
Plant Tours
General Dynamics NASSCO, building U.S. Navy and cargo ships since 1959, and Solar Turbines, a leading producer of industrial gas turbines for use in power generation, natural gas compression, and pumping systems. For all details, click here. Sign up for a tour when you register for the meeting. If you already registered, call 800-446-3676, x591 to add a tour. |
Workshop: Acquaint Local Media with Your Research
 INFORMS Communications Director Barry List will introduce the INFORMS Public Information Committee's new grassroots campaign. Learn how you can gain attention for your work and your research in your local media, with national reporters, and on the Internet, Tuesday, October 13, 8:00am, Track TA 69, Hilton San Diego Bayfront, Indigo A, second floor. |
2009 TutORials CD and Book Available at Annual Meeting
 Pick up your free TutORials CD at the Registration Desk. The free CD is a benefit of attending the Annual Meeting. Pick up extra CDs for colleagues and students at the INFORMS exhibit booth at 50% off - just $25. The companion soft-cover book is also available at the booth for 50% off - $25. | |
Annual Meeting eNews Daily
 Watch for official Annual Meeting news while in San Diego with Annual Meeting eNews Daily. Enews Daily will be delivered to your in-box by 5:00 a.m. each morning of the Conference. Not attending the Annual Meeting? We will send all members the wrap-up edition approximately two weeks after the meeting ends. |
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Engage with Online Tools at the Annual Meeting
Blogs
Go to the Annual Meeting website during the meeting for commentary from your friends and colleagues. INFORMS has engaged a team of bloggers to get the discussion started. Agree or disagree with what they say? Be sure to add your own comments to the blogs. Our volunteer bloggers: Hari Balasubramanian, Liwen Chen, Mary Crissey, Jim Cochrane, Fand Fang, Erica Klampfl, Maarten Oosten, Guillaume Roels, Matt Saltzman, Aurelie Thiele, Michael Trick, and Helio Yang.
Tweets
 All attendees are invited to let us know what you are seeing and doing at the Annual Meeting by tweeting about it. Be sure to add the hash tag "#informs09" to the beginning or end of your tweets to identify them as pertaining to the INFORMS Annual Meeting. Meetings staff will also use Twitter to communicate late-breaking changes to the program.
LinkedIn
 Join our LinkedIn Group devoted to the Annual Meeting. Ninety of your colleagues have done so already. Go here to see news, jobs, and to join the discussion.
Photos and Video
 Please take photos and video at the Annual Meeting and e-mail them to us at photosandvideo@mail.informs.org for posting on the Annual Meeting website. Contributions will be judged for creativity and artistic merit. Contributors will be eligible to win one of two Flip Video Mino Series. To view the contest rules including the type of photos and videos you may or may not shoot, visit here. |
Free! 2009 Edelman DVD
 Stop by the INFORMS exhibit booth to pick up your complimentary copy of the 2009 Edelman DVD set. Simply present the coupon you receive in your registration packet and walk away with six great presentations on real-world, first-class operations research projects. |
Attend the INFORMS Online (IOL) Launch Party
Time: Sunday, October 11, 6:00pm-7:00pm
Place: Hilton Room 206
 Come and see a demonstration of your new website and help celebrate this intensive redesign that has been two years in the making. Slated to launch to the world in late November, the new IOL has been completely redesigned, reworked, and rearchitectured to better serve both members and visitors. Tell us what you think over refreshments and meet IOL editor-in-chief Mohan Sodhi. Can't make the Sunday evening launch party? Come to the INFORMS Membership Meeting Saturday evening, 5:00pm-6:00pm in Hilton Sapphie A for a brief presenatation of new features and benefits. |
Take Advantage of the 50% Off Book Sale at the INFORMS Booth
 Stop by the INFORMS booth in the exhibit hall to purchase your personal copies of INFORMS book, CDs, and DVDs. Most titles will be on sale for 50% off while supplies last, and you can also avoid shipping charges! On display in the INFORMS booth will be all available titles in the Topics in OR Series, TutORials in Operations Research series, and Edelman DVD series. |
Talk to Jeff Camm, INFORMS Prize Chair, at INFORMS Exhibit Booth
 Want to try to win the 2010 INFORMS Prize for effective integration of OR/MS into organizational decision making? Stop by the INFORMS exhibit booth on Monday, October 12 from 10:00am-11:00am to talk to INFORMS Prize Chair Jeff Camm. Jeff will answer all your questions and point you in the right direction. For more information on the INFORMS Prize, go here. |
Doing Good With Good O.R. Student Paper Competition
You can attend the finalist presentations during two sessions on Sunday October 11, 1:30pm-3:00pm and 4:30pm-6:00pm. The winner will be determined from among the five finalists after the presentations and announced during Sunday night's award ceremony. The finalists are:
"Network Design for Middle East Water Distribution"
Students: Rachel Bullene, Toni Sorrell, James Springer, Charles Stewart, and Yasser Tanvir, Virginia Commonwealth University
Partner Organization: Arava Institute of Environmental Studies, Eilat, Israel
"Catch-up Scheduling for Childhood Immunization"
Student: Faramroze G. Engineer, Georgia Institute of Technology
Partner Organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
"Optimal Learning for Drug Discovery in Ewing's Sarcoma"
Students: Diana Negoescu and Peter Frazier, Princeton University
Partner Organizations: Go 4 the Goal and Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University
"Cost-Effective Hepatitis B Screening"
Student: David Hutton, Stanford University
Partner Organization: Asian Liver Center at Stanford University
"At What Lipid Ratios Should a Patient with Type 2 Diabetes Initiate Statins?"
Student: Murat Kurt, University of Pittsburgh
Partner Organization: Mayo Clinic College of Medicine |
INFORMS Meetings
Winter Simulation Conference 2009 - Register Today!
December 13-16, Hilton Austin, Austin, TX
http://www.wintersim.org
ALIO-INFORMS Joint International Meeting 2010 - Abstract Submission Now Open
June 6-9, Law School, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Click here for more information and to submit your abstract.
INFORMS Practice Conference 2010 - Submit a Presentation or Poster
April 18-20, Hilton Bonnet Creek, Orlando, FL
INFORMS prestigious conference on O.R. practice seeks proposals for talks and posters. Selected presenters can register for the meeting at a discounted fee of $495, 40% off the lowest regular rate. Click here for all the details.
Meetings Calendar
Go to http://meetings.informs.org for a complete conference calendar. |
New Partnership: INFORMS and ISA Programs Funded by Sloan Foundation
INFORMS and the Industry Studies Association (ISA) have secured funding from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to work together on two innovative projects. One project will establish an Industry Studies Best Paper Prize to recognize one or more papers published in INFORMS journals that demonstrate industry knowledge and engagement at the academic/practice interface as well as research excellence. The second project will organize industry studies panels, with the goal of bringing cutting-edge academic work on particular topics to industry practitioners and policy makers. Panelists will be drawn from several academic disciplines and will participate in substantial preparation, including a one-day preparatory workshop to promote an open exchange of ideas. The panel presentation itself will then be scheduled for an INFORMS Practice Conference in the spring. |
Call for Papers: Interfaces Special Issue: Analytics in Sports
 Sports-related business activities constitute a multibillion dollar industry in which difficult decision-making problems exist at the strategic, tactical, and operational levels. Fostered by the increasing availability of data and advances in computational power, the use of quantitative analysis to improve decision making in sports has enjoyed growing popularity. In this special issue of Interfaces, we seek to highlight the role of analytics in the sports industry. For more details, go to here . |
OR Forum: Homeland Security
 The new OR Forum published in Operations Research, "Homeland Security: From Mathematical Models to Policy Implementation: The 2008 Philip McCord Morse Lecture" by Lawrence Wein, is now online here. Visit the featured articles section to download the paper, share your opinion, and enjoy past featured articles. |
Fall Issue of Analytics Available Now
 Fall issue of Analytics can be found at http://analyticsmagazine.com. This new issue features two new columns directed at executives: Executive Edge, written by well-known analytics thought leader Tom Davenport, and Profit Center, written by Andrew Boyd. Tom Davenport's article also features a link to Barry List's podcast interview with Tom. Be sure to forward these articles to colleagues and executives who can benefit from knowing about the power of O.R. and analytics. |
Science of Better Podcast: Analytics Guru Tom Davenport
 All of a sudden, executives from major organizations were talking analytics - and the cause was an article in Harvard Business Review and a subsequent book, "Competing on Analytics," that was coauthored by the influential business analyst Tom Davenport. Hear the podcast companion to Davenport's column in Analytics at www.scienceofbetter.org/podcast. |
Discoveries and Breakthroughs Inside Science
This month brings a dozen new TV science stories from Discoveries and Breakthroughs Inside Science for local news, including:
Forecasting: Which Days Will Storms Strike?
Not quite O.R. but... Climate researchers found that strong storms and lightning are more likely to occur during the middle of the week due to pollution levels being higher on those days.
Super Mileage Cars
Engineering students teamed up to build super-efficient gas-powered cars (approximately 1,200 miles-per-gallon) that compete for the highest miles-per-gallon.
Blood Test Predicts Stroke
Cardiologists are using a blood test that measures an added risk factor associated with stroke and heart attack, going beyond the traditional high cholesterol and blood pressure tests.
Are you working on an exciting discovery or breakthrough that you would like to share on television news? Visit here or send your ideas to barry.list@informs.org. |
NSF Call for Proposals: Building Engineered Complex Systems
The National Science Foundation has announced a solicitation, "Building Engineered Complex Systems." More information is here. Proposals are due January 19, 2010.
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It's Almost Here: Redesigned INFORMS Website
For the past year and a half, a core team of INFORMS volunteers and staff led by Mohan Sodhi and assisted by Web consulting firm, Beaconfire, have been working on a complete redesign of the INFORMS website. Work is now nearly complete. The new website will be demonstrated at the 2009 INFORMS Annual Meeting (see the Annual Meeting--related announcements for information on where you can see these demonstrations) and will roll out to members (and the world) on November 30, 2009. |
Findings from the 2009 Member Survey
In the last several issues of eNews, we provided readers with excerpted findings from the 2009 Member Survey, which attracted over 1,500 respondents. This will be the final excerpt appearing in eNews. For more information on the Member Survey, see the front page of the INFORMS website, which features links to the presentation delivered to the Board of Directors in July and to the raw tabulations (log in will be necessary). The October issue of OR/MS Today also features Gary Bennett's report on the findings.
Excerpt from 2009 Member Survey
Satisfaction with INFORMS Products and Services
(1 = Delighted; 2 = Satisfied; 3 = Dissatisfied)
Composite score is shown.
- Attend spring Practice Meeting - 1.73
- Volunteer for INFORMS activities - 1.79
- Compete for prizes and awards - 1.86
- Consult electronic journals - 1.87
- Speak at spring Practice Meeting - 1.87
- Use Membership Directory - 1.90
- Consult print journals - 1.92
- Read OR/MS Today - 1.93
- Attend fall Annual Meeting - 1.95
- Use Science of Better website - 1.98
- Participate in Speaker's Program - 2.00
- Speak at fall Annual Meeting - 2.03
- Attempt to publish in journals - 2.09
- Use Job Placement Service - 2.17
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Still Time to Submit for the 2010 Edelman Award
 The deadline for applications to be considered for the 2010 Edelman Award for achievement in operations research is October 21. |
Blog On: Michael Trick Writes about Models, Information, and Market Rationality
"I have come across a couple of items recently involving market rationality and the ability of the market to reflect `unknown' information. The first came in a conversation with my colleague Bryan Routledge." Read More. |
European Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics
The European Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics (http://www.ejpam.com) will publish a special issue entitled "Granger Econometrics and Statistical Modeling" dedicated to the memory of Prof. Sir Clive W.J. Granger. The Call for Papers is here. |
National Security Agency 2010 Summer Internship for Graduate Students
Applications for Summer Program for Operations Research Technology (SPORT) due October 31, 2009. Apply online at www.nsa.gov/careers. Click Student Programs. Find Graduate/Internships. |
Survey On Reference Linking
 If you are a researcher or professional, please take a few minutes to answer some simple questions about linking in online journals. Complete the survey before October 31 to be entered into a drawing to win a Flip Ultra video recorder. |
Quick Poll
What are you looking forward to the most at the 2009 INFORMS Annual Meeting?
Vote now.
Results from last issue's poll:
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