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It's 2010 Membership Renewal Time
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INFORMS Publications Announcements
Journal Citations Announcement
 Decision Analysis has just been selected for the 2011 Journal Citation Reports/Social Sciences edition. With this latest news, all 11 INFORMS print journals are now being indexed by the ISI Web of Science. (Social Sciences Citation and the Science Citation Indexes rankings are released annually by Thomson Reuters; by compiling articles' cited references, JCR Web measures a journal's influence and impact among its competitors.) Several INFORMS journals have ranked consistently in the top ten of their categories. The first impact factors for Decision Analysis will be released in 2012 in the Social and Behavioral Sciences category.
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 please go to the Interfaces site.
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Science of Better Podcast World Series Edition with Jim Cochran
 Stats and sports have gone well together since the days that preceded the birth of operations research. Today, math modeling provides sports fans, business people, and researchers with plenty to discuss and much to report on baseball, football, basketball, and more. On the eve of the World Series, listen to O.R. sports veteran Jim Cochran of Louisiana Tech University as he provides the best of sports fandom and research at www.scienceofbetter.org/podcast. |
INFORMS Meetings
INFORMS Practice Conference 2010 - Submit a Presentation or Poster
April 18-20, Hilton Bonnet Creek, Orlando, FL
http://meetings.informs.org/Practice2010
INFORMS prestigious conference on O.R. practice seeks proposals for talks and posters. Selected presenters can register for the meeting with a discounted fee of $495, 40% off the lowest regular rate. Submission deadline is December 15, 2009. Click here for all the details.
Winter Simulation Conference 2009 - Register by November 13 for Best Rates
Dec. 13-16, Hilton Austin, Austin, TX
Early registration and hotel reservation cut-off date is November 13. New this year: in-depth training sessions on basic and advanced simulation topics. For complete program information and to register, click here http://www.wintersim.org.
ALIO-INFORMS Joint International Meeting 2010 - Submit an Abstract Today
June 6-9, Law School, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
The meeting will provide opportunities for intellectual exchange between participants from all of the countries of Latin and North America, as well as from other regions around the world. If you are interested in organizing one or more sessions, please contact the General Chair, Irene Loiseau, irene@dc.uba.ar or any Cluster Chair. Click here for more information and to submit your abstract.
INFORMS Telecommunications Conference
May 5-7, 2010, Concordia University, Montreal
Conference Chair is Brigitte Jaumard, bjaumard@ciise.concordia.ca.
Meetings Calendar
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New and Improved INFORMS Website Coming Soon
Watch the multimedia demonstration of the new site that has been two years in the making. Read More. |
Order Your Complimentary 2009 Edelman DVD
 DVD includes six great examples of money-saving and revenue-enhancing O.R. projects in action, including Edelman Award winner Hewlett-Packard. Please send email request. |
Order Your Copy of the 2009 TutORials CD
 Nine TutORial presentations in an easy to search CD-ROM format provide you with enduring information from the 2009 Annual Meeting. Specialist authors cover a broad range of applications and methodologies. Order here. |
Practice Members: Apply for 2010 INFORMS Prize
 Do you have the best O.R. department in the world? Applications to be considered for the 2010 INFORMS prize for effective integration of operations research into organizational decision making are due by December 1, 2009. | |
IFORS Newsletter Now Available
The September 2009 issue of the IFORS News is now in print. Access it by going to the IFORS website or download the PDF file from http://www.ifors.org/newsletter/sept09_newsletter.pdf. |
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Annual Meeting Recap
INFORMS Award Recipients
Congratulations to 2009's best of the best!
INFORMS Prize for the Teaching of OR/MS Practice Award
James K. Lowe, U.S. Air Force Academy
INFORMS Expository Writing Prize
Dimitri Bertsekas, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Philip McCord Morse Lectureship Award
Edward H. Kaplan, Yale University
John von Neumann Theory Prize
Yurii Nesterov, Catholic University of Louvain;
Yinyu Ye, Stanford University George E. Kimball Medal Mark S. Daskin, Northwestern University;
Michael A.Trick, Carnegie Mellon University INFORMS President's Award Ralph L. Keeney, Duke University George E. Nicholson Student Paper Competition Cong Shi
George B. Dantzig Dissertation Awards Nitin Bakshi Doing Good with Good O.R. Student Competition David HuttonBonder Scholarships for Applied Operations Research in Health Science and in Military Applications Murat Kurt (Health Science)David Caswell (Military Applications) Community (Subdivision) Award Recipients Award for the Advancement of Women in OR/MSThe 2009 Award for the Advancement of Women in OR/MS was presented to Dr. Alice Smith of Auburn University at the forum's luncheon at the INFORMS Annual Meeting. WORMS also thanks Anna Nagurney, 2009 Prize Committee Chair, as well as past officers Ana Muriel, Ozlem Ergun, and Joyce Yen for their service. Omega RhoThe International Honor Society of Omega Rho was proud to welcome Dr. Hau Lee, Stanford University, as an honorary member. Dr. Lee was this year's Omega Rho Distinguished Lecturer at the INFORMS Annual Meeting. The society also thanks Past Presidents Yupo Chan (2002-2004) and Subhash Narula (2005-2008) for their service to Omega Rho. For all Community Award Winners, click here. 2009 Class of INFORMS Fellows Inducted
Congratulations to 11 new INFORMS Fellows inducted at the Annual Meeting. The prestigious INFORMS Fellow Award recognizes members who have made significant contributions to the advancement of OR/MS and INFORMS. Aharon Ben-Tal Srinivas Bollapragada Margaret L. Brandeau Awi Federgruen Nimrod Megiddo David B. Montgomery Michael Pinedo Kathryn E. Stecke John A. Tomlin Garrett J. van Ryzin C. F. Jeff Wu Plenary Recaps
Omega Rho Distinguished Lecturer Hau Lee speaks about Socially and Environmentally Responsible Supply Chains Read more by Jessica Ng FERC's Richard O'Neill speaks about Better Smarter Electricity Markets: Efficiently Capturing Wind, Rain, and Fire Read More by Jessica Ng
Qualcomm's Irwin Mark Jacobs speaks about Informing the Globe with Wireless: Opportunities for Innovation and Impact Read More by Yichuan Ding Yossi Sheffi, MIT, speaks about Global Supply Chain Management EducationRead More by Jessica Ng Keynote Recaps
Charles R. Canter, SEQUENOM, speaks about There Is More to Mathematics in the Future of Biotechnology Read More by Seda Tepe Richard C. Larson, MIT, speaks about Worldwide Reach into High School Math and Science Class Read More by Yichuan Ding
Kathy Chou and her team from Hewlett-Packard reprise their Edelman Award-winning project, HP Transforms Product Portfolio Management with Operations Research Read More by Seda Tepe Christopher S. Tang, UCLA, speaks about Supply Risk Management Read More by Yichuan Ding Thomas L. Magnanti, MIT, speaks about Globalization and the Residential University Read More by Seda Tepe John D. Sterman, MIT, speaks about A Banquet of Consequences Adventures in Climate Policy Modeling Read More by Yichuan Ding Articles from Wednesday SessionsOperational and Contractual Decisions in Inventory and Supply Chain ModelsRead More by Seda Tepe Operations Research in Healthcare ModelingRead More by Yichuan Ding E-Commerce Strategy and Mechanism DesignRead More by Seda Tepe Optimization/Stochastic Programming SessionRead More by Yichuan Ding E-Business/Commerce I Read More by Jessica Ng Prestigious Wagner Prize for Excellence in Operations Research Practice Awarded to Schneider National
Read More by Seda Tepe First Doing Good with Good O.R. Student Competition Read More by Jessica Ng
Interactive Session Winners Congratulations to Turgay Ayer, University of Wisconsin-Madison, for winning Monday's Interactive Session with his presentation, "Operations Research for Early Diagnosis of Breast Cancer" and to Durai Sundaramoorthi, Missouri Western State University, for winning Tuesday's Interactive Session with his presentation, "Simulation and Optimization of Nurse-to-Patient Assignments." Attendees Enjoy Sea World at General Reception Miss the show? Check out a YouTube video of Shamu. Attendees Enjoy Daily Commentary from Team of Bloggers
To get a real flavor for the meeting, scan the posts from our team of bloggers: Hari Balasubramanian, Liwen Chen, Mary Crissey, Jim Cochran, Fang Fang, Erica Klampfl, Maarten Oosten, Guillaume Roels, Matt Saltzman, Aurelie Thiele, Michael Trick, and Helio Yang. Read More. Thank You to Our eNews WritersRead about them here. Special Thanks to the 2009 Annual Meeting Organizing Committee Chaired by Soheila Jorjani. Read More. |
Coming Soon: Wagner Prize Presentations On Demand
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O.R. in the News: Monopoly Plays Well at Annual Meeting
One of the lighter moments at the INFORMS annual meeting was the focus of an article in the San Diego Union Tribune: A paper by Cornell's Shane Henderson explores the possibility of a never-ending game of the long popular Monopoly. Read more in the What's New? section of INFORMS Online. | |
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