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2010 Edelman Finalists
CPMS has announced the finalists for the 2010 Edelman Award. The six teams and their topics are:
- Delaware River Basin Commission (US): Improving Water Release Policies on the Delaware River through O.R.
- Deutsche Post DHL (Germany): Global Brand Assessment
- INDEVAL (Mexico): Indeval Develops a New Operating and Settlement System Using O.R.
- New Brunswick Canada Dept. of Transportation (Canada): Achieving Transportation Asset Management via O.R.
- Procter & Gamble (US): Inventory Optimization at Procter & Gamble: Achieving Real Benefits Through User Adoption of Inventory Tools
- Sasol (South Africa): Stochastic Operations Models at Sasol
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New Publications VP
Announcement of Board Vacancy and Special Election to Fill Position: Vice President - Publications
During the most recent INFORMS Board election, Professor Martin Savelsbergh of Georgia Institute of Technology was elected to the position of Vice President - Publications for a term extending from January 1, 2010 until December 31, 2011. Subsequently, Professor Savelsbergh respectfully and regretfully declined to accept the position, citing personal reasons that would interfere with his ability to serve effectively.
Following the process for filling Board vacancies outlined in the INFORMS bylaws, the INFORMS Board must elect an individual to fill this vacancy until the next scheduled election, at which point an individual is selected to fill the remainder of the original term.
The Board is pleased to announce that it has elected Professor W. David Kelton of the University of Cincinnati to serve as Vice President - Publications for a term extending from January 1, 2010 until December 31, 2010. Professor Kelton has accepted the position. His qualifications include two very successful terms as editor-in-chief of the INFORMS Journal on Computing, extensive editorial experience with a range of important journals, leadership positions in the INFORMS Simulation Society and the Winter Simulation Conference, and selection as a Fellow in both INFORMS and IIE (full biographical information is available here). The Board believes that he will serve with energy, enthusiasm, and the same careful stewardship of our important journals that we have come to expect from previous vice presidents who have served in this role.
The Board further announces that a special election to fill the position of Vice President - Publications will be held as part of the Board election in the summer of 2010. The person elected will serve the remainder of the original term, from January 1, 2011 until December 31, 2011. Therefore, the INFORMS Nominating Committee is seeking nominations for 2011 VP-Publications. Please send suggestions to the committee chair:
Don N. Kleinmuntz
Strata Decision Technology LLC
2001 South 1st Street, Suite 200
Champaign, IL 61820-7479
217-531-2612
217-359-8688 Fax
dnk@strata-decision.com
The deadline for consideration by the Nominating Committee is January 10, 2010, so that the slate can be completed and the Secretary can submit it for publication in the April issue of OR/MS Today.
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'Tis the Season to Renew Your INFORMS Membership
 INFORMS cannot be a strong, vital society without you. Please renew for 2010. Remember, you'll need your Customer ID to renew online. Don Kleinmuntz and Susan Albin recap 2009 successes and preview exciting plans for 2010 in their presidential letter to members. |
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Resolve to Socially Network in 2010
 Make your New Year's resolution to join at least one INFORMS-sponsored social networking site. Choose from LinkedIn, Facebook, or Twitter. Connect and participate. Many INFORMS Communities have also started their own LinkedIn sites: CPMS, Computing Society, Military Applications Society, Rail Applications Section, Transportation Science and Logistics Society, Revenue Management and Pricing Section, New York Metro Chapter, Dallas/Ft. Worth Chapter. |
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INFORMS Job Placement Service, Latest Postings
 INFORMS latest job listings are:
12/8/2009 - Marketing Analytics Inc., a leader in marketing effectiveness consulting and tools, has a full-time position in the northern Chicago suburbs for an Optimization Specialist.
12/3/2009 - Coach, founded in 1941, and America's premier accessible luxury accessories brand and a leader in international markets, is hiring a Senior Director of Advanced Analytics.
12/01/2009 - The Operations and Information Management [OPIM] area of the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University invites applications for a tenure-track position in Operations Management to begin in fall 2010.
For information on these and other job postings, go to http://jps.informs.org/view.php. You must register at the website to view job details. |
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INFORMS Meetings
INFORMS Practice Conference 2010
April 18-20, Hilton Bonnet Creek, Orlando, FL Call for Posters - Deadline Extended to January 15, 2010
Submit a poster and become eligible for a discounted registration fee of $495. You can submit a poster on analytics projects still in progress; new, cutting-edge topics and projects on which you're looking for feedback; case studies of projects that were NOT successful, and what you learned; corporate or consulting work subject to nondisclosure restrictions that can still be presented at a high level; and more. Click here for all details about poster submission. Registration Now Open
Take advantage of Super-Saver rates before March 1. Team discount rates are available for the third and additional registrants from the same organization. Register now here. ALIO-INFORMS Joint International Meeting 2010 - Abstract Deadline Is February 1, 2010
June 6-9, Law School, University of Buenos Aires, ArgentinaSubmit an abstract today - click here to submit an abstract. Plenary speakers include Garrett van Ryzin, Columbia University; David Simchi-Levi, MIT; and Celso Carneiro Ribeiro, Universidade Federal Fluminense. Keynote speakers: Egon Balas, Carnegie Mellon; Paul Glasserman, Columbia University; Ralph Keeney, Duke University; and Christopher S. Tang, UCLA. Announcing INFORMS Southern Regional Conference 2010
April 5-7, Embassy Suites Hotel, Huntsville, AL
Abstract submission is now open - deadline is February 1, 2010. Click here for all details. The conference is hosted by the INFORMS Deep South Chapter and INFORMS Military Applications Society. INFORMS Meetings Calendar
Go to http://meetings.informs.org for a complete conference calendar. |
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2011 INFORMS Nominations
The INFORMS Nominating Committee is seeking nominations for 2011 President-Elect, Treasurer, VP-Information Technology, VP-Education, and VP- Meetings. Please send suggestions to the committee chair: Don N. Kleinmuntz Strata Decision Technology LLC 2001 South 1st Street, Suite 200 Champaign, IL 61820-7479 217-531-2612 217-359-8688 Fax dnk@strata-decision.com The deadline for consideration by the Nominating Committee is January 10, 2010, so that the slate can be completed and the Secretary can submit it for publication in the April issue of OR/MS Today. |
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New INFORMS Website Features Members-Only Forum
 Log in to the new IOL and click under heading Connect with People to access and use the members-only forum. (You see the clickable word "Forum" only after you log in.) Use the forum to make announcements, share your thoughts, and discuss critical issues of the day. Members have asked for an easier way to connect, and this is it! |
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Enjoy On-Demand Access to Annual Meeting Wagner Presentations
 Couldn't attend the 2009 INFORMS Annual Meeting? Attended, but couldn't see everything you wanted? Now is your chance to catch up with your colleagues. Go here to access key talks from the meeting via the Web. A brief log-in is required.
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INFORMS Publications News
New IOL Features Updated Journal Resource Pages
Go to the Find Research Publications page from the new IOL and link to any of the 12 INFORMS journals for easy access to all types of information related to your subscription. You can link to Pubs OnLine to view your subscription, go to the editorial website, check out the current and forthcoming special issues, see the latest news and awards, and easily access additional journal resources and related links.
Register for eTOCs Alerts
Even if you are not a subscriber, you can register your email address to be notified when new journal content goes online. A variety of alert methods are available for all 12 INFORMS journals. Sign up today: eTOC Alerts. Top 5 INFORMS Downloads: November 2009
Organization Science, Vol. 20, No. 1, The Role of Narratives in Sustaining Organizational Innovation, by Caroline A. Bartel, Raghu Garud Marketing Science, Vol. 26, No. 5, News Consumption and Media Bias, by Yi Xiang, Miklos Sarvary Organization Science, Vol. 19, No. 2, Performance Implications of Firm Resource Interactions in the Acquisition of R&D Intensive Firms, by David R. King, Rebecca J. Slotegraaf, Idalene Kesner Operations Research, Vol. 49, No. 4, The Analytic Hierarchy Process-An Exposition, by Ernest H. Forman, Saul I. Gass Management Science, Vol. 15, No. 5, January 1969, A New Product Growth for Model Consumer Durables, Frank M. Bass Upcoming Special Issues of All 12 INFORMS Journals
Go to the Special Issues page in the INFORMS Author Portal to view a current list of upcoming special issues and features. 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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Nominations for 2010 Doctoral Dissertation Award
Nominations are now being accepted for the Doctoral Dissertation Award for Operations Research in Telecommunications awarded by the INFORMS Technical Section on Telecommunications during its biennial conference. The award recognizes outstanding scholarly achievements of young people in the field. Nominations must be submitted by January 31, 2010. For additional information, visit here or contact Eli Olinick at olinick@engr.smu.edu. |
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Podcast: Ron Howard on Good Decisions, Bad Government
 Decision science guru Ron Howard of Stanford riffs on his interview in the current issue of Decision Analysis, with advice to teenagers about good decision making and less than pleasant memories arguing with the federal government to use best practices in decision analysis. Hear him at www.scienceofbetter.org/podcast. |
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Blog On: Michael Trick Writes About Mammograms, Bayes Law
The New York Times Magazine
Ideas Issue is a gold mine for a blogger in operations research. Read More. |
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Calling All Edelman Laureates and Academy Reps
 If you are an Edelman Laureate (author of an Edelman paper that has appeared or will appear in Interfaces) or represented your organization in the Edelman Academy, you are cordially invited to attend the 2010 Edelman Gala on Monday evening, April 19, 2010, in Orlando, Florida to be formally recognized. Please RSVP to Rafael McFadden, rafael.mcfadden@informs.org in the INFORMS office as soon as possible so we can plan the festivities. The Edelman Gala is part of the INFORMS Conference on O.R. Practice, April 18-20, 2010, in Orlando. Registration is required. |
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Discoveries and Breakthroughs Inside Science
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Qiang Wins Wootan Award
 Congratulations to INFORMS member Patrick Qiang of Penn State. Patrick is the recipient of this year's Charles V. Wootan Award from the Council of University Transportation Centers (CUTC). The award recognizes an outstanding PhD dissertation in the Transportation Policy & Planning category based on a national competition. |
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Watch for Winter Issue of Analytics
The winter issue of Analytics will be delivered to your desktop on January 4. It features articles on how to organize your analytical talent, virality, marketing and social media, the agile enterprise, humanitarian relief logistics, analytics in athletics, time to payback, and more. To scan recent issues, go to http://analyticsmagazine.com. |
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INFORMS Members Enjoy 10% Discount on Georgia Tech Courses
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INFORMS Meetings Calendar
 INFORMS Southern Regional Conf.
April 5-7, 2010
 INFORMS Practice Conference
April 18-20, 2010
 ALIO-INFORMS Joint MeetingJune 6-9, 2010
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INFORMS Poll
Which feature of the new INFORMS Website do you like the most? Vote here.
Results from last poll.
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