WELCOME FROM THE GENERAL CHAIR RONALD ASKIN
Phoenix, a cosmopolitan city in the heart of the desert Southwest, looks forward to hosting you as the OR/MS global community comes together to share its latest developments, renew old relationships, and make new friends. From the moment you arrive at Sky Harbor, America's Friendliest Airport, you'll experience why Phoenix is known for its customer service. Whether you prefer the arts, dining, history, or nature, you'll find plenty of options to experience.
Arizona was originally built on the five C's - cotton, cattle, copper, citrus, and climate. Then along came the start of the information age, and the sixth C - (semi)conductors - was added. With the maturation of the information age we have added the seventh C - cloud - as our year-round low risk environment and large IT workforce make us an ideal place for data centers and collaborative innovation.
The theme of the meeting, INFORMATICS RISING, blends the growing role of OR/MS techniques for understanding natural and artificial systems and coupling with computing and communication technologies to drive decision making for enriching our personal lives and enhancing our professional activity. Through talks, panels, and tutorials, experts from academia, industry, and government will present recent developments and opportunities in key thematic areas including healthcare delivery, security, global enterprise, sustainability, and education as well as the underlying tools of the profession.
The meeting will take place in the recently expanded Phoenix Convention Center, one of the top convention venues in the United States. Located in the heart of downtown Phoenix, the convention center is surrounded by an entertainment district replete with music and drama theaters, sports arenas, restaurants, museums, and hotels. The new light rail connects the downtown with the airport, Tempe, and central corridor, offering even more convenience and opportunities. The Desert Botanical Gardens, American Indian arts and cultures experience of the Heard Museum, and the Musical Instrument Museum with everything from the piano on which John Lennon composed "Imagine" to the collections of handmade instruments of indigenous cultures from around the world are local experiences you won't want to miss. For those willing to venture outside the immediate area, you can take in the breathtaking natural scenery of the red rocks of Sedona and the Grand Canyon or the artificial architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin West and Paolo Soleri's Arcosanti. So come, engage, and be thrilled.
On behalf of the organizing committee, I invite the OR/MS community to join us in Phoenix for an opportunity to learn, inform, and enjoy the camaraderie, culture, weather, and all the amenities the Valley of the Sun has to offer.
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ADDENDUM TO SCHEDULE
Please click here to download a pdf of the addendum for late changes to the printed program.
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REGISTRATION
Registration will be open from 7am-5pm today.
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EXHIBITS OPEN TODAY AT NOON
Noon-5pm & 7:30-9pm
You can get into the running to win an iPad2 just by visiting the exhibits. INFORMS will award one iPad during each afternoon coffee break in the Exhibit Hall on Monday and Tuesday. Just follow these easy steps:
- Stop by one of the exhibit booths to pick up a raffle coupon (different color coupon for each day).
- Fill out the coupon and get it stamped by the exhibitor.
- While you're at the booth, give the exhibitor an opportunity to tell you about his or her company's products!
- Place your completed coupon in the raffle bin by 4:15pm.
- Be present when the winning raffle ticket is drawn at 4:15pm.
- You can submit as many coupons as you like, but each must be from a different exhibitor.
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RANDOM BLOG SAMPLE
A Lot to See on Sunday
by Jim Cochran Sunday is generally an unusually hectic day for me at INFORMS conferences - there always seems to be several sessions I want to attend throughout the day, and I have to make some difficult choices (a really good problem to have, if you must have a problem!). With 73 concurrent sessions at this conference, I am facing the same problem this year. One decision is easy - at 4:40 p.m. I will be in Regency Ballroom A in the Hyatt for the session, "Feature Articles from Recent Issues of INFORMS Transactions on Education (ITE) and Discussion of the ITE Review & Publication Process." As the Editor in Chief of ITE I may be biased, but I think this is going to be a terrific session. Keep reading.
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TODAY'S KEY EVENTS
Plenaries and Keynotes
10-10:50am, Convention Center, West 301A Welcome Terry Harrison, President, INFORMS, and Penn State University; and Ronald Askin, General Chair, INFORMS Annual Meeting Phoenix, and Arizona State University
Plenary Richard J. O'Lear, Defense Science Board and Sage Intelligence Associates
3:10-4pm, Convention Center, West 101
Computational and Analytical Challenges and Opportunities in Personalized Medicine George Poste, Complex Adaptive Systems Initiative and Arizona State University
3:10-4pm, Convention Center, West 301A
Reprise of 2012 Edelman Award-Winning Presentation: Supply Chain-Wide Optimization at TNT Express TNT Express
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2012 TUTORIALS ONLINE BOOK
All attendees receive free exclusive early access to the INFORMS 2012 TutORials in Operations Research online book concurrently with the meeting. Entitled "New Directions in Informatics, Optimization, Logistics, and Production," the 2012 volume is the perfect complement to the series of talks. For access, visit here and log in using your INFORMS username and password. Nonmember meeting attendees: use the username and password you selected as part of the online registration process. NOTE: your username and password also appear on the receipt in your registration envelope. All INFORMS 2013 members receive access on January 1, 2013. You can order the 2012 book or previous volumes (CDs 2005 - 2009) through the TutORials website or visit the INFORMS Booth #58.
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SUNDAY COMMUNITY BUSINESS, RECEPTION, & NETWORKING MEETINGS: ALL WELCOME
Choose the community that is right for you and attend. Members and nonmembers welcome. R= Renaissance and C= Convention Center
Information Systems | R - Salon 2 |
5:45-6:30pm
| Aviation Applications | C - West 103A |
6:15-7:15pm
| Data Mining & Artificial Intelligence | C - West 104A | 6:15-7:15pm | Energy, Natural Resources & Environment | C - North 232B | 6:15-7:15pm | Forum on Education (INFORM-ED) | C - West 105B | 6:15-7:15pm | Location Analysis | C - North 226A | 6:15-7:15pm | Manufacturing & Service Ops. Mgt. | C - North 224 | 6:15-7:15pm | Military Applications Board | C - North 231C | 6:15-7:15pm | Minority Issues Forum | C - North 226C | 6:15-7:15pm | Optimization | C - North 229A | 6:15-7:15pm | Railway Applications | C - North 228A | 6:15-7:15pm | Service Science | C - North 226B | 6:15-7:15pm | Simulation | C - West 103B | 6:15-7:15pm | Telecommunications | C - West 106C | 6:15-7:15pm | Transportation Science & Logistics Board | C - North 230 | 6:15-7:15pm | Decision Analysis Council | C - West 102A | 6:15-7:30pm |
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TODAY'S GUEST TOUR
Downtown Phoenix Walking Tour Sunday, 8-10:30am, $10.00
You may still be able to register! Go to the INFORMS Registration Desk for information on availability. Get acquainted with Phoenix and some of your fellow INFORMS guests on this 75-minute walk around downtown, guided by one of Phoenix's Downtown Ambassadors, who will share some of the history, art, and culture of America's fifth largest city (and largest state capital!)
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NEW MEMBER WELCOME & ANNUAL MEETING ORIENTATION
Sunday, 4:30-5:30pm, Hyatt, Regency C
Don't miss this informative session. All new members and first-time meeting attendees are invited to attend. The session will feature a brief presentation on member benefits, including communities, from key INFORMS leaders, an orientation to navigating the meeting, and a chance to network with colleagues by technical interest, geographic location, or other professional interest.
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CAN'T-MISS SOCIAL EVENTS
INFORMS Online and Social Networking Reception
Sunday, 6-7pm, Hyatt, Cassidy
What's your social networking strategy for yourself or for INFORMS? We invite all contributors to IOL (the INFORMS website) and INFORMS social networking sites to come and meet face to face. Join us for refreshments and drinks - we are your INFORMS Online community!
Minority Issues Forum Reception Sunday, 8-9pm, Hyatt, Cowboy Artists Come meet old friends and make new ones while talking about minority issues and other intellectual issues and opportunities. Sponsored by North Carolina State University, Edward P. Fitts Dept. of Industrial & Systems Engineering; Clemson University, Dept. of Industrial Engineering; Cornell University, School of Operations Research & Information Engineering; Carnegie Mellon University, Heinz College; and North Carolina A&T State University, Dept. of Industrial & Systems Engineering. Welcome Reception & Exhibits Sunday, 7:30-9pm, Convention Center, Exhibit Hall, West 301 INFORMS and the Phoenix Organizing Committee welcome you to the 2012 Annual Meeting with an evening of fellowship and fun. The Welcome Reception is the perfect venue to meet with colleagues and visit the exhibits. Light snacks will be served. Soft drinks are complimentary, with a cash bar for other beverages.
INFORMS Awards Ceremony &
Dessert Reception
Sunday, 8:30-9:45pm (doors close at 8:45pm*), Convention Center, West 101 The INFORMS Board of Directors invites you to honor and celebrate the achievements of our colleagues at the annual Awards Ceremony. You can attend the Welcome Reception first and then take the escalators down to level 1 for the Awards Ceremony. Following the ceremony, you'll have an opportunity to congratulate the awardees at a special dessert reception. *Please note that this reception is part of the ceremony event, open to the awardees, their friends and colleagues, and all those who attend the Award Ceremony itself. We are sorry we cannot accommodate guests to the reception who do not also attend the ceremony. Sponsored by GAMS. |
CONGRATULATIONS
These prestigious awards will be presented during the Sunday night Awards Ceremony.
INFORMS Expository Writing Award The late Uriel G. Rothblum, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology
INFORMS President's Award Andr�s Weintraub, Universidad de Chile
INFORMS Prize for the Teaching of ORMS Practice David Rogers, University of Cincinnati
George E. Kimball Medal Susan Albin, Rutgers University Don N. Kleinmuntz, Strata Decision Technology, LLC
John von Neumann Theory Prize George L. Nemhauser, Georgia Institute of Technology Laurence A. Wolsey, Universit� catholique de Louvain
INFORMS Impact Prize The 2012 awardees are the primary originators of the five most important algebraic modeling languages: Johannes Bisschop, AIMMS and GAMS Kevin Cunningham, LINDO/LINGO Robert Fourer, AMPL David M. Gay, AMPL Brian W. Kernighan, AMPL Bjarni Kristjansson, MPL Alexander Meeraus, GAMS Linus Schrage, LINDO/LINGO
Bonder Scholarship for Applied Operations Research in Health Services Amin Khademi, University of Pittsburgh
Bonder Scholarship for Applied Operations Research in Military Applications Mehmet Ertem, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Four student awards will also be announced during the Ceremony: George E. Nicholson Student Paper Competition George B. Dantzig Dissertation Prize Doing Good with Good O.R. Student Competition INFORMS Undergraduate Operations Research Prize
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SUBDIVISON AWARDS FOR SUNDAY
Aviation Applications Section Dissertation Award
This prize is awarded for the best dissertation in any area related to aviation O.R. (air traffic management O.R. and airline O.R.). The award includes a plaque and a $500 cash prize. Winner: Marcial Lapp Honorable Mention: Andrew Churchill Presented: 6:15pm, Aviation Applications Section Business Meeting, Convention Center, West 103A. Energy, Natural Resources & the Environment Section
Student Paper Award
This award is given annually to the best paper dealing with energy, environmental, or natural resource issues by a student author who is presenting at the INFORMS Annual Meeting, as judged by a panel of the Energy, Natural Resources and the Environment Section. The award is accompanied by a $300 cash prize. Winner: Sheng YuBest Publication Award
The ENRE Best Publication Awards are given annually to the best refereed journal articles (in the areas of energy and forestry) published two calendar years prior to the year in which the award is given. The objective of the award is to recognize the contributions of ENRE members to the research areas of forestry and energy. Therefore, separate awards will be given in each area, and membership during the year of the nomination will be a requirement for the nominator. Nominated publications will be judged by three ENRE members in each area (three from forestry and three from energy) with respect to impact and originality. The award will consist of a plaque. Winner in Energy: Guoming Lai, Francois Margot, Nicola Secomandi Winner in Environment & Sustainability: Lizhong Wang, Liping Fang, Keith W. Hipel Best Paper in Sponsored Sessions Award
The prize recognizes the best paper presented in the Energy and Forestry Cluster sessions at the INFORMS National Meeting. The award is based on technical merit and quality of presentation. Winner in Environment & Sustainability Sponsored Sessions: Rodolfo Carvajal Winner in Forestry Sponsored Sessions: Bistra Dilkina Winners in Mining Sponsored Sessions Award: Gonzalo Munoz, Donal O'Sullivan Presented: 6:15pm, Energy, Natural Resources, and the Environment Section Business Meeting, Convention Center, North 232B Manufacturing & Service Operations Management Society
M&SOM Best Paper Award
The Best Paper Award recognizes the one paper, published in one of the prior three volumes of Manufacturing & Service Operations Management ( M&SOM), as most deserving for its contribution to the theory and practice of operations management. The recipient of the award is announced in M&SOM and is accompanied by a $2,000 honorarium. Winners: Victor F. Araman, Ioana Popescu Presented: 6:15pm, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management Society Business Meeting, Convention Center, North 224 Optimization Society
Optimization Society Khachiyan Prize
The Khachiyan Prize of the INFORMS Optimization Society was established in 2010 and is awarded annually at the INFORMS Fall National Meeting to an individual or a team for lifetime achievements in the area of optimization. The award recognizes a sustained career of scholarship from nominees who are still active at the year of the nomination. The prize serves as an esteemed recognition of innovativeness and impact in the area of optimization, including theory and applications. Recipients of the INFORMS John von Neumann Theory Prize or the MPS/SIAM Dantzig Prize in prior years are not eligible for the Khachiyan Prize. Winner: Andras PrekopaOptimization Society Farkas Prize
The G. Farkas Prize of the INFORMS Optimization Society was established in 2006, and is administered by the Optimization Society (OS) of INFORMS. The Farkas Prize is awarded for the most significant contribution to the field of optimization by a researcher or a team of researchers. It is awarded bi-annually at the INFORMS National Meeting. Winner: Michael GoemansOptimization Society Student Paper Prize
The Student Paper Prize recognizes the most outstanding paper in optimization that is submitted to and received or published in a refereed professional journal no more than three years before the closing date of the nomination. Winner: Diego A. MoranOptimization Society Young Researchers Prize
The Optimization Prize for Young Researchers, established in 1998 and administered by the Optimization Section of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences, is awarded in even-numbered years at the INFORMS Annual Meeting to one (or more) young researchers for the most outstanding paper in optimization that is submitted to or published in a refereed professional journal. The prize serves as an esteemed recognition of promising colleagues who are at the beginning of their academic or industrial career. Winner: Sergei Chubanov Presented: 6:15pm, Optimization Society Business Meeting Convention Center, North 229A Railway Applications Section
Management Science in Railway Applications Student Paper Research Contest
Sponsored by RAS (Railway Applications Section) and Railway Age. RAS will cover the conference registration fees for all primary authors who are asked to present their papers, including honorable mention. Railway Age will publish summaries of the first-place and second-place entries. Winner: Xiaoyan SiDistinguished Member Award
This award is given to recognize distinguished contributions that have far-reaching impacts and help advance significantly the goals and objectives of the Section. Awardee: Ajith Wijeratne Presented: 6:15pm, Railway Applications Section Business Meeting, Convention Center, North 228A |
SUNDAY'S INTERACTIVE SESSION
Energy, Natural Resources and the Environment 4:30-6pm, Convention Center, North Building Foyer Authors will be on hand, and prizes will be awards.
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SUNDAY'S TUTORIALS
All sessions held in Convention Center, West 207
8-9:30am
Multiple Criteria Decision Making: Foundations and Some Approaches Murat K�ksalan, Middle East Technical University Jyrki Wallenius, Aalto University School of Economics
11am-12:30pm
Multi-Agent Scheduling Problems Alessandro Agnetis, Universit� di Siena
1:30-3pm
Humanitarian Logistics �zlem Ergun, Pinar Keskinocak, and Julie L. Swann Georgia Institute of Technology
4:30-6pm
Application of Kalman Filter in Traffic Management and Control Hans van Lint, Delft University of Technology
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JOB FAIR
Noon-5pm, Convention Center, Exhibit Hall
INFORMS Job Fair provides an opportunity for job seekers to meet participating employers in an informal atmosphere and to discuss employment opportunities within those organizations. Employers meet and collect r�sum�s from many job seekers in a short period of time early in the meeting, giving them the chance to set up interviews during the meeting.
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R�SUM� CHECKS
9am-noon, Hyatt, Regency C
Make sure your r�sum� is ready for prime time. Stop by and have your r�sum� reviewed and critiqued by veteran INFORMS members.
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PHOTOS AND VIDEO
Attendees are encouraged to take photos and video at the meeting; send your photos to [email protected], and we'll post them on the Annual Meeting website.
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2012 ANNUAL MEETING QUICKLINKS
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