The 2022 Franz Edelman Competition winner is Chile! The Chilean Ministries of Health and Sciences partnered with the Instituto Sistemas Complejos de Ingeniería (ISCI) & telecom company Entel to battle against the pandemic.
@centroISCI
@entel
@gabrielboric
Congratulations to the 2022 INFORMS President-Elect, Laura Albert, and the rest of the 2022 INFORMS Board of Directors, including Mark Lewis, Miguel Anjos, Robin Lougee, Pelin Pekgun, and Beril Toktay!
@lauraalbertphd
INFORMS 2022 Franz Edelman Award (Winner's Presentation) Using Operations Research to Enhance Pandemic Response Strategies: Chile Awarded the 2022 INFORMS Edelman Award
#INFORMS
#2022Analytics
The winner of the 2021 Franz Edelman Award is the United Nations World Food Programme
@WFP
. Their achievements epitomize how O.R. and Analytics are saving lives, saving money, and solving problems. Nothing could be more resoundingly human. Read more:
Join us in congratulating the twelve 2020 INFORMS Fellows, who will be inducted in November for outstanding lifetime achievements in operations research and analytics.
Shabbir Ahmed, INFORMS Fellow, Anderson-Interface Chair and professor of Industrial & Systems Eng. at the Georgia Inst. of Tech., passed away after a hard-fought battle with cancer. He will continue to live in the memories of those whose lives he touched.
The winner of the
@UPS
George D. Smith Prize is the University of Iowa's Tippie College of Business
@uiowa
Read more:
The UPS George D. Smith Prize is aimed at strengthening ties between academia and industry by rewarding institutions of higher education.
Don't miss
@lauraalbertphd
's great new blog post, "Women in
#ORMS
", describing her experiences as a woman in a
#STEM
field. We encourage you to spend a few minutes on this enlightening read, which includes tips to help us all make OR/MS more inclusive.
The Journal on Computing has memorialized colleague Shabbir Ahmed. Says Cole Smith of Syracuse U, "I had the honor of authoring this article, and I look forward to seeing more remembrances of a gentle, kind, and brilliant man by those who knew him best."
The Analytics Conference in Denver may have been cancelled, but we can still get together to share great content, network, & celebrate our accomplishments. That’s why we’ve transformed this best-in-class event & invite you to join us virtually, May 18–22!
We're making an INFORMS 25th Anniversary celebration video and including your testimonials! Thanks to Dr. Thiago Serra (
@thserra
) of
@BucknellU
for his recent submission. Visit our page for more examples/info and share your own short video with us today:
INFORMS is saddened to learn of the passing of INFORMS Fellow & esteemed member of the Carnegie Mellon faculty, Egon Balas, who overcame an early life in the shadow of the volatile politics of World War II-era Romania to become a leader in the field of OR.
What does it mean for
#algorithms
to be fair to different groups? Join Jon Kleinberg as he considers key fairness conditions that lie at the heart of this debate, discusses recent research establishing inherent trade-offs b/w these conditions, and more.
The aim of the Auctions & Market Design Online Seminar Series is to discuss impactful work in the broad area of market design. Join speaker Alvin E Roth on Oct 2 as he reviews key issues in the design of successful kidney exchange programs. Sign-up & info:
As the largest association for
#ORMS
,
#analytics
&
#datascience
professionals, we're proud to represent a community of individuals who save lives, save money & solve problems. Click to learn more about member benefits and start or renew your journey w/ us!
Decision-makers: Please visit our
#COVID19
page. We've compiled resources from INFORMS member-experts in areas like
#supply
chain,
#healthcare
, and
#transportation
security with the goal of providing valuable guidance for policymakers and others.
Happy International Women's Day! Here are 10 pillars of the O.R. profession who blazed trails, broke barriers and busted down doors for others to follow (plus one 'Rising Star')
#orms
#IWD2020
#STEM
#analytics
@GeorgiaTechISyE
's Pinar Keskinocak is the 2020 president of INFORMS. In this new interview, she discusses her goals for INFORMS’ growth, outreach, and impact. Don't miss it!
Join us May 18–22 for the Virtual
#Analytics
Conference! Plenary speaker,
@billfranksga
, Chief Analytics Officer for the IIA (
@iianalytics
), will give a timely presentation on "The Ethics of Analytics". Registration is free. Click to explore the agenda!
"Each student team was challenged to use an
#ORMS
/
#analytics
approach to solve a complex business problem, using identical
#data
sets & a choice among 9 complimentary software options." Read more about the Student Team Competition (sponsored by
@Bayer
):
INFORMS is happy to announce the six 2019 Franz Edelman Award Finalists! Congratulations to the finalists for having outstanding
#ORMS
&
#Analytics
projects.
Pleased to announce full-time, professionally managed onsite childcare services for the Annual Meeting! CAMP INFORMS will offer age-appropriate activities for children from 6 months to 12 yrs of age (separated into age-appropriate groups). Learn more:
Congratulations,
@jlswann
! Julie Swann, Allison Distinguished Professor and head of the Fitts Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at NC State University, and an INFORMS Fellow, was elected president-elect of INFORMS. [OR\MS Today]
#INFORMS
Happy Birthday, INFORMS! We're making a 25th Anniversary celebration video and including your testimonials. Thanks to Dr. Anna Nagurney (
@Supernetworks
) for her recent submission. Visit our page for examples/info & share your own short video w/ us today:
Congratulations to Illya Hicks, professor of computational and applied mathematics at
@RiceUniversity
, on his formal induction as a fellow of the prestigious Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (
@INFORMS
):
Edward H. Kaplan, the William N. and Marie A. Beach Professor of Operations Research, professor of public health, and professor of engineering, has been named a distinguished fellow of the Management and Service Operation Management Society.
Pleased to announce full-time, professionally managed onsite childcare services for the Annual Meeting! CAMP INFORMS will offer age-appropriate activities for children from 6 months to 12 yrs of age (separated into age-appropriate groups). Learn more:
Join Anna Nagurney (
@Supernetworks
) of UMass Amherst for her "Blood, Sweat, and PPEs: Rescuing Perishable Product Supply Chains and Impacting Policy through Analytics" webinar next Friday, June 12, at 12noon! Click to view more details & register:
#COVID19
Our hearts continue to break as the humanitarian crisis in Turkey & Syria continues to unfold and gets worse for countless people. As many of you know,
#INFORMS
has a large contingent of members from Turkey & Syria, many of whom have been personally impacted by this disaster. 🧵
Read the article to learn about our Academic Program Database, a free resource that students in
#analytics
,
#datascience
, and more can use to find the best academic programs for their needs.
#phd
#highereducation
Dr. Mary Beth Kurz, INFORMS member and Associate Professor of Industrial Engineering at
@ClemsonUniv
, discusses being an industrial engineer and how her grandfather inspired her to be an engineer. Watch the video here:
#womeninSTEM
Join keynote speaker Elad Hazan, Prof. of Comp Sci at Princeton, at the Annual Meeting to explore the intersection of mathematical
#optimization
&
#machinelearning
. And there's much more...click to check out what
#INFORMS2020
has to offer!
@HazanPrinceton
For many years, operations management cases were dominated by applications in production and manufacturing. When it comes to teaching
#Millennials
and
#GenZ
students, these examples may no longer be sufficient. What can we do?
#ORMS
#analytics
#education
Announcing the 2021 INFORMS Fellows! Congratulations to Ritu Agarwal, Russell Allgor, Ronald Askin, Stephen Chick, John Fowler, David Gamarnik, Nicholas Hall, Robert Leachman, Mark Lewis, Irv Lustig, CAP, Alice Smith, and Alexander Stolyar.
🎊 🎉 OR/MS Today, an INFORMS magazine, won a gold medal from Association TRENDS at the TRENDY Awards! Watch the announcement below, and check out the magazine team's hard work here:
#ORMS
#analytics
#TRENDYAwards
The Annual Meeting provides a unique chance to connect, collaborate, & learn. This year, we're looking forward to welcoming an even larger crowd. The only difference? The meeting will be VIRTUAL! More coming soon. Visit our page & sign up for updates:
At
#INFORMS2021
, Ignacio Grossmann will provide an overview of major modeling and computational challenges in the development of deterministic and stochastic linear/nonlinear mixed-integer models used in the
#optimization
of plants and
#supplychains
. Info:
The health and welfare of the INFORMS community is our top priority. Due to the outbreak of COVID-19, we have made the difficult decision to cancel the 2020 Business Analytics Conference, which had been scheduled for April 26-28 in Denver. For more info:
Attention: Abstract submission for the hybrid 2021 INFORMS Annual Meeting, October 24-27, in Anaheim, CA, is now open. Submit an abstract and join us in person or virtually from around the world! The deadline for submissions is May 15. Click to learn more:
The winner of the 2021 INFORMS Prize is Amazon
@amazon
.
This prize is awarded annually to the company that effectively integrates analytics into organizational decision-making and has repeatedly applied OR/MS principles in pioneering, novel & lasting ways.
Congrats to all the winners of the OR What? Student Video Competition! First Place Virginia Tech Student Chapter, Second Place University of Michigan Student Chapter, and Third Place Clemson University IE Department!
#analytics
#ORMS
A reminder to visit [and tell your network about] our
#COVID19
page. We're continuing to compile resources from INFORMS member-experts in
#supplychain
,
#healthcare
, &
#transportation
security with the goal of providing guidance for policymakers & others.
Traditionally, statistical learning is focused on either online learning or offline learning. Join
@davidsimchilevi
, Prof. of Eng. Systems
@MIT
, for his keynote at
#INFORMS2020
, as he shows that combining BOTH approaches can accelerate learning. More info:
“Delaying the peak is important because it gives communities, businesses, and health systems more time to prepare to cope with the stresses of an outbreak.” -- Pinar Keskinocak, INFORMS president and
@GeorgiaTechISyE
professor. Read the full piece here:
Continuous optimization has recently seen major change, incl. in the development of methods that don't require exact info about the objective function, instead using approximate info. At
#INFORMS2021
, Katya Scheinberg will discuss ways to obtain this info.
In Memoriam: John Bartholdi III, INFORMS Fellow, Manhattan Associates/Dabbiere Chair & Professor in the School of Industrial & Systems Engineering at Georgia Tech & co-executive director of the Georgia Tech Panama Logistics Innovation & Research Center
Meet Ann Campbell (
@anncampbelliowa
), the Department of Business Analytics Executive Officer and Clement T. and Sylvia H. Hanson Family Chair at the University of Iowa, in our latest What's Your StORy?
#businessanalytics
#ORMS
#academia
After nine years and many memories, we bid fond farewell to Executive Director, Melissa Moore. Thank you for your dedication to the growth and success of INFORMS, our members, and the OR/MS discipline!
[Preview Below] Check out the 'What's Your StORy?' with Jennifer Pazour, Associate Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute!
#ORMS
#analytics
The highest-paying degree in America is in a field with only 100,000 jobs that pay six-figures [Yahoo Finance]
Operations Research — "the field is expected to grow faster than average by 23% this decade."
#operationsresearch
#informs
#orms
#analytics