O.R./Analytics at Work Blog

The scene: April 16th, Regency Hyatt Grand Ballroom in Huntington Beach, California. INFORMS President Terry Harrison walks towards the podium on the stage and says: “And now the moment of truth. Srinivas, may I have the judges’ decision please? Srinivas, may I have the judges’ decision please? Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome to the stage to receive the first place 2012 Franz Edelman Award for outstanding achievement in Operations Research, the team representing……..

Overall I was very satisfied with the Practice conference. Clearly I didn’t attend ALL of the presentations, but I wanted to pitch my nomination for this year’s “Best Of”. If you presented but don’t see your name here – just assume that I must not have attended yours. :) Most Interesting New Idea...

We had a record (21 inch) snowfall on Friday night, if you consider the 4th biggest snowfall of all time (since the 1860s) a record. Since then, our city seems to be trying to turn this into our own little Katrina, showing very little planning or execution in getting the city back in working...