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In the last issue of eNews, we provided the goals that members mention most for joining and staying with INFORMS. See the last issue if you missed it. In this issue, we provide the top seven products and services provided by INFORMS that help members reach their goals and the percentage who report using them. Do you take advantage of these great benefits?
    •    Attend Fall Meeting 54%
    •    Consult electronic journals 45%
    •    Read OR/MS Today 45%
    •    Consult print journals 40%
    •    Read Analytics Magazine 38%
    •    Speak at Annual Meeting 31%
    •    Attempt to publish in journals 24%
Watch this space in the coming weeks for more top line information from the 2012 member survey. Tabulations will soon be posted on IOL. Watch for the write up in an upcoming issue of OR/MS Today.

Submit your entry now for the 2013 Edelman Award. Our top prize for implemented work in OR/MS and analytics rewards outstanding examples of innovative and "game-changing" analytics projects in organizations. A three-page summary is due by October 17, 2012. The 2013 Edelman Award will take center stage at the Edelman Gala at the 2013 Conference on Business Analytics and Operations Research, April 7-9, San Antonio, Texas. Click here for more information and the application process.

This prestigious prize is awarded to operations research/analytics units in academic institutions for effective and innovative preparation of students to be good practitioners of OR/MS or analytics. Join 2012 winner Tauber Institute for Global Operations at the University of Michigan as an early winner. Previous applicants are welcome to reapply. A summary description of the program with accompanying information is due by October 29, 2012. A substantial trophy, $10,000 cash award, and high-profile speaking opportunity at the 2013 INFORMS Analytics Conference are provided. Click here for more information and application process.

I got an email recently from John Toczek, an OR professional with Aramark who writes the PuzzlOR column for OR/MS Today: You ran an article on a contest I created back in 2010 called the Analytics X Competition where contestants were trying to predict where homicides would occur in Philadelphia zip codes. That contest ended some time ago but I am working on two new projects that I thought might interest you. Read more.

In an op-ed that appeared in the New York Times, the noted political scientist Andrew Hacker questioned the value of teaching algebra in high schools. Does Anna Nagurney ever disagree! Read more.

INFORMS Annual Meeting 2012 Phoenix   
October 14-17, 2012, Phoenix Convention Center, Phoenix, Arizona
http://meetings.informs.org/phoenix2012

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Take Advantage of Early Rates
Register by September 10 for the early INFORMS member rate of $415 and student member rate of $155. Click here to register today.

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Interactive and Focused Topic Poster Sessions
Submission Deadline extended to August 10th
Submit an abstract for the Interactive Sessions or the special Focus Area Sessions sponsored by the Computing Society; Data Mining Section; Energy, Natural Resources & the Environment Section; Health Applications Society; Military Applications Society; CPMS: The Practice Section; Quality, Statistics, and Reliability Section; Simulation Society; and Transportation Science & Logistics Society. Click here for more information.

Pre-Conference FREE Vendor Workshops
Saturday, October 13, 9am-5:30pm
Plan to come to Phoenix early and take advantage of these workshops. Choose from three time groups. Expand you r knowledge of software from AIMMS, American Optimal Decisions, AnyLogic, FICO, Frontline, GAMS, Gurobi Optimization, IBM, Imagine That, LINDO, Lumina Decision Systems, Maximal, McGraw Hill, Palisade, Salford, SAS, SAS-JMP, SAS Global Academic, Spry, and Tableau. Click here for details. You must register for the meeting to sign up for the workshops. If you have already registered, call 800-446-3676, ext. 591, to add workshops.

INFORMS Meetings Calendar
Go to http://meetings.informs.org for a complete conference calendar.

The INFORMS Board of Directors voted at its recent meeting to approve four editorial appointments and one reappointment.

Decision Analysis - New Editor-in-Chief
Rakesh Sarin was approved as Editor-in-Chief of Decision Analysis for the period January 1, 2013 through December 31, 2015. He is the Paine Chair in Management at the UCLA Anderson School of Management (Decision, Operations & Technology Management).

INFORMS Journal on Computing - New Editor-in-Chief
David L. Woodruff was approved as Editor-in-Chief of the INFORMS Journal on Computing for the period January 1, 2013 through December 31, 2015. He is a professor of management at the Graduate School of Management, University of California, Davis.

INFORMS Transactions on Education - New Editor-in-Chief
Armann Ingolfsson was approved as Editor-in-Chief of the INFORMS Transactions on Education for the period January 1, 2013 through December 31, 2015. He is an associate professor of operations management and academic director of the Centre for Excellence in Operations at the University of Alberta School of Business.

Mathematics of Operations Research - New Editor-in-Chief
Jiangang (Jim) Dai was approved as Editor-in-Chief of Mathematics of Operations Research for the period January 1, 2013 through December 31, 2015. He is the Edenfield Professor at the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology

Organization Science - Editor-in-Chief
Daniel A. Levinthal of the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, was approved as Editor-in-Chief of Organization Science for the period January 1, 2013 through December 31, 2015. This is his second term.

Vote for your leaders of tomorrow and help set the course for INFORMS future. Voting has begun and continues through September 30, 2012. Have your member number and election passcode handy. Technical support for the INFORMS election is available at +1-952-974-2339. The nominees are:

President-Elect
    •    Stephen M. Robinson
    •    Ariela Sofer
Treasurer
    •    Nicholas G. Hall (unopposed)
Vice President - Education
    •    Joel Sokol (unopposed)
Vice President - Information Technology
    •    Bjarni Kristjansson (unopposed)
Vice President - Meetings
    •    William 'Bill' Klimack (unopposed)
Vice President - Publications
    •    Jonathan Bard
    •    M. Eric Johnson

The United States International Trade Commission (USITC) is interested in determining the general interest of authors to undertake original research, containing strong empirical economic analysis using aggregate or firm-level trade data, which focuses on the NAFTA in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Specific areas of interest to the USITC might include Growth, Trade, and Productivity; FDI and Supply Chains; Wages, Employment, and Immigration; Trade Facilitation and Non-Tariff Measures; and Model Validation.

USITC is interested in research that would disentangle and isolate the economic effects due to NAFTA from the many other changes that have occurred since NAFTA's implementation in 1994. Respond with any information you are willing to provide to the USITC, including costs that would be expected, for this type of research by contacting Victoria Giordano, Intern, Office of Economics, U.S. International Trade Commission, 202-205-3331, or Justino De La Cruz, Ph. D., International Economist, Office of Economics, U.S. International Trade Commission, 202-205-3252, justino.delacruz@usitc.gov.

Management Science - New Issue
Read the 11 new articles in the July 2012 issue of Management Science. "Management Insights" provides you with a brief overview of all the new papers.

• "Quantifying Managerial Ability: A New Measure and Validity Tests"
• "Public Opinion and Executive Compensation"
• "Streaks in Earnings Surprises and the Cross-Section of Stock Returns"

Manufacturing & Service Operations Management - New Issue
Access the nine new articles in the Summer 2012 issue of M&SOM. Subscribe to the 2012 INFORMS PubsOnLine Suite for only $99 for access to all 13 journals back to volume 1, issue 1.

• "Markdown Pricing with Unknown Fraction of Strategic Customers"
• "The Value of Product Variety When Selling to Strategic Consumers"
• "The Impact of Airline Flight Schedules on Flight Delays"
• "Seasonal Energy Storage Operations with Limited Flexibility"

Operations Research - New Issue
Go to the 15 new articles in the May/June 2012 issue of Operations Research. Read "In this Issue" for a comprehensive overview of this month's journal.

• "Modeling the Impacts of Electricity Tariffs on Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle Charging, Costs, and Emissions"
• "Conflicting Congestion Effects in Resource Allocation Games"
• "Optimal Market-Making with Risk Aversion"
• "A Stochastic Competitive R&D Race Where 'Winner Takes All'"

INFORMS Transactions on Education - Call for Papers for Special Issue on "Teaching Service Science"
Special Issue Editors: Kevin Ross and Mark M. Davis
Submission deadline is December 1, 2012. For more information, access the call for papers.

Service Science - Call for Papers for Special Issue on "Cloud Computing as a Service"
Special Issue Editors: Yingdong Lu and Cathy H. Xia
Submission deadline is extended to August 1, 2012. For more information, access the call for papers.

Management Science - Call for Papers for Special Issue on "Business Analytics"
Submission deadline is September 16, 2012. For more information, access the call for papers.

Interfaces - Call for Papers for Special Issue on "Operations Research in Freight Transportation and Logistics"
Submission deadline is November 15, 2012. For more information, access the call for papers.