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The INFORMS Job Placement Service has received the following new entries. Members always receive free access to all JPS listings!
Energy Solutions is currently hiring an Operational Research Modeler.
Bristol-Myers Squibb is currently seeking a Portfolio & Asset Strategy Director.
Cornell University currently has multiple tenured faculty positions in Operations Research and Information Engineering available their new Cornell NYC Tech campus in New York City.

INFORMS International Beijing 2012
June 24-27, 2012, China National Convention Center, Beijing, China
http://meetings.informs.org/beijing2012

Tours - The Great Wall, Forbidden City and More
Reserve your space on any of these tours now. Click here to make your reservation online via the INFORMS tour agency MCI Group Beijing. MCI will have a tour desk available during the meeting; however, we recommend making your arrangements early. MCI also offers a tour to Xi'an and the Terracotta Army.
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Register Now - Avoid Lines at On-site Registration
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INFORMS Annual Meeting 2012 Phoenix   
October 14-17, 2012, Phoenix Convention Center, Phoenix, Arizona
http://meetings.informs.org/phoenix2012

Interactive/Focused Topic Poster Sessions - August 1 Submission Deadline
Although the deadline for contributed abstracts has passed, you can still submit an abstract for the Interactive Sessions. In addition, you can submit to focus area poster 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.

CIST 2012 - June 8 Submission Deadline
CIST 2012 will be held October 13-14 in conjunction with the INFORMS Annual Meeting. Submit your presentation by June 8. Click here for all details.

Data Mining-Health Informatics Workshop 2012 - July 15 Abstract Deadline
The 7th DM-HI Workshop will take place October 13 preceding the INFORMS Annual Meeting. Click here to submit an abstract.

INFORMS MSOM Annual Conference, June 17-19
Columbia Business School, New York, New York
http://msom.society.informs.org/conferences/

INFORMS Revenue Management & Pricing Section Conference, June 29 and 30
European School of Management and Technology (ESMT), Berlin, Germany
http://www.esmt.org/info/informs

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

Deadline for Nominations: June 30, 2012
The final term of James J. Cochran as editor-in-chief of the journal INFORMS Transactions on Education (ITE) will end on December 31, 2012. Based on recommendations from the INFORMS Publications Committee, the President of INFORMS has appointed a committee to conduct a full search for a new editor-in-chief. The committee intends to propose a candidate for approval by INFORMS no later than July 15, 2012.

All members of INFORMS are invited to participate in this process. The committee seeks your opinion and comments on (1) the current state of the journal, (2) recommendations for change, if any, and (3) candidates for editor in chief.

For information, visit here. Submit comments, nominations, and applications by June 30, 2012 to the chair of the ITE Editorial Search Committee, Charles R. Sox, at csox@cba.ua.edu.

INFORMS lost a warm, longstanding friend on May 10 when former TIMS President Paul Gray
passed away at age 81 following injuries sustained during a car accident. A leader both in TIMS and INFORMS, he most recently served as series editor of the INFORMS book series, Tutorials in Operations Research. A pioneer in information systems, he is recognized for his early research and papers in the fields of crime in transportation, telecommuting, and group decision-support systems. Remembrances posted by his colleagues at Claremont Graduate University appear here and in an alumni announcement. He is deeply missed by the INFORMS board, staff, membership, and all those he touched during his many active years of service.

Congratulations to Moshe Kress of the Naval Postgraduate School. Breaking an underserved record of silence on O.R., Science published his paper about modeling armed conflicts. Learn more about his research here.

A New View of Analytics and Operations Research

With thanks to IBM underwriting, INFORMS has a new three minute video that explains analytics and O.R. to executives, colleagues, potential clients, and newcomers. The video debuted at the 2012 INFORMS Edelman Gala. Check it out - and pass it along to a friend - by visiting it on the YouTube INFORMS Channel.

Management Science - New Issue
Read the 12 new articles in the May 2012 issue of Management Science. "Management Insights" provides you with a brief overview of all the new papers.

• "The Extroverted Firm: How External Information Practices Affect Innovation and Productivity"
• "Information Transmission and the Bullwhip Effect: An Empirical Investigation"
• "When to "Fire" Customers: Customer Cost-Based Pricing"

Operations Research - New Issue
Go to the 17 new articles in the March/April 2012 issue of Operations Research. Read "In this Issue" for a comprehensive overview of this month's journal.

• "A Simulation Optimization Approach to Long-Term Care Capacity Planning"
• "Technology Adoption with Uncertain Future Costs and Quality"
• "Estimating Primary Demand for Substitutable Products from Sales Transaction Data"

Organization Science - Special Issue
Access the 13 new articles in the May/June 2012 special issue of Organization Science. Subscribe to the 2012 INFORMS PubsOnLine Suite for only $99 for access to all 13 journals back to volume 1, issue 1.

• "Reproducing Knowledge: Inaccurate Replication and Failure in Franchise Organizations"
• "Collaborating for Knowledge Creation and Application: The Case of Nanotechnology Research Programs"
• "Resisters at Work: Generating Productive Resistance in the Workplace"
• "Knowing Where You Stand: Physical Isolation, Perceived Respect, and Organizational Identification Among Virtual Employees"

M&SOM - New Issue
The Spring 2012 issue of Manufacturing & Service Operations Management includes 13 feature articles. Access the IPOL Portal information on all the current INFORMS journal content and publications news.

• "What Is Interesting in Operations Management?"
• "Capacity Planning in the Semiconductor Industry: Dual-Mode Procurement with Options"
• "Are Reservations Recommended?"
• "Optimizing Organic Waste to Energy Operations"

Transportation Science - New Issue
The May 2012 issue of Transportation Science includes nine feature articles. Go to the Publications site for updates on all INFORMS publications.

• "Twenty-Five Years of Hub Location Research"
• "Addressing Passenger Risk Uncertainty for Aviation Security Screening"
• "Equitable and Efficient Coordination in Traffic Flow Management"

Mathematics of Operations Research - New Issue
Access the 11 new articles in the May 2012 issue of Mathematics of Operations Research. The INFORMS PubsOnLine Suite gives you access to all 13 journals back to volume 1, issue 1 for only $99. Go here to add to complete your membership.

• "On Large Delays in Multi-Server Queues with Heavy Tails"
• "Unique Minimal Liftings for Simplicial Polytopes"
• "A Re-Solving Heuristic with Bounded Revenue Loss for Network Revenue Management with Customer Choice"

Service Science - Call for Papers
Special Issue on "Cloud Computing as a Service"
A special issue of Service Science will provide a global forum for presenting research results on various aspects of cloud computing as a service. Submission deadline is July 1, 2012, for more information access the Call for Papers.

Management Science - Call for Papers
Special Issue on "Business Analytics"
To encourage further developments in this rapidly growing area of interdisciplinary research, Management Science will publish a special issue dedicated to business analytics. Submission deadline is September 16, 2012; for more information access the Call for Papers.

Interfaces - Call for Papers
Special Issue on "Operations Research in Freight Transportation and Logistics"
O.R. can play a critical role in designing, operating, and improving freight transportation and logistics systems. Accordingly, Interfaces is planning a special issue focusing on the application of O.R. techniques on freight transportation and logistics. Submission deadline is November 15, 2012; for more information access the Call for Papers.

2012 Library Subscriptions - Recommend a New INFORMS Journal
Take a minute and send a 2012 recommendation to your librarian using the INFORMS Grassroots web page. The UPDATED Grassroots website is even easier to use as it now provides your librarian's contact information.

An active association whose recognition is prized, the Decision Analysis Society (DAS) annually gives out four awards.

Frank P. Ramsey Medal
2012 Chair: Detlof von Winterfeldt
The Frank P. Ramsey Medal is the highest award of the DAS. It was created to recognize distinguished contributions to the field of decision analysis. The medal is named in honor of Frank Plumpton Ramsey, a Cambridge University mathematician who was one of the pioneers of decision theory in the 20th century. His 1926 essay "Truth and Probability" (published posthumously in 1931) anticipated many of the developments in mathematical decision theory later made by John von Neumann and Oskar Morgenstern, Leonard J. Savage, and others. The Ramsey Medalists are recognized for having made substantial further contributions to that theory and its application to important classes of real decision problems. The Medal is accompanied by a $1,000 honorarium.

Decision Analysis Publication Award
2012 Chair: Jason Merrick
This award is given annually to the best decision analysis article or book published in the second preceding calendar year (i.e., publications appearing in 2010 are considered for the 2012 award). The award is accompanied by a plaque and a $750 honorarium. The intent of the award is to recognize the best publication in "decision analysis, broadly defined." This includes, but is not limited to, theoretical work on decision analysis methodology (including behavioral decision making and nonexpected utility theory), descriptions of applications, and experimental studies.

DAS Practice Award
2012 Chair: Greg Parnell
The DAS Practice Award is given annually to the best decision analysis application, as judged by a panel of Society members. It includes a cash prize of $750 and assistance in getting the work published in a suitable journal such as Decision Analysis or Interfaces if the winner so desires. The intent of this award is to recognize, promote, and publicize good decision analysis practice. Previous publication of the work does not preclude it from consideration for this award.

DAS Student Paper Award
2012 Chairs: Léa Deleris and Jun Zhuang
DAS gives the Student Paper Award annually to the best decision analysis paper by a student author, as judged by a panel of members of the Society. The award is accompanied by a plaque and a $500 honorarium.

The INFORMS Job Placement Service has received the following new entries. Members always receive free access to all JPS listings!
HomeAway is currently looking to hire a Web Analytics Developer.
Wells Fargo is looking for a Risk Management specialist to work across department lines with senior management to insure the success of a critical risk management process.
Rutgers - The Command, Control and Interoperability Center for Advanced Data Analysis, a US DHS center of excellence at Rutgers University, invites applications for postdoctoral associates for positions starting on July 1 or September 1, 2012.

INFORMS serves as an association partner for this gathering of analytics professionals. Register here. Predictive Analytics World is part of Data Driven Business Week.