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- The INFORMS Professional Colloquium (IPC), provides real-world career guidance for practice-oriented graduate students. The full-day program on Sunday offers an intensive curriculum covering business skills for success. Click here for more information. (Nominations are now closed.)
- The Young Researcher Connection (YRC) welcomes junior faculty and young industry researchers to the conference. The YRC is designed to provide these O.R. leaders of the future with opportunities early in their careers to apply their analytical talents to important problems facing industry. (Nominations are still open.)
This full-day workshop follows a case study through various phases of an analysis project, providing participants with a hands-on approach to the important soft skills that can make or break a successful implementation. Click here for more details.
Some of the confirmed employers for Analytics Connect are:
Amazon.com
Caterpillar
Disney
Enova Financial
FedEx Revenue Management
IBM
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
National Security Agency
Nestle
Oracle Labs
Pros Revenue Management
Quintiq
Travelers
Visit the exhibit area and learn about innovative products from AIMMS, AMPL Optimization, AnyLogic, Artelys, Conrady Applied Science, Deloitte, FICO, Forio Online Simulations, Frontline Systems, GAMS, Gurobi Optimization, IBM, Imagine That, LINDO Systems, Logility, Lumina Decision Systems, Maximal Software, Northwestern Univ.-MS in Analytics, Salford Systems, SAS, SAS Global Academic Program, Spry, statistics.com, Tableau Software, Texas A&M Univ., Univ. of Michigan-Tauber Inst. For Global Operations, Vanguard Software and Ziena Optimization. Click here for more information on exhibiting companies and tutorial sessions.
Take advantage of in-depth training in software solutions from these leading analytics companies:
AIMMS, Conrady Applied Science, FICO, Forio Online Simulations, Frontline Systems, GAMS, IBM, Imagine That, LINDO Systems, Logility, Lumina Decision Systems, Maximal Software, Salford Systems, SAS, SAS Global Academic Program, Spry, statistics.com, Tableau Software, Vanguard Software. Click here for complete descriptions. FREE with your conference registration. Sign up when you register, or call 800-446-3676, ext. 591 to add any workshops.
Relive all the best moments from our annual celebration of O.R. and analytics in industry and government. Tune into INFORMS YouTube channel Tuesday morning after the Gala to experience all the fun and excitement over again. Show your friends, family, and colleagues that operations researchers know how to do it right! Haven't seen the 2011 Ceremony? Click here.
Of course you should attend the Edelman presentations on Monday, April 16 in person to get the most out of the experience. But if you can't, we have you covered. All six Edelman presentations will be streamed on the Web a few weeks after the meeting. Presentations will appear on the INFORMS Video Learning Center. Visit the site now to see INFORMS other great practice-oriented products - the 2011 Wagner Prize presentations and 2011 Edelman Award presentations. No login is needed.
Congratulations to Graham Rand, Senior Lecturer at Lancaster University in Great Britain, for being named 2012 Edelman Gala MC by the Gala Organizing Committee. Graham has been a great friend to INFORMS over the years, serving on many committees including judging and coaching finalists for the Edelman Award. He recently joined the editorial board of Interfaces as book reviews editor. Graham was elected President-Elect of Omega Rho, the international honor society for O.R., in 2010. He will serve a two-year term as president beginning in 2012. Graham has been honored with the Companionship of Operational Research, one of the highest awards bestowed by the Operational Research Society. He has had a long and distinguished career serving as editor in chief of scholarly journals, organizing major O.R. conferences, and supporting the development of O.R. in developing countries. His quick wit and easy charm are sure to be a treat at the Gala!
We couldn't produce this wonderful celebration of the profession without you! Special recognition for sponsoring the update of Franz Edelman video - IBM. Executive Level Sponsors: Booz Allen Hamilton and Hewlett-Packard. Champion Level Sponsors: AIMMS, Bank of America, BNSF Railway, SAS, and UPS. Sustainer Level Sponsors: FedEx, Google, Gurobi Optimization, Jeppesen, a Boeing Company, and Logility. Thank you to all!
Stop by the INFORMS booth on Tuesday, April 17 from 10:00-10:30am to chat with Allen Butler about the 2012 Wagner Prize. Two-page abstract deadline is May 1, 2012. Sponsored by CPMS, the Practice Section of INFORMS, this prestigious INFORMS award rewards strong mathematics applied to practical problems, supported by clear and coherent writing. Join past winners such as Intel, IBM, and Schneider National. Read the O.R./Analytics at Work blog.
If you are an Edelman Laureate (author of an Edelman paper that has appeared or will appear in Interfaces) or represented your organization in the Edelman Academy, you are cordially invited to attend the 2012 Edelman Gala, Monday evening, April 16, 2012, in Huntington Beach, CA, to be formally recognized. Please RSVP to Gary Bennett in the INFORMS office as soon as possible. We'd hate to miss you!
