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Ian McCarthy passes on an interesting article recommending that you shake up everyday rituals - even the order of preparing a breakfast dish - to stimulate innovative thinking. Read More.
Georgia Tech MSOR vs. Cornell M. Eng. ORIE, what rhymes with OR, recommendations for teaching OR/MS in a working MBA, and what are the risks associated with operations research in practice. OR Exchange is your INFORMS-sponsored site for questions and answers about operations research and analytics.
Long-time member and Director of North Carolina State's Institute for Advanced Analytics, Michael Rappa, has put together a very good compilation of analytics degree programs complete with degree offered, duration, estimated tuition, and year started.
Three days, 116 attendees, 105 talks, 8 posters, 3 plenary speakers, 2 featured speakers, and a small ceremony in honor of Robert Fourer. That's a one-sentence summary of the Fourth INFORMS Optimization Society Conference that took place from February 24th to the 26th on the University of Miami campus. Keep reading.
Sponsored by CPMS, the Practice Section of INFORMS, this prestigious INFORMS prize rewards strong mathematics applied to practical problems, supported by clear and coherent writing. Join past winners such as Intel, IBM, and Schneider National. Two-page abstract deadline is May 1, 2012. Click here for more information.
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 so that we can plan the festivities.
Don't mind putting yourself out there and adding to the flavor of the conference? Then INFORMS wants you. Commentary from new and veteran attendees is a highly anticipated aspect of the conference. Contact gary.bennett@informs.org to sign up.
OK, not really. But we do have small group or one-on-one discussions lined up for executives to interact with experts in a "speed dating" format. Recommend your executives attend. This special program, offered at the Spring Analytics Conference, is well known for unscripted, facilitated networking and real time for learning. Click here for more information and to request registration.
