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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. The deadline for the 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.
Recommend that your executives attend our third annual Executive Forum at the spring INFORMS Analytics Conference. The full executive program has been announced. Click here for more information and to request registration.
Please sponsor the Franz Edelman Gala, the Super Bowl of our profession, Monday evening, April 16, 2012, in Huntington Beach at the spring Analytics Conference. With more and more non-INFORMS analytics professionals attending, the need has never been greater. Sponsorship levels begin at just $1,000. Prestige and special rewards come with each gift.
INFORMS President-Elect Anne Robinson is keynote speaker, and INFORMS will be exhibiting and speaking to delegates at Predictive Analytics World to introduce this closely aligned market to INFORMS. Join us at PAW at a 20% discount. Contact Gary Bennett at INFORMS for more information on the discount.
The just-posted February issue focuses on the road to innovation, obstacle course for analytics, shape of analytics certification to come, and a big six-page spread on Annual Meeting award winners. Be sure to pass this one around.
The deadline to be considered for INFORMS Analytics Section's Student Analytical Scholarship is midnight, February 19. This competitive scholarship program supported by SAS® will recognize one outstanding student who would like to learn more about the practice of analytics at the INFORMS Conference on Business Analytics and Operations Research in Huntington Beach. Scholarship will cover the costs of attending the event and additional networking opportunities. A one-page essay is required. Click here for more information.
Scott Nestler, Jack Levis, Bill Klimack, and Michael Rappa bring us up to date on the progress made and the upcoming plans to establish an analytics certification program that helps to satisfy INFORMS overall strategic goal to be "THE leading association for advanced analytics professionals." Will 'CAP' (Certified Analytics Professional) be after your name in 2013? Read More.
Please recommend INFORMS to colleagues, friends, supervisors, or students! To thank you for recommending potential new members, INFORMS will award prizes. See the Web page for more details. The contest ends March 9. Your recommendation is our most effective membership marketing tool!
Wondering how to explain gridlock and the Braess Paradox to commuters? Anna Nagurney of UMass Amherst does it with panache on an upcoming PBS series, America Revealed. Watch the segment, with host Yul Kwon, a White House appointee, at http://video.pbs.org/video/2192347741/. More information on the America Revealed production is available at http://www.pbs.org/america-revealed/.
