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Heuristic stops running due to a bounding error, modeling reverse flow in network programming problem, and scenario generation for a 2SSMIP: OR Exchange is your INFORMS-sponsored site for serious questions and answers about operations research and analytics.
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.
The INFORMS Section on Analytics is happy to offer a scholarship program for the INFORMS Conference on Business Analytics and Operations Research. This is a competitive program, supported by SAS®, that will recognize one outstanding student who would like to learn more about the practice of analytics at this conference, held in Huntington Beach, CA, April 15-17, 2012. The scholarship will cover the costs of attending the event and additional networking opportunities. The deadline to apply is midnight, February 19; a one-page essay is required. 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. This special program for senior executives provides a bottom-line understanding of how advanced analytics and O.R. are used to drive better organizational decisions. Click here for more information and to register.
Our second annual professional job event, Analytics Connect, will be held at the INFORMS Conference on Business Analytics and Operations Research, April 15-17, 2012, in Huntington Beach, CA. Employers are welcome to sign up now. A huge success last year, Analytics Connect matches professional job seekers with top industry employers. Analytics Connect features a jobs-related networking reception and booths for private meetings with employers. Attendees of the conference receive free access to Analytics Connect.
Please recommend INFORMS to colleagues, friends, supervisors, or students! To thank you for your efforts, you can win prizes for recommending potential new members. See the Web page for more details. The contest ends March 9. Your recommendation is our most effective membership marketing tool!
Thanks to those of you who have renewed already. We are happy to have you with us in 2012. INFORMS cannot be a strong, vital society without you. If you have yet to do so, it is easy to renew online. If circumstances prevent you from renewing, please contact Customer Service.
For the Edelman Gala to shine the brightest light possible on our profession, we need your help. Please sponsor the Franz Edelman Gala, the "Academy Awards" celebration of our profession, Monday evening, April 16, 2012, at the spring Analytics Conference in Huntington Beach, CA. We have monetary levels to fit every corporate budget starting at just $1,000. Prestige and special rewards come with each gift.
It's not always easy to introduce a new award, and those running the competition can be prone to nail-biting as they hope that they receive at least one submission. That's why the news for the new Innovation in Analytics Award is so gratifying. Analytics Chair Mike Gorman and INFORMS Marketing Director Gary Bennett set a "stretch goal" of 20 submissions in this, the award's first year. Now that deadline day of January 31 has passed, they are happy to report that a rip-roaring 50 submissions arrived in their in-boxes.
Well done! And good luck to all those who submitted. The good news will arrive for one of the contestants during the INFORMS Analytics Conference this April.
