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The INFORMS Job Placement Service has received the following new entries. Members always receive free access to all JPS listings!
Qatar Airways is looking to hire a Revenue Management Operations Research Manager.
Walt Disney Parks and Resorts is looking for a Workforce Management Reporting, Data and Analytics Manager.
INFORMS International Beijing 2012
June 24-27, 2012, China National Convention Center, Beijing, China
http://meetings.informs.org/beijing2012
Abstract Submission- Deadline Extended to March 5
The submission deadline has been extended to March 5. We welcome submissions in all areas of the OR/MS field, broadly defined. Click here to submit your abstract.
Plenary Speakers from the United States, Israel, and China
The Committee has invited a truly international group of plenary speakers: Yuzhuo Zhang, President and CEO of Shenhua Group Corporation, China; Brenda Dietrich, Vice President of Business Analytics and Mathematical Sciences at IBM, the United States; Darrell Duffie, Distinguished Professor of Finance at Stanford University, the United States; and Avishai Mandelbaum, Chaired Professor of O.R., Statistics and Service Engineering at Technion, Israel.
INFORMS Conference on Business Analytics & Operations Research 2012
April 15-17, 2012, Hyatt Regency, Huntington Beach, CA
http://meetings.informs.org/Analytics2012
Super-Saver Rates Deadline: February 24
Register today for super-saver rates valid through February 24. Team discounts are available for the third and additional registrants from the same organization. Click here to register.
Executive Forum: Expanded Program for VP- and C-Level Executives
This expanded program provides decision makers with a bottom-line understanding of how business analytics and O.R. are used to drive better organizational decisions. In addition to a special networking reception hosted by the INFORMS Board of Directors and an executive-level panel discussion, this year's Forum will add a new component: an exclusive, interactive, small-group event in a "speed-dating" format that provides participants with advice from business executives who successfully operate analytics programs. Space is limited for the program; click here for more details and how to recommend a senior executive.
For Junior Faculty and Young Industry Practitioners: Nomination Deadline March 1
Nominate a junior faculty member or young industry practitioner for the Young Researcher Connection. This select program is open to researchers who completed a PhD no earlier than 2006. Selected participants receive an almost 60% reduction of the conference registration fee to $375. The nomination deadline is March 1. Click here for more information.
For Master's and PhD Students: Nomination Deadline March 1
Recommend a practice-oriented master's or PhD student for the Professional Colloquium, an intensive, full-day career workshop. The IPC registration fee of $375 covers the Professional Colloquium on Sunday, April 15; full registration to the conference; and a half-year INFORMS membership (July-December 2012). The nomination deadline is March 1. Click here for more information.
INFORMS Optimization Society Conference - Register Now
February 24-26, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL
http://www.bus.miami.edu/ios/
INFORMS Telecommunications Conference - February 3 Submission Deadline
March 15-17, Renaissance Boca Raton Hotel, Boca Raton, FL
http://www.informs.org/Community/Conferences/2012-INFORMS-Telecommunications-Conference
INFORMS Military Applications Society Conference - Submit an Abstract Today
March 27-28, Hyatt Regency Monterey, Monterey, CA
http://www.informs.org/Community/Conferences/INFORMS-MAS-2012-Monterey-Conference-27-28-March-2012
INFORMS Meetings Calendar
Go to http://meetings.informs.org for a complete conference calendar.
How are INFORMS initiatives related to analytics, certification, and more shaping up? The INFORMS Board of Directors met near INFORMS headquarters in Maryland at the end of January to discuss these issues. You can view the responses to INFORMS member questions given by INFORMS President Terry Harrison and Vice President Jack Levis, President-Elect Anne Robinson, and Vice Presidents Bill Klimack and Bjarni Kristjansson. And see an earlier Google+ Hangout with INFORMS President Harrison here.
Operations researchers have made great strides in helping health care providers, but less well known is the work being done on behalf of patients. Stanford's Stefanos Zenios, the Editor-in-Chief of the INFORMS flagship journal Operations Research, is also the creator of an NIH-funded website to help patients with kidney disease make important medical choices. Hear him, along with Constantia Petrou of Konnectology, as they discuss their application of O.R. to patient decision making.
www.scienceofbetter.org/podcast.
Take a minute and send a 2012 recommendation to your Librarian using INFORMS Grassroots web site. Alert your librarian to INFORMS 2012 institutional subscription rates posted on INFORMS Librarian Portal.
The 2011 volume is now available online for 2012 INFORMS members only. Access the 2011 & 2010 TutORials online content via the TutORials website.
Submission deadline: November 15, 2012
Special Issue Editor: Michael F. Gorman Read the Call for Papers.
Special Issue Editors: David P. Morton and Jonathan F. Bard
Paul A. Jensen was a member of the operations research and industrial engineering faculty at The University of Texas for over 35 years. During that time, he devoted much of his attention to developing computer-based tools to ease the learning curve for those wishing to solve problems in operations research and management. His Microsoft Excel add-ins have been employed by hundreds of thousands of users and are freely available at http://www.ormm.net. This special ITE issue is dedicated to highlighting uses of such tools in teaching, in developing and analyzing case studies, and in practice. The Call for Papers can be found on the journal's home page. Submission deadline is August 1, 2012.
Management Science - Special Issue on Behavioral Economics and Finance
Fourteen new articles are publishing in the January 2012 special issue of Management Science (online: 01/23/12). Read "Management Insights" for an overview of all the focused papers on Behavioral Economics and Finance.
- "The Behavioral Genetics of Behavioral Anomalies"
- "Split or Steal? Cooperative Behavior When the Stakes Are Large"
- "A Model of Casino Gambling"
- "Feedback, Self-Esteem and Performance in Organizations"
Articles in Advance
Subscribers can read papers published ahead of print every month. Members can now access even more content through their INFORMS subscriptions.
Mathematics of Operations Research, January 14, 2012
Management Science, January 14, 2012
M&SOM, January 16, 2012
Information Systems Research, January 9, 2012
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