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Foundations and Applications of Utility, Risk and Decision Theory, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, June 30 - July 3, 2012
The FUR XV International Conference on the Foundations and Applications of Utility, Risk and Decision Theory is being held at Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia. The deadline for submission of papers is March 30, 2012. More information about FUR XV is at http://excen.gsu.edu/fur2012.
What's going to be important in high tech? The Wall Street Journal's Dennis K. Berman writes: "The new year will bring plenty of splashy stories about iPads and IPOs. There is a more important theme gathering around us: How analytics harvested from massive databases will begin to inform our day-to-day business decisions. Call it Big Data, analytics, or decision science. Over time, this will change your world more than the iPad 3." Read more in the INFORMS Newsroom.
INFORMS is blessed with a host of fascinating experts who can speak out about analytics, operations research, and the many specialized areas that have drawn members to our society and profession. The INFORMS Speakers Program can bring these speakers to your campus or organization so that you can get to meet them and hear them in person. Go to INFORMS Speakers Program and select the speaker who's right for your chapter, student chapter, business, or government agency.
The Gartner Business Intelligence Summit is a premier business analytics event that provides the must-have insights, frameworks and best practices for maximizing the business impact of information management and business analytics initiatives. The summit delivers insight on the latest hot topics, such as effective BI strategy, cloud and SaaS options for analytics, big data, dashboard design, and more. INFORMS members can save $300 off the standard registration rate using priority code INFORMSBI.
Contribute a post to the INFORMS on Facebook. See posts on "The Year in EdTech Trends," "Operations Research Resolutions for 2012" from Mike Trick, and "OR in an OB World" from Paul Rubin.
Erick Wickum asks "What is the most fulfilling role or experience you have had in practicing or teaching analytics, operations research, or management science?" Weigh in here.
Solver for LP with non-linear constraint, transform non-linear to linear constraints manually, bin spreading, speed of max-flow algorithms, and more. OR Exchange is your INFORMS-sponsored site for serious questions and answers about operations research and analytics.
The INFORMS Job Placement Service has received the following new entries. Members always receive free access to all JPS listings!
The Walt Disney Company is a world-class entertainment and technological leader, they currently have openings for a Research Analysts, Latin America Marketing Manager, OR Analyst, Marketing Analytics Manager and a Modeling & Analytics Manager.
Long Island University (LIU), one of the nation's largest and most diverse private universities, seeks a visionary, entrepreneurial, and passionate leader for the position of Dean of the School of Business, Public Administration, and Information Sciences, at its Brooklyn campus located in the heart of revitalized downtown Brooklyn and serving an extraordinarily diverse population of 8,500 students.
Yale University's School of Engineering & Applied Science invites applications from qualified individuals for a senior faculty position at the full professor level in the area of operations research as applied to problems in health and/or environment, energy, and sustainability.
Sponsored by the INFORMS Section on Analytics, this new prize recognizes creative and unique developments, applications, or combinations of analytical techniques that provide business insights and value. Deadline to apply is January 31, 2012. Click here for additional 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, California, to be formally recognized. Please RSVP to Gary Bennett in the INFORMS office as soon as possible so we can plan the festivities.
