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The National Security Agency has 2012 summer internship opportunities. SPORT - Summer Program for Operations Research Technology - is a 12-week internship for graduate students enrolled in a master's or PhD program who have experience with simulations or computer programming languages. Click here for more information.
The INFORMS Job Placement Service has received the following new entries. Members always receive free access to all JPS listings!
Webster University invites applicants for a tenure-track faculty position in Operations Management at the rank of assistant professor.
Systems Enginuity has an opening for an Operations Research Analyst to work with Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) representatives to define and implement a system to collect data and analyze safety and efficiency of air traffic control operations.
University of California-San Diego - The Rady School of Management invites applications for two faculty positions at the assistant, associate, or full professor level (tenured/tenure-track).
Boston College - Carroll School of Management is seeking applicants for two full-time, tenure-track faculty positions at the level of Assistant Professor in the Organization Management Department.
The Chinese University of Hong Kong - The Department of Systems Engineering and Engineering Management (SE&EM) at the Chinese University of Hong Kong invites applications for Assistant Professor / Associate Professor / Professor in the fields of Financial Engineering, Service Engineering and/or Operations Research.
Six 2011 finalists have been chosen to vie for the 2011 Wagner Prize and present their work at the 2011 INFORMS Annual Meeting. Don't miss these talks. The Daniel H. Wagner Prize honors quality and coherence of analysis used in practice and is one of the top practice prizes given by INFORMS.
Who has the best O.R. and analytics department in the world? The INFORMS Prize honors an organization that has repeatedly applied OR/MS or analytics in varied, novel, and lasting ways. If this sounds like your organization, get your nomination in. Nominations are due by December 1, 2011.
Submit your entry now for the INFORMS' top prize for implemented work in OR/MS - the Franz Edelman Award. Time is growing short. A three-page summary is due to the chair by October 19, 2011.
In 2012, INFORMS will begin publishing the online-only journal Service Science. It will be available as one of your dues journal choices. Service Science is a fully refereed, online journal focusing on state-of-the-art research and development in service science education and practice. Service Science is currently a publication of the INFORMS Service Science Section.
A key member benefit is increasing in 2012. When you renew your membership, regular members may now choose TWO online-only dues journals. You'll now have twice as much scholarly knowledge at your fingertips.
The newly reactivated Maryland Chapter is seeking nominations for the positions of President, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer. An election will be held this month. You must be a member of both INFORMS and the Maryland Chapter to run. Questions and/or nominations should be sent to tracy.byrnes@informs.org by Wednesday, October 12.
Election results will be announced at the chapter's next meeting on Thursday, October 27. That meeting will also feature speaker Jack Levis, INFORMS VP of Practice and Director of Process Improvement at UPS. The location is 134 National Business Parkway, Annapolis Junction, MD 20701 (Booz Allen Hamilton office). RSVP to tracy.byrnes@informs.org.
INFORMS current and future presidents provide excellent reasons for renewing your 2012 membership. Please read their recent letter to membership. If that is not enough, we're also offering a chance to win an iPad2 if you renew online before October 21.
