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Anne Robinson will deliver the keynote talk and INFORMS will exhibit at Predictive Analytics World-Boston, October 1 and 2. INFORMS members may register at a 15% discount. Use code INFB1215 to register.
Ian McCarthy shares "What Brands Need to Know about the 'Social Media Honeycomb'" from the Business Insider. The answers are enlightening.
Find out which construction heuristics work well, who would make an interesting operations research conference plenary, information about graph coloring solvers, what you would call "non-shuffled random iteration," and more. See answers and discussion on OR Exchange, your meeting place for questions and answers about O.R. and analytics.
Additionally, David Woods wrote an interesting blog about some OR-Exchange stats. Check it out.
Tabulations for the 2012 Member Survey have now been posted in the INFORMS Self-Service Center along with presentation slides. You will need your member log-in to access this information. Watch for a complete write-up in the October issue of OR/MS Today.
Submit your application now for this new INFORMS prize that rewards an academic department or program for the effective and innovative preparation of students to be good practitioners of OR/MS or analytics. The deadline for 2013 applications is October 29, 2012. The Tauber Institute for Global Operations at the University of Michigan won in 2012. Watch the announcement from the 2012 Edelman Gala. Previous applicants are welcome to reapply. Click here for more information and application process.
Submit your entry now for our top prize for implemented work in OR/MS and analytics. A three-page summary is due by October 17, 2012. The Edelman Award takes center stage at the Edelman Awards Gala at the 2013 Conference on Business Analytics and Operations Research, April 7-9, San Antonio, TX. Click here for more information and the application process. Watch the exciting announcement of the 2012 winner.
See the cover story on retail science and other great articles on predicting the presidential election, successfully operationalizing analytics, and leveraging big data around customers. And Scott Nestler will bring us all up to date on what's happening with analytics certification. Click here for your popular industry magazine.
The first INFORMS Certified Analytics Professional (CAP) exam is scheduled for April 7, 2013, at the INFORMS Conference on Business Analytics and Operations Research in San Antonio, TX. Make your plans now to attend. Want to learn more? Come to the Certification Reception at the Annual Meeting, Tuesday, October 16, at 6:15pm at the Hyatt Regency Ballroom A, or send questions to certification@mail.informs.org. Read the article by Scott Nestler, Jack Levis, and Bill Klimack in the September issue of Analytics magazine.
Be a part of the largest gathering of O.R. and analytics job seekers and employers. The Job Fair is free to meeting registrants. Employers must register for the Job Placement Service to participate. Direct questions to jps@mail.informs.org for more details.
Shoot a brief 1- to 3-minute video telling us or showing us why you are excited to attend the 2012 Annual Meeting in Phoenix, and we'll send you a fun INFORMS T-shirt, no questions asked! Click here for more information.
Watch Tallys Yunes' video for inspiration and a laugh!
INFORMS Phoenix 2012
