Overview
The INFORMS Computing Society (ICS) addresses the interface of OR and computing. Since their earliest days, OR and computing have been tightly linked. The practice of OR depends heavily on the availability of software and systems capable of solving industrial-scale problems: computing is the heart of OR in application.
ICS is INFORMS' leading edge for computation and technology. Major ICS interests are algorithms and software for modeling, optimization, and simulation.
ICS is also interested in the leading edge of computing and how it affects OR (e.g. XML modeling standards, OR services offered over the web, open source software, constraint programming, massively parallel computing, high performance computing).
Highlights
Awards
The ICS Prize is an annual award for best English-language paper on the interface of OR and computing. Student Paper Competition.
Journal
INFORMS Journal on Computing. High-quality research related to algorithms and computation for OR.
Meetings
Sponsors sessions at INFORMS annual meetings and, in alternate years, sponsors a specialized conference on the interface of computing and OR/MS.
Conference Volume
Operations Research, Computing, and Homeland Defense contains 13-refereed papers covering topics on the theory of computing, mathematical programming, game theory, statistics and more; over half have applications to homeland defense.
Newsletter
The ICS Newsletter is published twice a year. Features survey articles, meeting information, people news, upcoming events, and an e-mail directory.
Electronic mailing list
ICS maintains a moderated email list at computing-society@list.informs.org
Website
The society link at INFORMS http://computing.society.informs.org
