The OMEGA RHO International Distinguished Lecture on Operations Research and Management Science is among the most prestigious series of lectures in the world and have been presented as a plenary at select INFORMS International Meetings since 2001.

OMEGA RHO International Distinguished Lecture Series

Among the most prestigious series of lectures in the world on Operations Research and Management Science, the OMEGA RHO International Distinguished Lecture has been presented as a plenary at select INFORMS International Meetings since 2001. The title for each lecture is linked to an abstract, a biograhical sketch of the lecturer, and contact information for the lecturer current at the date of the lecture. Conference locations are linked to the website for the meeting.

4.  Gilbert Laporte*, Professor and Canada Research Chair in Distribution Management, Department of Management Sciences, Centre de Recherche sur les transports, Université de Montréal
“Fifty Years of Vehicle Routing”
CORS/INFORMS Joint International Meeting, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2:10 P.M. – 3:00 P.M., Sunday, June 14, 2009.

3.  Thomas M. Cook*, Caleb Technologies Corporation, Austin, Texas, Past President of INFORMS
"Creating Competitive Advantage Using Operations Research"
CORS/INFORMS Joint International Meeting, Banff, Alberta, Canada, Sunday, May 16, 2004.

2.  Erhan Cinlar*, Professor, Department of Operations Research and Financial Engineering, Princeton University
"Operations Research and Financial Engineering"
INFORMS International, Istanbul, Turkey, Tuesday, July 8, 2003.

1.  William R. Pulleyblank*, Director, Exploratory Server Systems and Director, Deep Computing Institute, T. J. Watson Research Center, IBM Corporation
"Parallel Computing and Integer Programming"
INFORMS International, Maui, Hawaii, Tuesday, June 19, 2001.

* Inducted as an Honorary Member of OMEGA RHO.
** Previously Inducted as an Honorary Member of OMEGA RHO.