Recommendations for an Undergraduate Curriculum at the Interface of Operations Research and Computer Science
Jill R. Hardin
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia 23284, jhwilson3@vcu.edu
Allen Holder
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Terre Haute, Indiana 47803, holder@rose-hulman.edu
J. Christopher Beck
University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G8, Canada, jcb@mie.utoronto.ca
Kevin Furman
ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company, Houston, Texas 77098, kevin.c.furman@exxonmobil.com
Arthur Hanna
St. Mary's University, San Antonio, Texas 78228, ahanna@stmarytx.edu
David Rader
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Terre Haute, Indiana 47803, david.rader@rose-hulman.edu
Cesar Rego
University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi 38655, crego@bus.olemiss.edu
Abstract
In March 2007, the INFORMS Computing Society formed the ICS Education Committee, charged with outlining an undergraduate curriculum that would prepare students for graduate study and/or industrial work at the interface of operations research and computer science. The result is a set of essential and recommended skills that undergraduate students should seek to acquire in order to be successful in such endeavors. This article presents the findings of the committee.
Key words
curriculum development; OR/CS interface; undergraduate education; interdisciplinary teaching
History
Received April 2011; accepted August 2011
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Citation Information
Hardin, J. R., A. Holder, J. C. Beck, K. Furman, A. Hanna, D. Rader, C. Rego. 2012. Recommendations for an undergraduate curriculum at the interface of operations research and computer science. INFORMS Trans. Ed. 12(3) 117–123. Available online at http://ite.pubs.informs.org/.