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This section presents
all the news, announcements and events from the Student
Chapters and from INFORMS.
News
from INFORMS Student Chapters
INFORMS Announcements
Events
and Upcoming Conferences
A
Message from John Fowler, Student Chapters Representative
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Arizona
State University
The Arizona State University student chapter of INFORMS
is having a busy spring! First, we’ve implemented
a new faculty/student lunch event. Each month, two
faculty members from the Operations Research and Production
Systems area of the department go to lunch with four
INFORMS students. The lunches are intended to provide
students with an opportunity to informally interact
with faculty members and have proven to be a big hit
so far.
Second,
as a service to the Industrial Engineering department
here at ASU, we’ve begin a tutoring project that we
hope will continue for many semesters to come. This
spring, we’re providing help sessions for the students
taking the introductory simulation course before each
of their simulation projects are due. The second session
was held this past week and, according to the students
who attended, it was extremely helpful. Our intention
is to tutor simulation each spring and something different,
possibly the introductory deterministic OR course,
each fall.
Finally,
in April we’ll host our premier INFORMS event of the
year, a case competition. This year will mark the
second year of the event, and we’re especially excited
about it because we’re partnering with UT Austin to
have students at both universities simultaneously
compete against one another. During the event, teams
will compete via an online manufacturing simulation.
Teams will control the number of machines at each
station, the dispatching rules, the lot size, and
the customer contract for the fictitious company,
Littlefield Technologies, and the winning team is
the team with the most money at the end of the simulation.
Prizes will be awarded both locally at each university,
and a grand prize, generously donated by the INFORMS
national chapter, will be given to the overall winner
across both universities. We’re really looking forward
to this competition, and after it’s all done we’ll
be sure to let you know how it went!
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Florida
International University
Below is a list of activities for Spring Semester 2003
from the Florida International University (FIU), Miami,
Florida, Chapter of INFORMS.
1. Redesign of website: An ongoing project for the redesign
of the website is being held. The leader of this activity
is the chapter secretary with three members supporting.
The current website address is http://www.eng.fiu.edu/informs.
2. FIU College of Engineering Student/Faculty Cruise;
The FIU chapter of INFORMS organized a six-hour cruise
on February 23rd as the finale to a very successful
celebration of Engineer week by the University. This
cruise brought students and faculty from different departments
and disciplines together in a non-academic forum to
socialize, in an effort to forge new relationships,
between the many departments within the College of Engineering.
Ship board activities included dinner, karaoke, bingo,
dancing, among others. The cruise achieved its main
purpose which was to celebrate engineer week as one
College, faculty and students alike. From the visibility
this event gave our chapter, we received new members.
3. FIU College of Engineering Guest Speaker - The FIU
chapter of INFORMS is bringing the Chief Information
Officer of Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. for a 90 minute
session on information technology and the role of operations
research in the hospitality industry. This activity
will take place at College of Engineering at the end
of March.
4. Fundraiser activities - Each semester the FIU chapter
conducts fund raisers to bring guest speakers to the
College of Engineering, offset the cost incurred by
students attending academic conferences, and other endeavors
which promotes and brings awareness to Operations Research
and the Management Sciences to Miami, FIU, and its College
of Engineering. We recently sponsored two students at
the Winter Simulation Conference in San Diego. The Chapter
paid registration and air fare for these students.
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George
Washington University
GW-INFORMS organized a three part lecture
series:
Part One:
An in-house professor who is traveling to Turkey for
research, Dr. Falk A research documentation on Delaunay
Triangulation. The derivation of this concept was performed
by this professor and his graduate students based on
a linear program and triangular approximations in multi-dimensional
space. We talked about the applications of this theory
to the crash testing and analysis that is performed
by the Highway Crash Analysis Center at the George Washington
University.
Part Two:
Dr. Rene van Dorp at the George Washington University
lectured on his experience with Risk Analysis in the
San Francisco Bay. We learned the essence of simulation
techniques and developing a simulation software from
scratch, using Pascal programming. We considered the
analysis of three potential risk scenarios and looked
at their implications to the current system of fleet
transport in the Bay Area.
Part Three:
From the National Science Foundation, Dr. Ronald Rardin,
spoke of his research on radiation therapy and its formulation
as a simple linear program. We were showed how to develop
column variables and perform a sensitivity analysis
based on several parameters. We extrapolated the irregular
shape of human cells to create a 2D surface and assessed
the restraints that must be used. It was also interesting
to learn about the similarities/differences between
new and old operations research problems. This was a
three part lecture series that explored different aspects
of operations research and their application to various
fields of study.
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Penn State University
Penn State University will be holding its semi-annual
chapter meeting in early April. This Spring 2003 meeting
will likely bring a speaker to Penn State to present
on a unique application of operations research. Initial
ideas include a presentation on forecasting weather
patterns and the software used in weather determination
by an individual from a local weather team.
Penn State has been successful in drawing attendance
with other speakers in the past. In particular, panels
focusing on OR application areas have been very popular.
The Fall 2002 meeting allowed the attending members
to participate in an OR-related game, called “Lego
my Simplex”. Teams were asked to manufacture
chairs and tables using Legos, and the game required
teams to maximize their profit under conditions of
uncertain demand and selling prices.
The Penn State INFORMS chapter has many ideas for
Fall 2003 activities. A student run mini-conference
is being considered, where graduate students will
be given the opportunity to present their work in
an informal conference setting. Also, in an attempt
to increase chapter membership, a combination meeting
with other societies will be held.
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Stanford University
In Spring 2003, Stanford INFORMS continued
the popular Brown Bag Research Talk series. Talks were
given on a variety of topics, ranging from Supply Chain
Management to Risk Analysis and Finance. Attendance
was usually between 15 and 20 people.
Our
main event this quarter was hosting the meeting of
the Northern California INFORMS chapter. We had more
than 50 people attending the meeting, among them of
course a number of Stanford faculty and students.
But we also had good attendance from other university
chapters, representatives from Berkeley e.g. were
there, as well as from Lawrence Livermore Labs. In
addition, we had a number of people from companies
like AMD, HP, and several consultancies.
The
keynote speaker for the evening was Jim Matheson,
Chairman and CFO of SmartOrg, Inc. He spoke on the
history of Decision Analysis, a field that has been
significantly influenced by research at Stanford,
most notably by Ron Howard and Jim Matheson himself.
So Jim was in a great position to relate in anecdotal
form how DA came into being. Since Ron Howard was
among the guests as well, it was a quite interesting
event with Ron and Jim trading stories. The talk went
for about an hour, and there was a lively 30-minute
Q&A session with good participation from the audience.
Among
the Northern California chapter we agreed that we
want to establish a rotational system, where in turn
each school will host one of the quarterly chapter
meetings. The next Northern California meeting is
scheduled for April, and it will be hosted by Berkeley.
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University
of California, Berkeley
The
Berkeley Student Chapter of INFORMS, was proud to host
the second annual PRISMS conference on March 1st, 2003.
Participants came from around the Bay Area including
students and/or faculty from Stanford, Naval Postgraduate
School, Cal State Hayward, and UC Santa Clara to present
papers and work in progress or compete in the case study
competition at this half-day event.
The interdisciplinary nature of the field of Operations
Research was demonstrated by Anne Goodchild's, from
Berkeley's Civil and Environmental Engineering Department,
prize-winning presentation on a method to reduce ship's
unloading time at dock. Other presenters demonstrated
the scope of the field. Bala Chadran and Maria Mayorga,
graduate students from the IEOR department, presented
on network and routing problems and production and capacity
decision problems respectively. The 1st, 2nd, and 3rd
Place winners of the student presentation competion
were Ali Abbas (Stanford), Anne Goodchild (UC Berkeley),
and Wei Wei (Stanford) respectively.
Meanwhile, the case study participants split up into
teams and worked for 90 minutes constructing an analysis
of the problems faced by a small video store. After
this breakout time, the five groups presented their
analyses to a panel of judges. The case study participants
were advanced undergraduate students and masters students
from Berkeley and Stanford, and were judged based on
their analysis of the problems faced by the company,
their recommendations for improvements and implementation
of these improvements, and their presentation skills.
The undergraduate team of Thomas Choi, Joe Fan, and
Frank Hane (see photo) earned an honorable mention for
their well-presented, innovative solution to the problem.
The 1st and 2nd teams were headed by Arveena Ahluwalia
(Stanford) and Oznur Yucelen (Stanford) respectively.
The busy day was kicked off with a welcome by Lee Schruben,
IEOR department chair, Alper Atamturk, Student INFORMS
faculty advisor, and Deepak Rajan, the hardworking coordinator
of this event and an IEOR PhD student and then concluded
by a talk by Dr. Bruce Schmeiser, a visiting professor
from Purdue University, about success in graduate school
and a pizza party. We'd like to thank National Informs,
whose contribution helped make this event a success.
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University
of Pittsburgh
We
have begun the process of establishing an INFORMS student
chapter at the University of Pittsburgh. Chapter members
include both graduate and undergraduate students from
the Department of Industrial Engineering as well as
from the Katz Graduate School of Business. We hope to
attract students from other departments such as Information
Sciences, Mathematics, and Statistics. So far, a general
body meeting has been held to establish chapter goals
and to plan future activities. Upcoming activities include:
social activities to welcome new members, plant tours
at local industries, and presentations on OR/MS in practice
made by faculty, students, as well as industry leaders
in the Pittsburgh area.
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Applications Section: Dissertation Prize
The
Aviation Applications Section of INFORMS is reinstating
its prize for the best dissertation in any area related
to aviation OR (air traffic management OR and airline
OR). The winner will receive a plaque and
an honorarium of five hundred dollars ($500). Finalists
will receive an honorable mention and a certificate.
Doctoral dissertations meeting the following criteria
are eligible for consideration:
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The
dissertation must be completed and submitted after
June 1 of the previous year and before May 31
of the current year |
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The
dissertation must be in an area relevant to aviation
research or practice |
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application process is as follows: |
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Submit
5 copies of completed dissertation to the committee
chair before 5:00 p.m. on June 30 |
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Submit
5 copies of an extended abstract (4 to 5 pages)
describing the work and its relevance |
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A
letter of nomination from the dissertation supervisor
supporting the submission and highlighting the
importance of the research |
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In
addition to the above, the entrant must also provide
a short paper (20 to 25 pages, double spaced),
based on the dissertation, for evaluation by the
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The finalists will be notified by September 30 and the
winner will announced at the Aviation Applications Section
meeting at the annual INFORMS conference.
Committee Chair:
John-Paul B. Clarke
Associate Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Avenue, Room 33-314
Cambridge, MA 02139-4307
Phone: (617) 253-0904
Fax: (617) 253-0361
E-mail: johnpaul@mit.edu
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The
Bonder Scholarship for Research in Health Services
The Health Applications Section of INFORMS
invites applications from qualified doctoral students
for the Bonder Scholarship for Research in Health
Services. Doctoral students, particularly those
at the beginning of their programs, with an interest
in the application of management sciences and operations
research techniques to issues in health care design,
delivery, or operations are encouraged to apply.
Objectives:
The purpose of the Bonder Scholarship is to promote
the development and application of operations research
techniques to health care design, delivery and operations.
The scholarship provides funding of $5,000 ($US) to
support the development of highly qualified individuals
and promote the interchange health services research
knowledge in conjunction with INFORMS.
The
Award :
The Bonder Scholarship consists of a grant of $4,000
which is intended to provide income support and tuition
reimbursement for a promising young researcher. In
addition, the award winner will be eligible for up
to $1,000 of travel funding to support participation
in Health Application Section activities at the annual
INFORMS conference. The tenure of the award is one
year.
Selection Criteria: The award will be granted
on the basis of excellence, innovation, preparation,
and probability of candidate's success. Each candidate
should submit three copies of the following materials:
a curriculum vita, two letters of support, and a brief,
two-page (single-spaced) summary of his or her proposed
program of research. Candidates will be evaluated
on the quality of their preparation to undertake a
program of research in the field of health care. The
proposed program of research will be judged according
to its potential for practical and theoretical contribution
as well as likelihood of successful completion.
Eligibility: Students in or interested in pursuing
doctoral studies in health operations research or
related discipline are eligible. Applications from
US and international members are welcome.
Application
Procedures: Candidates are asked to forward their
applications by July 1, 2003 to the chairman of the
Bonder Scholarship review committee:
Dr. George Miller
The Altarum Institute
PO Box 134001
Ann Arbor, MI 48113-4001
USA
Phone: 734-302-4640
Fax: 734-302-4991
Email: george.miller@altarum.org
Notification: All applicants will be notified
by September 15, 2003 of the results of the competition.
Background:
Throughout his distinguished career, Dr. Seth Bonder
has been a leader in applying operations research
to planning national defense, and a pioneer in applying
operations research methods to reengineering health
care delivery.
In
his work with the military, Dr. Bonder used operations
research to model telemedicine distant from care providers
and medical expertise. He extended these contributions
to support reengineering healthcare in the civilian
sector. He has led the firm that he founded, Vector
Research Inc., into the field of medical operations
research, and created many of the applied aspects
of that discipline.
Dr.
Bonder has made major contributions to the operations
research profession. He has served as president of
the Operations Research Society of America and the
Military Operations Research Society, and vice president
of the International Federation of Operational Research
Societies. He has been the recipient of numerous awards,
including the Patriotic Service Award from the Secretary
of the Army, the George E. Kimball Medal, and the
INFORMS President's Award. He is a member of the National
Academy of Engineering.
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The Bonder
Scholarship for Applied
Operations Research in Military Applications
The
Military Applications Society of INFORMS invites
applications from qualified doctoral candidates for
the Bonder Scholarship for Applied Operations Research
in Military Applications. Doctoral candidates, particularly
those at the beginning of their programs, with an interest
in the application of process modeling and OR analyses
to military issues are encouraged to apply.
Objectives: The purpose of the Bonder Scholarship
for Applied Operations Research in Military Applications
is to promote the development and application of process
modeling and operations research analyses to military
issues. The scholarship provides funding of $5,000 ($US)
to support the development of highly qualified individuals
and promote the interchange of military OR research
knowledge in conjunction with INFORMS.
The Award: The Bonder Scholarship consists of
a grant of $4,000 that is intended to provide financial
support for a promising young researcher. In addition,
the award winner will be eligible for up to $1,000 of
travel funding to support their participation in Military
Application Section activities at the annual INFORMS
conference. INFORMS will waive registration fees for
awardees. The tenure of the award is one year.
Selection Criteria: The scholarship will be granted
on the basis of excellence, innovation, preparation,
and probability of candidate's success. Candidates should
submit three copies of the following materials: a curriculum
vita, two letters of support, a brief statement describing
why they are interested in applying operations research
to military issues, and a two-page summary of their
proposed program of research. Candidates will be evaluated
on the quality of their preparation to undertake a program
of applied operations research in the military arena.
The proposed program of research will be judged according
to its potential for making a significant contribution
to the field of applied OR in military operations, as
well as the likelihood of successful completion.
Eligibility: Students in or interested in pursuing
doctoral studies in military operations research or
a related discipline are eligible. Applications from
US and international students are welcome.
Application Procedures: Candidates are asked
to forward their applications by August 1, 2003 to:
Mark G. Doherty
Executive Director
INFORMS
901 Elkridge Landing Road
Suite 400
Linthicum, MD 21090-2909
Phone: 410-850-0300
Fax: 410-684-2963
Email: mark.doherty@informs.org
Notification: All applicants will be notified
by September 25, 2003 of the results of the competition.
Background: Dr. Seth Bonder was the founder and
CEO of Vector Research, Incorporated (VRI) for 31 years.
VRI was recognized for its quality and innovations in
applying OR/MS to public and private sector enterprises.
Throughout his distinguished career, Dr. Bonder has
been a leader in applying operations research to national
defense planning and policy issues. He established this
scholarship to encourage the application of scientific
operations research approaches to military systems,
processes, and enterprises.
Dr. Bonder has made major contributions to the operations
research profession. He has served as president of the
Operations Research Society of America and the Military
Operations Research Society, and vice president of the
International Federation of Operational Research Societies.
He has been the recipient of numerous awards, including
the Patriotic Service Award from the US Secretary of
the Army, the George E. Kimball Medal, and the INFORMS
President's Award. He is a member of the National Academy
of Engineering.
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Call
for Nominations for Dantzig Dissertation Prize 2003
George B. Dantzig Dissertation Award
The George B. Dantzig Award is given for the best dissertation
in any area of operations research and the management
sciences that is innovative and relevant to practice.
This award has been established to encourage academic
research that combines theory and practice and stimulates
greater interaction between doctoral students (and their
advisors) and the world of practice. The award is given
at the Fall National Meeting, to be held in Atlanta,
GA, October 19-22, 2003.
All certificates read as follows (1st & 2nd Prizes):
for the best dissertation that is innovative and relevant
to the practice of operations research and the management
sciences.
Application Process
The George B. Dantzig Dissertation Award Committee is
now accepting entries for the 2003 award. The award
for the best OR/MS dissertation serves to promote greater
interaction between academia and industry by encouraging
researchers to conduct innovative research that is relevant
to practice in any area of operations research and management
science. The first and second place winners will receive
awards of $800 and $400 respectively. Additional finalists
will receive honorable mentions with $100 awards. Prizes
will be awarded at the INFORMS Fall National Meeting.
Each entry must:
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Consist of a doctoral dissertation written primarily by the
entrant no more than 15 months prior to the
submission deadline and not previously submitted
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Present original ideas obtained predominantly by the entrant.
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Clearly illustrate and demonstrate the relevance of the work
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Entrants should submit six (6) copies of the following
items before July 15, 2003:
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A summary of the dissertation (less than 5 double-spaced pages)
highlighting the significance of the problem,
the novelty of the methodology approach, the
contribution of the research to industry, and
the scope of the dissertation. |
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A
self-contained paper (less than 25 double-spaced
pages) based on the thesis so that the award
committee can evaluate the contribution of the
work. |
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A
letter of recommendation from the entrant's
thesis advisor that describes the significance
of the research and comments on the originality
of the work. |
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A
letter of recommendation from an industry associate
that describes the relevance and the potential
benefits of the research in their organization.
This letter must be written by a manager familiar
with the research who has served as an advisor
to the research or as a coordinator to the on-site
research project. The manager should be informed
that they may be contacted by the committee
members asking questions regarding the entrant's
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The entries in the first round will be judged and
up to five finalists will be selected by the award
committee. All submissions should be postmarked on
or before July 15, 2003, and sent to the Chair of
the George B. Dantzig Dissertation Award Committee.
Each finalist will be notified by September 15, 2003,
and requested to submit the entire dissertation to
the chair of the committee. All finalists will give
a presentation of their work in a special session
at the Atlanta National Meeting.
Whom to Contact:
Professor Robert L. Smith
Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering
University of Michigan
1847 IOE Building
Ann Arbor, MI 48109 U.S.A.
voice: +1 734-763-2060
fax: +1 734-764-3451
email: rlsmith@umich.edu
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2003
Nicholson Competition Call for Entries
The Nicholson Competition
The George Nicholson Committee is now accepting entries
for the 2003 Competition. This competition is held each
year to identify and honor outstanding papers in the
field of operations research and the management sciences
written by a student.
There are five conditions for eligibility:
1. the entrant must have been a student on or after
January 1, 2003;
2. the paper must present original research results;
3. the research must have been conducted while the entrant
was a student;
4. the paper must be written by the entrant with only
minor outside editorial assistance;
5. the paper must not have won a prize (1st-3rd) in
a previous Nicholson Competition. One or more advisors
may appear as co-authors of a paper, but the student
must be the "first author."
Prizes will be awarded and finalists will be invited
to present their papers at the INFORMS Atlanta Meeting,
October 19-22, 2003.
Entrants must submit: (1) an electronic pdf file, and
a hard copy, of one self-contained paper, which should
not exceed 25 pages (including appendix) when printed
in double spaced, 11pt (or larger) font format; (2)
a letter signed by the faculty advisor attesting that
the five eligibility conditions have been satisfied
by the entrant and the paper; (3) an e-mail address
and telephone number at which the entrant can be contacted.
These entries must be delivered by June 30,
2003 to the Committee Chair:
David Morton
Graduate Program in Operations Research
The University of Texas at Austin
1 University Station, C2200
Austin, TX 78712-0292
E-mail: morton@mail.utexas.edu
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Management
Science in Railroad Applications
2003 Student Research Paper Contest For papers
demonstrating application of analytical techniques
to railroad problems
RASIG (Rail Applications Special Interest Group),
a subdivision of INFORMS (Institute for Operations
Research and Management Science), and Railway Age
are sponsoring a student research paper contest on
Management Science in Railroad Applications.
- Cash Awards: $500 First Place, $250 Second Place
- Honorable Mention recognition for other top papers
Authors of First Place, Second Place, and Honorable
Mention papers will be asked to present the papers
at the INFORMS Annual Meeting October 19-22, 2003,
in Atlanta, Ga. RASIG will cover the conference registration
fees for all primary authors who are asked to present
their papers. Railway Age will publish summaries of
the First Place and Second Place entries.
Operations Research (OR) and the Management Science
(MS) are professional disciplines that deal with the
application of information technology for informed
decision making. OR/MS professionals aim to provide
rational bases for decision making by seeking to understand
and structure complex situation and to use this understanding
to predict system behavior and improve system performance.
Much of this work is done using analytical and numerical
techniques to develop and manipulate mathematical
and computer models of organizational systems composed
of people, machines, and procedures. RASIG provides
a forum for bringing together practitioners, consultants,
and academics interested in applying OR/MS techniques
to the railroad industry. RASIG activities include
roundtables, paper sessions at INFORMS national meetings,
workshops, and focus groups. Roundtables provide attendees
with a unique opportunity to explore, in-depth, topics
ranging from eBusiness to simulation to network modeling
together with a panel of experts. Paper sessions feature
the latest in OR/MS research pertaining to the rail
industry.
Rules
- The paper must be written by a student or students
enrolled in an academic institution during 2002-2003
academic year.
- The paper must relate to application of Management
Science for the improvement or utilization of railroad
transportation.
- The paper must represent original research (not
literature reviews) and not have been published elsewhere.
- Use any approved reference style.
- Cover page must include the paper title, a single-spaced
75 word summary/abstract, primary author’s name,
summer address, phone & email address, and the
name of the institution where the student is enrolled.
- Second page should repeat title and abstract but
contain no identifying names.
How to Enter
Submit an abstract of your proposed paper by July
1, 2003.
The completed paper should be submitted by August
30, 2003.
Electronic submissions are preferred. Submit abstract
and papers to:
Edwin R. “Chip” Kraft
E email: chipcraft@aol.com,
or by mail to:
William C. Vantuono, Editor, Railway Age,
345 Hudson Street, 12th Floor, New York, NY 10014
RASIG and Railway Age reserve the right to suspend
the contest if no suitable papers are received.
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Events
and Upcoming Conferences
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Informs
Conference on OR/MS Practice
http://www.informs.org/Conf/Phoenix2003/
Creating
Value in the Extended Enterprise
May 4-6, 2003
Sheraton Wild Horse Pass Resort & Spa
Phoenix, Arizona
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CORS/SCRO
2003, June 2-4, 2003
http://www.coe.ubc.ca/cors2003/
The
45th annual conference of the Canadian Operational
Research Society (CORS) is being held in Vancouver,
British Columbia. The theme of this year's conference
is "Application Drives Innovation." CORS
2003 will provide a forum for OR practicioners ato
meet, describe recent work, and dicuss current issues,
challenges and innovations.
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EURO/INFORMS
2003, July 6-10, 2003
http://www.istanbul2003.org
The organizing committee of EURO/INFORMS Istanbul
2003 extends a cordial invitation to you to come to
Istanbul for the first EURO/INFORMS joint international
meeting of the new millenium to meet renowned scholars
and practitioners all over the world at the city where
East meets West.
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INFORMS
Annual Meeting, October 19-22, 2003
http://www.informs.org/Conf/Atlanta2003/
OR/MS
in the Community
There are many success stories of the economic impact
of OR/MS in areas such as logistics, manufacturing
and marketing. To date, however, there has been much
less attention paid to the important work being done
applying OR/MS to community-based programs such as
public health, disaster relief and charities.
The
appropriate models and solution strategies for community-based
programs are fundamentally different from those of
industry. For example, OR/MS models for community-based
programs must explicitly consider public policy issues
along with the role of local and/or national government.
The potential impact that OR/MS can have in properly
addressing these issues is enormous.
The
goal of the INFORMS Annual Meeting 2003 is to introduce
OR/MS professionals to this promising area by highlighting
some of the current important problems and ongoing
research efforts, as well as providing some direction
for future critical research needs. This goal will
form the cornerstone of a meeting that will cover
the customary wide spectrum of OR/MS technical topics.
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