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September 24, 2023 Photos from the UMass Amherst INFORMS Student Chapter Seminar by Professor Hari Balasubramanian of the UMass MIE epartment were added to this site. September 18, 2023 The article, A Multicommodity Spatial Price Equilibrium Model with Exchange Rates and Non-Tariff Measures for Agri-Food International Trade, by Professors Anna Nagurney and Elena Besedina, has been accepted for publication in Operations Research Forum. September 8, 2023 Photos from the International Conference on Optimization and Decision Science, ODS 2023, held in Ischia. Italy, September 4-7, 2023, have been posted. Slides from the ODS presentation, Efficient Last-Mile Delivery using UAVs: A Variational Inequality Approach for Optimizing Supply Chain Management, by Gabriella Colajanni, Patrizia Daniele, and Anna Nagurney. September 7, 2023 The article, Centralized Supply Chain Network Optimization with UAV-based Last Mile Deliveries, by Gabriella Colajanni, Patrizia Daniele, and Anna Nagurney, has been published in Transportation Research C. August 24, 2023 An article by Professors Anna Nagurney and Shivani Shukla is mentioned in, My Biggest Worry about Generative AI: A summer chat about ChatGPT, INFORMS Analytics Magazine. The Media page was updated. August 22, 2023 The article, Centralized Supply Chain Network Optimization with UAV-based Last Mile Deliveries, by Gabriella Colajanni, Patrizia Daniele, and Anna Nagurney, has been accepted for publication in Transportation Research C. August 17, 2023 The Media page was updated. August 10, 2023 Professor Anna Nagurney's article, Defense Critical Supply Chain Networks and Risk Management with the Inclusion of Labor: Dynamics and Quantification of Performance and the Ranking of Nodes and Links, is now In Press in Handbook for Management of Threats: Security and Defense, Resilience and Optimal Strategies, Konstantinos Balomenos, Major Antonios Fytopoulos, and Panos Pardalos, Editors, Springer Nature, 2023. July 31, 2023 The article, Exchange Rates and Multicommodity International Trade: Insights from Spatial Price Equilibrium Modeling with Policy Instruments via Variational Inequalities, by Anna Nagurney, Dana Hassani, Oleg Nivievskyi, and Pavlo Martyshev, has been published in the Journal of Global Optimization. July 20, 2023 Professor Anna Nagurney's commentary, Why Russia pulled out of its grain deal with Ukraine – and what that means for the global food system, was published in The Conversation. Professor Anna Nagurney was interviewed on Moore In The Morning on Newstalk 1010, Toronto, Canada. July 18, 2023 Photos from the IFORS 2023 conference, held in Santiago, Chile, July 10-14, 2023, have been posted. July 12, 2023 Photos from the Dynamics of Disasters conference, held in Piraeus, Greece, July 3-6, 2023, have been posted. June 29, 2023 The Center Director is looking forward to several international upcoming conferences and to seeing Center Associates as well as other conferees. Wishing everyone safe travels. June 24, 2023 The Spring 2023 issue of the Supernetwork Sentinel is now online. June 18, 2023 Professor Anna Nagurney's Commentary, To Plant or Not to Plant? For Ukrainian Farmers, It’s Life or Death, has been published in The Messenger Opinion. June 8, 2023 Photos from the Innovations in Immigration Analytics workshop, held at WPI on June 2, 2023, have been posted. June 1, 2023 We are delighted to welcome Dr. Gabriella Colajanni of the University of Catania as a new Center Associate and look forward to working with her. May 26, 2023 Photos from the 33rd Annual POMS Conference and the Isenberg School of Management Senior Barbecue were added to Photos of Center Activities. May 11, 2023 Professor Anna Nagurney's Letter-to-the-Editor, Scholars from Ukraine, UMass find common ground, was published in the Springfield Republican. May 8, 2023 The article, Exchange Rates and Multicommodity International Trade: Insights from Spatial Price Equilibrium Modeling with Policy Instruments via Variational Inequalities, by Anna Nagurney, Dana Hassani, Oleg Nivievskyi, and Pavlo Martyshev, has been accepted for publication in Journal of Global Optimization. May 7. 2023 Photos from the visit to UMass by Dr. Tymofii Brik, Rector, Kyiv School of Economics were added to Centerphotos. The Conferences page was updated. May 3, 2023 Professor Anna Nagurney is quoted in the CITY A.M. article, A kernel of grain is driving a wedge through Europe’s response to Ukraine. The Media page was updated. April 27, 2023 On Wednesday, May 3, 2023, a symposium to celebrate 1 Year of the UMass Amherst - KSE Partnership will take place virtually from 9-11 EDT. It will begin with remarks by KSE Rector Tymofii Brik, administrators at UMass, and Professor Anna Nagurney, followed by 4 panels on themes: Agricultural Supply Chains in Ukraine in Wartime, Networks and Collaborations, Conducting Research and Education in Wartime and Addressing Major Challenges in Ukraine in Wartime: From Disability Rights to Disinformation. Panelists will be Scholars in Ukraine supported by the partnership and the panels will be moderated by UMass Faculty Hosts. Symposium registration: https://www.umass.edu/ipo/event/celebrating-the-umass-%26-kse-partnership%3A-1-year-of-collaborationApril 14, 2023 Professor Anna Nagurney's commentary, After One Year of War, How Is Ukraine Managing?, was published in Industry Week. April 6, 2023 Professor Anna Nagurney participated in the INFORMS Webinar Analyzing America's Supply Chains on April 5, 2023. April 1, 2023 Photos from the UMass Amherst INFORMS Student Chapter Seminar by Professor Arzum Akkas were added to the site. March 23, 2023 The article, International migrant flows: Coalition formation among countries and social welfare, by Professors Mauro Passacantando, Fabio Raciti, and Anna Nagurney, published in the EURO Journal on Computational Optimization, is available online. March 19, 2023 Professor Anna Nagurney was interviewed for the INFORMS podcast, How is Ukraine Managing One Year After the Russian Invasion? March 17, 2023 Photos from PanOptiC 2023, the Workshop in Honor of Professor Panos Pardalos, University of Florida - Gainesville, March 9-10, 2023, were posted. March 6, 2023 The Media page was updated. March 1, 2023 The Media page was updated. February 25, 2023 The article, A three-stage stochastic optimization model integrating 5G technology and UAVs for disaster management, by Gabriella Colajanni, Patrizia Daniele, Anna Nagurney, Ladimer S. Nagurney, and Daniele Sciacca, has been published in the Journal of Global Optimization. February 23, 2023 Yesterday, it was a pleasure to help host
Dr. Tymofiy Mylovanov, President,
Kyiv School of Economics (KSE), Kyiv, Ukraine on his visit to UMass Amherst. Many thanks to Dr. Kalpen Trivedi, Vice Provost for Global Affairs, and to his International Programs Office staff,for doing an outstanding job in support of this important visit. Thanks also to the Deans, Center Directors, other administrators and faculty who have supported the UMass Amherst - KSE partnership, which was established during the war, and who met with Dr. Mylovanov yesterday. On February 24, 2023 we mark the anniversary of the major invasion of Ukraine by Russia. Photos of his visit were added to Photos of Center Activities. Kudos to UMass Amherst - we are now providing support to 15 Virtual Scholars in Ukraine who are matched with faculty at UMass. 9 are matched with Isenberg School faculty; 5 are matched with Social and Behavioral Sciences faculty and 1 Virtual Scholar is matched with a faculty member in the Mathematics and Statistics department. February 7, 2023 As UMass Amherst begins its Spring 2023 Semester, we welcome all back and hope everyone has a safe and productive term. Our thoughts and prayers are with those in Turkey and Syria who have been affected by yesterday's earthquake! February 1, 2023 The IISE Operations Research Podcast, OR for Social Good: Episode 3 with Professor Anna Nagurney, is now available. January 24, 2023 Professors Anna and Ladimer Nagurney's Letter-to-the-Editor, Appreciate Column on Ukraine, appeared in today's Daily Hampshire Gazette. Publication information was update on Downloadable Articles. January 19, 2023 The Media page was updated. January 11, 2023 The Conferences page was updated. January 5, 2022 Professor Anna Nagurney is quoted in the Inside Higher Ed article, War Upends Plans for Kyiv Campus. January 3, 2023 Professor Anna Nagurney's book, Labor and Supply Chain Networks, has been published by Springer. The video of Professor Anna Nagurney's IFORS Distinguished Lecture, Human Migration Networks: How Operations Research Can Assist with Refugees and Supply Chain Labor Shortages, has been posted to YouTube. January 2, 2023 The Fall 2022 issue of the Supernetwork Sentinel is now online. January 1, 2023 Happy New Year to all! December 28, 2022 Photos from CLAIO 2022 have been added to Photos of Center Activities. December 26, 2022 The Center Director celebrates the successes of the Center and its Associates during 2022. See Congratulations and Kudos! December 19, 2022 Professor Anna Nagurney and the UMass Amherst INFORMS Student Chapter Officers were interviewed for ORMS Tomorrow article, Spotlight Interview with UMass Amherst INFORMS Student Chapter. The Media page was updated. December 15, 2022 Professor Ladimer Nagurney is quoted in the Business Insider article, Emergency-response technology with a 5G upgrade is having an impact in places like hurricane-battered Florida. December 13, 2022 Professor Anna Nagurney delivered the IFORS Distinguished Lecture, Human Migration Networks: How Operations Research Can Assist with Refugees and Supply Chain Labor Shortages, at CLAIO, Buenos AIres, Argentina. December 10, 2022 The Conferences page was updated. December 5, 2022 The Isenberg School of Management has published an article, Supporting Ukraine Through Academic Partnership, describing the partnership between the University of Massachusetts Amherst and the Kyiv School of Economics. The article also includes a writeup about the welcome event for Virtual Scholars in Ukraine, who have been matched with faculty hosts at the Isenberg School of Management. The Virtual Scholar program is part of this very special partnership. The Center Director was honored to organize the welcome event. We wish the scholars and their faculty hosts rewarding collaborations. Many thanks to all who provided support! The Media page was updated. December 3, 2022 Professor Anna Nagurney was featured in the Isenberg School of Management Faculty Friday Video. The Media page was updated. November 28, 2022 The Media page was updated. November 5, 2022 The Media page was updated. October 29, 2022 Publication information on the Downloadable Articles page was updated. October 26, 2022 The Conferences page was updated. October 24, 2022 Photos from the the Stella Dafermos Prize Ceremony at the INFORMS 2022 Annual Meeting were added to Photos of Center Activities. October 23, 2022 Photos from the the INFORMS 2022 Annual Meeting were added to Photos of Center Activities. October 18, 2022 Professor Anna Nagurney was honored to present the first Stella Dafermos Mid-Career Award, awarded by the INFORMS Transportation Science and Logistics Society, to dr.ir. N.A.H. (Niels) Agatz of the Department of Technology and Operations Management, Rotterdam School of Management (RSM), Erasmus University Rotterdam. Visuals from the award ceremony. October 17, 2022 The INFORMS Annual Meeting is being held in Indianapolis, Indiana on October 16-19, 2022. The Center Director, Professor Anna Nagurney, has written a blogpost previewing the conference. Slidedecks from the presentations of the Center Director and Center Associates are available on Visuals. October 8, 2022 Photos from the retirement party for Dr. Bob Nakosteen were added to Photos of Center Activities. Publication information on the Downloadable Articles page was updated. October 1, 2022 Professor Nagurney was interviewed on Western Mass News for the story Hurricane Ian could have impact on supply chain issues. September 28, 2022 Photos from the conference, The Independence War in Ukraine: Global Implications, and dinner, The Present and Future of the Country, were added to Photos of Center Activities. Professor Anna Nagurney's article, In the End, It’s All About People, from ORMS Today, was added to the site. September 23, 2022 Professor Anna Nagurney's article, Operations Research for the Recovery and Reconstruction of Ukraine, will appear in the October 2022 issue of ORMS Today. September 21, 2022 On Saturday, September 17, 2022, the Center Director, Professor Anna Nagurney, and Center Associate, Professor Ladimer Nagurney, attended a conference, The Independence War in Ukraine: Global Implications, and dinner, The Present and Future of the Country, sponsored by the Kyiv School of Economics, Razom for Ukraine, and United24, at the Harvard Club in New York City. The event is described in a blogpost. September 8, 2022 Professor Nagurney has written a blogpost recapping the Optimization and Decision Science conference, which took place August 30-September 2, 2022 in beautiful Firenze, Italy. She thanks the Co-Chairs of the conference - Professor Fabio Schoen and Professor Paola Cappanera for the outstanding hospitality and the excellence of the scientific program. Photos from the conference have been added to Centerphotos. The Media page was updated. August 26, 2022 Professor Anna Nagurney's presentation, Labor and Supply Chain Networks: It’s All About People, prepared for the International Conference on Optimization and Decision Science, Firenze, Italy was posted. Professor Anna Nagurney was quoted the Jacksonville (FL) Today article by Brendan Rivers, JEA ready for peak hurricane season despite supply chain challenges. August 21, 2022 The Conferences page was updated. August 15, 2022 Professor Anna Nagurney's Letter to the Editor, Ukraine's Students, was published in The New York Times. August 10, 2022 The Conferences page was updated. August 1, 2022 The article, An Integrated Multitiered Supply Chain Network Model of Competing Agricultural Firms and Processing Firms: The Case of Fresh Produce and Quality, by Professors Deniz Besik, Anna Nagurney, and Pritha Dutta, has been accepted for publication in the European Journal of Operational Research. July 24, 2022 The Spring 2022 isssue of the Supernetwork Sentinel has been posted. July 23, 2022 Professor Anna Nagurney is quoted in the UMass press release, UMASS AMHERST ESTABLISHES PARTNERSHIP WITH UKRAINE’S KYIV SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS. July 13, 2922 Professor Anna Nagurney was interviewed by Savannah Maher for the segment, Global production of wheat, corn declining, increasing hunger risk, Marketplace, July 12, 2022. The Media page was updated. July 5, 2022 Professor Anna Nagurney was interviewed by Karen Kroll
as part of the article POP QUIZ: Supply Chain Educators July 1, 2022 Professor Nagurney in interviewed by Andrea Day for Supply chain disruptions cause ongoing shortages nationwide, June 28, 2022 The Conferences page was updated. June 22, 2022 Professor Nagurney in interviewed for Global Food Prices Are at A Record High on The Takeaway. June 20, 2022 Professor Anna Nagurney is quoted in the Associate Press article, EXPLAINER: How did Russia-Ukraine war trigger a food crisis?, by Kelvin Chan and Paul Wiseman. Professor Anna Nagurney is quoted in the Onserver article, There’s a Tampon Shortage, and Everything from Drought to War in Ukraine is to Blame. June 18, 2022 The article, Resilience of Supply Chain Networks to Labor Disruptions, by Professors Anna Nagurney and Alireza Ermagun, has been published in Resilience Findings. June 16, 2022 Slides from Professor Anna Nagurney's presentation, Supply Chain Networks, Labor, and Resilience, to the National Vaccine Advisory Committee were posted. June 7, 2022 The video of Professor Anna Nagurney's Financial Computing and Analytics Group Seminar at University College London, Labor and Supply Chain Networks, has been added to Youtube. She thanks Professor Paolo Barucca, her host. June 4, 2022 Professor Anna Nagurney's article, Defense Critical Supply Chain Networks and Risk Management with the Inclusion of Labor: Dynamics and Quantification of Performance and the Ranking of Nodes and Links, has been accepted for publication in the Handbook for Management of Threats, Security and Defense, Resilience and Optimal Strategies, Konstantinos Balomenos, Antonios Fytopoulos, and Panos Pardalos, Editors, Springer Nature. June 3, 2022 Professor Anna Nagurney was interviewed for the North America Regional Science Council (NARSC) NEWS June 2022 issue. June 1, 2022 Professor Anna Nagurney presented, Labor and Supply Chain Networks, in the Financial Computing and Analytics Group Seminar, Department of Computer Science, University College London. May 20, 2022 Two Letters to the Editor, written by Professors Anna and Ladimer Nagurney, were published: Grateful to McGovern, Daily Hampshire Gazette, May 9, 2022 and Russia now commits genocide, Republican and Masslive.com, April 7, 2022. May 13, 2022 Photos from the Isenberg School of Management Doctoral Robing Ceremony were added to Photos of Center Activities. May 5, 2022 The article, A Multiperiod Supply Chain Network Optimization Model with Investments in Labor Productivity Enhancements in an Era of COVID-19 and Climate Change, by Professor Anna Nagurney, has been published in Operations Research Forum. April 30, 2022 Professor Anna Nagurney was proud to participate in the Shevchenko Scientific Society Expertise-a-thon for Ukraine. A video of her presentation, Supernetworks and Ukraine, has been added to the site. Slides from her presentation were also added to the site. April 23, 2022 Presentations from the 2022 POMS Conference have been added to Visuals. April 16, 2022 Professor Anna Nagurney was interviewed for the article, Global hunger crisis looms as war in Ukraine sends food prices soaring, in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists and quoted in the Observer article, How the Global Food Shortage Helps US Farmers. Professor Anna Nagurney was interviewed for the segment, Global food prices hit record high
in March following
invasion of Ukraine, on Canada Tonight. The Media and Audio/Video pages were updated. April 15, 2022 Professor Anna Nagurney of UMass Amherst and Professor Timothy Lowe of the U of Iowa delivered the INFORMS Webinar, How Supply Chain Disruptions are Impacting our Food Supply and Creating Food Insecurity. April 6, 2022 Professor Anna Nagurney's OpEd, Ukraine will need ‘Marshall Plan’ to address human toll of war, was published in the Chicago Sun Times. Professor Anna Nagurney was featured in the Isenberg School of Management news article, Isenberg Professor Shares Expertise on War on Ukraine. March 28, 2022 The Center Director, Professor Anna Nagurney, and the Center Associates congratulate Doctoral Student Center Associate Mojtaba Salarpour who successfully defended his Doctoral Dissertation today. The abstract of his dissertation is posted on Dissertations. Photos from the defense are on Photos of Center Activities. March 23, 2022 The article, A Bandwidth Auction Mechanism to Enable Affordable Internet Access, by Luis Andres Marentes, Sergio Cabrales, Tilman Wolf, Anna Nagurney, and Yezid Donoso, is forthcoming in Netnomics. Professor Anna Nagurney was interviewed for the NY Times article, Russian Sanctions Snarl Shipping Even as Pandemic Pressure Eases. March 21, 2022 The article, Attracting International Migrant Labor: Investment Optimization to Alleviate Supply Chain Labor Shortages, by Professor Anna Nagurney, has been published in Operations Research Perspectives and is available Open Access. March 17, 2022 Professors Anna Nagurney,
Paul Gregory, and Paul Becker
are interviewed on the John Batchelor Show for #Ukraine: The Journals page was updated. March 16, 2022 Professor Anna Nagurney is interviewed by INFORMS for Providing Support to Ukraine: Humanitarian Aid and Food Supply Chain Support. Professor Anna Nagurney was interviewed for the NY Times article, No Ikea Shelves, No Levis: The Retail Exodus From Russia Is On. March 8, 2022 Professor Anna Nagurney was interviewed by the Associated Press for 2 articles, Russian war in world’s ‘breadbasket’ threatens food supply and Economic dangers from Russia’s invasion ripple across globe. Professor Nagurney was interviewed live on Moore in the Morning, CFRB NewsTalk 1010, Toronto, Ontario. March 1, 2022 Professor Anna Nagurney was interviewed for the WWLP TV segment, Concerns over cyber attacks amid Ukraine Russia crisis, and for the Masslive article, ‘I fear a cultural genocide’; Ukrainians in Western Mass. watch, worry and help. February 23, 2022 The article, Spatial Price Equilibrium Networks with Flow-Dependent Arc Multipliers, by Professors Anna Nagurney and Deniz Besik, has been accepted for publication in Optimization Letters. February 18, 2022 Professor Anna Nagurney was interviewed for the segment, Getting Answers: Supply chain problems, on Western Mass News. February 13, 2022 Professor Anna Nagurney's article, Heading into the third year of the pandemic, the US blood supply is at a 10-year low, was published in The Conversation February 5, 2022 Professor Anna Nagurney's article, Optimization of Investments in Labor Productivity in Supply Chain Networks, has been published in the International Transactions in Operational Research. February 2, 2022 The Center Director celebrates the successes of the Center and its Associates during 2021. See Congratulations and Kudos! January 28, 2022 Professor Anna Nagurney is quoted in the article, The supply chain is eating up random items at Greenville grocery stores, here's why, in the Greenville (SC) News. We would like to wish everyone a wonderful new academic semester, rich with learning, exciting educational experiences, and impactful research! And, most importantly, in the pandemic, take care and stay safe! January 21, 2022 The UMass Amherst INFORMS Student Chapter has announced its Spring 2022 Speaker Series. For details, see the poster. January 15, 2022 Professor Anna Nagurney is interviewed on the NECN segment, What to Know About Insurance Coverage for At-Home COVID Tests. She is also quoted in the 2022 Food and Beverage Industry Outlook in January 2022 Food Processing. January 7, 2022 Professor Anna Nagurney was interviewed for Sick Calls Amid COVID Surge Exacerbate Labor Shortage, NBC 10 and appeared on WBZ. Links on Audio/Video. January 2, 2022 Wishing all a happy, prosperous, and healthy New Year! Thanks for all your support! December 30, 2021 The Conferences page was updated. December 27, 2021 Professor Anna Nagurney was interviewed for the L.I.N.K. Educate podcast, Supply Chain Disruptions Transforms Education. December 13, 2021 The article, Supply Chain Networks, Wages, and Labor Productivity: Insights from Lagrange Analysis and Computations, by Professor Anna Nagurney, has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Global Optimization. December 7, 2021 Professor Anna Nagurney was quoted in the article, President Focusing on Food Supply Chains, that was printed in National Hog Farmer and Farm Progress. For details, see Media. November 30, 2021 Professor Anna Nagurney was quoted in the Pittsburgh Post Gazette article, Grim outlook for gravestone manufacturers amid supply chain squeeze. Professor Anna Nagurney's article in The Conversation was reprinted as What’s the best way to spend the $1.2 trillion in the infrastructure bill? on fastcompany.com November 26, 2021 Professor Anna Nagurney was interviewed for an INFORMS Podcast, The Attitude with Arnie Arnesen, and WSOC. Details on Audio/Video page. November 18, 2021 Professor Anna Nagurney's article, A Multiperiod Supply Chain Network Optimization Model with Investments in Labor Productivity Enhancements in an Era of COVID-19 and Climate Change, has been accepted for publication in Operations Research Forum. Professor Anna Nagurney's article, Got $1.2T to invest in roads and other infrastructure? Here’s how to figure out how to spend it wisely, was published in The Conversation. November 17, 2021 Professor Nagurney delivered the Mathematics Colloquium, Supply Chain Game Theory Network Models for Disaster Relief, at the United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland. November 16, 2021 Professor Nagurney was interviewed for 2 segments on Boston25News, Supply chain backlog affecting holiday shopping for local small businesses, and 25 Investigates: Tips to navigate soaring cost of toys this holiday season. November 14, 2021 The Fall 2021 isssue of the Supernetwork Sentinel has been posted. November 13, 2021 Professor Anna Nagurney's article, Optimization of Investments in Labor Productivity in Supply Chain Networks, has been accepted for publication in the International Transactions in Operational Research. November 11, 2021 Professor Anna Nagurney will present the Mathematics Colloqium, Supply Chain Game Theory Network Models for Disaster Relief, at the US Naval Academy on Wednesday, November 17, 2021. November 7, 2021 Professor Anna Nagurney was the Faculty Speaker at the UMass Amherst Chancellor's Donor Appreciation Breakfast. The slide deck of her presentation, From Supernetworks to Supply Chains in the Pandemic, was added to this site. Photos of the event were added to the site. Photos of Center Activities were updated to include photos from the INFORMS 2021 Annual Meeting. November 5, 2021 Links to the 6th International Conference on Dynamics of Disasters and EURO 2022 were added to Conferences. October 25, 2021 Professor Anna Nagurney was honored today to deliver the tutorial, Game Theory and the COVID-19 Pandemic, virtually at the INFORMS Annual Meeting in Anaheim. A video of the presentation, the slide deck, and a preprint of the published tutorial have been posted. October 22, 2021 Professor Anna Nagurney's article, Wage-Dependent Labor and Supply Chain Networks in the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond, has been accepted for publication in Analysis, Geometry, Nonlinear Optimization and Applications. October 18, 2021 Today it was officially announced at the Transportation Science and Logistics Society virtual business meeting that Professor Stella Dafermos will be honored with the Stella Dafermos Achievement Award in Transportation Science. Professor Anna Nagurney was her first PhD student at Brown University and today delivered a speech in her memory. The slide deck and video recording of the speech are now posted. Professor Nagurney will be the chair of the inaugural Dafermos Award committee. October 16, 2021 The Conferences page was updated. October 7, 2021 Professor Anna Nagurney's INFORMS TutORials in Operations Research, Game Theory and the COVID-19 Pandemic was added to this site. October 5, 2021 Anna Nagurney was interviewed for the shows, What the Truck? on Freightwaves TV and Phillip Adams on Late Night Live on Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Links to thse interviews were added to Audio and Video. September 28, 2021 Professor Anna Nagurney's article, Global shortage of shipping containers highlights their importance in getting goods to Amazon warehouses, store shelves and your door in time for Christmas, appeared in The Conversation and was reprinted by Fast Company as, The $14 trillion reason you should care about the shipping container shortage. September 22, 2021 Professor Anna Nagurney spoke on Operations, Supply Chains, and COVID-19: From Research to Policy at the Conclave: Technological Interventions for Operations and Supply Chains During COVID-19, Jaipuria Institute of Management, India. Professor Anna Nagurney's article, Global shortage of shipping containers highlights their importance in getting goods to Amazon warehouses, store shelves and your door in time for Christmas, was published in The Conversation. September 18, 2021 Anna Nagurney is interviewed for the segment, Pandemic shortages and shipping delays impacting back-to-school shopping, on Western Mass News. September 7, 2021 Professor Anna Nagurney was interviewed for the Boston25 Special Report, 25 Investigates: Congestion in MA could exceed pre-pandemic levels. August 31, 2021 As the new Academic Year begins, we wish all a healthy, happy, and productive year. August 22, 2021 The article, Modeling of Covid-19 Trade Measures on Essential Products: A Multiproduct, Multicountry Spatial Price Equilibrium Framework, by Professors Anna Nagurney and June Dong, and Mojtaba Salarpour, was published in the International Transactions in Operational Research. The slides and link to the video for Professor Anna Nagurney's presentation, Operations Research for Food Supply Chains in the Pandemic and Beyond, to the workshop, OR Capacity Building Project (CREST-OR) in Southeast Asia, July 15-16, 2021 were added to Visuals. August 8, 2021 The Conferences page was updated. July 28, 2021 Professor Anna Nagurney is quoted in the article, Continued supply-chain issues may impact back-to-school shopping, in the Times Record News, Wichita Falls, Texas. The Media page was updated. Professor Anna Nagurney's Keynote at CINS-2021, Game Theory and Variational Inequalities: From Transportation and Supply Chains to Financial Networks and the Internet, was posted on YouTube. July 23, 2021 The Media page was updated. July 20, 2021 Presentations for the 2021 INFORMS Healthcare Conference by the Center Director and Center Associates were added to Visuals. July 11, 2021 The article, A Multiclass, Multiproduct Covid-19 Convalescent Plasma Donor Equilibrium Model, by Professors Anna Nagurney and Pritha Dutta has been published in Operations Research Forum. July 9, 2021 Presentations for the 5th International Conference on Dynamics of Disasters Conference were added to Visuals. July 8, 2021 Professor Anna Nagurney was interviewed for Many companies face a stockpiling dilemma in a pandemic-influenced inventory world by Nancy Marshall-Genzer on Marketplace, July 7, 2021. July 6, 2021 The Winter-Summer 2021 issue of The Supernetwork Sentinel is now online. July 5, 2021 Presentations for the 31th European Conference on Operational Research and for the 18th Workshop on Advances in Continuous Optimization (EUROPT 2021) were added to Visuals. July 3, 2021 Videos of Professor Anna Nagurney's Harold Larnder Memorial Lecture and her presentation to the ACM International Critical Infrastructure Network Security Workshop were added to the site. June 18, 2021 We are pleased to report that the UMass Amherst Provost and the Vice Chancellor for Research and Engagement have approved the continuance of the Virtual Center for Supernetworks for another 5 years! This Fall, the Center will be celebrating the 20th anniversary of its founding! See the attached letter. June 12, 2021 In the past week, Professor Anna Nagurney has been interviewed for stories on WOSU, KNX, and WWLP. Links to these were added to Audio/Video. June 5, 2021 Professor Nagurney was interviewed for the KMBC, Kansas City, MO, newcast segment, Expert says the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted supply-and-demand issues in US. May 27, 2021 Professor Anna Nagurney is quoted in the article, The Economic Factors Affecting Supply, And What They Mean For Businesses, published in the May 26, 2021 issue of BusinessWest. May 22, 2021 Publication information was updated in Downloadable Articles. May 15, 2021 Professor Anna Nagurney appeared on the show What the Truck. Professor Anna Nagurney's Letter-to-the-Editor, UMass Research was published in the Daily Hampshire Gazette. Professor Anna Nagurney was quoted in the Pittsburgh Post Gazette. May 8, 2021 The Media and Conferences pages were updated. May 4, 2021 The presentation, Competition for Medical Supplies Under Stochastic Demand in the Covid-19 Pandemic: A Generalized Nash Equilibrium Framework, by Professors Anna Nagurney, June Dong, and Pritha Dutta and Mojtaba Salarpour, presented at the 31st Annual POMS Conference, was added to this site. May 1, 2021 Professor Nagurney interview for Subject to, hosted by Prof. Anand Subramanian, was added to Audio/Video. The Conferences page was updated. April 22, 2021 The Center Director, Professor Anna Nagurney, has been named the Eugene M. Isenberg Chair in Integrative Studies by the UMass Board of Trustees. She is deeply honored by this recongnition and thanks her collaborators and students, as well as the Isenberg School of Management and UMass Amherst for the great support! April 12, 2021 The article, Modeling of Covid-19 Trade Measures on Essential Products: A Multiproduct, Multicountry Spatial Price Equilibrium Framework, by Professors Anna Nagurney and June Dong and Mojtaba Salarpour, has been accepted for publication in the International Transactions in Operational Research. April 6, 2021 Professor Anna Nagurney's article, Today’s global economy runs on standardized shipping containers, as the Ever Given fiasco illustrates, was published in The Conversation. March 27, 2021 Sildes from Doctoral Center Associate Mojtaba Salarpour and Professor Anna Nagurney's presentation, A Multicountry, Multicommodity Stochastic Game Theory Network Model of Competition for Medical Supplies Inspired by the Covid-19 Pandemic, at NEDSI 2021 and Professor Nagurney's seminar, Novel Supply Chain Network Models Inspired by the COVID-19 Pandemic: From Optimization to Game Theory, at Arizona State University were added to visuals. March 26, 2021 The article, Supply Chain Game Theory Network Modeling Under Labor Constraints: Applications to the Covid-19 Pandemic, by Professor Anna Nagurney, has received the 2021 Editors' Award from the European Journal of Operational Research. Publication information was updated on Downloadable Articles. March 12, 2021 The volume, Dynamics of Disasters - Impact, Risk, Resilience, and Solutions, edited by Illias S. Kotsireas, Anna Nagurney, Panos M. Pardalos, and Arsenios Tsokas, has been published by Springer. March 6, 2021 Slides from the presentation, Humanitarian Needs Assessment & Information Management, to the SCH-MGMT 597LG class, Isenberg School of Management, UMass Amherst, by Dr. George M. Karagiannis, General Secretariat for Civil Protection, Greece, were added to the site. March 2, 2021 The article, Spatial Price Equilibrium, Perishable Products, and Trade Policies in the Covid-19 Pandemic, by Professor Anna Nagurney, has been accepted for publication in the Montes Taurus Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics. Professor Anna Nagurney's Letter-to-the-Editor, Where are the Vaccines?, was published in the Daily Hampshire Gazette on February 27, 2021. Publication Information was updated in Downloadable Articles. February 25, 2021 Slides from Professor Anna Nagurney's Operational Research Society presentation, Honoring Beale Medalist Dr. Ailsa Land - Real-World Optimisation Models: Successes and Pitfalls, has been added to visuals. February 21, 2021 Professor Nagurney is interviewed for the Isenberg School of Management Podcast, Hub Chats. The article, Optimization of Supply Chain Networks with Inclusion of Labor: Applications to COVID-19 Pandemic Disruptions, by Professor Anna Nagurney, has been accepted for publication in the International Journal of Production Economics. February 17, 2021 The article, International Human Migration Networks Under Regulations, by Professors Anna Nagurney and Patrizia Daniele, was published in the European Journal of Operational Research. The article, A Multicountry, Multicommodity Stochastic Game Theory Network Model of Competition for Medical Supplies Inspired by the Covid-19 Pandemic, by Mojtaba Salarpour and Anna Nagurney, was accepted for publication in the International Journal of Production Economics. February 14, 2021 The Conferences page was updated. February 7, 2021 Professor Nagurney was interviewed for the AP story, Pandemic help wanted: Fast food managers, road race experts, that appeared in many media outlets on January 29, 2021. A link to the article and some of its reprints can be found on Media. Professor Nagurney's Letter-to-the-Editor, Expansion of Vaccination sites in Massachusetts imperative, was published on Masslive.com on January 27, 2021. January 29, 2021 Professor Nagurney was interviewed for two stories, Frustration Surrounds COVID Vaccine Registration in Mass. and ‘Simply Ineffective': Lawmakers, Experts Slam Mass. COVID Vaccination Rollout, that appeared on NBC10 Boston on January 28, 2021. Links can be found on Audio and Video. January 23, 2021 Professor Nagurney was interviewed on January 22, 2021 for ‘Unforgivable': Experts Respond to Spoilage of COVID Vaccines at VA Medical Center on NECN - NBC10 Boston and Corporations offer to help with vaccine rollout on Marketplace. Links added to Audio and Video. January 21, 2021 Professor Anna Nagurney was interviewed for articles in Forbes and Vice. Links to the articles were added to Media. January 15, 2021 Professor Anna Nagurney is interviewed for the podcast, Shining a light on the COVID-19 vaccine distribution, by Ashley Kilgore INFORMS Resoundingly Human. The podcast was added to Audio/Video. January 8, 2021 Professor Anna Nagurney's commentary, Vaccine delays reveal unexpected weak link in supply chains: A shortage of workers, was published in The Conversation. January 7, 2021 Professor Anna Nagurney was interviewed for the article, Women Just Wanna Have OR: Young Researchers Interview Expert Researchers, by Lavinia Amorosi, Rossana Cavagnini, Veronica Dal Sasso, Martina Fischetti, Valentina Morandi & Alice Raffaele, published in SN Operations Research Forum. December 30, 2020 A item was added to Media. December 28, 2020 Several new items were added to Media. December 23, 2020 The article, Supply Chain Game Theory Network Modeling Under Labor Constraints: Applications to the Covid-19 Pandemic, by Professor Anna Nagurney, has been accepted for publication in the European Journal of Operational Research. December 17, 2020 Professor Anna Nagurney interviewed for the segment Intense Efforts to Secure COVID Vaccine, Keep It Off the Black Market on The Vaccine: An NBC10 Boston Special, December 16, 2020 and for Vaccine delivery across the country faces complex supply chain challenges on Marketplace, December 10, 2020. Links to the interviews, shows, and transcript were added to the Audio and Video page. December 15, 2020 Several new items were added to Media. December 12, 2020 The article, Networks in Economics and Finance in Networks and Beyond: A Half Century Retrospective, by Professor Anna Nagurney, written for the Special 50th Anniversary Issue of Networks, has been published. December 6, 2020 The article, A System-Optimization Model for Multiclass Human Migration with Migration Costs and Regulations Inspired by the Covid-19 Pandemic, by Giorgia Cappello and Professors Patrizia Daniele and Anna Nagurney, has been accepted for publication in Minimax Theory and Applications. December 3, 2020 The Fall 2020 issue of The Supernetwork Sentinel is now online. December 1, 2020 Several new items were added to Media. November 25, 2020 Several new items were added to Media. November 22, 2020 Presentations for the virtual 51st Annual Conference of the Decision Sciences Institute (DSI) by the Center Director and Associates have been added to Visuals. November 14, 2020 The recording of Professor Anna Nagurney's presentation, Networks in Finance in Networks and Beyond: A Half Century Retrospective, prepared for the session, Fifty Years of Networks, at the INFORMS 2020 Virtual Annual Meeting was added to Audio/Video. November 7, 2020 Presentations for the 2020 INFORMS Virtual Annual Meeting by the Center Director and Associates have been added to Visuals. November 1, 2020 A link to the Amazon article on Professor Anna Nagurney's Keynote at the Amazon Consumer Science Summit was added to Media. October 30, 2020 The video from Professor Anna Nagurney's Amazon Consumer Science Summit is now available on Youtube. October 29, 2020 Slides from the presentation, Optimization of Food Supply Chain Networks: Why Quality, Trade Instruments, and Labor All Matter, by Professor Anna Nagurney, at the Amazon Consumer Science Summit, September 28 - October 1, 2020, have been posted. The Audio/Video page was updated to include a link to Professor Anna Nagurney's USC Seminar which was posted on YouTube. October 24, 2020 The article, A Multiclass, Multiproduct Covid-19 Convalescent Plasma Donor Equilibrium Model, by Professors Anna Nagurney and Pritha Dutta was added to Downloadable Articles. October 20, 2020 Professor Anna Nagurney was quoted in articles, At supermarkets, they’re prepping for panic buying, published in The Boston Globe and in Vaccine storage issues could leave 3B people without access, by the Associated Press. Links to the articles were added to Media. October 13, 2020 The article, Refugee Migration Networks and Regulations: A Multiclass, Multipath Variational Inequality Framework, by Professors Anna Nagurney, Patrizia Daniele, and Ladimer S. Nagurney, has been published in the Journal of Global Optimization. October 11, 2020 Professor Anna Nagurney was interviewed on the #CareTalk Podcast, Episode #60, How Will the COVID Vaccine Get to Me?, October 9, 2020. October 10, 2020 A link to the Video of Professor Anna Nagurney's USC Virtual Seminar was added to Audio/Video. October 7, 2020 Slides from Professor Anna Nagurney's Virtual Seminar, Game Theory Network Models for Disaster Relief, at the USC Center for Artificial Intelligence in Society, were posted. September 26, 2020 The video of Professor Anna Nagurney's INFORMS Chicago Regional Conference presentation, Novel Supply Chain Network Models Inspired by the Covid-19 Pandemic: From Optimization to Game Theory, was added to Audio. The slides from the presentation were added to Visuals. September 19, 2020 Professor Anna Nagurney's Commentary, Keeping coronavirus vaccines at subzero temperatures during distribution will be hard, but likely key to ending pandemic, has been published in The Conversation. The Commentary page was updated. September 11, 2020 The Center Director, Professor Anna Nagurney, is quoted in the article, 7 Ways the Pandemic Has Changed How We Shop for Food, published in the The New York Times, September 9, 2020. Center Associate Dr. Stavros Siokos was quoted in the article, Farms in the air, in the September 2020 issue of PropertyEU. The Media page was updated. September 4, 2020 Wishing all the Center Associates who are in academia a successful new Academic Year during these challenging times. We welome Jianmei "Jamie" Wu to the Center as a Doctoral Student Center Associate. August 28, 2020 The Conferences page was updated. August 19, 2020 Professor Anna Nagurney's Letter to the Editor, As we battle a pandemic, getting a flu shot imperative, was published in the Springfield (MA) Republican and Masslive.com. August 5, 2020 Professor Anna Nagurney's Commentary, The raging competition for medical supplies is not a game, but game theory can help, has been published in The Conversation. Professor Anna Nagurney was quoted in the article, Meat companies refuse to get specific about Covid-19 caseloads, record exports during height of pandemic, in The Counter. The Commentary and Media pages were updated. August 2, 2020 The Downloadable Articles page was updated. July 25, 2020 The Summer 2020 issue of The Supernetwork Sentinel is now online. The Media page was updated. July 19, 2020 The pages of several Center Associates were updated. July 14, 2020 The article, Competition for Medical Supplies Under Stochastic Demand in the Covid-19 Pandemic: A Generalized Nash Equilibrium Framework, by Professors Anna Nagurney, June Dong, and Pritha Dutta and Mojtaba Salarpour will appear in: Nonlinear Analysis and Global Optimization, Themistocles M. Rassias, and Panos M. Pardalos, Editors, Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 2020. July 12. 2020 The article, Refugee Migration Networks and Regulations: A Multiclass, Multipath Variational Inequality Framework, by Professors Anna Nagurney, Patrizia Daniele, and Ladimer S. Nagurney, has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Global Optimization. July 5, 2020 The Media page was updated. June 22, 2020 The video of Professor Anna Nagurney's INFORMS Practice Section Inaugural Webinar, Blood, Sweat, and PPEs: Rescuing Perishable Product Supply Chains and Impacting Policy Through Analytics, was added to Audio. June 20, 2020 The Media page was updated. June 18, 2020 Two articles, Perishable Food Supply Chain Networks with Labor in the Covid-19 Pandemic, by Professor Anna Nagurney, and Capacitated Human Migration Networks and Subsidization, by Professors Anna Nagurney and Patrizia Daniele and Giorgia Cappello, have been added to Downloadable Articles. June 12, 2020 The slides to, Blood, Sweat, and PPEs: Rescuing Perishable Product Supply Chains and Impacting Policy Through Analytics, the Inaugural Webinar INFORMS Practice Section Series, was added to Visuals. June 10, 2020 The Media page was updated. June 3, 2020 The Center Associates and Dissertations pages were updated. May 31, 2020 Professor Anna Nagurney will be presenting the inaugural INFORMS Practice Section Webinar, Blood, Sweat, and PPEs: Rescuing Perishable Product Supply Chains and Impacting Policy through Analytics, on Friday, June 12, 2020 at noon EDT. For more information and free registration click here. May 13, 2020 The article, Human Migration Networks and Policy Interventions: Bringing Population Distributions in Line with System-Optimization, by Professors Anna Nagurney and Patrizia Daniele and Giorgia Cappello, has been accepted for publcation in the International Transactions in Operational Research. May 12, 2020 In honor of Center Associate Dr. Deniz Besik receiving her PhD, the Program from the Isenberg School of Management Doctoral Candidate Recognition Ceremony was added to Media and Virtual Graduation Photos were added to Photos. The Downloadable Articles page was updated. May 8, 2020 Professor Anna Nagurney spoke on the Mick Kjar Show and appeared on NBC10 Boston. May 1, 2020 Professor Anna Nagurney is interviewed on KNX 1070 NEWSRADIO. April 27, 2020 The Media page was updated. April 26, 2020 Professor Stefan Pickl was added to Friends of the Center. April 25, 2020 Professor Anna Nagurney is quoted on the first page of a letter to the US Department of Health and Human Services from the Attorney Generals of 20 States. A copy of the letter and accompanying article on the Isenberg School of Management website were added to Media. April 18, 2020 The Media page was updated. April 15, 2020 Professor Anna Nagurney is interviewed on Mathematical Moments Podcast. April 10, 2020 The Media page was updated to include the article on Professor Anna Nagurney's research, COVID-19 and the Supply Chain. The Downloadable Articles page was updated. April 6, 2020 The article, International Human Migration Networks Under Regulations, by Professors Anna Nagurney and Patrizia Daniele, has been accepted for publication in the European Journal of Operational Research. April 3, 2020 The Media page was updated. March 25, 2020 Professor Anna Nagurney's article, The COVID-19 Pandemic and the Stressed Blood Supply Chain, was published in INFORMS Analytics Coronavirus Chronicles. March 19, 2020 The article, A Stochastic Disaster Relief Game Theory Network Model, by Professors Anna Nagurney, June Dong, and Ladimer S. Nagurney and Mojtaba Salarpour, has been accepted for publication in SN Operations Research Forum. March 18, 2020 The Media page was updated. March 15, 2020 The journal, SN Operations Research Forum, was added to Journals. March 13, 2020 Professor Anna Nagurney's Commentary, How coronavirus is upsetting the blood supply chain, has been published in The Conversation. March 7, 2020 The Center Director and Associates are pleased to congratulate Doctoral Center Associate Deniz Besik, who successfully defended her doctoral dissertation, Essays on Competitive Perishable Food Supply Chain Networks: From the Impacts of Tariffs and Quotas to Integration of Quality, yesterday. Photos have been posted. February 28, 2020 Professor Anna Nagurney's Letter to the Editor, We need to support healthcare professionals as we prepare for coronavirus, was published in the Springfield (MA) Republican and Masslive.com. February 22, 2020 Photos from the INFORMS Speakers Series seminar by Professor Rasmus Dahlberg were posted. February 17, 2020 The Media page was updated. February 14, 2020 Photos from the 2020 INFORMS Conference on Security were posted. February 2, 2020 Professor Anna Nagurney's presentation, Game Theory Network Models for Disaster Relief, for the 2020 INFORMS Conference on Security was added to the site. January 31, 2020 The Downloadable Articles page was updated. January 24, 2020 The Downloadable Articles page was updated. January 15, 2020 Professor Anna Nagurney will be the Plenary Speaker at Business Analytics FutureBAProf hosted by the Tippie College of Business of the University of Iowa on May 18-20, 2020. Center Associate Professor Pritha Dutta will also be speaking. The Conferences page was updated. January 7, 2020 The chapter, The Braess Paradox, by Professors Anna Nagurney and Ladimer S. Nagurney, invited for the International Encyclopedia of Transportation, has been posted. January 1, 2020 Happy New Year to all! The Director page was updated. December 27, 2019 Photos from the INFORMS Speakers Series seminar by Professor Thomas Sharkey and the INFORMS Student Chapter End-of-Semester Party were posted. December 26, 2019 Congratulations and Kudos for 2019 were posted. The Media page was updated. The IBM Journal of Research & Development was added to Journals. December 19, 2019 Congratulations to Faculty Center Associate Dmytro Matsypura on being promoted to Associate Professor at The University of Sydney Business School. December 6, 2019 The presentation to the Isenberg School of Management Leadership Team, Overview of the Virtual Center for Supernetworks, was added to the site. The Conferences page has been updated. November 29, 2019 The Downloadable Articles and Conferences pages have been updated. November 26, 2019 The Fall 2019 issue of The Supernetwork Sentinel is now online. November 24, 2019 Photos from the UMass Amherst INFORMS Speaker Series, Dr. Stavros Siokos (UMass PhD '98), Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Astarte Capital Partners, London, England, were posted. November 16, 2019 The Media page was updated to include an interview with Professor Anna Nagurney for the MetroWest Daily News and additional media on the Caratheodory Prize. The article, Networks in Economics and Finance in Networks and Beyond: A Half Century Retrospective, by Professor Anna Nagurney, prepared for the Special 50th Anniversary Issue of Networks, has been accepted and has appeared online in the journal. November 6, 2019 The article, Multitiered Blood Supply Chain Network Competition: Linking Blood Service Organizations, Hospitals, and Payers, by Professors Pritha Dutta and Anna Nagurney, has been accepted for publication in Operations Research for Health Care. November 2, 2019 Photos from the 2019 INFORMS Annual Meeting in Seattle, WA, October 20-23, 2019, were posted. October 31, 2019 The article, In Memoriam: Martin Beckmann (1924-2017), by Professors David Boyce and Anna Nagurney, has been published online (open access) in Transportation Science. October 25, 2019 The Media page was updated. October 22, 2019 Photos from the VIII Congreso de la Sociedad Mexicana de Investigacion de Operaciones (CSMIO 2019), held at ITAM Santa Teresa, Mexico City, Mexico, October 16-18, 2019 were posted. October 17, 2019 Professor Anna Nagurney's Plenary, Operations Research: The TransfORmative Discipline for the 21st Century, presented at the VIII Congreso de la Sociedad Mexicana de Investigaci´on de Operaciones (CSMIO 2019) ITAM Santa Teresa, Mexico on October 16, 2019 has been added to Visuals. October 11, 2019 In anticipation of the 2019 INFORMS Annual Meeting, to be held in Seattle October 20th-23rd, presentations authored by the Center Director and Center Associates are being added to Visuals. October 3, 2019 Photos from Professor Anna Nagurney's participation in the International Academic Board Meeting of the Kyiv School of Economics, Kyiv, Ukraine, September 21-22, 2019, have been posted. September 26, 2019 Professor Anna Nagurney attended the International Academic Board meeting of the Kyiv School of Economics, Kyiv, Ukraine, on September 21st and 22nd. A synopsis of her visit was posted on her blog, RENeW. The article, Global supply chain networks and tariff rate quotas: equilibrium analysis with application to agricultural products, by Professors Anna Nagurney and Ladimer Nagurney and Deniz Besik, has been published in the Journal of Global Optimization. September 15, 2019 The article, In Memoriam: Martin Beckmann (1924-2017), by Professors David Boyce and Anna Nagurney, has been accepted for publication in Transportation Science. September 10, 2019 Welome to a new academic year! We are looking forward to exciting events, research, as well as community engagement. Thank you for your support. August 31, 2019 Photos from the VI Congreso Internacional Industria, Organizaciones y Logıstica and Professor Nagurney's visit to the Escuela Naval de Cadetes Almirante Padilla in Cartagena, Colombia were posted. Professor Nagurney thanks everyone for the wonderful hospitality extended to her. August 29, 2019 The article, Quantifying Supply Chain Network Synergy for Humanitarian Organizations, by Professors Anna Nagurney and Qiang Qiang has been accepted for publication in the IBM Journal of Research and Development. August 19, 2019 The Associates and Dissertations pages were updated. August 16, 2019 Presentations that will be given by Professor Anna Nagurney in Cartagena, Colombia during August 21-23, 2019 have been posted in Visuals. August 10, 2019 The article, Strict Quotas or Tariffs? Implications for Product Quality and Consumer Welfare in Differentiated Product Supply Chains, by Professors Anna Nagurney and Dong Li and Deniz Besik, has been published in Transportation Research E. August 6, 2019 Photos from the 6th World Congress on Global Optimization in Metz, France were posted. August 4, 2019 The Journals page has been updated. July 30, 2019 The Conferences page has been updated. July 26, 2019 The Media page was updated. July 21, 2019 The article, Strict Quotas or Tariffs? Implications for Product Quality and Consumer Welfare in Differentiated Product Supply Chains, by Professors Anna Nagurney and Dong Li and Deniz Besik, has been accepted for publication in Transportation Research E. July 19, 2019 Photos from EURO 2019 in Dublin Ireland were posted. July 18, 2019 The Summer 2019 issue of The Supernetwork Sentinel is now online. July 16, 2019 The Media page was updated. July 14, 2019 Visuals from Professor Nagurney's tutorial at EURO 2019 in Dublin, her Constantin Caratheodory Prize Plenary Lecture at the World Congress on Global Optimization, her presentations at EURO 2019, DOD 2019, and IBM Research Dublin have been posted in Visuals. June 19, 2019 The Conferences page has been updated. June 16, 2019 The Media page was updated. June 12, 2019 Photos from NetSci 2019 were posted. June 6, 2019 The Media page was updated to include Professor Anna Nagurney's election as a Network Science Society Fellow and her Seminar celebrating the Third Anniversary of the Montreal Operational Research Student Chapter. June 4, 2019 We are delighted to announce that the Center Director, Professor Anna Nagurney, has been elected a Fellow of the Network Science Society (NetSci) and received her award plaque at NetSci 2019 in Burlington, VT on May 29, 2019. More details. June 1, 2019 The article, Global Supply Chain Networks and Tariff Rate Quotas: Equilibrium Analysis with Application to Agricultural Products, by Professor Anna Nagurney, Deniz Besik, and Professor Ladimer S. Nagurney, has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Global Optimization. Photos of Doctoral Student Center Associate Deniz Besik's Doctoral Dissretation Proposal Defense were posted. May 25, 2019 The Media and Conferences pages were updated. May 22, 2019 The Conferences page has been updated. May 18, 2019 Photos from the POMS Conference, the Isenberg School of Management Doctoral Robing Ceremony, the UMass Graduate Commencement, and the 2019 Montreal OR Student Chapter (MORSC) Third Anniversary Celebration were posted. May 10, 2019 Photos of Doctoral Student Center Associate Deniz Besik receiving the 2019 Outstanding Doctoral Student Reseacher Award from the Isenberg School of Management were posted. May 8, 2019 Congratulations to Doctoral Student Center Associate Deniz Besik on receipt of the 2019 Outstanding Doctoral Student Reseacher Award from the Isenberg School of Management! April 30, 2019 Professor Anna Nagurney was featured in an article, The Unseen Networks, on the UMass Amherst homepage. The Conferences page has been updated. April 27, 2019 Photos from the UMass Amherst INFORMS Student Chapter End of the Semester Party were posted. April 25, 2019 The presentation, Global Supply Chain Networks and Tariff Rate Quotas: Equilibrium Analysis with Application to Agricultural Products, prepared for the 30th Annual POMS Conference, Washington, DC, May 2-6, 2019, has been posted. April 19, 2019 The presentations, An Integrated Financial and Logistical Game Theory Model for Humanitarian Organizations with Purchasing Costs, Multiple Freight Service Providers, and Budget, Capacity, and Demand Constraints and Competition for Blood Donations, prepared for the 30th Annual POMS Conference, Washington, DC, May 2-6, 2019, have been posted. April 12, 2019 Photos from the Doctoral Dissertation Defense of Doctoral Student Center Associate Pritha Dutta were posted. Congratulations, Dr. Dutta! April 7, 2019 Photos from the Isenberg School of Management, UMass Amherst, 50th Anniversary of the PhD Program Celebration were added to the Photos page. The presentation, 50 Years of Management Science at Isenberg: Acknowledging the Past and Celebrating the Present and the Future, was posted. April 2, 2019 Photos from Professor Anna Nagurney's seminar at RPI were added to the Photos page. March 31, 2019 Slides from Professor Anna Nagurney's seminar, Game Theory Network Models for Disaster Relief, at the Departments of Civil and Environmental Engineering & Systems and Industrial Engineering, RPI, Troy, NY, have been posted. March 26, 2019 The Media page was updated. March 23, 2019 Photos from the UMass Amherst INFORMS Student Chapter Seminar by Dr. Thiago Serra were added to the Photos page. March 19, 2019 The article, Competition for Blood Donations, by Professor Anna Nagurney and Pritha Dutta, was published in Omega. March 15, 2019 The article, An Integrated Financial and Logistical Game Theory Model for Humanitarian Organizations with Purchasing Costs, Multiple Freight Service Providers, and Budget, Capacity, and Demand Constraints, by Professors Anna Nagurney and Patrizia Daniele and Mojtaba Salarpour, has been published in the International Journal of Production Economics. March 12, 2019 The article, Supply Chain Network Competition Among Blood Service Organizations: A Generalized Nash Equilibrium Framework, by Professor Anna Nagurney and Pritha Dutta has been published in Annals of Operations Research. March 10, 2019 Photos from the UMass Amherst INFORMS Student Chapter Seminar by Dr. Jurij Paraszczak were added to the Photos page. March 1, 2019 The Media page was updated. February 24, 2019 The Photos page was updated. February 22, 2019 The Media page was updated. February 17, 2019 The Media page was updated. February 15, 2019 Professor Anna Nagurney is deeply honored by the news that she has been selected as the co-recipient of The 2019 Constantin Caratheodory Prize of the International Society of Global Optimization. She will receive the prize at the conference in Metz, France in July. The list of previous winners of this biannual award can be viewed here. She thanks the Chair of the Prize Committee, Professor Panos M. Pardalos, as well as the committee for this recognition. February 10, 2019 The Winter 2019 Issue of The Supernetwork Sentinel is now online. February 8, 2019 The article, An Integrated Financial and Logistical Game Theory Model for Humanitarian Organizations with Purchasing Costs, Multiple Freight Service Providers, and Budget, Capacity, and Demand Constraints, by Professors Anna Nagurney and Patrizia Daniele and Mojtaba Salarpour has been accepted for publication in the International Journal of Production Economics. The Conferences page has been updated. February 1, 2019 The Conferences page has been updated. The Media page was updated to include Congreso Futuro articles from CINV. Photos from Congreso Futuro were added. January 27, 2019 Professor Anna Nagurney's presentation, Women in Science: A Personal Journey, from Congreso Futuro, Valparaiso, Chile was posted on the tv.senado.cl website. January 25, 2019 The Media page was updated. January 22, 2019 The article, Tariffs and Quotas in World Trade: A Unified Variational Inequality Framework, by Professors Anna Nagurney and June Dong and Deniz Besik has been published in the European Journal of Operational Research. January 17, 2019 At Congreso Futuro, Professor Anna Nagurney spoke on The Era of Supernetworks in Santiago, Chile on Tuesday, January 15, 2019 and on Women in Science: A Personal Journey in Valparaiso, Chile on Thursday, January 17, 2019. January 8, 2019 We are delighted to report that the article, Cybersecurity investments with nonlinear budget constraints and conservation laws: variational equilibrium, marginal expected utilities, and Lagrange multipliers, by Gabriella Colajanni, Patrizia Daniele, Sofia Giuffrè, and Anna Nagurney, has been chosen as an Editor's Choice Article in the International Transactions in Operational Research and is Free Access on the journal's website. January 6, 2019 The Media page was updated to include Congreso Futuro. The Conferences page has been updated. January 1, 2019 Wishing everyone a very Happy 2019 New Year! Many thanks for the support! Professor Anna Nagurney is honored to be an invited speaker at Congreso Futuro in Chile, January 14-20, 2019. December 26, 2018 Congratulations and Kudos for 2018 were posted to celebrate the achievements of the Center and its Associates. December 23, 2018 A link to the article in Inside OR on Professor Nagurney's OR60 Plenary was added to Media. The article, How to Increase the Impact of Disaster Relief: A Study of Transportation Rates, Framework Agreements and Product Distribution, by Timo Gossler and Professors Tina Wakolbinger, Anna Nagurney, and Patrizia Daniele, has been published in the European Journal of Operational Research and is available through Open Access. December 16, 2018 Photos from the UMass Amherst INFORMS Student Chapter End of Semester Party have been posted. December 2, 2018 Photos from the UMass Amherst INFORMS Student Chapter Seminar by Professor Michael Knodler have been posted. November 25, 2018 A page was created for the new book, Dynamics of Disasters - Algorithmic Approaches and Applications, edited by Professors Illias S. Kotsireas, Anna Nagurney, and Panos M. Pardalos and published by Springer. November 21, 2018 The Media and Journals pages have been updated. November 16, 2018 The article, Tariffs and Quotas in World Trade: A Unified Variational Inequality Framework, by Professors Anna Nagurney and June Dong and Deniz Besik will appear in the European Journal of Operational Research. November 11, 2018 A video of Professor Anna Nagurney's plenary address, Operational Research: The TransfORmative Discipline for the 21st Century, at the 60th Anniversary Operational Research Conference, OR60, at Lancaster University, England is now available on YouTube. The Conferences page has been updated. November 9, 2018 Photos from the 2018 INFORMS Annual Meeting in Phoenix, AZ have been added. The article, How to Increase the Impact of Disaster Relief: A Study of Transportation Rates, Framework Agreements and Product Distribution, by Timo Gossler and Professors Tina Wakolbinger, Anna Nagurney, and Patrizia Daniele, is in press in the European Journal of Operational Research. November 4, 2018 Visuals from Professor Anna Nagurney's Omega Rho Distinguished Lecture, Networks to Save the World: OR in Action, have been posted. October 28, 2018 Photos from the Doctoral Proposal Defense of Doctoral Student Center Associate Pritha Dutta have been added. October 26, 2018 The Media page has been updated. October 24, 2018 Three presentations for the INFORMS Annual Meeting in Phoenix have been posted on Visuals. October 19, 2018 Publication information on Downloadable Articles was updated. October 13, 2018 Professor Anna Nagurney thanks Professors Bissan Ghaddar and Joe Naoum-Sawaya, the organizers of the fabulous Smart Cities Analytics Workshop, which took place at the Ivey Business School in London, Ontario, Canada, on October 12, 2018, for the outstanding hospitality and excellence of the workshop. Her presentation, Sustainable Supply Chain Networks for Sustainable Cities, has been posted. The Media page has been updated. October 7, 2018 Professor Anna Nagurney thoroughly enjoyed her visit to the University of Michigan IOE Department on Friday. Her presentation, Game Theory Network Models for Disaster Relief, has been posted. The Journals page was updated. September 26, 2018 The article, A Game Theory Model for Freight Service Provision Security Investments for High-Value Cargo, by Professors Anna Nagurney, Shivani Shukla, Ladimer S. Nagurney, and Sara Saberi, has been accepted for publication in Economics of Transportation. September 22, 2018 The Fall 2018 Issue of The Supernetwork Sentinel is now online. September 21, 2018 Photos from the OR60 Anniversary Conference held at Lancaster University, England, September 11-13, 2018 have been added. September 18, 2018 Publication information on Downloadable Articles was updated. September 14, 2018 Photos from the Early Career Researcher Workshop at Lancaster University, England have been added. September 11, 2018 Professor Anna Nagurney, today, delivered her plenary address, Operational Research: The TransfORmative Discipline for the 21st Century, at the 60th Anniversary Operational Research Conference, OR60, at Lancaster University, England. September 9, 2018 Professor Anna Nagurney, today, delivered her plenary address, Network Journeys: For the Love of Operational Research, at the Inaugural Early Career Researcher Workshop held prior to OR60 at Lancaster University, England. September 7, 2018 Congratulations to Doctoral Student Center Associate Pritha Dutta, who has been selected to attend the INFORMS Doctoral Colloquium to be held in Phoenix, Arizona before the INFORMS Annual Meeting, November 4-7, 2018. August 31, 2018 The article, Consumer Learning of Product Quality with Time Delay: Insights from Spatial Price Equilibrium Models with Differentiated Products, by Professors Dong "Michelle" Li, Anna Nagurney, and Min Yu, has been published in Omega. August 22, 2018 The Associates pages were updated. August 21, 2018 The Media page was updated. August 19, 2018 The Media page was updated. August 15, 2018 We are pleased to announce that the article, Supply Chain Network Competition Among Blood Service Organizations: A Generalized Nash Equilibrium Framework, by Professor Anna Nagurney and Pritha Dutta, has been accepted for publication in the Annals of Operations Research. August 10, 2018 The Conferences page has been updated. August 4, 2018 The Media page was updated. July 30, 2018 The Downloadable Articles page has been updated. July 27, 2018 Photos of Center Associates and Friends Dinner at the UMass Club in Boston have been added. July 20, 2018 Photos of Center Associates visiting Professor Anna Nagurney at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University, have been added. July 9, 2018 Photos of Center Associates at the 29th European Conference on Operational Research, Valencia, Spain, have been added. July 7, 2018 Presentations on Disaster Relief and Sustainable Freight, to be presented next week at EURO 2018, Valencia, Spain, have been added to Visuals. July 5, 2018 We are pleased to announce that information on the volume, Dynamics of Disasters Algorithmic Approaches and Applications, edited by Professors Ilias S. Kotsireas, Anna Nagurney, and Panos M. Pardalos, is on the Springer website. June 30, 2018 The Media page was updated. Photos from the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study have been added. June 19, 2018 Photos from the 60th Annual CORS Conference, held in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, June 4-6, 2018, have been added. June 17, 2018 Professor Anna Nagurney is excited to begin her Summer Fellowship at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. June 11, 2018 The Summer 2018 Issue of The Supernetwork Sentinel is now online. June 10, 2018 The article, Competition for Blood Donations, by Professor Anna Nagurney and Pritha Dutta, has been accepted for publication in Omega. The Preface to the Volume: Dynamics of Disasters: Algorithmic Approaches and Applications, by its editors, Professors Ilias S. Kotsireas, Anna Nagurney, and Panos M. Pardalos, to be published by Springer International Publishing, Switzerland, has been added to the site. May 31, 2018 The Media page was updated. May 26, 2018 Slides from The CORS presentations by Professors Anna Nagurney and Min Yu and Deniz Besik and Pritta Dutta and Professor Anna Nagurney and the CHOW workshop presentation by Pritta Dutta and Professor Anna Nagurney have been posted. Photos from the 2018 Radcliffe Day have been added. May 24, 2018 Photos from the 18th Swiss Transport Research Conference (STRC2018), held in Monte Verità, Ascona, Switzerland, May 16-18, 2018, have been added. May 21, 2018 The article, Cybersecurity Investments with Nonlinear Budget Constraints and Conservation Laws: Variational Equilibrium, Marginal Expected Utilities, and Lagrange Multipliers, by Gabriella Colajanni and Professors Patrizia Daniele, Sofia Giuffre, and Anna Nagurney, has been published in the International Transactions in Operational Research. Photos from the 2018 UMass Amherst Graduate Commencement Ceremony have been added. May 20, 2018 The Media page was updated. May 11, 2018 Photos from the 29th POMS Conference and the UMass Amherst Isenberg School of Management Doctoral Robing Ceremony have been added. May 5, 2018 Photos from the UMass Amherst INFORMS Student Chapter End-of-Semester Party have been added. May 2, 2018 The article, Advances in Disaster Communications: Broadband Systems for First Responders, by Professor Ladimer S. Nagurney, has been accepted for publication in Dynamics of Disasters: Algorithmic Approaches and Applications, Springer International Publishing Switzerland. April 28, 2018 Photos from the UMass Amherst INFORMS Speaker Series by Professor Davit Khachatryan, Babson College, Uncovering Insight from Patent Data using Text Mining, have been added. April 25, 2018 The Journals and Societies pages were updated. April 21, 2018 Photos from the 2018 INFORMS Analytics Conference were posted. April 14, 2018 Slides from, Predictive and Prescriptive Models of Cybercrime and Cybersecurity Investments Under Network Vulnerability, Professor Anna Nagurney's Presentation at the 2018 INFORMS Analytics Conference and the 2018 NEDSI Presentations by Deniz Besik and Professors Anna Nagurney and Min Yu and Pritta Dutta and Professor Anna Nagurney have been posted. April 12, 2018 The Media page was updated. April 9, 2018 The article, Dynamics of Quality as a Strategic Variable in Complex Food Supply Chain Network Competition: The Case of Fresh Produce, by Professors Anna Nagurney and Min Yu, and Deniz Besik, has been accepted for publication in the focus issue on Supply Network Dynamics in Chaos. April 6, 2018 Slides from Professor Anna Nagurney's Seminar, Game Theory Network Models for Disaster Relief, at the Department of Industrial and System Engineering, University of Wisconsin, have been posted. Photos from her visit to the University of Wisconsin were also posted. April 3, 2018 The Media page was updated. April 1, 2018 Photos from the UMass Amherst INFORMS Speaker Series by Professor Burcu Balcik from Ozyegin University Turkey, Site Selection and Route Planning for Post-Disaster Rapid Needs Assessment Operations, have been added. March 24, 2018 Photos from the UMass Amherst INFORMS Speaker Series by Dr. Les Servi MITRE Corporation, Robust Mission Network Analysis, have been added. March 18, 2018 The Conferences page has been updated. March 17, 2018 Photos from the Masterclass on Network Equilibrium at STORi, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK have been added. March 13, 2018 Photos from the VINEPA, Variational Inequalities, Nash Equilibrium Problems and Applications, conference in Reggio Calabria, Italy have been added. March 2, 2018 The Conferences page has been updated. February 24, 2018 Photos from the UMass Amherst INFORMS Student Chapter Seminar by Professor James Orlin of MIT have been added. February 17, 2018 Sildes from Professor Nagurney's seminar at the Foisie Business School, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, were added to Visuals. Photos from the UMass Amherst INFORMS Student Chapter Seminar by Professor Hari Balasubramanian and Professor Anna Nagurney's Seminar at the Foisie Business School, WPI, have been added. February 14, 2018 The Center Director and Center Associates are pleased to congratulate their colleague, Faculty Center Associate Min Yu, on being awarded tenure and promotion to Associate Professor at the University of Portland. February 9, 2018 The article, How game theory could help ensure you will get blood when you need it, by Professor Anna Nagurney, was published by The Conversation. February 4, 2018 The article, A Multitiered Supply Chain Network Equilibrium Model for Disaster Relief with Capacitated Freight Service Provision, by Professor Anna Nagurney, has been accepted for publication in Dynamics of Disasters: Algorithmic Approaches and Applications, Springer International Publishing Switzerland. February 3, 2018 Professor Anna Nagurney was inerviewed by Karen Brown of NEPR for a story 'Critical' Blood Shortage Comes Down To Weather, Flu, And Supply Chain. Media on the interview was also posted. January 29, 2018 The Winter 2018 Issue of The Supernetwork Sentinel is now online. January 28, 2018 The Downloadable Articles page was updated. January 22, 2018 The article, A Variational Equilibrium Network Framework for Humanitarian Organizations in Disaster Relief: Effective Product Delivery Under Competition for Financial Funds, by Professors Anna Nagurney and Patrizia Daniele and Emilio Alvarez Flores and Valeria Caruso, will appear in Dynamics of Disasters: Algorithmic Approaches and Applications, Ilias S. Kotsireas, Anna Nagurney, and Panos M. Pardalos, Editors, Springer International Publishers Switzerland. January 19, 2018 Professor Anna Nagurney has been named to the International Academic Board of the Kyiv School of Economics. January 14, 2018 The Visuals page was updated. January 7, 2018 The Media page was updated. January 1, 2018 We are delighted to announce that the paper, Competitive Food Supply Chain Networks with Application to Fresh Produce, co-authored by Professors Min Yu and Anna Nagurney, is among the most highly cited papers in the European Journal of Operational Research in the past 5 years. Also, the paper, The Closed-Loop Supply Chain Network with Competition, Distribution Channel Investment, and Uncertainties, co-authored by Center Associates Professors Qiang Qiang, Ke Ke, Trisha Anderson, and June Dong, is among the most highly cited papers in the journal Omega in the past 5 years. Great work by the Supernetwork Team! December 31, 2017 Happy New Year to all! Thanks for the support throughout the year! December 23, 2017 The article, A Competitive Multiperiod Supply Chain Network Model with Freight Carriers and Green Technology Investment Option, by Professors Sara Saberi, Jose M. Cruz, Joseph Sarkis, and Anna Nagurney, has been published in the European Journal of Operational Research 266(3): (2018), pp 934-949. December 18, 2017 Congratulations and Kudos for 2017 were posted to celebrate the achievements of the Center and its Associates. The Conferences page has been updated. December 16, 2017 Photos from the UMass Amherst INFORMS Student Chapter End-of-Semester Party have been added. December 6, 2017 Photos from the University of Alabama INFORMS Student Chapter Seminar by Professor Anna Nagurney have been added. December 2, 2017 The Conferences page has been updated. November 25, 2017 The article, Cybersecurity Investments with Nonlinear Budget Constraints and Conservation Laws: Variational Equilibrium, Marginal Expected Utilities, and Lagrange Multipliers, by Gabriella Colajanni, Patrizia Daniele, Sofia Giuffre, and Anna Nagurney, has been accepted for publication in the International Transactions in Operational Research. The Conferences page has been updated. Photos from the UMass Amherst INFORMS Student Chapter Seminar by Professor Dmytro Matsypura have been added. November 24, 2017 The Media page was updated. November 21, 2017 The article, Quality in Competitive Fresh Produce Supply Chains with Application to Farmers’ Markets, by Deniz Besik and Professor Anna Nagurney, has been published in Socio-Economic Planning Sciences. November 18, 2017 The Media page was updated. The interview of Professor Nagurney on THINK! America was posted. November 14, 2017 The article, Hospital Competition in Prices and Quality: A Variational Inequality Framework, by Professor Anna Nagurney and Karen Li, has been published in Operations Research for Health Care. Slides for Professor Anna Nagurney's Seminar, Predictive and Prescriptive Models of Cybercrime and Cybersecurity Investments Under Network Vulnerability, at the Culverhouse College of Commerce, University of Alabama on November 17, 2017 have been added to this site. November 12, 2017 Professor Anna Nagurney was interviewed on Disaster Relief for THINK! America with Terry Gilberg. A link to the show was posted in audio. November 10, 2017 Photos from the UMass Amherst INFORMS Student Chapter Seminar by Professor Shannon Roberts and the Chapter's Magna Cum Laude Award Celebration were posted. November 4, 2017 The UMass Commonwealth Honors College Bragging Rights article on Karen Li, OIM '17, whose thesis was supervised by Professor Anna Nagurney, was added to Media. October 29, 2017 Photos from the INFORMS Annual Meeting in Houston, TX were posted. October 26, 2017 Photos from the UMass Amherst INFORMS Student Chapter Seminar by Professor Renata Konrad of WPI were posted. October 21, 2017 The article, Consumer Learning of Product Quality with Time Delay: Insights from Spatial Price Equilibrium Models with Differentiated Products, by Professors Dong "Michelle" Li, Anna Nagurney, and Min Yu, has been accepted for publication in Omega. October 20, 2017 Seven presentations, prepared for the 2017 INFORMS Annual Meeting in Houston, by Center Associates and the Center Director, have been posted on Visuals. October 16, 2017 The article, A Competitive Multiperiod Supply Chain Network Model with Freight Carriers and Green Technology Investment Option, by Professors Sara Saberi, Jose M. Cruz, Joseph Sarkis, and Anna Nagurney, has been accepted for publication in the European Journal of Operational Research. October 14, 2017 An additional presentation, prepared for the INFORMS Annual Meeting, has been added to Visuals. The Journals page has been updated. October 7, 2017 Four presentations, prepared for the INFORMS Annual Meeting in Houston, TX, October 22-25, 2017, have been added to Visuals. October 6, 2017 The article, Hospital Competition in Prices and Quality: A Variational Inequality Framework, by Professor Anna Nagurney and Karen Li (UMass Amherst '17), has been accepted for publication in Operations Research for Health Care. September 22, 2017 The Media page was updated. September 20, 2017 The Fall 2017 Issue of The Supernetwork Sentinel is now online. September 16, 2017 Congratulations to the UMass Amherst INFORMS Student Chapter on receiving an INFORMS Student Chapter Award Magna Cum Laude. The award will be presented at the 2017 INFORMS Annual Meeting in Houston, Texas, on October 23, 2017. The Media page was updated. September 10, 2017 Photos from the International Conference on Operations Research, Berlin, Germany, were posted. September 8, 2017 Slides from Professor Anna Nagurney's Semiplenary, Blood Supply Chains: Challenges for the Industry and How Operations Research Can Help, presented at the International Conference on Operations Research, Berlin, Germany, were posted. September 3, 2017 The Media page was updated. September 2, 2017 The article, Response to natural disasters like Harvey could be helped with game theory, by Professor Anna Nagurney, was published by The Conversation. September 1, 2017 On August 30, 2017 Professor Anna Nagurney was interviewed by Angela Kokott for Calgary Today CHQR Radio on Natural disasters... game theory. August 27, 2017 Photos from Professor Anna Nagurney's Summer Fellowship at the Radcliffe Institute of Advanced Study at Harvard University have been posted. August 22, 2017 We are pleased to welcome new Doctoral Student Center Associate Mojtaba Salarpour. August 21, 2017 We are pleased to announce the publication of the articles, Supply Chain Network Capacity Competition with Outsourcing: A Variational Equilibrium Framework, by Professors Anna Nagurney and Min Yu and Doctoral Center Associate Deniz Besik in the Journal of Global Optimization and Mergers and Acquisitions in Blood Banking Systems: A Supply Chain Network Approach, by Professors Amir H. Masoumi, Min Yu, and Anna Nagurney, in the International Journal of Production Economics. August 19, 2017 The Media page was updated. August 18, 2017 The article, FirstNet for emergency communications: 6 questions answered, by Professors Ladimer S. and Anna Nagurney was published by The Conversation. August 16, 2017 The Center Director and Center Associates are pleased to welcome Pritha Dutta as a new Doctoral Student Center Associate. The pages of all the Center Associates have been updated. August 8, 2017 The article, Mergers and Acquisitions in Blood Banking Systems: A Supply Chain Network Approach, by Professors Amir H. Masoumi, Min Yu, and Anna Nagurney, has been accepted for publication in the International Journal of Production Economics. August 3, 2017 The article, A Multitiered Supply Chain Network Equilibrium Model for Disaster Relief with Capacitated Freight Service Provision, by Professor Anna Nagurney, presented at the 3rd International Conference on Dynamics of Disasters, Kalamata, Greece, July 5-9, 2017 was added to the site. July 31, 2017 The article, A Variational Equilibrium Network Framework for Humanitarian Organizations in Disaster Relief: Effective Product Delivery Under Competition for Financial Funds, by Professors Anna Nagurney and Patrizia Daniele, Emilio Alvarez Flores and Valeria Caruso, presented at the 3rd International Conference on Dynamics of Disasters Kalamata, Greece, July 5-9, 2017, was added to the site. July 27, 2017 The Media page was updated. July 26, 2017 Professor Anna Nagurney was interviewed on the Matt Townsend Show on BYU radio. July 22, 2017 Photos from the 21st IFORS Conference in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada have been posted. July 17, 2017 The Media page was updated. July 12, 2017 We have posted the presentation, A Game Theory Model for Freight Service Provision Security Investments for High-Value Cargo, by Professors Anna Nagurney, Shivani Shukla, Ladimer S. Nagurney, and Sara Saberi, prepared for the 21st IFORS Conference in Quebec City, Canada. July 10, 2017 Photos from the EURO HOpe conference in Vienna, Austria, the visit of Professor Anna Nagurney to the Vienna University of Economics and Business, and the Dynamics of Disasters conference in Kalamata, Greece have been posted. June 27, 2017 The Media page was updated. June 23, 2017 Slides from the presentation, Advances in Disaster Communications: Broadband Systems for First Responders, by Professor Ladimer S. Nagurney, prepared for the 3rd International Conference on Dynamics of Disasters, Kalamata, Greece, July 5-9, 2017, has been added to Visuals. June 22, 2017 Photos from conferences, seminars, and other events have been posted. June 20, 2017 Slides from the presentations for the 3rd International Conference on Dynamics of Disasters, Kalamata, Greece, July 5-9, 2017, A Variational Equilibrium Network Framework for Humanitarian Organizations in Disaster Relief: Effective Product Delivery Under Competition for Financial Funds, by Professors Anna Nagurney and Patrizia Daniele and Emilio Alvarez Flores and Valeria Caruso, and A Multitiered Supply Chain Network Equilibrium Model for Disaster Relief with Capacitated Freight Service Provision, by Professor Anna Nagurney, have been added to Visuals. June 19, 2017 Slides from Professor Anna Nagurney's presentation at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University, have been added to Visuals. June 11, 2017 Photos from the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study were posted. June 5, 2017 The Center Director Professor Anna Nagurney has begun her appointment as a Summer Fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University. The title of her project at Harvard is: Game Theory Network Models for Disaster Relief and Blood Supply Chains. May 28, 2017 Green Technology Investment Option in a Multi-Period Supply Chain-Freight Carrier Network Model by Professors Sara Saberi, Jose M. Cruz, Joseph Sarkis, and Anna Nagurney will be presented at MSOM2017 on June 20, 2017. May 25, 2017 The Summer 2017 Issue of The Supernetwork Sentinel is now online. May 19, 2017 Photos from the UMass Amherst Undergraduate Commencement Celebration were posted. May 14, 2017 Photos from the UMass Amherst Graduate Commencement were posted. May 12, 2017 The abstract of Dr. Shivani Shukla's Doctoral Dissertation was added to Dissertations. May 11, 2017 Yesterday, Center Doctoral Student Associate Shivani Shukla successfully defended her Doctoral Dissertation, Game Theory for Security Investments in Cyber and Supply Chain Networks. Photos from the defense have been posted. Congratulations Dr. Shukla! May 10, 2017 Photos from the NSF Workshop on Illicit Supply Networks were posted. May 7, 2017 Photos from the UMass Amherst INFORMS Student Chapter's End of Spring Semester Party were posted. May 4, 2017 The presentation, Consumer Learning of Product Quality with Time Delay: Insights from Spatial Price Equilibrium Models with Differentiated Products, by Professors Michelle Li, Anna Nagurney, and Min Yu, presented at the 2017 POMS Annual Conference, was added to the site. April 30, 2017 The Media page was updated. April 29, 2017 Congratulations to Karen Li on presenting her Honors thesis at the Massachusetts State Undergraduate Research Conference at UMass Amherst on April 28, 2017. Karen is an Operations and Information Management major at the Isenberg School of Management and will graduate in May. The title of her thesis is: Hospital Competition in Prices and Quality: A Variational Inequality Framework. Professor Anna Nagurney was the Chair of her thesis committee with Professor Chaitra Gopalappa of the UMass Amherst College of Engineering at the Co-Chair. Karen also successfully defended her thesis yesterday. Photos from her presentation and defense are now posted. April 28, 2017 Professor Ladimer Nagurney delivered a guest lecture on Disaster Communications in the Humanitarian Logistics and Healthcare course at the Isenberg School. April 21, 2017 Professor Anna Nagurney's article, Calculating where America should invest in its transportation and communications networks, has appeared in The Conversation. Photos from the UMass Amherst INFORMS Student Chapter STEM SLAM were posted. April 18, 2017 We regret to announce that Martin J. Beckmann, Professor Emeritus of Economics at Brown University and Friend of the Center, passed away on April 11, 2017. Professor Beckmann's book, Studies in the Economics of Transportation, co-authored with Professors C. Bart McGuire and Christopher B. Winsten is a Network Classic. The Center Director, Professor Anna Nagurney, has written an essay on Professor Beckman for her blog. The Brown University Economics Department posted an In Memoriam on its website. The Center Director and Center Associates extend their deepest sympathy to the Beckmann family. April 14, 2017 The article from the ISOM Website, Surgeon Channels Medical Solutions and Education to War-torn Syria, on Dr. Mahmoud Hariri's presentation to Professor Anna Nagurney’s Humanitarian Logistics and Healthcare course was added to media. Photos from the UMass Amherst INFORMS Student Chapter Seminar by Basilio Gentile from ETH Zurich, Switzerland were posted. April 9, 2017 Photos from the Isenberg School of Management SCM-MGMT 597 LG Lecture by Dr. Pierre Rouzier, M.D. of University Health Services were posted. April 2, 2017 Photos from the UMass Amherst INFORMS Student Chapter Seminar by Professor Ozlem Ergun from Northeastern University were added to the site. March 26, 2017 We are pleased to report that Pritha Dutta, an Isenberg School of Management PhD student in Management Science, received the first place award in the PhD student presentation category at NEDSI in Springfield, Massachusetts on March 25, 2017, for her presentation, Competition for Blood Donations: A Nash Equilibrium Network Framework, co-authored with the Center Director. Photos from the conference were added to the site. March 24, 2017 Presentations by the Center Director and Center Associates at the 2017 NEDSI Conference, Springfield, MA, March 22-25, 2017 were added to Visuals. March 23, 2017 Photos from the lecture by Dr. Mahmoud Hariri, Scholars at Risk Fellow at Harvard University and Surgeon, Aleppo, Syria, to the UMass Amherst SOM 597 LG - Humanitarian Logistics and Health class were added to Photos. March 22, 2017 The Media page was updated. March 21, 2017 The article, Cybersecurity Investments with Nonlinear Budget Constraints: Analysis of the Marginal Expected Utilities, by Professors Patrizia Daniele, Antonio Maugeri, and Anna Nagurney, has been published in Operations Research, Engineering, and Cyber Security: Trends in Applied Mathematics and Technology, N.J. Daras and T.M. Rassias, Editors. March 16, 2017 The Downloadable Articles page was updated. March 11, 2017 The presentation for the March 2017 American Physical Society Meeting, Observation of the Braess Paradox in Electric Circuits, by Professors Ladimer S. Nagurney and Professor Anna Nagurney, was posted. March 10, 2017 Professor Anna Nagurney's article, How disaster relief efforts could be improved with game theory, has appeared in The Conversation. March 5, 2017 The article, Quality in Competitive Fresh Produce Supply Chains with Application to Farmers’ Markets, by Doctoral Student Center Associate Deniz Besik and Professor Anna Nagurney has been accepted for publication in Socio-Economic Planning Sciences. March 4, 2017 We are delighted to report that the article, Multifirm Models of Cybersecurity Investment Competition vs. Cooperation and Network Vulnerability, by Professor Anna Nagurney and Doctoral Student Center Associate Shivani Shukla, has been published in the European Journal of Operational Research. March 3, 2017 Professor Anna Nagurney's presentation, A Scientific Approach to Financial Supernetworks, given at an International Expert Panel in Washington, DC on March 2, 2017, was posted. February 25, 2017 We are pleased to announce that the Center Director, Professor Anna Nagurney, has been chosen as a 2017 Summer Fellow by the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. February 17, 2017 Media reports on Professor Anna Nagurney's interview on Blood Supply Chains were added to the Media page. Links to other outlets that broadcast the interview were added to the Audio/Video page. The Conferences page was updated. February 11, 2017 Professor Anna Nagurney was interviewed by Karen Brown of New England Public Radio (WFCR) for her report, America’s Blood Economy: Vulnerable To Economic Trends, Medical Advances. The Audio/Video page was updated to include the interview. The Media page was updated. February 9, 2017 The Media page was updated. February 7, 2017 The Conferences page was updated. February 4, 2017 Professor Anna Nagurney is mentioned the Bloodbuy Blogpost: Blood and Circuits: The RAND Corporation Report on the Role of Technology in Maintaining a Stable Blood Supply. January 27, 2017 The Winter 2017 Issue of The Supernetwork Sentinel is now online. January 24, 2016 The article, Supply Chain Network Capacity Competition with Outsourcing: A Variational Equilibrium Framework, January 21, 2017 A photo of the Dissertation Defense of Dr. Luis Andres Maarentes was added to Photos. The Media page was updated. January 18, 2017 The article, A Supply Chain Network Game Theory Model of Cybersecurity Investments with Nonlinear Budget Constraints, by Porfessors Anna Nagurney and Patrizia Daniele and Doctoral Student Center Associate Shivani Shukla, has been published in Annals of Operations Research. Photos of the 2017 INFORMS Computing Society Conference have been posted. January 16, 2017 The Media page was updated to include items pertaining to Professor Nagurney's article in The Conversation. January 12, 2017 The article, Supply Chain Performance Assessment and Supplier and Component Importance Identification in a General Competitive Multitiered Supply Chain Network Model, by Professors Dong Li and Anna Nagurney, has been published in the Journal of Global Optimization. January 9, 2017 Professor Anna Nagurney's article, Uncertainty in blood supply chains creating challenges for industry, has appeared in The Conversation. January 7, 2017 The article, A Supply Chain Generalized Network Oligopoly Model for Pharmaceuticals under Brand Differentiation and Perishability, by Professors Amir H. Masoumi, Min Yu, and Anna Nagurney, Transportation Research E, 48(4), 2012, pp. 762-780, is among the most highly cited papers in the journal over the past 5 years. Professor Anna Nagurney's presentation, Supply Chain Performance Assessment and Supplier and Component Importance Identification in a General Competitive Multitiered Supply Chain Network Model, prepared for Risk, Resilience and Robustness of Dynamic Supply Networks; Bridging Mathematical Models and Practice ICMS, January 11-13, 2017, Edinburgh, Scotland, has been posted. January 1, 2017 Wishing all a very Happy New Year and all the best for 2017! December 26, 2016 The Braess Paradox and Conferences pages were updated. December 22, 2016 Congratulations and Kudos for 2016 were posted to celebrate the achievements of the Center and its Associates The article, Multifirm Models of Cybersecurity Investment Competition vs. Cooperation and Network Vulnerability, by Professor Anna Nagurney and Shivani Shukla, has been accepted for publication in the European Journal of Operational Research. December 21, 2016 Professors' Anna Nagurney & Dong (Michelle) Li book, Competing on Supply Chain Quality: A Network Economics Perspective, was a finalist for Les Plumes des Achats & Supply Chain Award for the best book of the year in Purchasing and Supply Chains. December 17, 2016 We are delighted to report that the book, Dynamics of Disasters, edited by Professors Illias S. Kotsireas, Anna Nagurney, and Panos M. Pardalos has been published. Photos of the book's arrival have been posted. December 15, 2016 The Downloadable Articles page was updated. December 13, 2016 The Media page was updated. December 11, 2016 Photos from the UMass Amherst INFORMS Student Chapter End-of-Semester Party have been posted. December 3, 2016 Photos from the UMass Amherst INFORMS Student Chapter Seminar by Professor Joe Sarkis of WPI have been posted. November 30, 2016 The Media page was updated. November 25, 2016 We are delighted to announce that the book, Dynamics of Disasters - Key Concepts, Models, Algorithms, and Insights, edited by Professors Illias S. Kotsireas, Anna Nagurney, and Panos M. Pardalos, published by Springer International Publishing Switzerland, has been published and is available in electronic form. The Downloadable Articles and About the Director pages have been updated. November 18, 2016 Photos from the 2016 INFORMS Annual Meeting, held this past week in Nashville, TN, have been posted. November 11, 2016 The Center Director and Center Associates are looking forward to the 2016 INFORMS Annual Meeting in Nashville, TN, next week to learn about new research, to see friends, and to renew acquaintances. Sildes of the presentations of the Center Director and several Center Associates have been added to Visuals. November 6, 2016 Professor Anna Nagurney's Plenary Talk, Game Theory Models of Cybercrime and Cybersecurity Investments Under Network Vulnerability, at GameSec 2016 - Conference on Decision and Game Theory in Security on November 3, 2016, was added to the site. Photos from the conference were also posted. October 29, 2016 Congratulations to the UMass Amherst INFORMS Student Chapter! It has been notified by INFORMS that it will be receiving the Cum Laude Award at the Annual Meeting in Nashville, Tennessee in November. This is the 11th award in as many years that this student chapter has received from INFORMS for its activities. The Center Director Professor Anna Nagurney hs been the chapter's Faculty Advisor since this chapter's inception in 2004. INFORMS began recognizing student chapters in 2006 and the UMass Amherst Student Chapter has always received an award. Kudos to the chapter's officers and member, both past and present! The Conferences page was updated. October 22, 2016 The Fall 2016 Issue of The Supernetwork Sentinel is now online. October 21, 2016 The Media page was updated to include an news release on Professor Anna Nagurney's Plenary Talk at GameSec 2016, Conference on Decision and Game Theory for Security. The Photos page was also updated. October 17, 2016 The publication status of several articles was updated. October 15, 2016 Photos from the UMass Amherst INFORMS Student Chapter Panel Discussion, How to be a sane and successful grad student: From managing coursework to job talks, were added to the site. October 12, 2016 The Media page was updated. October 5, 2016 The Conferences page was updated. September 28, 2016 Congratulations to the Center Director, Professor Anna Nagurney, who will receive the INFORMS Volunteer Service Award at the Distinguished level at the INFORMS Annual Meeting in Nashville, TN in November. Congratulations, also, to Doctoral Center Associate Shivani Shukla on being selected to attend the INFORMS Doctoral Colloquium, also at the INFORMS National Meeting. September 23, 2016 The Network Classics and Conferences pages were updated. September 16, 2016 The Conferences page was updated. September 9, 2016 The Conferences page was updated. September 7, 2016 We are pleased to announce that the article, A Generalized Nash Equilibrium Network Model for Post-Disaster Humanitarian Relief, by Professor Anna Nagurney, Emilio Alvarez Flores, and Professor Ceren Soylu, will be the lead article in the November 2016 issue of Transportation Research E. September 4, 2016 We wish everyone a great start to the Academic Year! August 31, 2016 A link to EPL (Europhysics Letters) was added to Journals. August 27, 2016 The Media page was updated. August 25, 2016 The article, A Generalized Nash Equilibrium Network Model for Post-Disaster Humanitarian Relief, by Professor Anna Nagurney, Emilio Alvarez Flores, and Professor Ceren Soylu, has been accepted for publication in Transportation Research E. August 23, 2016 We are pleased to report that the article, Physical Proof of the Occurrence of the Braess Paradox in Electrical Circuits, by Professors Ladimer S. Nagurney and Anna Nagurney, has been published in EPL (Europhysics Letters) 115 (2016) 28004. August 16, 2016 The Supernetworks Laboratory for Computation and Visualization page has been updated. August 14, 2016 We have updated the Center Associates pages. August 12, 2016 Congratulations to Doctoral Student Center Associate Sara Saberi who today successfully defended her doctoral dissertation with a concentration in Management Science at the Isenberg School of Management. The Center Director Professor Anna Nagurney chaired Sara's doctoral dissertation. Sara is now an Assistant Professor at the Foisie School of Business at Worcester Polytechinc Institute (WPI) in Massachusetts. Sara is Professor Nagurney's 19th PhD student. Her presentation and photos from the defense are on the site. August 10, 2016 The About the Director page was updated. Introduction to the Volume: Dynamics of Disasters: Key Concepts, Models, Algorithms, and Insights, by Professors Ilias S. Kotsireas, Anna Nagurney, and Panos M. Pardalos was added to the site. August 6, 2016 Publication information for Downloadable Articles has been updated. August 1, 2016 We are pleased to report that the article, Physical Proof of the Occurrence of the Braess Paradox in Electrical Circuits, by Professors Ladimer S. Nagurney and Anna Nagurney, has been accepted for publication in EPL (Europhysics Letters). July 24, 2016 The Conferences page has been updated with conferences during the 2016-2017 Academic Year and Summer 2017. July 19, 2016 The Media page was updated. July 16, 2016 Photos from the Center Director Professor Anna Nagurney's Visiting Fellowship at All Souls College, University of Oxford, during Trinity Term 2016 have been added to the site. July 13, 2016 Photos from the 28th European Conference on Operational Research (EURO16), Poznan, Poland, July 3-6, 2016, were added to the site. July 11, 2016 The Summer 2016 Issue of The Supernetwork Sentinel is now online. July 7, 2016 Professor Anna Nagurney, the Center Director, thanks the organizers of EURO 2016 in Poznan, Poland for organizing such a wonderful conference. It was great to see Operations Researchers from around the globe and Center Associates Professors Patrizia Danele, Dmytro Matsypura, Ladimer Nagurney, and Tina Wakolbinger there. July 1, 2016 Photos from Professor Anna Nagurney's seminar on Disaster Relief at Lancaster University, the 50th Aniversary Celebration of the All Souls College Visiting Fellowship Program and the University of Oxford Encaenia Ceremony were added to the site. June 30, 2016 The Center Director and Center Associates will present several papers at the 28th European Conference on Operational Research (EURO16) which will be held in Poznan, Poland, July 3-6, 2016. The presentations include: Competitive Food Supply Chain Networks with Application to Fresh Produce, Physical Proof of the Occurrence of the Braess Paradox in Electrical Circuits, A Supply Chain Network Game Theory Model of Cybersecurity Investments with Nonlinear Budget Constraints, and Freight Service Provision for Disaster Relief: A Competitive Network Model with Computations. June 29, 2016 Professors Anna Nagurney and Ladimer Nagurney wrote a commentary on the British referendum to leave the Eurpoean Union, Why we are stronger together, published in the Daily Hampshire Gazette on June 27, 2016. June 26, 2016 Slides for Professor Anna Nagurney's Lancaster (UK) Business School seminar have been posted. June 25, 2016 Professor Anna Nagurney will be delivering a seminar, Disaster Relief Supply Chains: Network Models, Algorithm, and Case Studies, at Lancaster University (UK) Business School on June 28, 2016. June 23, 2016 The article, Cybersecurity Investments with Nonlinear Budget Constraints: Analysis of the Marginal Expected Utilities, by Profesors Patrizia Daniele, Antonino Maugeri, and Anna Nagurney, an invited paper for Operations Research, Engineering, and Cyber Security: Trends in Applied Mathematics and Technology, T.M. Rassias and N.J. Daras, Editors, Springer, has been added to the site. June 16, 2016 Photos from Professor Anna Nagurney's Seminar at Imperial College and the dinner with Center Associate Dr. Stavros Siokos on June 9, 2016, were added to the site. June 11, 2016 Professor Anna Nagurney was quoted in an article, Cyber ransoms are 'fastest-growing threat' expert warns, published in the Waterloo (Canada) Record on June 8, 2016. June 8, 2016 The Center Director, Professor Anna Nagurney, is looking forward to delivering her seminar, Supply Chain Networks Against Time: From Food to Pharma, at Imperial College, London on June 9, 2016. June 2, 2016 The book, Competing on Supply Chain Quality: A Network Economics Perspective, by Professors Anna Nagurney and Dong Li has been published and is available from Springer. May 31, 2016 Professor Anna Nagurney will be delivering the Imperial College - University College London Center for Transport Studies Seminar, Supply Chain Networks Against Time: From Food to Pharma, on June 9, 2016. May 25, 2016 Professor Anna Nagurney participation, as a faculty contributor, to the $4.2 Million Scholarships for Service grant, received by UMass Amherst to train the Next National Cybersecurity Workforce, was reported in the CICS Significant Bits, Spring 2016 issue. May 23, 2016 The article, A Layered Protocol Architecture for Scalable Innovation and Identification of Network Economic Synergies in the Internet of Things, by Professors Tilman Wolf and Anna Nagurney, published in the Proceedings of the 2016 IEEE First International Conference on Internet-of-Things Design and Implementation (IoTDI), is available through IEEE Xplore. May 15, 2016 Photos from The Responsible Business Forum, held at the Said Business School of Oxford University on May 13-14, 2016, were added to the site. May 11, 2016 Professor Anna Nagurney's YINS Distinguished Lecture, Supply Chain Networks Against Time: From Food to Pharma, at the Yale Institute for Network Science on February 17, 2016 is now available on YouTube. The Media page was updated. May 10, 2016 Photos from the 27th Annual POMS Conference, May 6-9, 2016 in Orlando, Florida, have been posted. May 7, 2016 Congratulations to Center Associate Professor Dong (Michelle) Li who received her Ph.D. Diploma at the UMass Amherst Graduate Commencement Ceremony yesterday. Photos from the ceremony have been posted. May 6, 2016 The presentation, A Supply Chain Game Theory Framework for Cybersecurity Investments Under Network Vulnerability, by Professors Anna Nagurney and Ladimer S. Nagurney and Doctoral Student Center Associate Shivani Shukla, prepared for the POMS Annual Conference, Orlando, FL, May 6-9, 2016, has been added to the site. Photos from the Professor Anna Nagurney's visit to the Oxford Maths Institute have been posted. May 4, 2016 The Center Director, Professor Anna Nagurney, has begun her Visiting Fellowship at All Souls College at the University of Oxford, England. The experience is extraordinary as well as the hospitality extended to her. April 30, 2016 Photos from the UMass Undergraduate Research Conference, the INFORMS Student Chapter End-of-Semester Party, and the Spring 2016 New England Secuirty Day have been posted. April 26, 2016 Photos from the Waterloo Analytics Day have been posted. April 25, 2016 The presentation, Multifirm Models of Cybersecurity Investment Competition vs. Cooperation and Network Vulnerability, by Professor Anna Nagurney and Doctoral Student Center Associate Shivani Shukla, prepared for the Spring 2016 New England Security Day to be held at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, on April 28, 2016, has been added to the site. April 19, 2016 Congratulations to Doctoral Student Center Associate Shivani Shukla, who has been accepted to the POMS Doctoral Consortium at the POMS Annual Meeting in May. Also, we are delighted to announce that the paper, A Supply Chain Network Game Theory Model of Cybersecurity Investments with Nonlinear Budget Constraints, Anna Nagurney, Patrizia Daniele, and Shivani Shukla, has been accepted for publication in the Annals of Operations Research. April 17, 2016 On April 14, 2016, Center Associate Professor Ladimer S. Nagurney gave a guest lecture on Disaster Communications in Professor Anna Nagurney's Humanitarian Logistics and Healthcare course at the Isenberg School of Management. The Center Director thanks him for the very informative presentation. April 13, 2016 The Conferences page has been updated. We are looking forward to many great events. April 11, 2016 Photos from Professor Anna Nagurney's seminar at the Heinz College at Carnegie Mellon University have been posted. April 8, 2016 Professor Anna Nagurney's RENeW blog was chosen as one of the Best Business Professor Blogs for Practical Results by CreditDonkey.com. April 6, 2016 Slides from the Invited Presentation, A Layered Protocol Architecture for Scalable Innovation and Identification of Network Economic Synergies in the Internet of Things, by Professors Tilman Wolf and Anna Nagurney, presented at the 1st IEEE International Conference on the Internet of Things Design and Implementation in Berlin, Germany on April 6, 2016 have been posted. April 1, 2016 The Center Director will be speaking on cybersecurity at the Heinz College at Carnegie Mellon University on April 4, 2016. March 28, 2016 Photos from the UMass Amherst INFORMS Student Chapter Seminar, A Two-Stage Stochastic Shift Scheduling Model for Cybersecurity Workforce Optimization with On Call Options, by Dr. Les Servi, MITRE Corporation have been posted. The Winter 2016 Issue of The Supernetwork Sentinel is now online. March 26, 2016 Photos from Lt. Col. James Bishop's visit to Professor Anna Nagurney's Humanitarian Logistics class and from the Celebration in honor of Professor John Collura have been posted. March 20, 2016 We are delighted to welcome Isenberg School of Management PhD student in Management Science, Deniz Besik, as the newest Doctoral Student Center Associate. March 18, 2016 Photos from Professor Anna Nagurney's seminar at MITRE Corporation, Bedford, MA, on March 14, 2016 have been posted. March 13, 2016 Photos from the visit by Rasmus Dahlberg of the University of Copenhagen to UMass and Professor Nagurney's Seminar at the University of Buffalo have been added to the site. Professor Nagurney thanks Professor Chase Murray at the University of Buffalo and its Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering for the great hospitality! March 12, 2016 Announcements of Professor Anna Nagurney's seminars at the University of Buffalo on March 11, 2016 and at MITRE Corporation on March 14, 2016 were added to Media. March 6, 2016 A Letter to the Editor, Lessons in managing life and death situations, by Professor Anna Nagurney was published in the Daily Hampshire Gazette on March 2, 2016. March 5, 2016 Photos from the UMass Amherst INFORMS Student Chapter Seminar, Community Based Operations Research: Data Analytics and Decision Modeling for Community Development and Social Change, by Professor Michael Johnson, UMass Boston, have been posted. March 4, 2016 On March 11, 2016, Professor Anna Nagurney will be speaking in the Praxair Seminar Series at the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the University of Buffalo. February 27, 2016 The Downloadable Articles page was updated. February 20, 2016 Photos from the UMass Amherst INFORMS Student Chapter Seminar by Dr. Renee Pratt, Information Technologies in Healthcare: Innovation, Implementation, and Interoperability, on February 19, 2016 were posted. February 18, 2016 On February 17, 2016, Professor Anna Nagurney delivered a Distinguished Lecture at the Yale Institute for Network Science (YINS) entitled Supply Chain Networks Against Time: From Food to Pharma. Photos from the visit have been posted. She thanks the YINS Co-Directors: Professor Nicholas A. Christakis and Professor Daniel Spielman for the wonderful hospitality extendd to her and also acknowledges the INFORMS President, Professor Ed Kaplan, who introduced her at her lecture. February 14, 2016 We are delighted to announce that the invited paper, A Layered Protocol Architecture for Scalable Innovation and Identification of Network Economic Synergies in the Internet of Things, by Professors Tilman Wolf and Anna Nagurney, will be presented at the 1st IEEE International Conference on the Internet of Things in Berlin, Germany, April 4-8, 2016. This work was supported by their NSF EAGER grant. February 10, 2016 The February 2016 issue of ORMS Today reported the UMass Amherst INFORMS Student Chapter's Summa Cum Laude Award and Michael Prokle's Judith Liebman Award. February 6, 2016 The Center Director and Center Associates congratulate Doctoral Student Center Associate Sara Saberi who has accepted a tenure-track Assistant Professorship offer from the Robert A. Foisie School of Business at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) in Massachusetts. She will be joining the WPI faculty in the Fall 2016 semester. February 1, 2016 The Media page has been updated. January 27, 2016 The Center Director, Professor Anna Nagurney, is a contributing faculty member to the CyberCorps Scholarship for Service (SFS) program to train the next national cybersecurity workforce funded by a $4.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to UMass Amherst. January 25, 2016 The Center Director Professor Anna Nagurney congratulates the authors and co-authors of the 12 most impactful papers published in the INFORMS journal Transportation Science in the last 50 years. One of the papers is the classic paper, Traffic Equilibrium and Variational Inequalities, written by the Director's dissertation advisor, Professor Stella Dafermos. She has written a blogpost, The Most Impactful Papers in Transportation Science in 50 Years - A Walk Down Memory Lane, expanding on the impacts of these papers from a personal perspective. January 21, 2016 Professor Anna Nagurney's election as a Visiting Fellow at All Souls College, Oxford University, United Kingdom, for the 2016 Trinity Term, was reported Inside UMass. January 16, 2016 On February 17, 2016, Professor Anna Nagurney will deliver a Distinguished Lecture at the Yale Institute for Network Science. January 15, 2015 The article, Freight Service Provision for Disaster Relief: A Competitive Network Model with Computations, by Professor Anna Nagurney will appear in Dynamics of Disasters, I.S. Kotsireas, A. Nagurney, and P.M. Pardalos, Eds., Springer International Publishing Switzerland. January 7, 2016 The article, A Supply Chain Network Game Theory Model of Cybersecurity Investments with Nonlinear Budget Constraints, by Professors Anna Nagurney and Patrizia Daniele and Shivani Shukla was added to the site. January 1, 2016 We have updated the Friends of the Center page to include those who have supported the Center during the past year and recognize those who have received promotions, changed affiliations, etc. Announcements and Notes 2012-2015 |
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