As the academic year passes the 2005 mark,  I am very pleased to share with you some of the achievements of our Center Associates and Friends of the Virtual Center for Supernetworks. I congratulate them all!

Dr. Jose M. Cruz of the University of Connecticut was selected  to participate in the INFORMS Young Researchers Roundtable that will take place at the INFORMS Practitioners Conference in Palm Spring, California, April 17-19, 2005. He will join other young researchers from leading universities to interact with practitioners on  major problems faced by industry.

Dr. Patrizia Daniele of the University of Catania was promoted to Associate Professor.

Dr. Ding Zhang of SUNY Oswego is part of a major project in China on supply chains which is sponsored by the Chinese Scientific Foundation.

Zugang "Leo" Liu will take part in  the new project with Professor Anna Nagurney funded by the Center for Teaching at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

Fuminori Toyasaki successfully defended his doctoral dissertation proposal.

Tina Wakolbinger was elected President of the University of Massachusetts INFORMS Student Chapter and her article on the chapter was featured in ORMS Tomorrow. The chapter was selected to be a Spotlight Chapter.

Kudos to Friends of the Center!

Warmest Congratulations to Professor Panos Pardalos from the University of Florida who was elected  a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).