FALL 2004 UMASS Amherst

Operations Research / Management Science Seminar Series



October 1, 2004 - Isenberg School of Management
Room 128, 12:00 - 1:00

How a Philosopher Became a Psychologist
Who Fell in Love with Operations Research


Professor Donald Fisher
Director of the Human Performance Laboratory
Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
University of Massachusetts at Amherst


October 15, 2004 - Isenberg School of Management
Room 112, 11:00  - 12:00

Optimal Technology R&D in the Face of Uncertainty

Professor Erin Baker
Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
University of Massachusetts at Amherst


October 29, 2004 - Isenberg School of Management
Room 128, 11:00  - 12:00

What is the Most Effective Way to Produce Food Safety?

Professor Julie A. Caswell
College of Natural Resources and the Environment
University of Massachusetts at Amherst


November  5, 2004  - Isenberg School of Management
Room 112, 11:00  - 12:00

Technology Management, Innovation and Quality

Professor Soren Bisgaard
Eugene M. Isenberg Professor
of Technology Management

Department of Finance and Operations Management
Isenberg School of Management
University of Massachusetts at Amherst



November 19, 2004 - Isenberg School of Management
Room 128, 11:00  - 12:00

Social Networks: New Paradigms for Modeling,
Applications, Computations, and Visualization

Professor Anna Nagurney
John F. Smith Memorial Professor and
Director of Virtual Center for Supernetworks


Tina Wakolbinger

Department of Finance and Operations Management
Isenberg School of Management
University of Massachusetts at Amherst


December 3, 2004 - Isenberg School of Management
Room 112, 11:00  - 12:00

Preferential Signal Control Strategies for Transit Vehicles

Professor John Collura
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
University of Massachusetts at Amherst



December 10, 2004 - Isenberg School of Management
Room 112, 11:00  - 12:00

It's Not Easy Being a Team: Researching Collaboration
from All Sides

Professor Sara A. McComb                            

Ralitza Patrashkova


Department of Finance and Operations Management
Isenberg School of Management
University of Massachusetts at Amherst

This series is organized by the UMASS Amherst INFORMS Student Chapter. Support for this series is provided by the Isenberg School of Management, the Department of Finance and Operations Management, and the John F. Smith Memorial Fund.

For questions, please contact the INFORMS Student Chapter President, Ms. Tina Wakolbinger, wakolbinger@som.umass.edu