Fall 2009 UMASS Amherst

Operations Research / Management Science Seminar Series


Dr. Helander

September 18, 2009 - Isenberg School of Management
Room 128, 11:00 - 12:00

Food Safety in a Global Supply Chain

Dr. Mary Helander

IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
Yorktown Heights, NY

Professor Lo

October 2, 2009 - Isenberg School of Management
Room 112, 11:00 - 12:00
Joint Seminar with Finance

Kill All the Quants?: Models vs. Mania in the Current Financial Crisis

Professor Andrew Lo

Sloan School of Management
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA

Professro Vega

October 23, 2009 - Isenberg School of Management
Room 112, 11:00 - 12:00

Emergency Logistics Issues Impacting the Response to KATRINA: What Went Wrong? What Could We Do to Avoid a Repeat?

Professor Jose Holquin-Veras

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, NY

Professor Palmer
November 6, 2009 - Isenberg School of Management
Room 112, 11:00  - 12:00

A Decision Support System for Optimizing Reservoir Operations Using Ensemble Streamflow Predictions (ESP)

Professor Richard N. Palmer

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Professor Bowles
November 20, 2009 - Isenberg School of Management
Room 112, 11:00  - 12:00

The Nature of Wealth and the Dynamics of Inequality from Pre-history to the Knowledge-based Economy

Professor Sam Bowles

Santa Fe Institute and the University of Siena
Professor Emeritus - University of Massachusetts Amherst

Professor Levine

December 4, 2009 - Isenberg School of Management
Room 112, 11:00  - 12:00

Forensic Investigation of the Internet and Mobile Systems

Professor Brian Levine

Department of Computer Science
University of Massachusetts 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, INFORMS, and the John F. Smith Memorial Fund. The Chapter wishes to thank Professor Anna Nagurney, its Faculty Advisor, for her help and  support of this series.

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