SPRING 2005 UMASS Amherst

Operations Research / Management Science Seminar Series


Professor Deveaux
January 28, 2005 - Isenberg School of Management
Room 112, 11:00 - 12:00

Predictive Analytics: Modeling the World

Professor Richard DeVeaux
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Williams College, Williamstown, MA


Professor Jose Cruz
February 4, 2005 - Isenberg School of Management
Room 112, 11:00  - 12:00

The Academic Job Search: Pre-Interview, the Interview and Beyond

Professor Jose M. Cruz
Department of Operations and Information Management
University of Connecticut - Storrs

Professor McGoech
February 18, 2005 - Isenberg School of Management
Room 128, 11:00  - 12:00

What Computers Can't Do For You

Professor Catherine C. McGeoch
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
Amherst College, Amherst, MA

Professor Stranlund
Professor Barry Field
Professor Moffitt
March 11, 2005 - Isenberg School of Management
Room 112, 11:00  - 12:00

Inspections to Avert Terrorism:
Robustness Under Severe Uncertainty


Professor John Stranlund,



Professor Barry Field,
 

and


Professor L. Joe Moffitt

Department of Resource Economics
University of Massachusetts at Amherst

    Fuminori Toyasaki
March 25, 2005 - Isenberg School of Management
Room 112, 11:00  - 12:00

Design for Global Sustainability

Fuminori Toyasaki
Isenberg School of Management
University of Massachusetts at Amherst


William Thomas

April 15, 2005 - Isenberg School of Management
Room 112, 11:00  - 12:00

The Postwar Establishment of OR in Academics and Industry

William Thomas

Department of History of Science
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Professor Wong
April 29, 2005 - Isenberg School of Management
Room 112, 11:00  - 12:00

Salary Arbitration in Major League Baseball:
Is it an Effective Way to Establish Salaries in Sports?

Professor Glenn Wong                         
Department of Sport 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, INFORMS, and the John F. Smith Memorial Fund. The Chapter wishes to thank Professor Anna Nagurney, its advisor, for her help and enthusiastic support of this series.

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