INFORMS Lecture Series begins Feb. 19
The building of a smart electrical grid, pricing and stockpiling of pediatric vaccines and issues faced by South Africa in developing its research sector are among the topics to be covered in the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences Spring Speaker Series.
Organized by the award-winning student chapter of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) in the Isenberg School of Management, the series begins Feb. 19.
All talks take place on scheduled Fridays at 11 a.m. in 112 Isenberg School of Management, unless otherwise noted, and are open to the public.
The schedule is as follows:
• Professor Mzamo Mangaliso of the Isenberg School will discuss “Research Capacity Building as a Prerequisite for the Competitiveness of a National System of Innovation: Perspectives from the National Research Foundation” on Feb. 19. Mangaliso served as the CEO and president of the National Research Foundation, South Africa’s counterpart to the National Science Foundation, from 2006-08.
• Richard Brooks of ISO-New England will speak on “Smart Grid Development” on March 5. Brooks is a principal systems architect and primary author of ISO–New England’s white paper on the smart grid.
• Professor Sheldon Jacobson of the computer science department of the University of Illinois will discuss “An Analysis of Pediatric Vaccine Pricing and Stockpiling Issues” on April 2. Jacobson’s visit is co-sponsored by the INFORMS Speakers Bureau.
• Professor Dimitris Bertsimas, the Boeing Professor of Operations Research at the Sloan School at MIT, will speak April 23. His talk is titled “Advances in Multistage Optimization.” A member of the National Academy of Engineering, Bertsimas has garnered numerous awards for his research. The talk is co-hosted by the Finance Seminar Series at the Isenberg School.
• Professor Mehmet Gumus of the Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University in Montreal, will speak on “Supply Side Story: Risks, Guarantees, Competition and Information Asymmetry” on April 30.
Support for the series is provided by the Isenberg School and its Department of Finance and Operations Management, the John F. Smith Memorial Fund and INFORMS.
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February 7, 2010.
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