Topic Areas

Each INFORMS Meeting has an overall theme, and committee members select cluster chair to organize clusters based on track allocations pertaining to their theme. These chairs break their clusters down into sessions, and assign session chairs, and these chairs pick authors to present papers within their sessions. These sessions can be sponsored by INFORMS subdivisions, i.e., chapters, fora, sections or societies. An invited cluster is organized by any other OR/MS practitioner or an academic.

Invited Sessions

Atlanta Business Logistics
Ellis L. Johnson
Georgia Institute of Technology
School of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Atlanta, GA
Ellis.Johnson@isye.gatech.edu

Complementarity Problems
Jong Shi Pang
Johns Hopkins University
Department of Mathematical Sciences
Baltimore, MD
jsp@vicp.mts.jhu.edu

Data Envelopment Analysis
Timothy R. Anderson
Portland State University
Engineering Management Program
Portland, OR
tima@emp.pdx.edu

Electronics Assembly
J. Renee Villalobos
University of Texas El Paso
El Paso, TX
renev@vlobos.me.utep.edu

Environmental Modelling and Assessment
Jerzy A. Filar
Centre for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (CIAM)
School of Mathematics
The Levels, SA, Australia
j.filar@unisa.edu.au

Environmentally Conscious Systems
Jane C. Ammons
Georgia Institute of Technology
School of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Atlanta, GA
Jane.Ammons@isye.gatech.edu

Flexible Manufacturing Systems
Narayan Raman
Lucent Technologies Bell Laboratories
Holmdel, NJ
nraman@attquest.ho.att.com

Forecasting
Kenneth D. Lawrence
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Newark, NJ
Lawrence@tesla.njit.edu

Global Logistics
Maria Rey
Georgia Institute of Technology
The Logistics Institute
Atlanta, GA
maria.rey@isye.gatech.edu

Global Optimization
Panos M. Pardalos
University of Florida
Industrial and Systems Engineering
Gainesville, FL
pardalos@ufl.edu

Graph Theory and Combinatorial Optimization
Robin Thomas
Georgia Institute of Technology
Mathematics Department
Atlanta, GA
Robin.Thomas@math.gatech.edu

Integer Programming
E. Andrew Boyd
Texas A&M University
Department of Industrial Engineering
College Station, TX
boyd@marvin.tamu.edu

Linear Programming
Renato D.C. Monteiro
Georgia Institute of Technology
School of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Atlanta, GA
monteiro@isye.gatech.edu

Management of Medical Technology
Ori Heller
University of Pennsylvania
Wharton School of Business
Philadelphia, PA
OHELLER@sec1.wharton.upenn.edu

Modeling the University
Donna C. Llewellyn
Georgia Institute of Technology
School of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Atlanta, GA
donna.llewellyn@isye.gatech.edu

Network Optimization
James B. Orlin
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Sloan School of Management
Cambridge, MA
jorlin@mit.edu

Non-linear Programming
Paul Tseng
University of Washington
Department of Mathematics Gn-50
Seattle, WA
tseng@math.washington.edu

Offshore Software Systems Development
Narsi LS Narasimhan
Optimal Heuristic Management Solutions, Inc.
Atlanta, GA
orpi@crl.com

OR/MS Around the World

OR/MS in Science
John Joseph Bartholdi
Georgia Institute of Technology
School of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Atlanta, GA
John.Bartholdi@isye.gatech.edu

ORMS and Sports
Michael Trick
Carnegie Mellon University
Graduate School of Industrial Administration
Pittsburgh, PA
trick@cmu.edu

ORMS in the Public Sector
Edward H. Kaplan
Yale University
School of Management
New Haven, CT
kaplan@mppm.som.yale.edu

Processing Networks
Jim Dai
Georgia Institute of Technology
School of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Atlanta, GA
dia@isye.gatech.edu

Recoverable Manufacturing
Rajesh Srivastava
Air Force Institute of Technology
Dept. AFIT/LAL
Wright Patterson AFB, OH
rsrivast@afit.af.mil

V. Daniel R. Guide, Jr.
Air Force Institute of Technology
Dept. AFIT/LAL
Wright Patterson AFB, OH
dguide@afit.af.mil

Sequencing and Scheduling
Michael Pinedo
Columbia University
New York, NY
pinedo@ieor.columbia.edu

Service Operations Management
Robert E. Markland
University of South Carolina
College of Business Administration
Management Science Department
Columbia, SC
bobbym@darla.badm.sc.edu

Kirk R. Karwan
University of South Carolina
College of Business Administration
Management Science Department
Columbia, SC
karwan@darla.badm.sc.edu

Statistical/Quality Aspects of Business Logistics
Richard W. Taylor
The University of Akron
Department of Management Science
Akron, OH
TaylorR@UAkron.edu

Stochastic Programming
John R. Birge
University of Michigan
Department of IOE
Ann Arbor, MI
jrbirge@umich.edu

Supply Chain Management
Marc Goetschalckx
Georgia Institute of Technology
School of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Atlanta, GA
Marc.Goetschalckx@isye.gatech.edu

Vehicle Routing
Martin Savelsbergh
Georgia Institute of Technology
School of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Atlanta, GA
Martin.Savelsbergh@isye.gatech.edu

Voting
Craig Tovey
Georgia Institute of Technology
School of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Atlanta, GA
Craig.Tovey@isye.gatech.edu

revised last 9/12/1996

Sponsored Sessions

Session planning forms for sponsored session chairs and cluster chairs.

INFORMS Section on Accounting, Auditing and Tax
Daniel E. O'Leary
University of Southern California
School of Business
Los Angeles, CA
oleary@rcf.usc.edu

INFORMS Section on Applied Probability
Leslie D. Servi
GTE Laboratories
Waltham, MA
lds0@gte.com

INFORMS College on Artificial Intelligence (CAI)
Michael J.P. Shaw
University of Illinois
Urbana, IL
mshaw@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu

Michael J.P. Shaw
National Taiwan University
Department of Information Management
Taipei, Taiwan
mshaw@im.ntu.edu.tw

INFORMS Section on Artificial Intelligence (OR)
merged with CSTS

INFORMS Section on Aviation Applications
John D. Quillinan
Delta Air Lines, Inc.
Department 017
Atlanta, GA
john.quillinan@mailport.delta-air.com

INFORMS Computer Science Technical Section (CSTS)
Robert Fourer
Northwestern University
Industrial Engineering Department
Evanston, IL
4er@iems.nwu.edu

Robert Fourer
AT&T Bell Laboratories
Murray Hill, NJ
4er@research.att.com

INFORMS Decision Analysis Society
Kevin McCardle
Duke University
Fuqua School of Business
Durham, NC
kfm1@mail.duke.edu

Robert T. Clemen
Duke University
Fuqua School of Business
Durham, NC
clemen@mail.duke.edu

INFORMS Section on Energy, Natural Resources and the Environment (ENRE)
LTC Jack Kloeber
Air Force Institute of Technology
Dept. of Operational Sciences
Wright-Patterson AFB, OH
jkloeber@afit.af.mil

INFORMS Section on Finance
inactive section

INFORMS Section on Group Decision and Negotiation
Gregory E. Kersten
Carleton University
School of Business
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
gregory@dal.carleton.ca

INFORMS Section on Health Applications
David L. Zalkind
George Washington University
Department of Management Science
Washington, DC
dlz@gwuvm.gwu.edu

INFORMS College on Information Systems (CIS)
George R. Widmeyer
The University of Michigan
School of Business
Ann Arbor, MI
widmeyer@umich.edu

INFORMS College on Innovation, Management and Entrepreneurship (COLIME)
merged into Section on Technology Management

INFORMS College on Innovation Technology, Entrepreneurship and Engineering Mgt. (C-ITEEM)
renamed Section on Technology Management

INFORMS Section on Location Analysis
Vedat Verter
McGill University
Faculty of Management
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Verter@Management.McGill.Ca

INFORMS Section on Logistics

Ashok Srinivasan
Purdue University
Krannert Graduate School of Management
West Lafayette, IN
ashok@mgmt.purdue.edu

INFORMS Section on Management Control Systems
inactive section

INFORMS College on Marketing
Naveen Donthu
Georgia State University
Department of Marketing
College of Business Administration
Atlanta, GA
ndonthu@gsu.edu

INFORMS Section on Management of Productivity and Technology
Michel G. Thouati
Rockwell Automation
Milwaukee, WI
michel.thouati@ab.com

INFORMS Section on Manufacturing Management (TECMAN)
merged into Section on MSOM

INFORMS Section on Manufacturing and Service Operations Management (MSOM)
Richard Leo Daniels
Georgia Institute of Technology
School of Management
Atlanta, GA
rich.daniels@mgt.gatech.edu

Mark L. Spearman
Georgia Institute of Technology
School of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Atlanta, GA
mark.spearman@isye.gatech.edu

INFORMS College on Production and Operations Management (COPOM)
merged into Section on MSOM

INFORMS Military Applications Society (MAS)
Pauline P. Cason
Huntsville, AL
PPCason@aol.com

INFORMS Optimization Section
Julia L. Higle
University of Arizona
School of Systems & Industrial Engineering
Tucson, AZ
julie@sie.arizona.edu

INFORMS College on Organization Science
Philip Anderson
Dartmouth College
Amos Tuck School of Business Administration
Hanover, NH
Philip.C.Anderson@Dartmouth.edu

CPMS, The Practice Section of INFORMS
Stephen A. Strauss
AT&T Bell Laboratories
Somerset, NJ
sastrauss@attmail.com

INFORMS Section on Public Programs and Processes
Anand Desai
Ohio State University
202-B Hagerty Hall, 1775 College Rd.
Columbus, OH
desai.1@osu.edu

INFORMS Section on Railroad Applications
Adriene Bailey
CSX Transportation
Jacksonville, FL

INFORMS Section on Research and Development
merged into Section on Technology Management

INFORMS College on Simulation
Jeff Tew
Consolidated Freightways, Inc.
ISQ Group
Portland, OR
jeff@eniac.cf.com

INFORMS Section on Social Science Applications
Myron T. Hatcher
California State University-Fresno
Decision & Information Sciences Dept.
Fresno, CA
myron_hatcher@csufresno.edu

INFORMS College on Technology and Engineering Management (COLTEM)
merged into Section on Technology Management

INFORMS Section on Technology Management (formerly C-ITEEM)
William M. Riggs
Georgia Institute of Technology
School of Management
Atlanta, GA
william.riggs@mgt.gatech.edu

INFORMS Technical Section on Telecommunications

Deepankar (Deep) Medhi
University of Missouri-Kansas City
Computer Science Telecommunications
Kansas City, MO
dmedhi@cstp.umkc.edu

INFORMS Transportation Science Society
Marius M. Solomon
Northeastern University
Management Science Dept.
Boston, MA
solomon@neu.edu

Women in OR/MS Forum of INFORMS
Sharon A. Johnson
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Department of Management
Worcester, MA
sharon@wpi.edu

INFORMS Forum on Education
Thomas A. Grossman, Jr.
University of Calgary
Faculty of Management
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
grossman@mgmt.ucalgary.ca

revised last 9/11/1996

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