NCSU Informs Student Chapter

If you're attending the INFORMS Annual Meeting in Phoenix this year, here's a cool opportunity to earn some cash while doing it.

INFORMS is seeking three OR/MS students or graduates to cover on-site sessions, events, and breaking news during the 2018 INFORMS Annual Meeting to be held in Phoenix, AZ. Each writer is expected to produce content for a daily electronic newsletter throughout the duration of the 4-day meeting. The writer may have experience regularly publishing news articles in professional or collegiate news outlets or equivalent experience.

Qualifications:

Current or recent enrollment in a college-level OR/MS program and/or equivalent experience is required
Must be proficient with Microsoft Office (Word and Excel)
Laptop with wireless capabilities is required
Experience with digital photography and ownership of a digital camera is required
Must be able to attend the conference all four days
Must fill out and submit to INFORMS either a W-8 or W-9

INFORMS will provide a daily stipend of $100 and reimbursement for local transportation/parking cost if necessary. Please forward a resume and two writing samples (approximately 500 words each) to Ms. Ashley Kilgore, Managing Editor, at [email protected]. For more information on the meeting, please visit

meetings2.informs.org/wordpress/phoenix2018. Click here to view one of last year's issues.

2018 INFORMS Annual Meeting – November 4-7, 2018

Deadline to submit Abstracts is May 15. Hurry!

Final Days to Submit Your Abstracts for the 2018 INFORMS Annual Meeting! The submission deadline is tomorrow, May 15. Anything submitted after the May 15 deadline or once available space for standard presentation is exceeded will be allocated to a flash paper session, general poster or poster competition. http://bit.ly/2rEnPBa

If you like podcasts, and if you love simulation (which you obviously do), take a moment to check out this podcast about Simulations!

Dr. Jeremy Tajeda got his Ph.D. from NC State. His advisors were Dr. James Wilson and Dr. Julie Ivy.

Sim Talk Episode 1 With Dr. Jeremy Tejada - Sim Talk (podcast) Host: Jacob IngallsGuest: Dr. Jeremy TejadaGuest Website: simcon-solutions.comSocial/OtherJacob on TwitterBroken Jar's Patreon

The INFORMS Student Chapter at NC State will be holding elections to be officers for the academic year 2017-2018. Nominations are being accepted for the following positions.

President
Vice President
Secretary
Treasurer

The election process has 3 stages.
1. Nomination: Anyone can nominate individuals for the positions listed above by sending an email with the nominee's name and email address to [email protected]
2. Acceptance: Nominated persons must accept the nomination before they will be put on the ballot.
3. Elections: A ballot will be sent listing the people who have been nominated. Elections will be conducted online.

Please note that all officers must be students of NC State during the 2017-2018 academic year and must be registered member of INFORMS. To learn more about the responsibilities of each position, please feel free to send us a message or contact us at [email protected]

www4.ncsu.edu

The Rail Applications Section Rail Problem Competition is being organized by Netherlands Railways and ProRail to create better forecasts of train performance and delays. Entrants will apply any appropriate advanced analytical techniques to better predict near-term train performance.

Comprehensive data on train deviation from planned schedule will be provided from ProRail for contestants to use advanced analytical techniques to forecast future delays. A sample of the timetable plan and realization is available at the competition website for those interested in previewing a subset of sample data. Other more complete data sets and descriptions are forthcoming.

Further information at:

RAS Problem Solving Competition - Railway Applications Section Railroads have an intense level of congestion owing to high volumes, large trains, and highly constrained track infrastructure. Often, a relatively minor event such as a late crew or defective car can cause large ripple effects throughout a rail network, causing congestion delays to a large number o...

The AIMMS-MOPTA Optimization Modeling Competition is open to all interested teams of at most three current full-time students. The team leader must be a graduate student.

The problem is titled: A Vehicle Routing Problem with Stochastic and Correlated Travel Times

Please see the webpage coral.ie.lehigh.edu/~mopta/competition for all further details. Solutions are due by June 30, 2018 23:59 EST.

Competition All files should be submitted as by the deadline a single email with a single attached zip file to [email protected], The body of the email should forward the registration confirmation email received at registration time, as the way to authenticate the submitting team. Good luck!

On Valentine's Day, we share a blog written by a professor at U Wisconsin, Madison, Dr. Laura Albert. In the post, she summarizes a paper in which 'researchers apply the linear assignment problem to identify how to optimally match potential (heterosexual) couples to find a new social optimum.'

Posts about marriage problem on Punk Rock Operations Research Posts about marriage problem written by Laura Albert

If you're attending the INFORMS Analytics Conference in April, consider applying to this colloquium. It provides you with the perspective you need to give you a jump-start on your careers.

Early Career Professionals’ Network – 2018 Analytics The Early Career Professionals’ Network (ECPN) is hosting a highly selective interactive colloquium designed to help practice-oriented graduate students and early-career practitioners in their analytics/O.R. career. ECPN combines two former events, the Professional Colloquium (IPC) and Early Caree...

The INFORMS Pro Bono Analytics society has a number of open volunteer positions available. Volunteering for these will give you real-world experience at applying the skills you learned in the classroom. In addition, you will be playing a role in bringing about some much needed good to society.

Visit their website to learn more.

Volunteer Opportunities - INFORMS Pro Bono Analytics

Congratulations to Dr. Maria Mayorga and other researchers across the country for being awarded an NSF grant to study the effects of the recent hurricanes.

NSF awards $5.3 million in 59 grants to study effects of recent hurricanes | NSF - National Science Foundation NSF's mission is to advance the progress of science, a mission accomplished by funding proposals for research and education made by scientists, engineers, and educators from across the country.

Congratulations are due to our two outstanding Ph.D students Katy Smith and Shadi Hassani Goodarzi!

Katy has won the Women in OR/MS (WORMS) doctoral colloquium student sponsorship award. Shadi has received the Monsanto Award from Women in Operations Research and Management Science (WORMS).

INFORMS Pro Bono Analytics Society has partnered with Star of Hope Mission, a homeless shelter and community, and coordinated a volunteering initiative for the INFORMS Annual Meeting attendees to build toiletry and personal hygiene kits helping make a positive impact in the host city of this year's annual conference.

Do consider donating to help them achieve their goal. If you will be attending the conference at Houston, do consider reaching out to the organizers to find out how you can help.

Donate to Pro Bono Analytics - INFORMS Pro Bono Analytics In the wake of Hurricane Harvey, thousands of people will be working hard for months to help the recovery - countless numbers of people and organizations are lending their time, contributing their expertise, or donating money to help those in need.