Needless, to say, I am very anxious about the outcome as well.
The New York Times, last Sunday, had a rather tongue-in-cheek article: At a Loss? There's Always Canada by Joh Ortved that was commented on in the British press.
I was born in Canada, in Windsor, across the border from Detroit and travel regularly to Canada to give invited seminars and to present papers at conferences. Every time that I cross the border I feel a sense of comfort and recognition.
This week, after the voting is over, and the winner is finalized, I will be off to Ottawa, the capital of Canada.
I will be taking part in the 59th Annual North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International. and will be delivering the presentation, "A Dynamic Network Oligopoly Model with Transportation Costs, Product Differentiation, and Quality Competition," based on the paper co-authored with a doctoral student of mine, Dong "Michelle" Li. The research behind this paper is funded, in part, by our National Science Foundation (NSF) grant CISE #1111276, for the NeTS: Large: Collaborative Research: Network Innovation Through Choice project awarded to the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
I am a Fellow of the Regional Science Association International (RSAI) and always look forward to this conference, which has a discussant for each paper, and takes place in interesting locations. Last year the conference was in Miami, immediately before the INFORMS conference in Charlotte, which worked out very well. The North American RSAI conference always has very nice social activities, including an RSAI Fellows lunch, and interesting plenary talks and special sessions. Plus. I enjoy seeing many colleagues from around the globe!
This year, and I hope that the forecasted nor'easter blows through before I board the plane to Canada in which everyone gets an aisle and a window seat simultaneously, we will also be celebrating Professor David E. Boyce's recent award. Professor Boyce is both an RSAI Fellow and an INFORMS Fellow and a very special colleague. Dave and I wrote the preface, published in the INFORMS journal, Transportation Science, to the translation of the Braess paradox (1968) paper that I did with Braess and with my former doctoral student, Tina Wakolbinger (who is now a Full Professor in Austria). I have collaborated on other papers with Professor Boyce, as well.
The Japan RSAI, which celebrated her 50th Anniversary this year, has awarded Professor Dr. David Boyce a Special Award. Professor Yoshiro Higano of Tsukuba University shared with me this wonderful news when I was in Gothenburg, Sweden last month. He will be representing Japan RSAI to present the award to Professor Boyce during a dinner scheduled for Friday evening, 9th November, 2012, in Ottawa.
I received the lovely invitation letter below, which I very much appreciate.
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