I was invited by Professor Janet K. Allen to take part in a Dream Course, Understanding and Engineering Systems, at the University of Oklahoma. As I wrote in an earlier post, President David L. Boren, who has been the University of Oklahoma's long-serving President, is an avid supporter of this initiative.
On Monday (yes, April Fools' Day), I will be giving two lectures. The first lecture will be in the Dream Course class and is entitled: "Grand Challenges and Opportunities in Supply Chain Networks: From Analysis to Design."
The notice for the public lecture is online on the page of the Vice President for Research.
I am very much looking forward to seeing a part of the USA that I have never been to.
Plus, the itinerary that has been prepared for me is wonderful and I will be meeting with faculty from the School of Industrial and Systems Engineering there and the School of Computer Science and the School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, as well as with administrators.
I will certainly be kept busy!
Another highlight will be meeting with some students of the University of Oklahoma INFORMS Student Chapter over dinner and before my public lecture on Monday night! As the Faculty Advisor of the UMass Amherst INFORMS Student Chapter, this will be an added treat.
Tomorrow evening should be an especially exciting time at the University of Oklahoma since the women's basketball team will be playing against Tennessee in the Sweet Sixteen NCAA 2013 event in Oklahoma City, which is very near Norman.
I will post the full presentations after I return back to Massachusetts from Oklahoma.
Go, Sooners!
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