I arrived in San Francisco for the INFORMS conference late on Saturday and, since then, the conference has been a whirlwind of activity. I have enjoyed outstanding plenary talks, the session that I organized ( I am a bit biased), hearing many of our doctoral students in Management Science present, some for the first time at an INFORMS conferences, and attending numerous meetings - many with great food, and award events. It is wonderful to see friends from around the globe, even from New Zealand, Switzerland, and the UK!
While in San Fran, I have also been blogging on the conference blog, which you can access here. You can get a great sense of the dynamism here and the exciting events while reading various posts on the link above.
One of the best parts has been seeing many of my former PhD students and two of my present ones from the Isenberg School of Management here. We always find time to share a pleasant dinner and to reconnect and recharge!
INFORMS is such a special community and yesterday when the students of the UMass Amherst INFORMS Student Chapter (over a dozen of them here) were recognized with the cum laude award with a gorgeous plaque, I was so proud of their work ethic and collegiality.
I will be posting (many) photos after I return to Amherst.
Tuesday, November 11, 2014
Friday, November 7, 2014
Will be Blogging from San Francisco
I am almost packed for the San Francisco INFORMS Conference and am so looking forward to seeing several of my former doctoral students, two present doctoral students, who are presenting our joint research, as well as numerous colleagues and good friends from around the world!
While at the INFORMS conference I will also be blogging on the conference website and my first post has already been published.
This is actually the 4th INFORMS (formerly ORSA/TIMS) conference that I will be attending. The first one was with my doctoral dissertation advisor at Brown University, Professor Stella Dafermos, and we shared a room.
While at the INFORMS conference I will also be blogging on the conference website and my first post has already been published.
This is actually the 4th INFORMS (formerly ORSA/TIMS) conference that I will be attending. The first one was with my doctoral dissertation advisor at Brown University, Professor Stella Dafermos, and we shared a room.
Thursday, November 6, 2014
Maritime Container Terminals, Game Theory, and Math is Everything!
Today I heard a terrific talk, Playing Games at Maritime Container Terminals, which was given by Professor Golias from the University of Memphis in Tennessee. Professor Golias was hosted by the Transportation group at UMass Amherst.
I loved the way he described how his visit to a port cen=mented his education and research directions and his enthusiasm for the various research issues was clear. Since I also have a Visiting Professorship at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden, I have often visited the major port there, which has even welcomed the biggest ship in the world, owned by Maersk, and called Mary.
Professor Golias emphasized the differences between freight and passenger transport, and noted that Europe is a leaer in both research and practice when it comes to freight and I fully agree. He talked about the fact that, in freight, you only make money when you are moving, so delays due to congestion and lack of collaboration can result in lower profits. He motivated his research by talking about globalized supply chains and maritime transport of containers. He had many photos in his presentation, which held our interest.
His particular approach was inspired by the work of Professor Michael Bell, well-known in transportation circles, who is from the United Kingdom. He talked about issues of seaside, yardside, and landside, and the transfer issues of containers, which are brought by ships to the port, then unloaded, stored, and loaded again for further transport. He emphasized uncertainty as to handling times and even weather and three approaches: reactive, proactive, and hybrid. He also noted the relevance of multiobjective optimization.
He pointed out the various stakeholders involved and that one has to
model the behavior of the different decision-makers, which I fully
concur with and that is what we do in our competitive supply chain
network models.
He emphasized game theory from Nash equilibrium to Stackelberg equilibria and hierarchical decision-making associated with ports.
I almost got up to cheer when he told the students the importance of learning as much as possible when they are at the university and to take courses in operations research and computer science as well as from business schools. He also mentioned variational inequalities, which is the methodology that I utilize in our game theory network models.
And, he had a slide that said, "Math is Everything!" He emphasizes the importance of math to optimization and game theory problems both in his classes and in talks.
He also listed hot topics in freight - I could add to the list since I am lately obsessing about freight network problems and synergies and similarities to Future Internet Architectures, but that may be a topic for another blogpost.
Some of the hot topics according to Professor Golias:
- near-shoring and reshoring
- the impact of the rebuilding of the Panama Canal and Suez Canal on shipping
- port asset management
- truck driver shortages
- chassis shortages for containers.
I leave you with the photos taken at this great seminar today.
Also, since one of my former PhD students, Tina Wakolbinger, had her first academic position at the University of Memphis, in its business school, and I had been there to give two talks, it was special to have a faculty member from there come to UMass to speak. Tina is now a Full Professor at the Vienna University of Economics and Business and leads its Supply Chain Management Institute (Yes, several of my former students truy have their dream jobs).
Looking forward to the WORMS (Women in Operations Research and the Management Sciences) Events #INFORMS2014
After teaching today and holding office hours I will be starting to pack for the INFORMS Annual Meeting in San Francisco.
Several of our doctoral students who are taking part in various colloquia are already flying out today.
I am looking forward to many aspects of this conference - the talks, the people, the special events, and the great venue of San Francisco! It will be a marvelous conference, I am sure. I will have two of my present doctoral students delivering our joint papers and one previous one. Plus, I expect to see at least 6 of my former PhD students there and friends from around the US and the globe!
One of my favorite series of events and sessions is organized by the INFORMS forum known as WORMS, which stands for Women in Operations Research and the Management Sciences. And the events are not for women only! In fact, I found out about some of the events from my former male doctoral students! The WORMS Awards luncheon, which takes place next Tuesday is sold out, since it is so popular, and I remind my students to purchase their tickets early. I posted photos from the WORMS lunch in Minneapolis last year here. I am delighted that the Isenberg School of Management Dean, Dr. Mark Fuller, has again provided support for this event!
Below, I have reprised a message that was sent out by the WORMS President, Dr. Susan Martonosi of Harvey Mudd College. Of course, you don't need to be a WORMS member to attend all the events at our conference, but there are benefits to joining so you may wish to join. It's a great, supportive community!
Dear WORMS members,
On behalf of the WORMS officers, I would like to invite you to the various WORMS events next week at the Annual Meeting in San Francisco!
Sunday Nov 9, 6:15 - 7:15: Business Meeting: Please come to hear about the exciting things we have done this year and share your ideas for the future of WORMS! (Hilton Ballroom Level Continental 3)
Tuesday Nov 11, 11:00 - 12:30 : Panel Discussion: Academic Leadership (TB59 - Hilton Golden Gate 3)
Tuesday Nov 11, 12:30 - 1:30 : Annual WORMS Luncheon (Sold out!) We will be presenting the WORMS Award for the Advancement of Women! (Hilton Lobby Level - Plaza A)
Tuesday Nov 11, 13:30 - 15:00 : Best of Women in OR/MS (TC59 - Hilton Golden Gate 3)
Hear talks on research published by women in top journals this year! Speakers include Robin Dillon-Merrill, Nilay Noyan and Canan Ulu.
Tuesday Nov 11, 16:30 - 18:00 : Joint Session WORMS/JFIG/MIF: Speed Networking (TD14 - Ballroom Level Imperial B)
Bring your business cards; speed networking is back! Find new research collaborations and industry connections. If you would like to volunteer, please email me!
Tuesday Nov 11, 16:30 - 18:00 : Joint Session WORMS/MIF: Panel Discussion with Department Chairs: How to Recruit, Retain, and Support Women and Minority Students (TD59 - Hilton Golden Gate 3)
We are looking forward to seeing you next week!
Best,
Susan
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Susan Martonosi
Associate Professor
Harvey Mudd College
Claremont CA
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Several of our doctoral students who are taking part in various colloquia are already flying out today.
I am looking forward to many aspects of this conference - the talks, the people, the special events, and the great venue of San Francisco! It will be a marvelous conference, I am sure. I will have two of my present doctoral students delivering our joint papers and one previous one. Plus, I expect to see at least 6 of my former PhD students there and friends from around the US and the globe!
One of my favorite series of events and sessions is organized by the INFORMS forum known as WORMS, which stands for Women in Operations Research and the Management Sciences. And the events are not for women only! In fact, I found out about some of the events from my former male doctoral students! The WORMS Awards luncheon, which takes place next Tuesday is sold out, since it is so popular, and I remind my students to purchase their tickets early. I posted photos from the WORMS lunch in Minneapolis last year here. I am delighted that the Isenberg School of Management Dean, Dr. Mark Fuller, has again provided support for this event!
Below, I have reprised a message that was sent out by the WORMS President, Dr. Susan Martonosi of Harvey Mudd College. Of course, you don't need to be a WORMS member to attend all the events at our conference, but there are benefits to joining so you may wish to join. It's a great, supportive community!
Dear WORMS members,
On behalf of the WORMS officers, I would like to invite you to the various WORMS events next week at the Annual Meeting in San Francisco!
Sunday Nov 9, 6:15 - 7:15: Business Meeting: Please come to hear about the exciting things we have done this year and share your ideas for the future of WORMS! (Hilton Ballroom Level Continental 3)
Tuesday Nov 11, 11:00 - 12:30 : Panel Discussion: Academic Leadership (TB59 - Hilton Golden Gate 3)
Tuesday Nov 11, 12:30 - 1:30 : Annual WORMS Luncheon (Sold out!) We will be presenting the WORMS Award for the Advancement of Women! (Hilton Lobby Level - Plaza A)
Tuesday Nov 11, 13:30 - 15:00 : Best of Women in OR/MS (TC59 - Hilton Golden Gate 3)
Hear talks on research published by women in top journals this year! Speakers include Robin Dillon-Merrill, Nilay Noyan and Canan Ulu.
Tuesday Nov 11, 16:30 - 18:00 : Joint Session WORMS/JFIG/MIF: Speed Networking (TD14 - Ballroom Level Imperial B)
Bring your business cards; speed networking is back! Find new research collaborations and industry connections. If you would like to volunteer, please email me!
Tuesday Nov 11, 16:30 - 18:00 : Joint Session WORMS/MIF: Panel Discussion with Department Chairs: How to Recruit, Retain, and Support Women and Minority Students (TD59 - Hilton Golden Gate 3)
We are looking forward to seeing you next week!
Best,
Susan
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Susan Martonosi
Associate Professor
Harvey Mudd College
Claremont CA
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Wednesday, November 5, 2014
Supply Chain Network Quality, Sustainability, and Risk
The supernetwork team is very much looking forward to the 2014 INFORMS Annual Conference in San Francisco, which begins this coming Sunday!
I organized a session in the Network Optimization cluster: Supply Chain Network Competition: Advances in Models, Methods, and Applications, which will take place next Monday afternoon.
The session will feature talks on supply chain quality, sustainability, as well as risk associated with supplier selection (using supernetworks, of course)!
Three of the presentations have been completed and I include links to them below.
Link to presentation on quality.
Link to first presentation on sustainability.
Link to second presentation on sustainability.
The final presentation in my session will be given by Professor June Dong (who was my first female PhD student at the Isenberg School of Management) and her collaborator, June Ma, who was a visitor at SUNY Oswego, where Professor Dong is a Full Professor, and who is with the Shengyang University of Science and Technology in China. Their talk is titled: "Supply Chan Supernetwork Model with Suppliers Risk Diversification."
Additional publication information on the first and third presentations above can be found below.
Equilibria and Dynamics of Supply Chain Network Competition with Information Asymmetry in Quality and Minimum Quality Standards, Anna Nagurney and Dong Li, Computational Management Science 11(3): (2014) pp 285-315.
Supply Chain Network Sustainability Under Competition and Frequencies of Activities from Production to Distribution, Anna Nagurney, Min Yu, and Jonas Floden, Computational Management Science 10(4): (2013) pp 397-422.
Professor Patrick Qiang's presentation is based on his paper, which is in press in the Journal of Cleaner Production.
I organized a session in the Network Optimization cluster: Supply Chain Network Competition: Advances in Models, Methods, and Applications, which will take place next Monday afternoon.
The session will feature talks on supply chain quality, sustainability, as well as risk associated with supplier selection (using supernetworks, of course)!
Three of the presentations have been completed and I include links to them below.
The final presentation in my session will be given by Professor June Dong (who was my first female PhD student at the Isenberg School of Management) and her collaborator, June Ma, who was a visitor at SUNY Oswego, where Professor Dong is a Full Professor, and who is with the Shengyang University of Science and Technology in China. Their talk is titled: "Supply Chan Supernetwork Model with Suppliers Risk Diversification."
Additional publication information on the first and third presentations above can be found below.
Equilibria and Dynamics of Supply Chain Network Competition with Information Asymmetry in Quality and Minimum Quality Standards, Anna Nagurney and Dong Li, Computational Management Science 11(3): (2014) pp 285-315.
Supply Chain Network Sustainability Under Competition and Frequencies of Activities from Production to Distribution, Anna Nagurney, Min Yu, and Jonas Floden, Computational Management Science 10(4): (2013) pp 397-422.
Professor Patrick Qiang's presentation is based on his paper, which is in press in the Journal of Cleaner Production.
Tuesday, November 4, 2014
An Economy Plane for the Internet - Upcoming Talk
His talk is one month away and it should be quite a provocative one!
Professor Wolf and I started working on our joint National Science Foundation project: Network Innovation Through Choice in September 2011, and, together with our Co-PIs and collaborators at the University of Kentucky, the University of North Carolina, and NCState, we have spearheaded a new Future Internet Architecture that we are calling ChoiceNet.
More background on this project, along with a list of our publications can be found here.
Saturday, November 1, 2014
Cybersecurity Risk Analysis for Enteprise Security - Great Presentations Now Online!
I would like to thank the Advanced Cyber Secuity Center (ACSC) for funding the second phase of our project at UMass Amherst, which focused on Cybersecurity Risk Analysis for Enterprise Security.
As part of the project, with Co-PIs Professor Mila Sherman and Senay Solak of the Isenberg School of Management and Professor Wayne Burleson of the College of Engineering at UMass Amherst, we organized a workshop at the MIT Sloan School on September 19, 2014. I had blogged about the workshop and am delighted that the ACSC has now made all of our presentations online so that you can read and reflect at your leisure!
The full agenda is here. I have posted the first page of each presentation below along with the link to the presentation in the order of presentations, so enjoy. Cybersecurity is not only a topic filled with fascinating research questions but also one of great practical importance for businesses and organization and their very security.
Link to Guenther's presentation.
Link to Burleson's presentation.
Link to Clark's presentation.
Link to my presentation.
Link to Devadas' presentation which was part of a panel.
Link to Lo's presentation.
Link to Getmansky Sherman's presentation.
Link to Solak's presentation.
As part of the project, with Co-PIs Professor Mila Sherman and Senay Solak of the Isenberg School of Management and Professor Wayne Burleson of the College of Engineering at UMass Amherst, we organized a workshop at the MIT Sloan School on September 19, 2014. I had blogged about the workshop and am delighted that the ACSC has now made all of our presentations online so that you can read and reflect at your leisure!
The full agenda is here. I have posted the first page of each presentation below along with the link to the presentation in the order of presentations, so enjoy. Cybersecurity is not only a topic filled with fascinating research questions but also one of great practical importance for businesses and organization and their very security.
Link to Guenther's presentation.
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