Showing posts with label operations research. Show all posts
Showing posts with label operations research. Show all posts
Wednesday, July 15, 2026

Congratulations and Thanks to Professor M. Grazia Speranza on the Publication of Her Book, "Glowing Women: Women in Operations Research!"

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This week I am in Vienna, Austria, taking part in my third conference in Europe, in as many weeks. The conference taking place now in Vienna...
Friday, June 12, 2026

Super Excited to be Presenting at International Conferences this Summer

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Conferences are outstanding venues at which to exchange latest research results and ideas, to do networking, and to reconnect with colleague...
Friday, May 22, 2026

Honored to Have Reached Over 25,000 Citations on Google Scholar

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I was my PhD Dissertation Advisor's  (Stella Dafermos's) first PhD student at Brown University. She was a trailblazer and left an in...
Sunday, April 19, 2026

Thanks to Dr. Les Servi for Speaking in Our UMass Amherst INFORMS Speaker Series

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On April 10, 2026, we had the honor and pleasure of having Dr. Les Servi speak in our UMass Amherst INFORMS Speaker Series. We were very exc...
Thursday, April 16, 2026

I Thoroughly Enjoyed Speaking on Trade Wars and Game Theory at the Great INFORMS Analytics Conference

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Conferences can be deeply engaging and energizing and the recent INFORMS Analytics Conference at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention ...
Friday, March 13, 2026

Looking Forward to Giving a Distinguished Engineering Lecture at Purdue University

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I have been enjoying working on the presentation that I will be giving at Purdue University, after our mutual spring breaks next week. I was...
Sunday, December 28, 2025

Our Paper on Integrated Crop and Cargo War Risk Insurance with Application to Ukraine is Published!

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The front page of today's Sunday New York Times has an article on Odesa, Ukraine, which is painful to read. This very important port ci...
Wednesday, December 24, 2025

Our Paper with Colleagues in Italy on Flexible Production Networks and Environmental Regulations is Published!

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It is now the holiday season so one needs to find moments of joy, despite so many horrific events and challenges. I am very grateful to my w...
Sunday, November 30, 2025

Honored to Be Named a Fellow of The OR Society

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The official good news arrived a few weeks ago and, this past week, I received the certificate. I am humbled and thrilled to have been named...
Friday, November 21, 2025

Our Paper on Tariffs and Labor in Global Supply Chain Networks is Accepted!

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We are delighted to report that there is an update on the paper in this post. Today, on the day before Thanksgiving, it was published on the...
Thursday, November 13, 2025

Wonderful Celebration of the UMass Amherst INFORMS Student Chapter's Cum Laude Award and My INFORMS President's Award

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Last Friday, we had a delightful celebration at the Isenberg School of Management of two awards received recently at the INFORMS Annual Meet...
Saturday, November 1, 2025

Slide Decks of Our Talks at INFORMS in Atlanta Are Now Posted on Topics from War Risk Insurance to Tariffs and Rerouting to Remembering the Great Hani Mahmassani

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My immediate research group had five presentations at the recent INFORMS Conference, which took place in Atlanta, October 26-29, 2025. I am ...
Friday, October 31, 2025

Terrific INFORMS Magazine Editorial Advisory Board (MEAB) Meeting in Atlanta

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Many thanks to INFORMS for the extraordinary conference in Atlanta, October 26-29, 2025! The conferees returned inspired and with renewed en...
Thursday, October 30, 2025

Congratulations to the UMass Amherst INFORMS Student Chapter!

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The INFORMS Conference in Atlanta, which took place October 26-29, 2025, was fantastic! There were about 7,000 conferees, who enjoyed the sc...
Tuesday, October 28, 2025

Deeply Honored to Receive the INFORMS President's Award

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On the evening of October 26, 2025, the lovely INFORMS Awards Ceremony took place at its Annual Meeting in Atlanta. I was deeply honored and...
Sunday, October 19, 2025

Looking Forward to the 2025 INFORMS Conference in Atlanta!

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All five presentations are now done! The 2025 INFORMS  conference will definitely be a whirlwind conference. It will take place October 26 -...
Saturday, October 11, 2025

Excellent INFORMS Tune-Up Event Hosted by the UMass Amherst INFORMS Student Chapter!

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Yesterday, the UMass Amherst INFORMS Student Chapter held its annual INFORMS Tune-Up event at which PhD students, who are chapter members, p...
Saturday, August 30, 2025

Kudos to the UMass Amherst INFORMS Student Chapter!

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It is hard to believe that the UMass Amherst INFORMS Student Chapter was founded in 2004! I have been lucky to have served as its Faculty Ad...
Wednesday, July 16, 2025

Rest in Peace, Professor Hani S. Mahmassani

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I received the heartbreaking news that Professor Hani S. Mahmassani, a superstar in transportation science and operations research, passed a...