Saturday, September 12, 2015

Human Migration Networks, the Refugee Crisis, and Operations Research

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The refugee crisis in the Middle East, especially from Syria,  and Europe has been a top news story for many weeks now. The coverage has bee...
Thursday, September 10, 2015

Brilliant Lecture by Dr. George Karagiannis on Risk Assessment and Disaster Management

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One of the best parts of the intellectual life at a university is the wonderful people -faculty, students, and staff - plus guest speakers t...
Sunday, September 6, 2015

Eager to Start Work on our NSF EAGER Collaborative Research Project

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The good news came just as our 4 year National Science Foundation (NSF) project was coming to a close last month. That project: NeTS: Larg...
Wednesday, September 2, 2015

First New England Security Day at UMass Amherst

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On September 17, 2015, the first New England Security Day (NESD) will take place at UMass Amherst. It will be a full day event and will ta...
Monday, August 31, 2015

Co-Hosting Disaster Management Expert from Europe @UMassAmherst

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September 2015 is National Preparedness Month and, propitiously, the first speaker of the year in our great UMass Amherst INFORMS Spe...
Sunday, August 30, 2015

Having Your Operations Research INFORM Policy

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One of my favorite quotes on Operations Research is by INFORMS President-Elect Ed Kaplan of Yale University. It appears in  a paper that he ...
Thursday, August 27, 2015

The Joy of Sending Your Book to the Publisher

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Last week, I uploaded the finished manuscript of  my latest book, "Competing on Supply Chain Quality: A Network Economics Perspective,...