Saturday, April 4, 2020

Marking the 30th Anniversary of the Passing of Dr. Stella Dafermos, the Second Female PhD in Operations Research in the World

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During the COVID-19 pandemic, many of us are hearing from relatives and friends, from far and wide, offering support during these extremely ...
Wednesday, March 18, 2020

The Blood Supply Chain in the Coronavirus Pandemic

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Much has happened since my most recent blogpost on March 7, which celebrated the successful PhD defense of my student, Deniz Besik. On Mar...
Saturday, March 7, 2020

Bravo to Deniz Besik on Her Successful PhD Defense

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Yesterday, was a very special day. Deniz Besik, who is my 22nd PhD student , successfully defended her doctoral dissertation at the Isenberg...
Saturday, February 22, 2020

Brilliant Lecture on Resilience by a Great Dane - Dr. Rasmus Dahlberg

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Yesterday, we had the honor and pleasure of hosting Professor Rasmus Dahlberg of Denmark in our UMass Amherst INFORMS Speaker Series. His ta...
Thursday, February 13, 2020

Outstanding Inaugural INFORMS Security Conference in Beautiful Monterey, California

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I arrived back in Amherst at 1AM this morning, having flown from Monterey, California to Denver, Colorado and then to my "local" a...
Thursday, January 16, 2020

Beginning of My Sabbatical and My Twelfth Year of Blogging

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It is hard to believe that this month I am celebrating 11 years of writing on this blog. My first post   was on the New Year - New Adminis...
Thursday, December 26, 2019

Congratulations and Kudos to the Supernetwork Team at the Isenberg School of Management for a Great 2019 Year!

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Every year, at this time, as the Center Director of the Virtual Center for Supernetworks , I prepare a Congratulations and Kudos piece to t...