INFORMS Student Union

The INFORMS Student Union aims to be the preeminent Web site for students and recent graduates in operations research and related fields. It seeks to fill their most important needs insofar as that can be done on-line. For more information about operations research, see INFORMS Online, the online information service of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences.

Students who want to find more information about INFORMS benefits should visit the INFORMS New Students Web Page. This page contains links to research, networking, and career development resources offered by INFORMS.

The List of OR/MS Educational Programs includes programs not only in the United States of America and but also in other countries. The lists can be sorted by institution name, by state/country, or by type of program.

Inside the Student Union

The Learning Center has a new look and updated information to help you learn subjects related to operations research.
The revised Additional Resources site has links to useful sites and a list of INFORMS people concerned with education and student affairs.

News

The second INFORMS Professional Colloquium will be held on Sunday, April 30, 2006, in conjunction with the Spring Practice meeting in Miami. Nominations are due March 3, 2006.
IBM is proud to announce the 2006 Josef Raviv Memorial Postdoctoral Fellowship in Computer Science and Computer Engineering. IBM will offer one postdoctoral fellowship to a recent Ph.D. who shows exceptional promise for a research career in computer science or computer engineering. The fellowship will be for one year, with an opportunity for IBM to renew for an additional year. The stipend will be at least $95,000 (depending on experience of the recipient) plus reasonable moving and travel expenses. A candidate must have received the Ph.D. degree between January 2002 and August 2006. Applications are due by April 4, 2006.
The 2006 Ph.D. Dissertation Award for Operations Research in Telecommunications recognizes research that uses quantitative methods and analytical or OR techniques to address problems in the field of telecommunications. Abstract submission for this award opens September 1, 2005. The award is funded by the INFORMS Technical Section on Telecommunications
The modeling book Applications of optimization with Xpress-MP by Christelle Gueret, Christian Prins & Marc Sevaux, translated and revised by Susanne Heipcke, is now online and available for download, free of charge, at http://www.dashoptimization.com/home/downloads/book/booka4.pdf

Though geared towards implementation with Xpress-Mosel, the 60 or so examples can be used with other modeling software. See http://www.dashoptimization.com/home/services/publications/applications_book_ov.html for an overview.
Two INFORMS student awards are accepting applications:
1. The George B. Dantzig Dissertation Award is for the best operations research dissertation.
2. The George Nicholson Student Paper Competition is for outstanding papers in the field of operations research written by a student.
Three new student chapters of INFORMS have been formed:
- Washington University
- Texas A&M University
- University of Houston
The news archive includes old announcements that may still be of interest.

Reference

Education

Education and Student Affairs home page: general information about operations research education.
The Educational Programs site contains links to educational programs in operations research and the management sciences from the United States and around the world and in both business and engineering.
Student chapters throughout North America.
Student Union Forum
OR/MS Student Mailing List
Student Publications, including additional information about OR/MS Tomorrow.
Omega Rho, the honor society for operations research and management science.
sci.op-research is a USENET group discussing research, teaching & application of operations research.

Research

INFORMS PubsOnLine: all INFORMS journals.
Doctoral Student Needs and How to Satisfy Them Through INFORMS
The George B. Dantzig Dissertation Award serves to promote greater interaction between academia and industry by encouraging researchers to conduct innovative research that is relevant to practice in any area of operations research and management science. More information about the award and past winners is available at http://www.informs.org/Prizes/DantzigAward.html.

Career and Professional

Defining operations research clearly
Career Booklet: What is operations research?
Student memberships provide many benefits.
Career Profiles in OR/MS: interviews with operations research professionals.
Career profiles in the mathematical sciences (from the Mathematical Association of America).
U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Outlook Handbook for Operations Research Analysts
INFORMS Job Placement Service
Online classified ads
Industrial Postdoc Positions
A presentation on how to search for an academic job.
A presentation on how to search for an industry job.

Student Union Directory

	Career Center Offers a centralized location to help you learn more about operations research and to help find the right school, job, or career path in this field. Contains links to job postings, job placement services, corporate profiles, academic institution profiles, career planning services, and tips on finding the right job.	Financial Aid Office Provides resources to help you find financial aid (including graduate and post-doctoral fellowships) and research sponsors, and to help you refine your proposal-writing skills.	Learning Center Provides resources to help you learn subjects related to operations research and the management sciences.	Personal Skills Center Provides information and help about personal skills such as communication (both oral and written), cultural elements & interpersonal relations, listening, personal networking, and time management.
	Professional Development Center Information and links that may help you in your development as a operations resarch professional, whether you are a fresh graduate or a seasoned academician or practitioner. The acquisition of new skills. Some perspectives on the future direction of operations research.	OR/MS Tomorrow OR/MS Tomorrow is the student membership magazine for INFORMS. The bi-annual publication provides a look at operations research and management science through featured articles, student publications, relevant job listings and chapter and member spotlights. It is an official online publication of INFORMS.	Teaching Center This site provides the following types of things: Alternative Teaching Styles, Classroom Techniques, Emerging Course Needs.	Additional Resources This site has links to useful sites and a list of INFORMS people concerned with education and student affairs.

Acknowledgements

INFORMS logo INFORMS Online
The online information service of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences.

Many talented volunteers have contributed material for the INFORMS Student Union. (For a partial list, see the INFORMS People and the Student Union Launch Team page.) This page is maintained by Jeffrey W. Herrmann at the University of Maryland.
Last updated February 17, 2006.