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Combined Colloquia
Jorge Valenzuela, Linda Leon, Kala Seal, Kingsley Reeves, and Sharon Arroyo
The 2007 INFORMS Combined Colloquia will be held on November 2-3, the Friday and Saturday preceding the INFORMS Annual Meeting in Seattle, WA. This Combined Colloquia will feature the:
- Teaching Effectiveness Colloquium
- Future Academician Colloquium
- Future Practitioner Colloquium
All three colloquia are sponsored by INFORMS, INFORM-ED, and the INFORMS Student Affairs Committee, and are designed to provide the attendees with technical material, career experiences from senior and junior OR/MS professionals, and an environment for networking.
The 2007 Teaching Effectiveness Colloquium will address several aspects of incorporating and assessing effective teaching techniques in any undergraduate and graduate curriculum. The colloquium will be beneficial to both seasoned and new faculty members at all levels and in all disciplines of operations research and management science. Planned sessions include topics such as understanding what the best college teachers do, exposure to a variety of teaching strategies for engaging students in the classroom and extending learning outside the classroom, and an overview of possible pedagogical scholarship in OR/MS.
The 2007 Future Academician Colloquium is organized with current doctoral students in mind. The theme for the academician colloquium will be "Steps to Success." It will include sessions dedicated to developing a research program, developing an education program and how to integrate work-life balance issues.
The 2007 Future Practitioners Colloquium has been organized with current doctoral student participation in mind; however, applications will be accepted for new practitioners (those within three years of starting their first practice job) as well. This colloquium will feature sessions focusing on career paths for OR/MS professionals, challenges that new practitioners experience, discussions concerning choosing between an academic and a practice career, what managers seek when hiring new employees, and suggestions concerning how to find a job.
Combined Colloquia Activities
The Combined Colloquia will start on Friday Nov 02, 2007 with a welcome dinner for all participants, during which Dr. Brenda Dietrich, the current President of INFORMS and Director of Mathematical Sciences of at the IBM T. J. Watson Research Center will address the participants on the future of INFORMS and its position at the center of teaching, research and practice. It will continue on Saturday all day with several sessions. The Combined Colloquia will conclude on Saturday afternoon with a plenary session, which will feature Dr. Cynthia Barnhart, President-Elect of INFORMS and Professor and Co-director of the Operations Research Center at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). On Saturday, all student participants to the Colloquia will be invited to an evening dinner. Participants will also have opportunities to interact with each other and with the Combined Colloquia speakers during breakfast, lunch and several refreshment breaks.
Participant Nomination
Because of increased demand and limited capacity, participation in the colloquia is by nomination only. A department can nominate more than one eligible individual to each colloquium. However, nominations of one person to multiple colloquia are not permitted and will not receive consideration. Companies can nominate eligible practitioners to just the Future Practitioner Colloquium.
Registration Fee
The registration fee for each of the Colloquia is $300. However, the fee will be waived for the first participant from a department nominated to a colloquium. A second participant from a department to the same colloquium pays $150, and each additional participant pays $300. All Future Practitioners Colloquium attendees nominated by a company must pay $300. Invoices for the total amount will be sent directly to the sponsor units (department or company). No invoice will be sent to individual participants.
All colloquia participants are required to register for the 2007 INFORMS Annual Meeting in Seattle. The registration fee of the Colloquia does not include the registration fee for the Annual Meeting.
For the most up-to-date information, the call for nominations and registration for the annual meeting go to http://www.informs.org/Conf/Seattle07/.
Combined Colloquia Chair:
Jorge Valenzuela
Auburn University
Dept. of Industrial and Systems Engineering
jvalenz@eng.auburn.edu
334-844-1407.
Teaching Effectiveness Colloquium
All academic units that regularly offer courses in operations research, management science and related fields are invited to nominate faculty members and advanced doctoral students intending to pursue a career in academia for participation in the Teaching Effectiveness Colloquium. To be eligible for consideration, an individual must:
- be a member of INFORMS or have applied for membership at the time of the nomination;
- be a tenured or tenure-track faculty member in one of INFORMS' constituent disciplines OR be within one year of completing all degree requirements for a Ph.D. in one of INFORMS' constituent disciplines. All tenured and tenure-track faculty members can be nominated but preference will be given to first-time nominees should there be a capacity constraint.
A complete nomination by the department will include:
- a letter of recommendation from the department chair;
- a list of OR/MS courses taught or expected to be taught by the nominee;
- a list of INFORMS teaching effectiveness colloquia and workshops that the nominee has attended in the last two years;
- the mailing address, e-mail address and phone number of the nominee;
- departmental contact information for invoicing (for more than one nominated participant).
Complete nomination packages must be received by Aug. 1.
Send packages and requests for more information to:
Dr. Linda Leon
Email: lleon@lmu.edu
Mail: College of Business Administration
Loyola Marymount University
One LMU Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90045-8385
Future Academician Colloquium
All Ph.D.-granting programs in operations research, management science and related fields are invited to nominate students for participation in the Future Academician Colloquium. In an effort to promote diversity and a broad representation of academic institutions, preference will be given to the first student nominated by a department. Further, to be eligible for nomination, an individual must:
- be a member of INFORMS or have applied for membership at the time of the nomination;
- have completed basic coursework and initiated research;
- be within one year from completing all degree requirements;
- have excellent potential for contributing to the fields of operations research, management science, or a related field;
- have good communication skills; and
- have never attended an INFORMS Future Academician Colloquium.
A complete nomination by the department must include:
- the student's transcript at the nominating institution;
- a letter of recommendation from the department chair or supervisor;
- a one-page statement of purpose from the nominee including description of research and career interests and dissertation topic;
- the mailing address, e-mail address and phone number of the nominee; and
- departmental contact information for invoicing (for more than one nominated student).
Complete nomination packages must be received by Aug. 1.
Send Future Academician nomination packages and requests for more information to:
Dr. Kingsley A. Reeves, Jr.
Email: reeves@eng.usf.edu
Mail: 4202 East Fowler Avenue
ENB118
Tampa, FL 33620-5350
Future Practitioner Colloquium
All Ph.D.-granting programs in operations research, management science and related fields are invited to nominate students for participation in the Future Practitioners Colloquium. Companies involved in the application of operations research, management science and related fields are also invited to nominate new practitioners (those within three years of starting their first practice job) for participation in the Future Practitioner Colloquium. Preference will be given to doctoral students who are within one year of completion of their degree and who have never attended either an INFORMS Future Academician or Future Practitioner Colloquium.
To be eligible for nomination, an individual must:
- be a member of INFORMS or have applied for membership at the time of the nomination;
- have completed basic coursework and initiated research (for students);
- be within one year from completing all degree requirements (for students);
- have completed his or her Ph.D. and be within three years of starting first practice job (for current practitioners);
- have excellent potential for contributing to the fields of operations research, management science, or a related field;
- have good communication skills.
A complete nomination by a department must include:
- the student's transcript at the nominating institution (for students);
- the current practitioner’s transcript from the institution he or she received a Ph.D. (for current practitioners);
- a letter of recommendation from the department chair or supervisor;
- a one-page statement of purpose from the nominee including description of research and career interests and dissertation topic;
- the mailing address, e-mail address and phone number of the nominee; and
- departmental contact information for invoicing (for current practitioners and for students from institutions with more than one nomination).
Complete nomination packages must be received by Aug. 1.
Send Future Practitioner nomination packages and requests for more information to:
Dr. Sharon Arroyo
Email: sharon.f.arroyo@boeing.com
Mail: The Boeing Company
MC 7L-20
Seattle, WA 98124-2207
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