DOCTORAL STUDENT NEEDS AND HOW TO SATISFY THEM THROUGH INFORMS

Arthur Geoffrion (ageoffri@agsm.ucla.edu)

The Anderson School at UCLA
November, 1997 (since updated)

Obtain Financial Aid (now) or Research Funding (soon)

Student Union Financial Aid Office (http://www.isr.umd.edu/~jwh2/iol/union/financial-aid.html)
Funding Sources (http://www.informs.org/Funds/funding.html)

Reach the Frontier of Knowledge

INFORMS Journals (http://www.informs.org/Pubs/Pubshome.html)
INFORMS Meetings (http://www.informs.org/Conf/Conf.html)
Annual Comprehensive Index (http://www.informs.org/Biblio/ACI.html)

Learn to Do Research and Publish (professors-to-be)

INFORMS Journals (http://www.informs.org/Pubs/Pubshome.html)
INFORMS Meetings (http://www.informs.org/Conf/Conf.html)
Study Prize-Winning Work: Lanchester, von Neumann, etc. (http://www.informs.org/Prizes/)

Win an Honor

Dantzig Dissertation Award (http://www.informs.org/Prizes/DantzigAward.html)
Nicholson Prize (http://www.informs.org/Prizes/NicholsonPrize.html)
Subdivision Prizes (http://www.informs.org/Prizes/)
Prizes from Other Societies (http://www.informs.org/General/liaison_full.html)

Learn to Teach (professors-to-be)

INFORMED: INFORMS Forum on Education (http://education.forum.informs.org)
Student Union Teaching Center (http://www.bus.ualberta.ca/informed/teaching.html)

Learn to Speak and Write Well

INFORMS Meetings (http://www.informs.org/Conf/Conf.html)
Student Union Personal Skills Center (http://www.anderson.ucla.edu/informs/SU/personal/)

Learn to Do Applications (practitioners-to-be)

Student Union Professional Development Center (http://www.anderson.ucla.edu/informs/professional_dev/)
Interfaces (http://silmaril.smeal.psu.edu/interfaces/)
Internship Program (http://www.informs.org/INTERN/)
Study Prize-Winning Applications: esp. Edelman papers (http://silmaril.smeal.psu.edu/interfaces/edelman.htm) and videos (http://www.informs.org/Edelman/).

Build a Personal Professional Network

INFORMS Meetings (http://www.informs.org/Conf/Conf.html)
INFORMS Student Chapters (http://www.informs.org/subdiv/students.html)
Membership Directory (http://www.informs.org/Dir/Dir.html) and Web Page Index (http://www.informs.org/Dir/weblist.html)
OR/MS Student Mailing List (http://www.informs.org/mailman/listinfo/orms-students); other mail lists, Web forums, and news groups (esp. news:sci.op-research)
Student Union Personal Skills Center (http://www.anderson.ucla.edu/informs/SU/personal/)
Volunteer at INFORMS (http://www.informs.org/VOLUNTEER/)

Think Realistically About Life After Grad School

Doctoral Colloquium (http://www.anderson.ucla.edu/informs/DC/)
Student Union Career Center (http://www.anderson.ucla.edu/informs/career/)
OR/MS Today (http://lionhrtpub.com/ORMS.html)

Find a Job

Job Placement Service (http://www.informs.org/JPS/)
Professional Opportunities Listings (http://www.informs.org/Jobs/Jobs.html)
Student Union Career Center (http://www.anderson.ucla.edu/informs/career/)

Learn to Manage Yourself in Your Career

Student Union Personal Skills Center (http://www.anderson.ucla.edu/informs/SU/personal/)
Student Union Professional Development Center ( http://www.anderson.ucla.edu/informs/professional_dev/)

Stay Up To Date

INFORMS Journals (http://www.informs.org/Pubs/Pubshome.html)
INFORMS Meetings (http://www.informs.org/Conf/Conf.html)
Student Union Learning Center for academic topics (http://www.anderson.ucla.edu/informs/SU/learning/)
Student Union Professional Development Center for non-academic topics (http://www.anderson.ucla.edu/informs/professional_dev/)

See Also These Multi-Purpose Resources:

INFORMS Doctoral Colloquium (http://www.anderson.ucla.edu/informs/DC/)
INFORMS Student Chapters (http://www.informs.org/subdiv/students.html)
Mailing Lists (esp. ORCS-L; see also http://mat.gsia.cmu.edu/mlist.html)
News Groups (esp. news:sci.op-research; see also http://mat.gsia.cmu.edu/mlist.html)
OR/MS Today (http://lionhrtpub.com/ORMS.html)
OR/MS Tomorrow Student Newsletter (http://www.isr.umd.edu/~jwh2/iol/student-paper.html)
Web Sites of Other Organizations (http://www.informs.org/General/liaison_full.html)

Some Personal Items of Possible Interest

"Readability Counts" (http://www.anderson.ucla.edu/faculty/art.geoffrion/ home/docs/readability.htm), from OR/MS Today, 12/91
"Why Referee?" (http://www.anderson.ucla.edu/faculty/art.geoffrion/home/docs/referee1.htm), from OR/MS Today, 12/91
"Maxims for Modelers" (http://www.anderson.ucla.edu/faculty/art.geoffrion/home/ docs/Gudmdlg2.htm), an informal note explaining of my beliefs about how to do successful applied work.
"Forces, Trends, and Opportunities in MS/OR" (http://www.anderson.ucla.edu/faculty/art.geoffrion/home/docs/forces2.htm), from Operations Research May-June 1992
President's Desk column from OR/MS Today (April 1997) on the importance of volunteering (http://lionhrtpub.com/orms/orms-4-97/Prezdesk.html)
President's Desk column from OR/MS Today (August 1997) announcing Student Union (http://lionhrtpub.com/orms/orms-8-97/President.html)
"Shared Destiny Initiatives" document (http://www.informs.org/President/destiny.html) on how INFORMS could better serve practitioners
For a glimpse of future enhanced INFORMS products and services, see "Recommendations of the Task Force on the Recruitment and Retention of Students and Young Professionals to INFORMS", with comments by A. Geoffrion (http://www.anderson.ucla.edu/faculty/art.geoffrion/home/TFRec.html). Volunteers welcome!

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