INFORMS
Doctoral Colloquium

October 24 - 26, 1997
Dallas, Texas

AGENDA


Friday October 24, 1997

7:00 Reception - Champagne A Room  
  Introductory Talk Art Geoffrion (President/INFORMS)

Saturday October 25, 1997

7:30-8:00 Breakfast - Champagne A Room  
8:00-9:30 Teaching (Panel)  
  Teaching and the Academic Richard Barr, SEAS, SMU
  Teaching Effectiveness John Grout, Berry College
  Teaching Donna Llewellyn, Georgia Tech
  OR/MS Education: Past Influences, Future Directions Thomas L. Magnanti, MIT
9:30-10:00 Break - Champagne A Room  
10:00-12:00 Research (Panel)  
  Strategic Research Planning and Effective Writing Yasemin Aksoy, Tulane University
  How to Conduct Research in a University Setting David Olson, Texas A&M University
  Research: What Strategy? Agha Iqbal Ali, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
12:00-1:30 Lunch - Champagne B Room  
1:30-2:30 How To Get Tenure Evan Porteus, Stanford University
2:40-3:40 Time, Career and Research Management (Panel)  
  Research, Teaching, Administration, and more: Managing the roles of a faculty member James Orlin, MIT
  Time, Career and Research Management Uday Apte, SMU
    Amy Puelz, SMU
3:40-4:00 Break - Champagne A Room  
4:00-5:30 Obtaining Grants (Panel)  
  Obtaining Grants: Observations from the Trenches Cynthia Beath, SMU
  Two Q's and Two R's of Grantsmanship Narayan Bhat, SMU
  NSF Research Funding Lawrence Seiford, National Science Foundation
7:30-12:00 Dinner at Spaghetti Warehouse (7:00 Bus)  
  and exploring the West End (10:00 & 11:30 Return Bus)  

Sunday October 26, 1997

7:30-8:00 Breakfast - Champagne A Room  
8:00-9:30 Finding Jobs in Academia (Panel)  
  Joint Presentation with Marion Sobol Gary Klein, University of Texas, Permian Basin
  Finding and Interviewing for Jobs Marion Sobol, SMU
9:30-10:00 Break - Champagne A Room  
10:00-11:30 Careers in Industry (Panel)  
  Careers In Industry Charles McCallum, AT&T Laboratories
  Careers In Industry (no additional materials) Sanjay Saigal, Compass Modelling Solutions
    Nandahl Singh, Best Systems
12:00-1:30 Lunch - Champagne B Room  

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