DOCTORAL STUDENT NEEDS AND HOW TO SATISFY THEM THROUGH INFORMS

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/)
INFORMS Meetings (http://www.informs.org/Conf/)
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/)
INFORMS Meetings (http://www.informs.org/Conf/)
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/)
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/)
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

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

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/)
INFORMS Meetings (http://www.informs.org/Conf/)
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://www.lionhrtpub.com/ORMS.shtml)
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)

Corrections and suggestions to Arthur Geoffrion (ageoffri@agsm.ucla.edu).
Last updated 28 July 2001.