INFORMS’ Library of Audio and Video Presentations

Gain insights from experts on how math, analytics, and operations research affect organizations like yours in these succinct 20-30 minute podcasts conducted by INFORMS Director of Communications Barry List.

Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
Chairman and Analytics Champion
Recorded July 21, 2010

Ed Kaplan, Yale University
Terror Queues
Recorded July 9, 2010

Andy Boyd, University of Houston
Pricing and Gumballs in Airline Reservations
Recorded June 24, 2010

Mary Benner, Wharton School
Do Financial Analysts Sabotage New Product Innovation
Recorded June 11, 2010

David Alderson, Naval Postgraduate School
Danger: Infrastructure Under Attack
Recorded May 28, 2010

Peter Kolesar, Columbia University
Ending the Water War Surrounding New York’s Reservoir
Recorded May 14, 2010

Eva K. Lee, Georgia Tech
Analytics Goes to War – Against Cancer
Recorded April 30, 2010

Warren Lieberman & Michael Raskin
Forecasting Consumer Behavior
Recorded April 8, 2010

Michael Schrage, MIT
Experimenting at the Workplace
Recorded March 19, 2010

Arnold Barnett, MIT
How safe are our airports?
Recorded March 4, 2010

Brian Lewis, Vanguard Software
Advice to Execs on Working with Operations Researchers
Recorded Feb. 18, 2010

Mary Grace Crissey, SAS
The Nitti-Gritty of Working with O.R. Providers
Recorded Feb. 5, 2010

Dina Mayzlin, Yale University & David Godes, University of Maryland
Word of Mouth Marketing
Recorded Jan. 22, 2010

Pinar Keskinocak & Julie Swann, Georgia Tech
Haiti: Humanitarian Logistics
Recorded Jan. 14, 2010

Doug Samuelson, Infologix
Winning Elections with O.R.
Recorded Jan. 12, 2010

Ron Howard, Stanford University
Master Decider
Recorded Dec. 18, 2009

John Sterman, MIT
Climate Change: On to Copenhagen
Recorded Dec. 4, 2009

Anna Nagurney, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Supernetworks: Building Better Real and Virtual Highways
Recorded Nov. 6, 2009

Sam L. Savage, Stanford University
The Flaw of Averages
Recorded Nov. 6, 2009

James J. Cochran, Louisiana Tech
Running the Numbers in Time for the World Series
Recorded Oct. 23, 2009

Tom Davenport, Babson College
Competing on Analytics
Recorded Sept. 22, 2009

Sheldon H. Jacobson, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Emergency! Pandemic
Recorded Sept. 5, 2009

Rob Pratt, Ivan Oliveira, SAS;Chuck Delaney, Wake County Public School System
The perils of success: one school district’s answer in the numbers
Recorded Aug. 14, 2009

Lawrence Wein, Stanford University
Troublemaker or Trusted Advisor?
Recorded Aug. 7, 2009

INFORMS VIDEO LEARNING CENTER

View these on-demand presentations, complete with slides, from INFORMS renowned meetings and conferences. They will inspire and help you navigate changes in the marketplace, develop strategies for excellence in operations research and analytics, and manage your practice or career.

Annual Meeting 2009

Keynote Presentation:
Christopher S. Tang, UCLA
Anderson School of Management
Supply Chain Risk Management: Developing a Research Agenda

2009 Wagner Prize Presentations:
Hugo Simao, Princeton University,
and Ted Gifford, Schneider National
Approximate Dynamic Programming Captures Fleet Operations for Schneider National

Horst Zisgen, IBM Deutschland Research and Development GmbH
and Steven M. Brown, IBM Systems and Technology Group
A Queuing Model-Based System for Semiconductor Production Planning at IBM

Michael Gorman, University of Dayton
Hub Group Implements a Suite of OR Tools to Improve its Operations

Karl Kempf, Intel Corporation, and S. David Wu, Lehigh University
Extending Bass for Improved New Product Forecasting at Intel

Hernan Abeledo, The George Washington University
Optimizing Helicopter Transport of Oil Rig Crews at Petrobras

Practice Conference 2010

Robert Tudor, Delaware River Basin Commission,
James Serio, The Delaware River Foundation,
and Peter Kolesar, Columbia University
Delaware River Basin Commission – Breaking the Deadlock: Improving Water Release Policies on the Delaware River through Operations Research

Lori Folts, Deutsche Post DHL,
Marc Fischer, University of Passau,
and Tjark Freundt, McKinsey & Company
Deutsche Post DHL – Managing Global Brand Investments at DHL

Dale Wilson, New Brunswick DoT,
Kim Mathisen, New Brunswick DoT,
Ugo Feunekes, Remsoft,
and John MacNaughton, New Brunswick DoT
New Brunswick (Canada) Dept. of Transportation – Taking the Politics out of Paving: Achieving Transportation Asset Management through O.R.

Daniel Myers, Proctor & Gamble,
Glenn Wegryn, Proctor & Gamble,
William Tarlton, Proctor & Gamble,
and Sean Willems, Boston University
Inventory Optimization at Proctor & Gamble: Achieving Real Benefits Through User Adoption of Inventory Tools

Hylton Robinson, Sasol Technology,
Marlize Meyer, Sasol Technology,
Michele Fisher, Sasol Technology,
and Willem Louw, Sasol Technology
Sasol – Innovative Decision Support in a Petrochemical Production Environment

Interview with Admiral Mike Mullen

Admiral Mike Mullen,
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
Chairman and Analytics Champion
(video companion to podcast)
July 21, 2010