Call for Nominations

Editor-in-Chief, INFORMS Journal on Computing

Deadline for Nominations: April 1, 2025

The final term of Professor Alice Smith as editor-in-chief of the INFORMS Journal on Computing will expire on December 31, 2025. Based on recommendations from the INFORMS Publications Committee, the president of INFORMS has appointed a committee to conduct a full search for a new editor-in-chief. The committee intends to propose a candidate for approval by INFORMS no later than June 3, 2025.

All members of INFORMS are invited to participate in this process. The committee seeks your opinions and comments on (1) the current state of the journal; (2) recommendations for changes, if any; and (3) candidates for editor-in-chief.

Qualifications for the editor-in-chief of INFORMS Journal on Computing include:

• A demonstrated interest in a broad range of topics in the field
• A demonstrated record of excellence in research in the field
• Dedication and enthusiasm for INFORMS Journal on Computing
• Previous editorial experience
• Vision of the role of scholarly publications in the electronic and open-access age
• Commitment to the workload involved
• Ability to effectively and efficiently manage the editorial process, including efforts to diversify the editorial board

Further information about the journal is available at the INFORMS Journal on Computing website: http://pubsonline.informs.org/journal/ijoc.

Members of the search committee are Douglas Down (McMaster University), Manuel Laguna (University of Colorado), Jamol Pender (Cornell), Veronica Piccialli (University of Rome), Jean-Philippe Richard (University of Minnesota), and David L. Woodruff (University of California Davis, Committee Chair).

Submit comments, nominations, and applications by April 1, 2025. Self-nominations are welcome.

The information may be sent (preferably by email) to the Chair of the INFORMS Journal on Computing Editorial Search Committee:
David L Woodruff
[email protected]