INFORMS Open Forum

  • 1.  Service Science Section 2018 Doctoral Student Consortium

    Posted 07-11-2018 12:00
    Service Science Section 2018 Doctoral Student Consortium

    Apply by August 20, 2018 to Ming-Hui Huang (huangmh@ntu.edu.tw), Vice-Chair, Service Science Section

    The INFORMS Service Science Section will sponsor a Doctoral Student Consortium and panel discussion at the Phoenix 2018 annual meeting for PhD students who are pursuing research in Service Science. The consortium will take place at lunchtime from 12:30-1:30 p.m. during one of the conference dates. The consortium is a venue for:
    • networking among PhD students, industry representatives, and faculty
    • advising PhD students in career development
    • expanding and strengthening the Service Science research community
    The program of the consortium will consist of a panel discussion of representatives from the Service Science Section, Service Science journal, top service industry groups, and industry supporters of the Section (IBM Research scientists). The panel will discuss and answer questions based on the interests of PhD students in attendance.

    To participate in the Consortium as a PhD student, please answer the following questions and reply to this message by August 20, 2018 to:

    Ming-Hui Huang, Vice-Chair, Service Science Section, huangmh@ntu.edu.tw 

    Please answer the following questions:
    1. Are you currently on the job market? If so, what type of position do you seek?
    2. What specific career advice or research advice do you seek pertaining to the Service Science Section, the journal Service Science, and service research careers?
    Note: The questions above will be distributed to all panelists prior to the consortium.

    1. Your Name: 
    2. University: 
    3. Dissertation chairperson: 
    4. Dissertation title: 
    5. Expected completion date:


  • 2.  RE: Service Science Section 2018 Doctoral Student Consortium

    Posted 07-13-2018 16:45
    Hi Ming-Hui,

    Thanks for holding this helpful consortium. I want to register to attend it as a student. I've answered the questions as follows:

    1. Are you currently on the job market? If so, what type of position do you seek? No.
    2. What specific career advice or research advice do you seek pertaining to the Service Science Section, the journal Service Science, and service research careers? Health Care, Revenue Management, Dynamic Pricing, Data Driven and Big Data
    Note: The questions above will be distributed to all panelists prior to the consortium.
    1. Your Name: Emisa Nategh
    2. University: University of Washington
    3. Dissertation chairperson: Hamed Mamani
    4. Dissertation title: A Multi-Task Warped Gaussian Process Learning for Predicting the Optimal Next Line of Therapy in Multiple Myeloma
    5. Expected completion date: June 2019

    Please let me know if I should provide more information.

    Best,
    --Emisa.


    ------------------------------
    Emisa Nategh
    PhD Student
    University of Washington
    Seattle WA
    ------------------------------