INFORMS Open Forum

Everyone, we just want to take a moment to thank you for your contributions to this platform over the past few months. We're so pleased with the new and improved INFORMS Connect and we hope you are, too. Cheers to 2023!

Let's keep the conversations going - what's one goal you hope to accomplish in 2023?

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Jill Capello
Membership Associate
INFORMS
Catonsville MD
jcapello@informs.org
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Happy New Year! 

Thank you Jill and the team for the continuing effort to make INFORMS better and better every day! 

In 2023 one of my goals is to read more books! I spent too much time on my phone in 2022 haha....

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Shannon Shang
Lead Data Analyst
Enovation Controls
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Happy New Year!

Great question - My goal is to fail more. 
Why? Because if I'm failing more, it means I'm trying more new things.

Lisa
"Be brave enough to be bad at something new."

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Lisa Yeo
Assistant Professor
University of California, Merced
Merced CA
lyeo2@ucmerced.edu
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Happy New Year!

My goals for this 2023 year are:

• Learn to say No - I tend to say yes too much. If I learn to say No more often, I could have better control over my time, the quality of my work, my level of engagement and have more meaningful commitments.
• Eat healthier and consistently every day.
• Stay present and practice mindfulness every day.
• Improve my ability to delegate.
• Take more nature walks.
• Read more books for pleasure (rather than academic papers/journals).

Along with these goals, I plan to have fun and get the most out of my 2023! I look forward to continuing my position as Sr VP of Communications for WORMS, and I'm extremely excited to come in as Chair of the Committee on Teaching and Learning.

A valuable lesson from 2022 is having time for self-care, don't underestimate it. I hope everyone has an amazing 2023!

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Gabriela Gongora-Svartzman, Ph.D.
Assistant Teaching Professor
Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy
Carnegie Mellon University
Email: ggongora@cmu.edu
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Happy New Year! 

Thank you for the great conversations! 

I intend to celebrate more and take time to enjoy the moments of progress! :-) 

Dr E Koca
Imperial College London



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Esma Koca
Faculty
Imperial College London
London
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Thank you Jill!

As an early career academic my goal for this year is to consolidate and publish some work in progress research projects with my students. 

I wish a successfull and productive year to all INFORMS Community!

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Sabah Bushaj
State University of New York at Plattsburgh
Plattsburgh NY
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Happy New Year, everyone!

As a Russian, I see New Year's Eve as the biggest holiday of the year, and during this time I like to reflect on the previous year and make plans/goals for the future.

The year 2022 was full of dramatic twists and turns for me -- some very tragic, some very exciting. The end of the year was so hectic that for the first time in a long while, I did not set any goals or resolutions. So... For 2023, I just want to try and stay with the wave and hope for the best!

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Yulia Vorotyntseva
Saint Louis University
St Louis MO
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Happy New Year to all! My biggest goal for the coming year is to not put high expectations on myself for major professional accomplishments, but to focus instead on caring for aging and ailing parents. I'm trying to give myself the grace to shift my attention and make this a meaningful time with them.
Careers are long and can take many twists and turns...and pauses when needed!

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Amy Cohn
Professor
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor MI
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Happy new year! Wishing you a happy, healthy, peaceful year ahead.
My goal is to spend more time outdoors. To that end, I hope to do more walk-and-talk versus Zoom meetings in the new year!

Pinar

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Pinar Keskinocak
Professor
ISyE Georgia Tech
Atlanta GA
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Happy New Year!

Like others have posted, I want to read more books. This year I'm focusing on reading for fun and reading physical books (away from all screens). If anyone has a favorite novel to suggest, I'll be happy to hear about it.

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Kathryn Walter
Senior Operations Research Analyst
Avista Corp
Alexandria VA
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Happy 2023!

I would like to list one goal for each:

• Professional: I hope to present my research at a conference! (It has been many years, I could not unfortunately for various reasons)
• Personal: I hope to run a marathon to qualify for Boston Marathon! I have already created my own group, joined an established group of experienced marathon runners and started training with them

I am very excited and motivated!

Cheers!


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Unsal Ozdogru
Clinical Associate Professor
University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago IL
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My personal goals for 2023 include hiking more, getting out to hear more live music, and reading more books. @Kathryn Walter two novels I read last year that I recommend are All This Could be Different and Lessons in Chemistry.

My professional goals include making time to write on things that matter to me, something I enjoy but keeps falling off my plate, as @Kara Tucker knows!

Polly
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Polly Mitchell-Guthrie
VP, Industry Outreach And Thought Leadership
Kinaxis
Scottsdale AZ
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We appreciate you in any case, @Polly Mitchell-Guthrie :) Looking forward to seeing some of these items you plan to write on!​

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Kara Tucker
Editor, OR/MS Today
INFORMS
Catonsville MD
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Original Message:
Sent: 01-06-2023 13:17
From: Polly Mitchell-Guthrie
Subject: Happy New Year!

My personal goals for 2023 include hiking more, getting out to hear more live music, and reading more books. @Kathryn Walter two novels I read last year that I recommend are All This Could be Different and Lessons in Chemistry.

My professional goals include making time to write on things that matter to me, something I enjoy but keeps falling off my plate, as @Kara Tucker knows!

Polly
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Polly Mitchell-Guthrie
VP, Industry Outreach And Thought Leadership
Kinaxis
Scottsdale AZ
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