Dear Colleagues:
The INFORMS Optimization Society is seeking nominations of candidates for the following officer positions:
Chair-Elect
Secretary/Treasurer
Vice-Chair for Computational Optimization and Software.
Vice-Chair for Integer and Combinatorial Optimization.
Vice-Chair for Linear and Conic Optimization.
Vice-Chair for Machine Learning
Vice-Chair for Network Optimization
We would like to thank the outgoing vice-chairs of the above positions, Shiqian Ma (Secretary/Treasurer), Bartolomeo Stellato (Computational Optimization and Software), Aleksandr Kazachkov (Integer and Combinatorial Optimization), Haihao Lu (Linear and Conic Optimization), Rahul Mazumder (Machine Learning), and Jim Ostrowski (Network Optimization) for their service.
The Vice-Chairs serve a two-year term. The Chair-elect will serve a one-year term before assuming a two-year position as Chair.
Please send your nominations or self-nominations to Shiqian Ma (sqma@rice.edu) including contact information for the nominee, by August 8, 2025. Please restrict your nomination to one person per position. Online elections will begin immediately after the nomination deadline, with new officers taking up their duties at the conclusion of the 2025 INFORMS annual meeting in October.
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Shiqian Ma
Professor
Rice University
Houston TX
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