We are pleased to announce a special keynote session hosted by INFORMS Fellows:
ENVIRONMENT: PERSPECTIVES FROM INFORMS FELLOWS
Date: October 27, 2025, 5:45-6:45 PM EDT
Location: Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, Bldg A, Level 4, Room A411
Moderator: INFORMS Fellow and President-Elect Mark E. Lewis
Panelists:
· John Birge, University of Chicago
· Julie Ivy, University of Michigan
· Phil Kaminsky, Amazon
· David Shmoys, Cornell University
This panel will feature INFORMS Fellows sharing perspectives on the current and future state of OR/MS. Topics may include:
· The role of AI in teaching and publishing
· Strengthening industry/academia connections
· Navigating reduced access to federal funding
· Emerging research directions in optimization and stochastics
· Tools most useful for students in supply chain, health care, finance, service systems
Note: We encourage you to consider whether this could become a recurring Fellows-led session at future Annual Meetings.
Mark your calendars, we hope to see you there!
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Mark Lewis
Professor
Cornell University
Ithaca NY
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