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RE: Welcome New Members!

Posted By Nicholas Ulmer 03-13-2026 10:53
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I feel I have found the person who is responsible for everyone thinking my last must start with a consonant. Congrats on the new career trajectory. After you complete the degree consider looking at the CAP certifications. You likely already possess many of the skills needed to pass the exam. And I see ...

RE: Welcome New Members!

Posted By Nicholas Ulmer 10-03-2025 11:56
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Welcome fellow supply chain analyst.....such a great field.INFORM ORMS Today just ran the following article.....which is an excellent one.https://pubsonline.informs.org/do/10.1287/orms.2025.03.07/full/ Nick Ulmer, CAP-X nicholasulmer@gmail.com

RE: New MIT Sloan Management Review Article on Storytelling in Analytics

Posted By Nicholas Ulmer 09-09-2025 14:12
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Absolutely love to continue this conversation. Institutionalizing storytelling would need to be agile and responsive to changes in leadership. Understanding your audience must be a priority when preparing a presentation that is meant to be decisional. In other words, when a decision is the intended outcome ...

RE: A Roadmap for Making Operations Research More Accessible: an open-access paper in the INFORMS Journal on Data Science

Posted By Nicholas Ulmer 09-05-2025 14:56
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I feel like people have been reading my personal thoughts, emails, texts, etc. While OR is "healthy" it does certainly feel like we constantly have one foot in the grave. Depending on the circle you run in....people may have no idea what an "Operations Research Analyst" is or is not. But they want data ...

RE: New MIT Sloan Management Review Article on Storytelling in Analytics

Posted By Nicholas Ulmer 09-05-2025 14:37
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Thanks for sharing. I was unable to read the entire article due to a paywall, but I've helped teach storytelling and presentation skills related to analysis work. There are MANY lessons learned along the way and often a large amount of experience required before one can master this skill. I would also ...

RE: Computational Intelligence - control the discussion

Posted By Nicholas Ulmer 09-05-2025 14:27
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I had to look up the terms being used, but as I understand the idea of computational intelligence (CI) there are many INFORMS members and personal colleagues that I know using CI as a regular tool in their very human toolkit. And it is definitely true that traditional AI including modern LLMs do not ...

RE: Fun Post: Isaac Asimov's Birthday

Posted By Nicholas Ulmer 01-07-2025 11:47
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I second Heinlein, and would add Ray Bradbury. Ready plenty of both. I also at some point started reading Orson Scott Card....due to the Ender's Game series of books. I think reading more fiction might be a good resolution for this year. ------------------------------ Nicholas Ulmer CANA LLC Pacific ...

RE: What are you looking forward to at the INFORMS Annual Meeting?

Posted By Nicholas Ulmer 10-11-2024 11:17
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Beside trying to squeeze in a few of the MANY interesting talks, I mostly look forward to reconnecting with friends as well as connecting with new friends (e.g. networking). And shameless plug: As a military veteran, I look forward to conversations with fellow veterans at the Veterans Forum coffee hour, ...

RE: Seeking Feedback about OR/MS Today

Posted By Nicholas Ulmer 07-12-2024 12:06
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Thank you for initiating this discussion thread. To be completely honest, I am inconsistent at best with reading OR/MS Today (or any professional publication for that matter). However, I repeatedly tell myself to do better. So, when I do read articles, why does that happen? 1) I read an article when ...

RE: Gaining Insights in Science and Engineering using a fabulous book

Posted By Nicholas Ulmer 05-03-2024 11:37
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Thank you Jayant. Since I manage quarterly book reviews for another professional society.....I definitely would love to see this post gain a large following. And as you might suspect, I frequently add books to my own reading list. Usually in quantities that keep me from ever reading them all. I will ...

RE: Can Large Language Models Replace Human Participants in Some Future Market Research?

Posted By Nicholas Ulmer 04-19-2024 12:43
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Mostly commenting here so that I can get updates on this conversation. There is certainly cost savings to be gained, although I suspect there are some ethical pitfalls lying in wait using this approach. I might now have to go play around with some LLMs again, to see what trouble I can get into ;-) ...

RE: Sharing Your Experience from the Recent INFORMS Conference in Florida!

Posted By Nicholas Ulmer 04-19-2024 12:32
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As always....I find that it just goes by too quickly. This is not a fault of anyone. Just an observation that prioritizing how one spends their time is very difficult but important. I would like to commend those that continue to improve the conference app experience. Still a few annoying quirks, but ...

RE: ChatGPT Regulations - share your thoughts

Posted By Nicholas Ulmer 03-29-2024 10:28
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Thanks Jill. I really enjoyed this quick read in ORMS Today. I'm interested in hearing some good discussion on this topic, and provide the following to help kickstart it. Can you really put GenAI back in the bag? I immediately thought of the Superbowl commercial by Discover. The one with the following ...

RE: The Impact of Mentorship on Career Transitions

Posted By Nicholas Ulmer 11-03-2023 12:42
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Having just gone through a major career transition myself, I will say that networking, mentorship, and sponsorship are all critical. None of the traditional job application paths yielded results....only those opportunities pursued through my network. Some of that network I had established previously ...

RE: Share your top tips for Annual Meeting attendees

Posted By Nicholas Ulmer 10-06-2023 11:44
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A few quick tips or pieces of advice: 1. Be prepared to adjust your schedule should you find yourself in a good conversation that runs long or is unexpected. Personal connection is way more valuable than adhering to a rigid schedule of technical sessions. Unless of course you are presenting...don't ...

RE: Fun Post - SHARKS!!!

Posted By Nicholas Ulmer 07-14-2023 12:21
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Living next to the Monterey Bay, CA and near the red triangle....sharks definitely have a presence. My son is a huge fan of shark documentaries....of which many new ones just dropped on Disney+ (via NatGeo). 23Jul is also the kick-off of shark week on Discovery. I have scuba dived in the presence of ...

RE: Mentoring: You Have More to Share than You Know!

Posted By Nicholas Ulmer 06-04-2023 18:05
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I have had mixed experiences with formal mentor programs. The ones that work are those that have specific goals with material to support the development of the mentee. It should be structured and if a fit is not working, then that should be addressed. I also think that we should not confuse contacts, ...

RE: Fun post - what do you call a group of operations researchers?

Posted By Nicholas Ulmer 05-26-2023 13:08
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Some ideas from chatGPT: problem-solving squad mathematical maestros decision wizards optimization ninjas ------------------------------ Nicholas Ulmer Faculty Naval Postgraduate School Pacific Grove CA ------------------------------

RE: Can Decision Making benefit from an AI driven co-pilot?

Posted By Nicholas Ulmer 05-12-2023 12:45
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AI co-pilot options such as the various GPT options being launched almost daily....are definitely disruptive. Differentiating an analytics professional from software development, I would say their is a reliance on tools and resources to be quickly and efficiently get to a recommendation to a decision ...

RE: Favorite moments from the Business Analytics Conference

Posted By Nicholas Ulmer 05-05-2023 17:49
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As someone actively seeking to launch version 2.0 career, I enjoyed the networking events and business meetings the most. The newcomer social was really fun with lots of good conversations. My favorite, and I'm biased, was the veteran coffee and conversation session. I also enjoyed connecting and celebrating ...