INFORMS Open Forum

Today the U. S. National Academy of Engineering announced its 2015 members and we at INFORMS are proud to congratulate our own members who have earned this highly respected recognition from NAE, a cornerstone of the renowned National Academies. The 2015 INFORMS members named by the National Academy of Engineering are:

Jonathan P. Caulkins, , H. Guyford Stever Professorship of Operations Research and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh. For contributions to the analysis, modeling, and engineering of drug policy in the United States and abroad.

Michael J. Todd, Leon C. Welch Professor, School of Operations Research and Information Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. For contributions to the theory and application of algorithms for continuous optimization.

David D. Yao, Piyasombatkul Family Professor and professor of industrial engineering and operations research, Columbia University, New York City. For understanding of stochastic systems and their applications in engineering and service operations.

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L Robin Keller
INFORMS President
Professor
University of California-Irvine
Irvine CA
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S. Jack Hu,  interim vice president for research, J. Reid and Polly Anderson Professor of Manufacturing Technology, professor of mechanical engineering, and professor of industrial and operations engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. For methods for predicting and diagnosing root causes of product quality variation in multistage assembly systems.

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L Robin Keller
INFORMS President
Professor
University of California-Irvine
Irvine CA
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