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Invitation to Organize a Session for the PSOR track -- INFORMS 2024

  • 1.  Invitation to Organize a Session for the PSOR track -- INFORMS 2024

    Posted 18 days ago

    Dear Colleagues,

    As the co-chairs of the Section on Public Sector Operations Research (PSOR) track at INFORMS Annual conference (October 20-23, 2024, in Seattle, Washington), we would like to invite you to organize and chair one or more sessions for PSOR A listing of PSOR session titles from the prior conference is available at the end of this message. We welcome ideas for similar or additional themes consistent with the aims of PSOR.

     

    Cluster Co-Chairs:

    Important Dates

    • May 1st - Deadline for session chair identification

    • May 15th -  Deadline for presenters to submit abstracts

    • August 1st - Deadline for speaker registration

     

    About PSOR: The Section of Public Sector OR (PSOR) is the INFORMS subdivision dedicated to doing good with good OR. The section furthers the use of OR/MS in many areas, including public policy, public programs, public safety, public service, and public needs.

    Thank you,

    Gabriela and Christopher

    List of prior session titles

    • A Game Theory Model Of Public-private Partnerships In Prescribed Fires

    • Analytics for assessing and improving the integration of immigrants and refugees in host communities

    • Behavioral Operations in the Public Sector

    • Bridging The Digital Divide: Role Of Digital Platforms And Policy Framework

    • Causal Inference: Data Corruption, Debiasing, and Fairness

    • Community engagement and diversity, equity and inclusion in OR/analytics

    • Community-Based Operations Research, Consumer's Welfare

    • Demand And Intervention Allocation For Downstream Fuel Distribution During Disruptive Events

    • Disaster & Humanitarian OM

    • Disaster OM

    • Disrupting Human Trafficking

    • Diversity, equity and inclusion in OR/MS/analytics

    • Dynamic resource allocation

    • Empirical Public Sector Operations

    • Equity, fairness, and improving access to public services

    • Global and Planetary Health

    • Healthcare Operations

    • Homeland Security

    • Humanitarian and disaster response logistics

    • Humanitarian and Non-Profit Operations

    • Humanitarian Operations and SDGs: progress today

    • Incorporating equity in public sector decision-making models

    • Innovations in Immigration

    • Modeling and Analytics in Substance Use

    • New advances in Procurement and Project Management

    • Nonprofit OM

    • Operationalizing Climate Resilience Under Data Deficiency: An Approach Based On Latent Variables Modelling

    • Pharmaceutical Shortages Analytics and Modeling

    • Public Sector OR with Social Dimensions

    • Resilient Infrastructure and Communities

    • Role of Diversity in Operations Management

    • Social responsibility and sustainability in supply chains

    • Technology and Disaster Management

    • TSL-PSOR Joint session: Improving Public Health and Transportation Accessibility



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    Gabriela Gongora-Svartzman, Ph.D.
    Committee on Teaching and Learning (CTL) INFORMS Chair
    PSOR Jr VP of Meetings
    Assistant Teaching Professor
    Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy
    Carnegie Mellon University
    Email: ggongora@cmu.edu
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