New Member/First Time Attendee Welcome

1. Welcome to INFORMS! New Member/First Time Attendee Welcome Rick Rosenthal, Vice President, Membership & Professional Recognition Anne G. Robinson, ChairMembership Committee Nov. 5, 2006

2. Overview • Welcome to INFORMS! • A brief History • Who we are and what we do • How you can optimize your membership • How you can contribute to the future of INFORMS

3. 1959 IFORS January 1995 ORSA and TIMS merge to form INFORMS 1953-54 1st meeting of TIMS 1st issues of Mgmt Sci 1996 Encyclopedia of OR/MS 2004 The Science of Better 1972 1st Edelman Prize 1954 1st Lanchester Prize 1975 1st von Neuman Prize 1952 1st meeting of ORSA 1st issue of OR A Brief History 2004 The Science of Better Campaign www.scienceofbetter.org What’s Next? 1975 First von Neumann Prize (ORSA) Awarded to George B. Dantzig 1995 ORSA and TIMS merge to form INFORMS Birth of INFORMS Online (out of Mike Trick’s O.R. Page) 1996 "Encyclopedia of Operations Research and Management Science,” S. Gass, C. Harris 1959  International Federation of Operational Research Societies (IFORS) 1972 First Franz Edelman Award for Management Science Achievement presented to The Pillsbury Company December 1953 First meeting of the Institute of Management Sciences (TIMS) October 1954 First issue of Management Science May 1952 First meeting of Operations Research Society of America (ORSA) November 1952 First issue of Operations Research 1954  First ORSA Frederick W. Lanchester Prize Awarded to L. C. Edie 3 3 3

4. What is OR? Have you ever tried to explain OR at a cocktail party? “It’s mathematical decision making” “It’s the edge between engineering and business” “Quant – that MBA class that people complain about” “Grown up, real-world versions of ‘story problems’ you either loved or hated in junior high math class!”

5. What is OR? The official answer designed by our Marketing-the-Profession campaign: “OR is the discipline of applying advanced analyticalmethods to help make betterdecisions.”

6. What is INFORMS? • INFORMS is the society that serves the scientific and professional needs of OR/MS scientists,investigators, students, educators, and professionals, as well as the institutions they serve. • How? • Publications • Professional and Academic Conferences • Thought Leadership • Information and Idea Exchange

7. INFORMS Membership • 10,360 members • 67% Academic, 33% Industry & Government • 75% Regular, 20% Students, 5% Retired • 76% US, 10% Europe, 14% Other • Current energy toward increasing practitioner membership • Enthusiastic and optimistic about OR/MS

8. Making the Most out of Your Membership • There are many membership benefits – find the ones that work for you: • Journals • Conferences • Prizes, Awards and Scholarships • Web resources • Volunteering • Employment • Access to Thought Leaders

9. Find Your Journals • Find a journal that interests you and will enhance your career • INFORMS has 12 journals – all are in-print AND online • You receive one FREE journal with your membership • You can receive ALL journals online for one low price

10. Decision Analysis Information Systems Research Interfaces INFORMS Journal of Computing INFORMS Transactions on Education Management Science Manufacturing and Service Operations Management Marketing Science Mathematics of Operations Research Operations Research Organization Science Transportation Science List of Journals

11. Magazines • OR/MS Today is INFORMS monthly membership magazine: • Compelling Articles • Issues in Education • Software Surveys • Meetings, Updates • Job Openings OR/MS Tomorrow is the online Student Newsletter: ormstomorrow.informs.org

12. Attend Conferences • Fall National Meeting • BIG (~3,000 attendees, 50 concurrent sessions!) • Open to all speakers • Spring PRACTICE Meeting • Smaller (~600 attendees, 6 concurrent sessions) • Practitioner Focused • All invited speakers • More upscale – bring your boss! Vancouver Spring 2007 • Many special interest conferences • Affiliated international conferences

13. Join Subdivisions Societies: • Large Established Interest Groups Sections: • Smaller Focused Interest Groups Chapters: • Grouped by Geography Student Chapters: • Grouped by one or more Universities FORA: • Grouped by other characteristics – Junior Faculty, Women in OR, Minority Issues

14. INFORMS online • www.informs.com • Searchable bibliographic database • Membership Directory • PubsOnline • Employment Opportunities • Society News • Practitioner Resources • Bookstore • Contacts for problems and ideas!

15. Volunteering • Many opportunities to volunteer with INFORMS: • Committees • Journal Refereeing and Editing • Speakers Program • Online content development Societies, Sections and Chapters are a great place to start!

16. Other Benefits • Knowledge Enhancements • Professional Awards • Networking with Peers • Discounts on Journals and Books • Group Insurance Plan • Visibility as part of a Respected Society • Access to Instructional Material

17. More Information • Check out the INFORMS Booth at the Conferences • Call INFORMS (1-800-4INFORMS) with problems, issues and ideas! • Go online • www.informs.org • www.scienceofbetter.org • www.orchampions.org • http://www.lionhrtpub.com/ORMS.shtml

18. In Closing: “The INFORMS Board is pleased to welcome you. We wish you a long, happy and productive membership. May you make many new friends and feel proud to call yourself a member of the OR community!”

19. Contact Info: Anne G. Robinson Cisco Systems, Inc. 170 West Tasman Drive San Jose, CA 95134 annerobi@cisco.com Professor Richard Rosenthal Operations Research Department Naval Postgraduate School Monterey, California 93940 rosenthal@nps.edu