Economic Research: Informs Annual Meeting 2012

Tuesday 4 December 2012

Informs Annual Meeting 2012

The theme of the meeting, INFORMATICS RISING, blends the growing role of OR/MS techniques for understanding natural and artificial systems and coupling with computing and communication technologies to drive decision making for enriching our personal lives and enhancing our professional activity. Through talks, panels and tutorials, experts from academia, industry and government will present recent developments and opportunities in key thematic areas including healthcare delivery, security, global enterprise, sustainability and education as well as the underlying tools of the profession.The John von Neumann Theory Prize is awarded annually to a scholar (or scholars in the case of joint work) who has made fundamental, sustained contributions to theory in operations research and the management sciences. The award is given each year at the INFORMS Annual Meeting in the fall if there is a suitable recipient. Although the prize is normally given to a single individual, in the case of accumulated joint work, the recipients can be multiple individuals.