Requirements
Requirements: Attendance for ALL SEMINARS and
three in-depth seminar critiques. Attendance of ALL
seminars is mandatory; appeals are required for any
absence. Each unapproved absence requires one
additional in-depth critique.
Absence: Absence of missed seminars must be
appealed in writing to the coordinator. An appeal should
have your name, student number, the date of seminar
missed and the reason(s). The appeal must be delivered
within one week of the absence. E-mailed appeals
are not acceptable. You are encouraged to
obtain approval before missing a seminar.
For
each appeal which is not approved, you have to write one
additional in-depth critique.
Guide Lines for In-Depth Critiques: If you are
registered in OR 590 for credit, you are responsible
for ‘in-depth’ critiques for three seminars this
semester. The in-depth critiques should be three pages
in length and double-spaced (font size 12). The
critiques should discuss the major points of the seminar
presentation, and assess their importance. The form of
the critiques must follow the outline shown below.
These in-depth critiques may be submitted to the
coordinator at any time during the semester. The last
day to submit the critiques is May 2, 2008 (5:00
pm.)
E-mailed
critiques are not acceptable.
Outline for
Critiques
Title: A Review of “_______________” (title of
the talk) by
“_____________” (name of the speaker.)
I. Overview of Seminar
Subject.
II. Key Topics.
III. Contributions of the Work Presented to the
Tools or Practice of Operations Research
IV. Assessment of the Presentation (as opposed
to the work)
·
Transparencies
·
Other visual aids
·
Speaking style
·
Organization of the presentation
·
Addressing questions
V. Summary (strengths,
weaknesses and benefit you received by attending).
OR590
Operations Research Colloquium Series
Spring Semester
2008
Refreshments
4:15 PM, Seminar 4:30-5:30 PM
102 Leonhard
Building
Click here to see the abstract of the next talk
January 15 Introduction,
Requirements; Dr. M. Jeya Chandra, Chair, OR
Program
January 22 Dr. A. Ravindran,
Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering,
Penn State University , “Global Sourcing and Vendor
Risk Management”
January 29 Mr. Valery Pavlov,
Doctoral Student, Smeal College of Business, Penn
State University, “Supply Chain Coordination: some
critical thoughts”
February 5 Dr. Michael Rothkopf ,
Smeal Chaired Professor of Supply Chain and
Information Systems, Smeal College of Business,
“Optimal Management of Oil Lease Inventories:
Option Value and Information about Lease Quality”
February 12 Dr. Dennis Lin,
Distinguished Professor of Statistics and Supply
Chain Management, Smeal College of Business, Penn
State University, “"Recent Advances in Computer
Experiment: Strategy, Design and Analysis"
February 19 Dr. Patrick Reed,
Assistant Professor , Department of Civil and
Environmental Engineering, Penn State University,
"Innovations and Challenges for Using Evolutionary
Multiobjective Optimization in Water Resources
Systems Analysis"
March 4 Dr. Christopher Byrne,
Research Associate, Applied Research Laboratory and
Assistant Professor, Mathematics, Penn State
University, “Mathematical and Simulation Modeling of
Sociological Behavior"
March 18 Dr. Christopher A.
Mattson, Professor, Department of Mechanical
Engineering, Brigham Young University,
“Multiobjective Optimization using the Normal
Constraint Method”
April 15 Dr. Shane Henderson,
Associate Professor, School of Operations Research
and Information Engineering, Cornell University,
“Ambulance Location and Relocation”
April 22 Dr. Lisa Maillart,
Assistant Professor, Department of Industrial
Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, “A Partially
Observed Markov Decision Process Approach to
Adaptive Control Charting”
April 29 Dr. Hoang Pham,
Professor and Department Head, Department of
Industrial Engineering, Rutgers University,
“Research and Challenges in Reliability”