MIT: Independent Activities Period: IAP

IAP 2017



ORC IAP Seminar 2017: "Careers in OR and Analytics"

Steven Morse, Clark Pixton, Shwetha Mariadassou

Jan/25 Wed 09:00AM-05:00PM 32-123

Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Prereq: None

Date: Wednesday, January 25th, 2017

Time: 9:00am-4:30pm 
Place: 32-123

Description: This year, the MIT Operations Research Center will welcome speakers from cutting-edge fields in OR and analytics — both in industry and in academia — to discuss their work, research, and careers and to discuss the future of OR.

Schedule:

8:30-9:00 - COFFEE AND REFRESHMENTS

9:00-10:00 - Iain DunningSolving Intelligence at DeepMind: Research overview, applications, and connections to OR

10:00-11:00 - Kris Ferreira - OR Academics Informing Industry…and Vice Versa

11:00-12:00 - Gina MourtzinouThe Financial Service Industry: Investment Management and Advice

12:00-1:00 - LUNCH BREAK (lunch not provided) 

1:00-2:00 - Nataly YoussefAnalytics in Healthcare

2:00-3:00 - Rama RamakrishnanFrom Data to Dollars: Confessions of an OR Entrepreneur

3:00-4:30 - Careers in OR and Analytics Panel

Brian Denton - Professor, University of Michigan, Industrial & Operations Engineering;  INFORMS President
Bill Pulleyblank - Professor of Operations Research, West Point
Rama Ramakrishnan - Senior Vice-President, Data Science, Salesforce (NYSE: CRM)
Dimitris Bertsimas - Boeing Professor of Operations Research; Codirector, Operations Research Center, MIT

More details available on the ORC IAP Seminar website: http://orc.mit.edu/events/orc-iap-seminar-2017

If you have any questions you may contact the ORC IAP Seminar student coordinators by email: orc_iapcoordinators@mit.edu

Sponsor(s): Operations Research Center
Contact: Steven Morse, stmorse@mit.edu