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NZ connections in latest edition of Optima
Congratulations to Mike O’Sullivan, Andrew Mason, Iain Dunning and Stu Mitchell (University of Auckland, Department of Engineering Science faculty and alumni) who all feature in the latest edition of Optima, the newsletter of the Mathematical Optimization Society. The newsletter is available here: http://www.mathopt.org/Optima-Issues/optima103.pdf
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Postgraduate scholarships at UOA
Three postgraduate scholarships are currently available at the University of Auckland. Click on the links below for more information. Masters Scholarship – Healthcare Pathways Discovery, Conformance and Enrichment 1 year scholarship including tuition fees + stipend Contact: Dr Michael O’Sullivan PhD Scholarship – Prioritization strategies & effects in patient pathways 3 year scholarship including tuition fees…
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2017 INFORMS Fellows Named
Andy Philpott (Department of Engineering Science, University of Auckland; ORSNZ council member) and Shane Henderson, (Cornell University, formerly at Department of Engineering Science, University of Auckland) have been named as 2017 INFORMS Fellows for their outstanding contributions in the field of OR. For further information about the 2017 INFORMS Fellows see this link
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Dr James Tipping announced Young Energy Professional of the Year
Dr James Tipping, Manager of Strategy and Regulation, Trustpower, was announced the Young Energy Professional of the Year at the 2017 Deloitte Energy Excellence Awards on 9 August 2017. James is a member of ORSNZ and completed his PhD at the University of Canterbury, supervised by Grant Read, Don McNickle and Deb Chattopadhyay. For further…
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2016 Young Practitioner Prize Winners
At the 2016 Joint NZSA+ORSNZ Conference we had 7 high-quality papers submitted for the YPP, sponsored by Orbit Systems. Three prizes were awarded: First-place: Ryan Cory-Wright, University of Auckland. Cost-recovering, revenue-adequate single settlement schemes for electricity markets. Highly commended: Melissa Welsh, Victoria University of Wellington. Modelling traceability in the dairy industry. Highly commended: Danielle Gatland, University of Auckland. Mapping electric…
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ORSNZ Celebrates 50th Annual Conference
The Operations Research Society of New Zealand celebrated its 50th annual conference last week at the 2016 Joint NZSA+ORSNZ Conference held at the Auckland University of Technology. After the morning plenary on the first day of the conference, Prof. Andy Philpott (a former president of the society) noted that this is in fact the 51st anniversary…
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