Newsletter
The newsletter editor can be contacted at newsletter@orsnz.org.nz. The latest and past issues can be found here. These includes scanned digital copies going back to 1970.
Recent and Historical Conference Proceedings:
Conference proceedings can be accessed through the conference links above. Scanned digital copies of earlier conference proceedings are available thanks to a joint project with the University of Auckland Library.
ORSNZ Journal “New Zealand Operational Research”
You can browse scanned digital copies of New Zealand Operational Research , a journal published by the ORSNZ in 14 volumes from 1971 through to 1986. These are available thanks to a joint project with the University of Auckland Library.
Young Practitioner Prize
The ORSNZ has regular Young Practitioner Prizes to encourage students and practitioners in OR. Click here for more details, including a list of these prize winners.
Hans Daellenbach Prize
The ORSNZ also awards the Hans Daellenbach Prize to distinguished contributors in Operations Research. Click here for more details on the nomination process and a list of past prize winners.
Honoray Visting Lecturers
The ORSNZ invites nominations for ORSNZ honorary visiting lecturers to visit New Zealand between September and June each year. Each visiting lecturer is invited to give a talk on some topic likely to be of general interest to ORSNZ members at at least three of Auckland, Hamilton, Wellington, and Christchurch. Each visiting lecturer will be invited to write a guest editorial for the society newsletter. The ORSNZ contributes to the costs up to a maximum of $1000 plus GST (if any) per visitor. Each candidate must be nominated by a current member of ORSNZ, “the champion”. The nomination must include the CV of the nominated visiting lecturer, the date and location of the hosts of the visit, the name of the champion and an undertaking by the champion to coordinate a visit by the nominee to three or more of the above named centres. Enquiries concerning, or nominations for, lectureships should be sent to president@orsnz… The closing date for nominations is the end of April. Information on past visitors can be found here.
APORS Young Scholar and National Paper
In association with IFORS (International Federation of OR Societies), the ORSNZ provides support for a young scholar to attend the APORS (Asia Pacific OR Societies) annual conference. Click here for more details.
Invited Speakers at the Annual Japanese OR Society Conference
For a few years, the Japanese OR Society sponsored one invited speaker each year to speak at an APORS session in its annual conference. Click here for more details.
Links to Members
List of Members giving affiliation, Email and WWW home page addresses.
Links to Other Societies
Royal Society of New Zealand
ASOR (Australian Society of OR)
IFORS (International Federation of OR Societies)
INFORMS (Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences)
OR Society of Singapore
Links to NZ OR Groups
University of Auckland – Engineering Science, Operations Research Group
University of Auckland – Information Systems and Operations Management
Victoria University of Wellington – School of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science
Victoria University of Wellington – Victoria Management School
University of Canterbury – Department of Management
University of Waikato – Department of Management Systems
Massey University – Department of Mathematics