Mission: The INFORMS Houston chapter brings together both practitioners and academicians with interests in Operations Research and its applications to real world problems. It fosters integration of theory and practice, and sharing of knowledge and experiences.

UPCOMING EVENTS	WHAT?	WHEN?	WHERE?
Social Event	Farrago’s Meet and Greet	18 May 2004 6:00pm	Farrago’s restaurant

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PREVIOUS TALKS
Dr. Ed Kambour	PROS	An Intelligence Approach to Evaluation of Sports Teams	24 Apr 2003
Social Event		Richmond Arms Pub w/ Book Raffle	14 Nov 2002
Ron Hartberger	Mathemetrics	Monte Carlo Simulation of Statistical Distributions - Illuminating a Rich Legacy from Calculus	26 Sep 2002
Joaquin Diaz-Saiz	U of Houston	On the Estimation of the Population Proportion	30 Jul 2002
Lian Wang	Waste Management	Building Price Management Capability at Waste Management	20 Jun 2002
Maarten Oosten	PROS	Generalization of Sequential Lifting Procedures	30 May 2002
Chonawee Supatgiat	Enron	Applications of Stochastic Programming in the Energy Industry	02 Aug 2001
Ann Bixby	Aspen Tech	Aspen MIMI Production Planning for the Polymers Industry	29 Jun 2001
Thomas Halliburton	Enron	Hydro Optimization for Fun and Profit: An Overview of Models Used in Hydro Power Planning and Operations	26 Apr 2001
Youyi Feng	Enron	Optimal Booking Limits in a Two-leg Flight with Multiple Fares	22 Feb 2001
Sukran Kadipasaoglu	Aspen Tech	Scheduling Algorithms in Aspen Tech's Supply Chain Management Products	25 Jan 2001
Robert Bixby	ILOG	Linear and Integer Programming: A Decade of Computation	14 Dec 2000
Judy Pastor	Continental	OR at Continental Airlines	16 Nov 2000

OFFICERS
President	Neil Biehn	PROS Revenue Management	713.335.8059
Vice President	Viroj Buraparate	PROS Revenue Management	713.335.5839
Treasurer	Darius Walczak	PROS Revenue Management	713.335.7936
Secretary	James Kim	PROS Revenue Management	713.335.5119

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