Browsing School of Industrial and Systems Engineering Distinguished Lecture Series by Title
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Learning From the Experiences of Others
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2010-09-23)Familiar statistical estimates such as batting averages, political polls, and medical trial results are obtained by direct observation of cases of interest. Sometimes, though, we can learn from the experience of "others": ... -
Lessons Learned on Hard Work, Thinking Ahead, and Just Showing Up
(2014-10-09)There is no such thing as an overnight success. Like the actor who does ten years of dinner theater before making it big, most of today’s leaders undergo significant challenges on the road to success. However, applying ... -
Operations Research and Homeland Security: From Models to Implementation
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2009-03-05)Dr. Lawrence Wein will address topics related to his research in public health and homeland security including: Preparedness and response to bio-terror anthrax attacks and to bio-terror attacks on food supply chains; Routes ... -
Riding Technology Waves: Opportunities for Operations Research
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2017-03-30)Brenda Dietrich's talk includes a fly-by of five decades of information technology beginning with its use to automate business processes and extending to its current role in intermediating social processes. The resulting ... -
Service Engineering: Data-Based Science in Support of Service Management, or Empirical Adventures in Call Centers and Hospitals
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011-02-24)Synopsis: In this lecture, Dr. Mandelbaum will describe examples of complex service operations for which data-based simple models have been found useful, which he refers to as "Simple Models at the Service of ...
