Greetings!
Rhonda Jordan successfully defended her dissertation! It will be turned in to us shortly.
Rhonda's dissertation title is: "Incorporating Endogenous Demand Dynamics into Long-term Capacity Expansion Power System Models for Developing Countries"
Committee: M. Webster (chair), R. de Neufville, J. Sterman, I. Perez-Arriaga
We all join in congratulating Rhonda (a.k.a. Dr. Jordan)!
Beth
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Elizabeth Milnes
MIT ESD Academic Office
Ph: [+1] 617-253-1182
Fax: [+1] 617-258-7733
77 Massachusetts Ave., E40-367
Cambridge, MA 02139
P - Think before you print
Dear Women Graduate Students and Post-docs,
Are you considering a career in academia? Are you going to be seeking a position in the next couple of years? Are you concerned about
navigating the application and tenure process?
The Office of the Dean of Graduate Education is pleased to announce the opening of this year’s application to our Path of Professorship
workshop. This workshop is designed to provide graduate and post-doctoral women with information about academic scientific careers
and the application process. Each year we are able to gather a wonderful group of female professors from MIT and beyond to talk about
their experiences in academia. This year is no different and we are expecting an exciting and informative weekend.
Path of Professorship will run from Friday, October 26th at 1pm through Saturday, October 27th at 5pm and cover topics ranging from
“What Institution is Right for You?” to “The Tenure Process.” More information is available at: http://odge.mit.edu/development/pop/
The application for Path of Professorship is now open and available at: http://goo.gl/OuA08
**The application will close on October 1st and selected applicants will be notified shortly thereafter.
We strongly encourage all women with an interest in academia to apply.
Yours truly,
Path of Professorship Team 2012
This workshop is sponsored by the MIT Office of the Dean for Graduate Education
The MIT English as a Second Language Program for Service Employees is looking for volunteers to tutor night shift employees for 1-2 hrs/wk or to serve as substitutes as needed.
No experience is required, just a good command of English and an interest in helping individuals whose first language is not English. The goals of the program are to build student’s confidence, to help them become more productive in their jobs, and to perhaps open up further opportunities for advancement*.*
Tutoring takes place on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 11:00 pm - midnight beginning September 18.
This is an opportunity to make a real and positive difference.
Please contact Jim Eggleston at jceggles@mit.edu<mailto:jceggles@mit.edu>.and copy esl-admins@mit.edu<mailto:esl-admins@mit.edu>.
What: Application for the 2013 $30,000 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize
Open: Wednesday, September 5th, 2012
Deadline: Friday, November 30th, 2012
Eligibility: http://web.mit.edu/invent/a-student-2.html
• Individual inventors and/or key contributors to a team project, or who have otherwise demonstrated a portfolio of inventiveness are encouraged to apply
• Applicants become a part of a cohort, benefitting from events, networking, and other opportunities
• In addition to monetary support, Winners (and up to 2 Finalists) gain national media attention, enabling them to further develop their ideas and/ or entrepreneurial ventures
For more information…
Contact: Shannon O’Brien (shannon1@mit.edu) - 617.258.5798* *
2013-2014 IBM Ph.D. Fellowship Program
Dear Faculty Colleague:
IBM is pleased to announce the IBM Ph.D. Fellowship program for the 2013-2014 academic year. We have received many outstanding and exceptional candidates from universities all over the world in the past and encourage your participation. IBM Ph.D. Fellowship nominations may be made by doctoral faculty members from September 20 to October 30, 2012.
The IBM Ph.D. Fellowship program honors exceptional Ph.D. students in many academic disciplines and areas of study, for example: computer science and engineering (including cyber security and cloud computing), electrical and mechanical engineering, physical sciences (including chemistry, material sciences, and physics), mathematical sciences (including analytics of massive scale data with uncertainty, operations research, and optimization), public sector and business sciences (including urban policy and analytics, social technologies, learning systems and natural language understanding), and service science, management, and engineering (SSME). Additionally, IBM pays special attention to an array of focus areas of interest to IBM and fundamental to innovation, including but not limited to:
- Technology that creates new business or social value
Tools to build smarter cities and a smarter planet, modeling and data analysis, optimization, risk and compliance, cyber security, urban policy and analytics, tools for globalization, information-based medicine and health care management, service science, management and engineering (SSME) - Innovative software
HCI, massive scale data and analytics with uncertainty, new expressive ways of manipulating computers, programming models and tools, natural language understanding, learning systems, social and mobile computing, Internet of things. - New types of computers
Use of massive parallelism for non-scientific/engineering applications, multi-core and hybrid systems, green computing, nanotechnology - Interdisciplinary projects that create social and business value
Smart cities, water and energy modeling and management, cloud computing
The IBM Ph.D. Fellowship program also supports our long-standing commitment to workforce diversity. IBM values diversity in the workplace and encourages nominations of women, minorities and all who contribute to that diversity.
Please feel free to post this program announcement in your department area. This announcement will also be posted on the Internet at http://www.ibm.com/university/phdfellowship on September 20, 2012 and will be linked to the Internet nomination form. Award recipients will be finalized mid February, 2013 followed by emails to all participants. All supporting documents for the fellowship, such as student's resume, and endorsement by the department head as well as the nominator's recommendation must be included in the nomination form. We ask that each department submit no more than two new nominations (in addition to any existing fellowship nominations to compete for a renewal). In cases of more than one nomination for a fellowship (including competing renewal nominations), the department head's endorsement must include an indication of the relative merits of all the candidates and the department's prioritization of these candidates. Students from Europe and Russia may be nominated in their first year of study in their doctoral program. Outside of Europe and Russia students must be enrolled full-time in a college or university Ph.D. program, and they must have completed at least one year of study in their doctoral program at the time of their nomination. Students from U.S. embargoed countries are not eligible for the program.
IBM University Relations Ph.D. Fellowships are awarded worldwide. IBM Ph.D. Fellows receive a stipend for the academic year 2013-2014. Fellowships vary by country/geographic area and the students will be informed at the time of the award what the value is for their country/geographic area. All IBM Ph.D. Fellows are matched with an IBM Mentor according to their technical interests, and they are strongly encouraged to participate in at least one internship at IBM while completing their studies. While students may accept other supplemental fellowships, to be eligible for the IBM Ph.D. Fellowship they may not accept a major award in addition to the IBM Ph.D. Fellowship. Students in Europe and Russia may accept government scholarships and remain eligible for the IBM Ph.D. Fellowship.
We look forward to receiving your department's nominations.
For further information, see your IBM contact, visit the website above, or contact phdfellow@us.ibm.com
Thank you.
IBM Global University Relations
Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University
Applications are invited for a full-time tenure-track faculty position in our Operations Management group. The responsibilities of the position include strong research publication, teaching MBA-level courses in operations management and statistics, supervision of doctoral students, and service to the Johnson School.
Applicants must have a Ph.D. in Operations Management or a related field, or be assured of completing a Ph.D. within one year. We anticipate filling the position at the Assistant Professor level, but exceptional candidates at other levels will also receive serious consideration.
Apply for this position at https://secure.interfolio.com/apply/16138 by submitting your vita, copies of research papers, names and contact information of three references, and any other supporting materials. Doctoral candidates and recent graduates must also provide letters of recommendation from their references. Applications received by December 31, 2012 will receive full consideration. Candidates attending the INFORMS Annual Meeting in Phoenix should submit their vita and any supporting material by October 5, 2012.
Johnson at Cornell embraces diversity and strongly encourages applications from women and traditionally-underrepresented minorities.
Cornell University actively seeks to meet the needs of dual-career couples with its Dual Career program, and is a member of the Upstate New York Higher Education Recruitment Consortium, which assists with dual-career searches.
Cornell University is an equal opportunity, affirmative-action educator and employer.
For questions concerning this ad, contact Amy Bennett at amb54@cornell.edu or (607) 255-6321.
Start date: July 1, 2013.
Cornell University is an equal opportunity, affirmative action educator and employer.
Indian Institute of Management Bangalore
Faculty Positions in Operations Management, Management Science, Statistics and Information Systems
The Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB), a leading graduate school of management in Asia, has over hundred full time faculty, more than 1200 students across various programmes and a significant executive education activity. IIMB seeks candidates with a strong commitment to high quality research and teaching in Operations Research, Operations and Technology Management, Statistics and Information Systems. IIMB provides an opportunity to work closely with industry and government through its various related centres such as Centre for Supply Chain Management, Centre for IT and Software Management and Centre for Public Policy (which includes health care, transportation, energy etc.) and a Big Data initiative that supports empirical research.
We invite applications for faculty positions at all levels. Candidates at the Assistant Professor level must demonstrate capability for carrying high quality research and should have completed or be in the final stages of completing their PhD. Associate Professors should have a track record of research and teaching. Professors are additionally expected to provide academic leadership at the Institute. Candidates would be expected to contribute to the Institute’s Post Graduate (MBA), Doctoral and Executive Programmes.
Interested candidates may send their CV, list of references and samples of recent research output to [] (Dean Academic, IIMB, Bangalore). Information on the institute is available at www.iimb.ernet.in <http://www.iimb.ernet.in> .
Register to participate in the CityDays Serve-Off!
CityDays is back! Volunteer at MIT’s CityDays Serve-Off and compete with your group to win a $400 prize.
Join us during the long holiday weekend, Tuesday, October 9, 2012, in giving back to the local community by participating in a community service project with your friends!
The MIT Public Service Center invites all undergraduate and graduate students to register to compete in the CityDays Serve-Off for a chance to win $400 to be used as a grant for future public service activities for the group or to be donated to a charitable organization of the group’s choosing.
Group categories include: Fraternities, Sororities and Independent Living Groups; Residence Halls; Athletics (varsity and club); and Other Groups (all groups that don’t fall into the other three categories: academic, cultural, religious, service, and other groups, as well as “independents”).
Free food and a t-shirt included for all participants!
To learn more and register by September 24, visit web.mit.edu/citydays. Sign up now, as spots are limited!
Dorian Burks
Large-Scale Volunteering Assistant
MIT Public Service Center
77 Massachusetts Avenue, W20-549
Cambridge, MA 02139
tel. 617.324.5176 fax 617.258.9357
citydays-staff@mit.edu
http://mit.edu/mitpsc
Creating an Effective CV for the Academic Job Search
Thursday, Sept. 27
2:30-3:30pm
66-144
The CV is used for the academic job search and in some cases for PhD's seeking a research position in other settings. This workshop will cover the important elements of a CV, including strategies for how to showcase your particular knowledge and experiences effectively. We will also discuss some aspects of the academic job search – such as obtaining letters of recommendation. It’s helpful to bring a copy of your CV or a draft with you to refer to as we go through the material in the workshop. Register on CareerBridge under the Events tab https://www.myinterfase.com/mit/student/
Practice Makes Perfect: Group Mock Interviews
Tuesday, October 2
2:30-3:30pm
5-134
In this group mock interview session, students will have a unique chance to practice and sharpen their interview skills. We will briefly review interviewing wisdom, discuss the art of giving and receiving feedback, then all participants will have a chance to answer questions and get feedback on their responses. Students who participate should first attend one of our in-person interviewing workshops or listen to our online workshop, Effective Interviewing, at http://gecd.mit.edu/workshop/interviewing/index.htm . Limited to 18 participants – please only register if you are sure you will attend. Register on CareerBridge under the Events tab - https://www.myinterfase.com/mit/student/ . Drop-ins may be able to attend.
Go to a RED SOX VS. Rays Game FOR FREE!
Join MIT GSC Green Team in FENWAY!
· Want to help protect our environment?
· Want to do some volunteer work with friends and colleagues?
· Want to go to the Red Sox game for FREE, get a FREE T-SHIRT and a FREE MEAL?
If you answered YES to any of the above questions, come and join us for this great volunteering opportunity at the Fenway Park!
Who: MIT Graduate Students (YOU!)
What: Volunteer Team at RED SOX Home Game against the Tampa Bay Rays
*When: *Tue, Sept 25, 2012, 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
(The games are from 7-10 p.m. and you are welcome to stay till the end of the game)
Where: Fenway Park
28 spots are available for the game, first come first served!
You need to complete BOTH Sign up sheet 1 and Sign up sheet 2 to be on the team!! You'll find the link to the second form on the first Sign up sheet. The deadline to sign up is 11:59pm on Saturday September 22nd.
Event Details:
The Boston Red Sox are committed to winning on and off the field and part of that commitment includes acting socially responsible and environmentally friendly. In 2008 the Red Sox launched the Poland Spring Green Team in an effort to preserve and protect our environment. The Green Team is tasked with proactively collecting recyclables throughout Fenway Park.
Volunteers meet one hour prior to game time and collect recyclables between innings until the end of the 7th inning for what amounts to about a three-hour commitment. During innings, while baseball is being played, and after the 7th inning, Green Team volunteers are free to enjoy the game. All volunteers are presented with a Poland Spring Green Team t-shirt along with a food voucher redeemable for a hot dog and soda at the Park.
Event logistics:
Meet at 84 Mass Ave @ 5:10 p.m. to take the bus to Fenway.
Note:
Volunteer opportunities are limited. If you are not able to attend, please tell us at least TWO DAYS before the event. Otherwise, you WILL lose the opportunity to register for future GSC events.
Waiver form and event map will be send out after the registration is closed. Your registration is complete only after you have signed and returned the waiver form to us.
If you have any questions, feel free to write either Ravi (koust) or me (helfer).
Thank you!
Jonas and Ravi
Opening for Research Fellow/Associate Designing and Managing Engineering Systems for Flexibility: Experiments with a Role-Playing Game for Emergency Services
Opportunity
There is an opportunity for a talented individual to join the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE) at NUS as a Research Fellow/Associate. The successful candidate will join a vibrant community of systems thinker, and build upon work done at two world-class institutions: NUS and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Project
This project is concerned with the development of a role-playing game to study decision-making dynamics in the design, strategic deployment, and management of emergency services (e.g. ambulance, fire-fighting units) operating under long-term uncertainties (e.g. demographic changes, unpredictable fires or health-related incidents). The research will help understand some of the fundamental cognitive forces, challenges, and limitations at work whenever designers and decision-makers aim to design, deploy, and operate emergency services in the long term (+10 years). The platform will help evaluate experimentally novel procedures to support the design and management of such complex systems for uncertainty and flexibility by means of real options thinking. The aim is to develop and evaluate tools improving lifecycle performance by recognizing uncertainty more explicitly, and planning for flexibility and real options more systematically in early conceptual phases. The project builds upon close collaboration with the Singapore Civil Defense Force (SCDF).
Position Details
The position is available for one year starting anytime before March 2013. Salary is competitive with North American and European standards, and is commensurate with the candidate’s qualification and experience.
Requirements:
- PhD or Master’s degree in an Engineering discipline (e.g. Civil, Industrial, Mechanical, Systems, Technology, Management, and Policy, Urban Planning), or other relevant discipline
- Good research experience, operations research (OR) skills is a plus
- Good scientific writing skills (English)
- Good experience with Excel® and Matlab® programming language; knowledge of C, C++, and/or Java is a plus
- Experience in GUI development is a plus
- Interest in conducting experiments with human subjects
Interested candidates should email a cover letter and resume (~2 pages), including professional objectives and a list of publication to macardin@nus.edu.sg -- please use subject “RF/RA Application – Role-Playing Game Project”. Feel free to contact Dr. CARDIN with any inquiries.
The Industrial and Operations Engineering Department at the University of Michigan will be hiring in the general area of operations research with an emphasis on simulation.
The Paul Merage School of Business at the University of California, Irvine is seeking candidates for one position as a tenure-track Assistant or tenured Associate or Full Professor in Supply Chain Management within the Operations and Decision Technologies Group. The position is to begin July 1, 2013, subject to budget approval.
Candidates should have a strong record of research and teaching excellence in the area of supply chain management, broadly defined. Commitment to excellent teaching is required, as well as the possession of an earned doctorate (entry-level candidates can be near completion) in a relevant discipline. Salary and benefits will commensurate with prior performance and experience.
INFORMS INTERVIEWS: *UCI faculty will be available for interviewing at the INFORMS Annual Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona. If you would like to request an INFORMS interview, please email your CV to odtrecruit@merage.uci.edu, preferably by *Sunday, October 7th, 2012.
APPLICATION PROCEDURE:
To apply, please log onto UC Irvine’s RECRUIT located at https://recruit.ap.uci.edu/. Applicants should complete an online application profile and upload the following application materials electronically to be considered for the position:
(1) curriculum vitae
(2) a brief research and teaching statement, and for Associate and Full Professor applicants an additional statement on service
(3) a research paper or thesis proposal
(4) any additional publications and/or working papers
(5) teaching evaluations
(6) three (3) letters of recommendation (for Assistant – rank applicants); an offer at the Associate or Full Professor level will involve a review for tenure
To learn more about UC Irvine and The Paul Merage School of Business, please visit+ +http://www.merage.uci.edu/.
DEADLINE: Applications will be accepted until the position is filled, although first consideration will be given to completed applications received by December 1, 2012.
If you have any questions about the application process please contact:
Susie Hua
The Paul Merage School of Business
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA 92697-3130
FacultyRecruitment@merage.uci.edu
(+1) 949.824.2044
The Paul Merage School of Business at the University of California, Irvine is seeking candidates for one position as a tenure-track Assistant or tenured Associate or Full Professor in Supply Chain Management within the Operations and Decision Technologies Group. The position is to begin July 1, 2013, subject to budget approval.
Candidates should have a strong record of research and teaching excellence in the area of supply chain management, broadly defined. Commitment to excellent teaching is required, as well as the possession of an earned doctorate (entry-level candidates can be near completion) in a relevant discipline. Salary and benefits will commensurate with prior performance and experience.
INFORMS INTERVIEWS: *UCI faculty will be available for interviewing at the INFORMS Annual Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona. If you would like to request an INFORMS interview, please email your CV to odtrecruit@merage.uci.edu, preferably by *Sunday, October 7th, 2012.
APPLICATION PROCEDURE:
To apply, please log onto UC Irvine’s RECRUIT located at https://recruit.ap.uci.edu/. Applicants should complete an online application profile and upload the following application materials electronically to be considered for the position:
(1) curriculum vitae
(2) a brief research and teaching statement, and for Associate and Full Professor applicants an additional statement on service
(3) a research paper or thesis proposal
(4) any additional publications and/or working papers
(5) teaching evaluations
(6) three (3) letters of recommendation (for Assistant – rank applicants); an offer at the Associate or Full Professor level will involve a review for tenure
To learn more about UC Irvine and The Paul Merage School of Business, please visit+ +http://www.merage.uci.edu/.
DEADLINE: Applications will be accepted until the position is filled, although first consideration will be given to completed applications received by December 1, 2012.
If you have any questions about the application process please contact:
Susie Hua
The Paul Merage School of Business
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA 92697-3130
FacultyRecruitment@merage.uci.edu
(+1) 949.824.2044
COME VOLUNTEER WITH THE MIT IDEAS GLOBAL CHALLENGE
We're recruiting volunteers to help us make the MIT IDEAS Global Challenge rock (again) this year.
Maybe you:
- are great at event planning or fundraising
- have an interest in being part of our Reviewer team
- desire to address global issues through blogging
- have awesome writing skills
- can whip together a killer line of code
Good news! You can contribute to IDEAS Global Challenge by joining our Volunteer Team.
Come join our Volunteer Team - and help us rally MIT, hone the ideas of the teams entering this year as a reviewer of team projects, use your writing wit to cover stories about IDEAS Global Challenge teams and events, and host events large and small. We have a variety of roles perfect for any skill set. We recruit professionals and students, alike. No experience necessary.
Come find out more and munch on some snacks at our first Volunteer Team meeting:
Tuesday, 9/25 @ 6:00pm
Location: MIT's campus; Room 2-131 Please RSVP to globalchallenge (at) mit (dot) edu