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                                                     Seminar

             Department of Systems Engineering and Engineering Management
                                  The Chinese University of Hong Kong

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Title

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The Evolution of OR: Observations Based on A 50 Year Career

　

　

　

Speaker

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Prof. John Buzacott

　

　

York University,

　

　

Toronto Canada.

　

　

　

Date

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April 23th, 2009 (Thursday)

　

　

　

Time

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4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

　

　

　

Venue

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Room 513

　

　

William M.W. Mong Engineering Building

　

　

(Engineering Building Complex Phase 2)

　

　

CUHK

　

　

　

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Abstract:
　

In the late 1950\'s and early 1960\'s OR in industry was still practiced in the style of OR of World War II. As planning issues became more common in the stable market conditions of the late 1960\'s OR evolved to become more technique focused. Then somewhat later, problems of societal concern attracted wide interest. The talk is based on the speaker\'s experience and observation. It will conclude with some thought on the current challenges to the practice of OR.


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Biography:
　

John Buzacott is an emeritus professor at York Universit. He was born in Sydney, Australia. After graduating in Physics and Electrical Engineering he went to the UK where he worked in industry and obtained Master\'s and PhD degrees in Operational Research for the University of Birmingham. He moved to Canada in 1967 and has taught at the Universities of Toronto and Waterloo and at York University. He has been president of the Canadian OR Society, Chair of INFORMS Special Interest Group in Manufacturing and Applications (SIGMA - the predecessor of MSOM) and president of POMS. He was awarded a Doctor honoris causa by the Technical University of Eindhoven in 2001.


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Host

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Prof. Yan Houmin

Tel

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(852) 2609-8329

Email

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yan@se.cuhk.edu.hk

　

　

　

Enquiries

:

Prof. Nan Chen or Prof. Sean X. Zhou

　

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Department of Systems Engineering and Engineering Management

　

　

CUHK

Website

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http://www.se.cuhk.edu.hk/~seg5810

Email

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seg5810@se.cuhk.edu.hk

　

　

　

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