Re: OR Society/OR Grps/OR Bodies

On Sun, 30 Nov 2003, Michael Trick wrote:

> INFORMS does not offer accreditation nor formal training (though the
> tutorials at the conferences are certainly very informative!).  The best
> conference for staying up to date (in my somewhat biased opinion) is the
> INFORMS Practice Conference, held every spring.  In the UK, the ORS does
> both training and certification.  Certification in particular comes up
> periodically in INFORMS discussions.

While INFORMS does not offer accreditation or courses on its own, the
INFORMS Online Web page does list a broad array of continuing education
opportunities in OR and related fields (see www.informs.org/CE/) as well
as other resources.

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                Matthew Saltzman

Clemson University Math Sciences          Editor, INFORMS Online
mjs AT clemson DOT edu                    iol_editor AT mail DOT informs DOT org
http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs          http://www.informs.org