{"503131":{"#nid":"503131","#data":{"type":"event","title":"2016 ISyE Distinguished Scholarship Lecture - Edward H. Kaplan ","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EISyE Distinguished Scholarship Lecture - Edward H. Kaplan\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EISyE Hosts Yale University\u0026#39;s \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/som.yale.edu\/edward-h-kaplan\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EEdward H. Kaplan\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E for its Distinguished Scholarship Lecture on Monday, March 28, 2016. It will take place in the Molecular Science and Engineering Building Auditorium, Cherry Logan Emerson Lecture Theater from 3 p.m. - 4 p.m. A reception will immediately follow the lecture.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EKaplan is William N. and Marie A. Beach Professor of Operations Research, Professor of Public Health, and Professor of Engineering at Yale University, as well as president of INFORMS.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHe will be speaking on \u0026quot;Adventures in Policy Modeling!\u0026quot; Policy modeling refers to the application of operations research, statistics, and other quantitative methods to model policy problems. Recognizing that analyses of all sorts often exhibit diminishing returns in insight to effort, the hope is to capture key features of various policy issues with relatively simple \u0026ldquo;first-strike\u0026rdquo; models. Problem selection and formulation thus compete with the mathematics of solution methods in determining successful applications: Where do good problems come from? How can analysts tell if a particular issue is worth pursuing?\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addressing these questions, Dr. Kaplan will review some personal adventures in policy modeling selected from public housing, HIV\/AIDS prevention, bioterror preparedness, suicide bombings and counterterrorism, in vitro fertilization, predicting presidential elections, and sports.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"2016 ISyE Distinguished Scholarship Lecture - Edward H. Kaplan"}],"uid":"28766","created_gmt":"2016-02-18 16:49:45","changed_gmt":"2018-08-07 17:09:47","author":"Shelley Wunder-Smith","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2016-03-28T16:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2016-03-28T17:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2016-03-28T17:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2016-03-28 20:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2016-03-28 21:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2016-03-28 21:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"168399","name":"Edward Kaplan"},{"id":"426","name":"isye"},{"id":"168400","name":"ISyE Distinguished Lecture"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}