{"55330":{"#nid":"55330","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Two pedagogical challenges: teaching mathematical modeling and choosing performance measures.","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETITLE:\u003C\/strong\u003E Two pedagogical\nchallenges: teaching mathematical modeling and choosing performance measures\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESPEAKER:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp; Professor Steve Pollock\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EABSTRACt:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDeveloping mathematical models to describe (in some useful\nway) operational situation \u0026nbsp;is a critical component of doing effective\nOperations Research. \u0026nbsp;Yet, for most students, learning and internalizing\nthe craft (or art) of \u003Cem\u003Edoing\u003C\/em\u003E mathematical modeling is a difficult and\noften mysterious journey. \u0026nbsp;And this struggle can actually be made worse by\nusing a normal classroom lecture-reading-studying mode of teaching. Moreover,\nthe\u0026nbsp;pedagogical challenge to those who try to develop and hone students\u0027 abilities\nto model is complicated when measures of performance normally used to judge\n\u0022success\u0022 in this educational process are either not clear or\npossibly pernicious. \u0026nbsp;Indeed, choosing measures of performance for just\nabout any operational problems is often problematic.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThe\ntalk will address these issues via personal experiences, anecdotes and\nopinions. \u0026nbsp;Any formal mathematics presented or discussed will be\nincidental, elementary or purposely unnecessarily complicated.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nBiosketch:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nStephen M. Pollock is Herrick Emeritus Professor of\nManufacturing and Professor Emeritus of Industrial and Operations Engineering\nat the University of Michigan.\u0026nbsp; He has been involved in applying\noperations research and decision analysis methods to understand and influence\nof a variety of operational phenomena involving: military search and detection,\ncriminal recidivism, manufacturing process monitoring, sequential allocation of\nresources, predictive and proactive maintenance, sports, networks of queues,\nthe stochastic behavior of infectious disease epidemics and the optimization of\nradiation oncology plans.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nAfter\nreceiving his Ph.D. at M.I.T. in 1964 he was a member of the technical staff at\nArthur D. Little, Inc. before joining the faculty at the U.S. Naval\nPostgraduate School in 1965 and the University of Michigan in 1969.\u0026nbsp; He\nwas chair of the IOE Department from 1981 through 1990.\u0026nbsp; In 1992 he was\nthe recipient of the Stephen S. Attwood Award, the highest honor awarded to a\nfaculty member by the College of Engineering. He has authored over 65 technical\npapers, co-edited two books, and has served as a consultant to over 30\nindustrial, governmental and service organizations.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nProfessor\nPollock was Associate Editor and Area Editor of \u003Cem\u003EOperations Research\u003C\/em\u003E,\nSenior Editor of \u003Cem\u003EIIE Transactions\u003C\/em\u003E, Associate Editor of \u003Cem\u003EManagement\nScience\u003C\/em\u003E and on the editorial boards of other journals.\u0026nbsp; He has served\non various advisory boards for the National Science Foundation, on the Army\nScience Board, and chaired and been member of many National Research Council\ncommittees, boards and panels. \u0026nbsp;He was President of the Operations\nResearch Society of America in 1986 and awarded the 2001 INFORMS Kimball Medal\nfor contributions to operations research and the management sciences.\u0026nbsp; He\na fellow of INFORMS and the AAAS and is a member of the National Academy of\nEngineering.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETwo pedagogical\nchallenges: teaching mathematical modeling and choosing performance measures.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Two pedagogical challenges: teaching mathematical modeling and choosing performance measures."}],"uid":"27187","created_gmt":"2010-04-12 08:50:45","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 01:51:18","author":"Anita Race","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2010-04-13T11:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2010-04-13T12:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2010-04-13T12:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2010-04-13 15:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2010-04-13 16:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2010-04-13 16:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}