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INFORMS 2009 Kimball Medal Presented to Michael Trick

Author:Mark D. Burd 412-268-3486

Release Date: Oct 12, 2009

            SAN DIEGO-- The Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences (INFORMS), has awarded Michael A. Trick,  Professor of Operations Research and Associate Dean of Research at Carnegie Mellon University’s Tepper School of Business, the 2009 George E. Kimball Medal in recognition of distinguished service to the Institute and to the profession of operations research (OR) and the management sciences.  The award presentation was made this week in conjunction with the 2009 INFORMS Annual Meeting.

 “The field of operations research has become increasingly important during the past decade,” said Trick. “It has been personally rewarding for me to be part of this expansion of the field and I am honored that my research, practice, and work with INFORMS has been recognized with this year’s Kimball Medal.” 

 Receipt of the Kimball Medal came with accolades of Professor Trick’s academic research contributions to the field of operations research citing numerous works that focus on the theory and practice of scheduling and, in particular, the application of integer and constraint programming in scheduling and resource allocation.

 Professor Trick has played an active role in INFORMS since the inception of the organization in 1995. His official capacities include service as president of the organization during its golden anniversary -2002, acting as general chairman of the 2006 Annual Meeting held in Pittsburgh, and founding INFORMS Online, and serving as editor of the online resource from 1995-2000: http://www.informs.org

 The success of  Professor Trick in creating INFORMS’s online portal has translated into more recent success in utilizing information technology to crate new communication channels for operations research academics and practitioners and to expand the reach of the field to external audiences. Michael Trick’s Operations Research Blog, an online source of operations research insight that is updated daily, is credited as one of the most read internet blogs in the field: http://mat.tepper.cmu.edu/blog