Department Social Events

Brown Bag Lunches and Talks         

Toyota GM NUMMI plant tour - Wednesday Nov 24, 2004 [12:15 pm - 3:00 pm]: Learn about the historic venture  of Toyota and GM, the manufacturing process & basic concepts of the Toyota production system. Take a tram tour  through the entire production line.
 When: Nov 24, Wed - 1:00 p.m. (leave campus at 12:15 p.m, come back by 3:00 p.m)
 Where: TBA (email Shu Tan Lindsey for details)
 Who: Absolutely Anyone!!

QSR Best Student Paper Competition Announcement - Oct 24th, 2004: The Quality Statistics and Reliability (QSR) Section of INFORMS announces the Best Paper Award to recognize excellence among its student members. The awards program brings prestige to the QSR Section as well as to the recipients honored. Four finalists for the  Best Student Paper Award will be selected to make presentations on Sunday, Oct 24th, 2004 at the Denver  INFORMS conference. All finalists will receive an award certificate and 3 years free QSR membership. The winner will also receive a plaque and will be appointed the student representative to the QSR Council. For more detail and the contest rules, please check http://qsr.section.informs.org/.

Stanford INFORMS Social Event - Friday 1st Oct, 2004 [4:00 pm - 5:30 pm]: Come and celebrate the start of the academic year - meet your classmates, faculty and staff!
When: Friday 1st Oct 2004, 4:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Where: Papua New Guinea Garden (across from Thorton)
Who: Anyone who has an appetite for food and fun!

Informs Financial Services Prizes - Deadline July 1st, 2004: The Financial Services Section is initiating two
category prizes this year. These are:
- Best Student Research Paper Award ($500 for winner and $250 for second place)
- Best Presentation Award ($300 for best presentation in the FSS cluster in the Fall INFORMS conference).
For more details, please check out Informs FS Prizes.
The deadline is July 1.
Visit the Financial Services Section, for more information.

MS&E/INFORMS Ice Cream Social - Wed 26th May, 2004 [3:30 pm - 4:30 pm]: We provide the ice cream,
toppings and whipped cream!
When: Wednesday 26th May 2004, 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Where: Terman 3rd floor lobby
Who: ABSOLUTELY ANYONE! EVERYONE!
Click here for pictures!

Faculty/Student Lunch with Prof. Pamela J. Hinds - March 1st 2004: A lunch buffet with Professor Pamela Hinds at the Faculty Club. A casual conversation about research, classes, or any other areas of interest that students like to share or find out more about.

Dr. Stapleton-Gray's talk on RFID - Feb 26 2004: A talk on Radio Frequency Identification Devices.  Overview, creation of standard, issues, effects on
privacy.

New Website Launched - Jan 2004: Stanford INFORMS new website launched!

Stanford Annual INFORMS Boat Race - Nov 2003: Click here for pictures!

Stanford Informs Annual Elections - Oct 2003: The annual elections of Stanford informs gave way to its new executive committee. Congratulations to the board on their positions.

Gibbons Grove Spring Swing - May 29, 2003: Celebrated the onset of summer with students and faculty of the MS&E.

Talk by Mike Beigel - May 29, 2003: Title: RFID - What penguins have to do with optimization?

Talk by Jim Matheson - Feb 6, 2003

Talk by Harlan Crowder - Oct 30, 2002: Click here for details of the talk

2nd Annual INFORMS welcome picnic and boat race - Oct 11, 2002: Free Food! Free Prizes.

Talk by Kenneth McKay - May 30, 2002: "Seamless decision support for production control tasks in a focused factory".

General Meeting & Executive Counsel elections - May 22, 2002

Gibbons Grove - May 17, 2002: Spring Ice-Cream Social and faculty hobby matching contest.

Undergraduate faculty lunch with Prof. Hamela Hinds - April 17, 2002

1st Pacific Region Intercollegiate Symposium for the Management Sciences PRISMS 2002  - Mar 2, 2002: - Click here for conference details and pictures

2nd Undergraduate faculty lunch with Prof. Tom Byers - Feb 25, 2002

1st Undergraduate faculty lunch with Prof. Kathy Eisenhardt - Nov 29, 2001

Welcome picnic and Stanford annual INFORMS boat race - Oct 12, 2001

Stanford INFORMS registration table at the activity fair at white plaza - Sept 28, 2001: Click here for pictures!

Executive Council Elections - Jun 1, 2001

Tug of War: MS&E Students & Faculty - May 31, 2001

A talk by Kenneth McKay  - May 29, 2001: "Henry's Supply Chain - What can we learn from Ford 1920 - 1930"