http://www.orie.cornell.edu/newsORIE News and EventsTue, 24 Nov 2009 14:18:48 +0000CommonSpot Content Servercopyright School of Operations Research and Information Engineering, Cornell UniversityClinical trials are a major but necessary source of delay and cost in bringing pharmaceutical products to market. Some companies use a new approach,adaptive trial design, to reduce costs, but ORIE statistician Bruce Turnbull has expressed caution.http://www.orie.cornell.edu/loader.cfm?csModule=controls/custom/loader&elementid=3742&datapageid=153971http://www.orie.cornell.edu/loader.cfm?csModule=controls/custom/loader&elementid=3742&datapageid=153971Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:50:00 +0000The Applied Probability Society of INFORMS (the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences) holds conferences every two or three years. ORIE hosted the 15th conference, which was held in Ithaca this summer.http://www.orie.cornell.edu/loader.cfm?csModule=controls/custom/loader&elementid=3742&datapageid=107585http://www.orie.cornell.edu/loader.cfm?csModule=controls/custom/loader&elementid=3742&datapageid=107585Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:47:07 +0000Four members of the ORIE class of 2009 who were honored with medals at commencement are embarked on different careers: graduate school, consulting, military service, and professional athletics. http://www.orie.cornell.edu/loader.cfm?csModule=controls/custom/loader&elementid=3742&datapageid=40644http://www.orie.cornell.edu/loader.cfm?csModule=controls/custom/loader&elementid=3742&datapageid=40644Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:32:00 +0000The 2007-8 Master of Engineering project for Canadian National Railway yielded an IEEE publication. Project advisor Professor Peter Jackson described the benefits of the project at the 2009 SAP Academic Research Conference. http://www.orie.cornell.edu/loader.cfm?csModule=controls/custom/loader&elementid=3742&datapageid=131606http://www.orie.cornell.edu/loader.cfm?csModule=controls/custom/loader&elementid=3742&datapageid=131606Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:05:37 +0000ORIE professor Sidney Resnick has been named the Lee Teng-Hui Professor in Engineering. The expert on probability modeling served as Director of the School of Operations Research and Information Engineering from 1999 to 2004. http://www.orie.cornell.edu/loader.cfm?csModule=controls/custom/loader&elementid=3742&datapageid=42123http://www.orie.cornell.edu/loader.cfm?csModule=controls/custom/loader&elementid=3742&datapageid=42123Thu, 01 Oct 2009 20:32:00 +0000Cornell's Institute for Computational Sustainability, whose Associate Director is ORIE's David Shmoys, organized the first ever conference on the subject. Shmoys and recent graduate Elmachtoub described an ecological project.http://www.orie.cornell.edu/loader.cfm?csModule=controls/custom/loader&elementid=3742&datapageid=105484http://www.orie.cornell.edu/loader.cfm?csModule=controls/custom/loader&elementid=3742&datapageid=105484Fri, 25 Sep 2009 18:19:00 +0000ORIE has established several initiatives designed to strengthen ties to alumni. Alumni are sought to mentor graduate students, contribute to an Alumni Notes web page, comment on ORIE and their careers, and provide historical profiles..http://www.orie.cornell.edu/loader.cfm?csModule=controls/custom/loader&elementid=3742&datapageid=131645http://www.orie.cornell.edu/loader.cfm?csModule=controls/custom/loader&elementid=3742&datapageid=131645Wed, 09 Sep 2009 20:18:00 +0000VideoNote, a system that allows students to easily and repeatedly review sections of a lecture using their own computers, has been employed by three ORIE classes. A Task Force study concluded that it is "a significant new pedagogical tool." http://www.orie.cornell.edu/loader.cfm?csModule=controls/custom/loader&elementid=3742&datapageid=109024http://www.orie.cornell.edu/loader.cfm?csModule=controls/custom/loader&elementid=3742&datapageid=109024Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:40:00 +0000The annual ORIE alumni breakfast is a highlight of the Cornell reunion for graduates and faculty. This year alumni spanning 50 years attended the gathering.http://www.orie.cornell.edu/loader.cfm?csModule=controls/custom/loader&elementid=3742&datapageid=107566http://www.orie.cornell.edu/loader.cfm?csModule=controls/custom/loader&elementid=3742&datapageid=107566Fri, 21 Aug 2009 15:16:00 +0000ORIE's Master of Engineering program attracts applicants from all over the world, including many ORIE graduates. At the ORIE commencement, several new graduates were honored as recipients of prizes and fellowship awards named for ORIE alumni. http://www.orie.cornell.edu/loader.cfm?csModule=controls/custom/loader&elementid=3742&datapageid=105466http://www.orie.cornell.edu/loader.cfm?csModule=controls/custom/loader&elementid=3742&datapageid=105466Fri, 14 Aug 2009 20:01:00 +0000An essential feature of the ORIE M. Eng. program is the team-based project for a real client. At the M. Eng. Graduation Ceremony, three project teams shared prizes in a time-honored competition open to all students in the College of Engineering.http://www.orie.cornell.edu/loader.cfm?csModule=controls/custom/loader&elementid=3742&datapageid=105467http://www.orie.cornell.edu/loader.cfm?csModule=controls/custom/loader&elementid=3742&datapageid=105467Mon, 27 Jul 2009 19:16:00 +0000Professor David Ruppert has contributed more than 250 photographs of plants and birds to a guide to planting for birds in and around Ithaca.http://www.orie.cornell.edu/loader.cfm?csModule=controls/custom/loader&elementid=3742&datapageid=107567http://www.orie.cornell.edu/loader.cfm?csModule=controls/custom/loader&elementid=3742&datapageid=107567Fri, 24 Jul 2009 14:13:29 +0000