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<span style="font-family: Arial">COIN-OR </span><span
style="font-family: Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial">would
like to invite you to the following events </span></span><span
style="font-family: Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial"><span
style="font-family: Arial">running as part of the INFORMS 2014
San Francisco conference</span>. (These are also listed at <a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://projects.coin-or.org/Events/wiki/InformsSanFrancisco">https://projects.coin-or.org/Events/wiki/InformsSanFrancisco</a>
.)<br>
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<b>INFORMS Impact Prize Award Ceremony</b><br>
COIN-OR is very proud that nine of the pioneers of COIN-OR,
Brenda Dietrich, JP Fasano, John Forrest, Lou Hafer, Brady
Hunsaker, Laszlo Ladanyi, Robin Lougee, Ted Ralphs, and Matthew
Saltzman, are the recipients of the 2014 ​INFORMS Impact Prize.
They will receive the award at the conference:<br>
Sunday, November 9th<br>
INFORMS Awards Ceremony & Dessert Reception<br>
8:30pm-9:45pm (Doors close at 8:45pm)<br>
Hilton – Imperial Ballroom<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://meetings2.informs.org/sanfrancisco2014/social.html">http://meetings2.informs.org/sanfrancisco2014/social.html</a><br>
<br>
For more information about this prize, see </span></span><span
style="font-family: Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial"><span
style="font-family: Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial"><a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.coin-or.org/news.html#impact">http://www.coin-or.org/news.html#impact</a></span></span>
<br>
<br>
<b>COIN-OR Cup, 10th Anniversary & INFORMS Impact Prize
Celebration</b><b><br>
</b>We are hosting a combined celebration to honour the
recipient of the most coveted award in computational O.R, and to
honour the COIN-OR pioneers who are the recipients of this
year's INFORMS Impact Prize award. This is also a celebration of
COIN-OR's 10'th anniversary. Open to friends, family, COIN-OR
old-timers, COIN-OR wanna-bees, and everyone in between. This
year's celebration will be held:<br>
Monday, November 10th<br>
7:30 pm -- late<br>
​Bluestem Brasserie: <br>
1 Yerba Buena Lane<br>
</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial"><span
style="font-family: Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial"><span
style="font-family: Arial"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.bluestembrasserie.com/contact.html">http://www.bluestembrasserie.com/contact.html</a><br>
<br>
</span></span> For more about the COIN-OR Cup, see <a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.coin-or.org/coinCup/coinCup14.html">http://www.coin-or.org/coinCup/coinCup14.html</a><br>
<br>
<b>COIN-OR Users Meeting</b><b><br>
</b>As is traditional, we will have a user's meeting during
lunch on Monday:<br>
Monday, November 10th<br>
Time: 12:30 -- 1:30<br>
Location: Continental 1, BR Level<br>
Organizer: Matthew Saltzman <br>
<br>
Anyone interested in open-source software tools, open standards,
or data and model repositories for any aspect of operations
research is encouraged to attend the this meeting. Bring your
own lunch and ideas.<br>
<br>
<b>COIN-OR Booth</b><b><br>
</b>Visit the Computational Infrastructure for Operations
Research booth to learn about high-quality, free, open-source
tools for OR professionals and students, suitable for
commercial, educational, and personal use. COIN-OR is the place
to go when you need a 'white box' for algorithm research and
development. We do binaries, too!<br>
Booth: #31<br>
Organizer: Matthew Saltzman<br>
<br>
Volunteers are always welcome to "staff the booth." Got a half
hour to volunteer? Drop by the booth, network with other Coin-OR
community members, colleagues, and random members of the public</span></span><br>
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Dr Andrew J Mason
Associate Professor
Acting Deputy Head of Department
Dept of Engineering Science
University of Auckland
New Zealand
+64 9 3737599 x87909
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.esc.auckland.ac.nz/Mason">www.esc.auckland.ac.nz/Mason</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:a.mason@auckland.ac.nz">a.mason@auckland.ac.nz</a>
OpenSolver.org: Open-source Solver-compatible LP/IP optimizer for Excel
SolverStudio.org: Excel modelling using AMPL, GAMS, PuLP, GMPL & Gurobi
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