Operational Research Society News

As a celebration of International Women’s Day today (8th March), we mark the event by highlighting the achievements of pioneering women in Operational Research (OR) and signpost networks that support women in OR careers today.

On 12 March 2024, the Council for Mathematical Sciences and the ‘Protect Pure Maths’ project are putting on the Maths Summit, with the support The OR Society and four other learned mathematical societies. The intention is to bring together political leaders and experts from academia and industry to discuss how the mathematical sciences can contribute better to research, innovation and prosperity.

The Dutch national network for operational research, LNMB, has awarded the prestigious Gijs de Leve Prize to Sophie Huiberts, the award’s first female winner. The prize is given to the best PhD thesis in Mathematics of Operations Research over the period of consideration.

This week it was announced that tobacco giant Philip Morris International (PMI) won the prestigious Supply Chain Management Award 2023 with their platform Sync Hub.

The Council for the Mathematical Sciences (CMS) has published a report looking at the employment outcomes of mathematical sciences graduates throughout 2016-2020 by entry requirement, social deprivation and gender.