I have the pleasure of giving a keynote talk at the INFORMS Security Conference on July 30, 2024. My keynote talk was entitled, “Smarter Decisions for a Secure World: A Roadmap for Operations Research.” Below I provide an outline of my talk and the publications I referenced in my talk.
Talk outline:
- Advancing OR Through Security Challenges:
- Overcoming difficult security obstacles has sparked innovations that propel OR forward.
- Elevating OR to New Heights:
- Addressing existing security and resilience challenges will lead OR to greater achievements.
- Nurturing the OR Ecosystem:
- Merely doing OR isn’t sufficient; we must actively cultivate the OR ecosystem.
References:
- Florence N. Trefethen (1954). “A History of Operations Research,” in Joseph F. McCloskey and Florence N. Trefethen (eds.), Operations Research for Management, Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 3-35.
- Articles and resources about the origins of operations research: https://www.informs.org/Explore/History-of-O.R.-Excellence/Bibliographies/The-Origins-of-OR
- P.M. Morse (1952). Operations research – what is it? Journal of Applied Physics 23(2), 165-172. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1702167
- Hall Jr, J. R., & Hess, S. W. (1978). OR/MS: Dead or dying? RX for survival. Interfaces, 8(3), 42-44. https://doi.org/10.1287/inte.8.3.42
- Ackoff, R. L. (1979). The future of operational research is past. Journal of the operational research Society, 30(2), 93-104. https://doi.org/10.1057/jors.1979.22
- INFORMS (1994). Case Western Reserve University (Case Institute of Technology), Available at: https://www.informs.org/Explore/History-of-O.R.-Excellence/Academic-Institutions/Case-Western-Reserve-University-Case-Institute-of-Technology (Accessed in July 2024)
- Green, L.V. & Kolesar, P.J. (2004). Improving emergency responsiveness with Management Science.” Management Science, 50(8), 1001-1014. https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.1040.0253
- Budiansky S. (2013) Blackett’s War: The Men Who Defeated the Nazi U-Boats and Brought Science to the Art of Warfare. Alfred A. Knopf Inc.: New York.
- Larson, R.C., Metzger, M.D., and Cahn, M.F. (2006) Responding to emergencies: Lessons learned and the need for analysis, Interfaces 36(6), 486-501. https://doi.org/10.1287/inte.1060.0250
- Wein, L.M. (2009). Homeland security: from mathematical models to policy implementation: The 2008 Philip McCord Morse Lecture, Operations Research 57(4), 801-811. https://doi.org/10.1287/opre.1090.0695
- J. Birge (2022). George Bernard Dantzig. Production and Operations Management 31(5), https://doi.org/10.1111/poms.13751
My publications referenced in the talk:
- Albert, L.A., Nikolaev, A., and Jacobson, S.H. (2023). Homeland Security Research Opportunities. IISE Transactions 55(1), 22-31. DOI: 10.1080/24725854.2022.2045392
- Albert, L.A., Nikolaev, A., Lee, A.J., Fletcher, K., and Jacobson, S.H., (2021). A Review of Risk-Based Security and Its Impact on TSA PreCheck, IISE Transactions 53(6), 657 – 670. https://doi.org/10.1080/24725854.2020.1825881
- Enayaty-Ahangar, F., Albert, L.A., DuBois, E. (2020). A survey of optimization models and methods for cyberinfrastructure security. IISE Transactions 53(2), 182 – 198. https://doi.org/10.1080/24725854.2020.1781306
- Schmidt, A.P. and L. A. Albert (2021). Designing pandemic-resilient voting systems. Socio-economic Planning Sciences, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seps.2021.101174
- Schmidt, A.P. and Albert, L.A. 2024. Locating ballot drop boxes. IISE Transactions 56(4), 424 – 436. https://doi.org/10.1080/24725854.2023.2213754
- Schmidt, A.P., Buell, D., and Albert, L.A. 2024. Optimal consolidation of polling locations. To appear in Manufacturing & Service Operations Management. https://doi.org/10.1287/msom.2022.0497
- Zheng, K., Albert, L., Luedtke, J.R., Towle, E. 2019. A budgeted maximum multiple coverage model for cybersecurity planning and management, IISE Transactions 51(12), 1303-1317.
- Zheng, K., and Albert, L.A. 2019. Interdiction models for delaying adversarial attacks against critical information technology infrastructure. Naval Research Logistics 66(5), 411 – 429.
- V.M. White, S.A. Avendano, L.A. Albert, A.E. Zgierska, J. Balles, G. Zayas–Cabán. 2021. Impact of a community-policing initiative promoting substance use disorder treatment over criminal charges on arrest recidivism, Drug and Alcohol Dependence 227(1), 108915.
- Nyland, J.E., Zhang, A., Balles, J. A., Nguyen, T.H., White, V., Albert, L.A., Henningfield, M.F., Zgierska, A.E. 2024. Law enforcement-led, pre-arrest diversion-to-treatment may reduce crime recidivism, incarceration, and overdose deaths: Program evaluation outcomes. To appear in Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment. Preprint available at: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4682322
- White, V.M., and Albert, L.A. 2023. Evaluating diversion and treatment policies for opioid use disorder, Under review, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Preprint available at: https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.05076.
- Albert, L. America’s data illiteracy imperils its worldwide lead in artificial intelligence. The Hill, June 23, 2023.
- Gerstmann, E. and Albert, L. (2024). America is facing a STEM and data education crisis, Op-Ed in The Hill, February 3, 2024.