From first meeting to Fellow: A professional lifetime with INFORMS
About this episode
Dr. Jim Cochran discusses his long-standing involvement with INFORMS and the evolution of the community.
I'm so excited to be joined by someone whose name is deeply woven into the fabric of the INFORMS community – Dr. Jim Cochran, Professor of Applied Statistics and the Mike & Kathy Morone Research Chair at the University of Alabama's Culverhouse College of Business. Jim is a longtime INFORMS member, past recipient of the INFORMS Prize for the Teaching of OR/MS Practice and INFORMS Presidents Award, and a Fellow of INFORMS, the American Statistical Association, and the African Academy of Sciences, and a tireless advocate for analytics education, international collaboration, and community engagement. He's attended more INFORMS meetings than most of us can count – and today we're talking about what has changed, what has stayed the same, and why INFORMS remains such a meaningful home for so many members like Jim.
People in this episode
Guest: Dr. Jim Cochran
Topics covered
- INFORMS community
- analytics education
- professional development
- international collaboration
- community engagement
Keywords
- INFORMS
- analytics
- education
- statistics
- community
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: INFORMS, University of Alabama, Culverhouse College of Business, American Statistical Association, African Academy of Sciences
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