October 2003 • Volume 30 Number 5 The following table of contents lists articles in the October 2003 print edition of OR/MS Today. You may follow any of the linked titles to read those items in their entirety. For quick navigation you may jump directly to any of the following sections: Departments Features INFORMS News Departments Inside Story President's Desk INFORMS Online Cyberspace Issues in Education Was It Something I Said? ORacle Real World Call for Papers Industry Update Letters to the Editor Classifieds OR/MS Today now features Online Employment Classifieds Features Taking Stock of Virtual Markets By Martin Spann and Bernd Skiera Internet-based virtual stock markets show promise in everything from predicting business success to political upheaval.   An OR-Inspired Job Search By Richard Hewitt Forget networking and résumé polishing. In order to find a good job in today's tight market, you need a more efficient search process.   Teacher Orientation By Anuj Mehrotra and Sridhar Tayur A cost-effective proposal to prepare new faculty for effective MBA teaching.   Can OR Light Up the Power Industry? By E. Kevin Doyle, Thierry Duchesne and Danny I. Cho A team from Bruce Power near Toronto seeks to optimize power generation and distribution maintenance by capturing the expertise of veteran experts before it's too late.   Computing Software Review: GAUSS Mathematical and Statistical System 5.0 By ManMohan S. Sodhi and Wayne Holland Workhorse programming language proves a valuable tool for financial, econometric and statistical professionals and students, as well as operations researchers. INFORMS News Practice Meeting Preview OR in the News Case and Teaching Materials Guide to Atlanta Exhibitors Atlanta Plenary & Keynotes Historic Lecture Edelman Call for Nominations In Memoriam: John R. Hall WSC 03: Driving Innovation Meetings Don't forget the OR/MS Today Online Reader Service page! OR/MS Today Home Page OR/MS Today copyright © 2003 by the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences. All rights reserved. Lionheart Publishing, Inc. 506 Roswell Street, Suite220, Marietta, GA 30060, USA Phone: 770-431-0867 | Fax: 770-432-6969 E-mail: lpi@lionhrtpub.com URL: http://www.lionhrtpub.com Web Site © Copyright 2003 by Lionheart Publishing, Inc. All rights reserved.