February 2005 • Volume 32 Number 1 The following table of contents lists articles in the February 2005 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 Letters to the Editor INFORMS Online Cyberspace Issues in Education Was It Something I Said? Viewpoint Call for Papers ORacle Classifieds OR/MS Today now features Online Employment Classifieds Features To Catch a Tech Thief By Arnold Reisman The illegal transfer of technology is a multi-billion dollar industry. In order to catch a thief, O.R. types have to think like a thief.   Agents of Change By Doug Samuelson Real-world examples demonstrate how agent-based modeling may transform social science.   O.R. Scores in SpORts By James J. Cochran Special issue of INFORMS Transactions on Education highlights winning examples of O.R. in the athletic arena ... and in the classroom.   Computing Essential Tools of the Trade By James Swain Biennial survey of statistical analysis software presents side-by-side comparison of 45 packages.   2005 Statistical Analysis Software Survey   Software Review: Systat 11 By Jack Yurkiewicz Comprehensive statistical software package offers great graphics. INFORMS News Spring Conference INFORMS Awards:     - George E. Kimball Medal     - John von Neumann Theory Prize     - Lanchester Prize     - INFORMS Impact Prize     - George E. Nicholson Student Paper Competition     - INFORMS Expository Writing Award     - INFORMS Prize for the Teaching of Operations Research/       Management Science Practice     - George B. Dantzig Dissertation Award Call for Nominations PEOPLE Notes from the Roundtable INFORMS Meetings Don't forget the OR/MS Today Online Reader Service page! Table of Contents OR/MS Today Home Page OR/MS Today Home Page OR/MS Today copyright © 2005 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 2005 by Lionheart Publishing, Inc. All rights reserved.