August 2005 • Volume 32 Number 4 The following table of contents lists articles in the August 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 INFORMS Online Cyberspace Was It Something I Said Issues in Education Real World Letters to the Editor Call for Papers Industry News ORacle Classifieds OR/MS Today now features Online Employment Classifieds Features Back-to-School Special Issue Operations Research for Everyone (Including 'Poets') By Peter C. Bell Seven really useful O.R. frameworks that can be effectively employed by anyone.   O.R. in Biz School: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly By Thomas A. Grossman Call for rigorous empirical research on business analytics to identify commonalities, opportunities, problems and solutions.   What Industry Wants from O.R. Grads By ManMohan S. Sodhi and Byung-Gak Son Analysis of employment ads offers insight on job market for students, instructors, university program directors and employers.   Reminiscences of George B. Dantzig The Life and Times of the 'Father of LP' By Saul I. Gass   Gentle Soul Welcomed All to His World By Richard W. Cottle   He Made Powerful Ideas Seem Simple By Thomas L. Magnanti   Monumental Contributions Met the Test By Arthur F. Veinott Jr.   Never a Dull Moment with Brilliant GBD By Mukund Thapa   Computing Software Review: Xpress-MP 2005A By Hernan Wurgaft Mathematical modeling and optimization suite serves many needs. INFORMS News New Orleans Conference Preview 2006 Election of Officers Technology Management Highlights Meetings Exceed Expectations WSC Registration Open Presidential Position Statements      • Brenda Dietrich      • Stephen M. Robinson People Roundtable Digs Data Mining Call for Nominations Financial Statements INFORMS Meetings Don't forget the OR/MS Today Online Reader Service 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.