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UMass INFORMS Speaker Series: A Talk by Dr. Thomas Sharkey

Today, November 15th,  our Student Chapter was thrilled to organize a talk by Dr. Thomas Sharkey. Dr. Sharkey is an Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. His presentation was entitled “Emergency Response in the Arctic: Optimizing Investments for Global Capabilities and Local Benefits”. Through his talk, Dr. Sharkey discussed major challenges associated with changes in the activities performed in  Arctic over the last years.  Such changes were the motivation for developing OR models for improving the emergency response in the Arctic, which was the main part of his presentation. Dr. Sharkey answered many questions during his talk and provided valuable information to the audience.

Our Chapter’s adviser, Prof. Anna Nagurney, introduced our speaker to the attendees and referred to his research background.

Dr. Sharkey presented to the audience the research team members that participated in this project.

With this talk, Dr. Sharkey explained current challenges in the Arctic area.

The attendees asked many interesting questions that led to a fruitful discussion.

Hope to see you all in our next event!