Podcast – Punk Rock Operations Research

Episodes

1. 10

   the forecasting models behind the power outages forecasts for Hurricane Sandy

   I’m thrilled to have interviewed Seth Guikema about his forecasting models for hurricane power outages between his gigs on Good Morning America and Bloomberg. Seth is a professor at Johns Hopkins University, and he is the rock star of hurricane power outage forecasts. I wrote about a Baltimore…

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   Oct 29, 2012
2. 9

   new podcast interview with an undergraduate researcher

   I published a new podcast, an interview with my undergraduate research assistant Taylor Richard from Oberlin College. He worked on an REU funded by the National Science Foundation. He did a wonderful job this summer. In the podcast, he talks about what he worked on this summer, the lessons he...

   Sep 25, 2012
3. 8

   unicorns and operations research

   My latest–and overdue–podcast is about unicorns and operations research. No, not those unicorns. The unicorn we discuss is based on the English coat of arms, where it is fighting a lion for the crown. This is the beginning of the paper we discuss: In an essay entitled The Unicorn, J. B. Priestley...

   Sep 19, 2012
4. 7

   new podcast on irrational fears

   I released a new podcast episode about the risk of a few of my irrational fears in life. In this podcast, Richard Garrett and I discuss the risks of dying in a car accident, in a plane crash, from being struck by lightning, in an elevator, and in a bear attack. You will have to […]

   Apr 13, 2012
5. 6

   elections and OR

   With election day coming up on Tuesday, the latest Punk Rock OR Podcast episode addresses elections and OR. You can listen here: Here are a few show notes and links to extra material. Walter Mebane, Professor of political science and statistics at the University of Michigan, has written several...

   Nov 4, 2011
6. 5

   community based operations research

   I had the pleasure of interviewing Michael Johnson about his upcoming book Community Based Operations Research in a Punk Rock OR Podcast (21 minutes). It’s a fantastic book: I recommend that you ask your university library to add it to their collection. If you are heading to the INFORMS Annual...

   Oct 25, 2011
7. 4

   on pirates and operations research

   A search for “pirates and operations research” turned up a link about Pittsburgh Pirates player Ross Ohlendorf, who was an OR major at Princeton. I am interested in OR and real pirates. I have a new podcast out on pirates (see below). Here’s the gist of the piracy problem plaguing the Gulf of…

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   Oct 21, 2011
8. 3

   A new Punk Rock OR Podcast episode is available

   A new Punk Rock OR podcast episode is available! In this episode, I chat with Richard Garrett about traffic, household energy usage, OR Halloween costumes, OR tattoos, and a few other things. I even (attempt to) tell an OR joke. Email us your feedback and OR jokes – send them to...

   Oct 14, 2011
9. 2

   Punk Rock OR Podcast #3: undergraduate students interview me

   Yesterday, I announced that I revived my podcast. I posted another Punk Rock OR podcast episode today. My undergraduate student researchers (featured in episode #2) interview me being a professor. Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast feed via the podcast web site. Your comments and questions...

   Sep 1, 2011