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Martonosi Recognized for Advancing Women in Operations Research Field聽

无忧视频 Professor of Mathematics Susan Martonosi was recognized for her significant contributions to the advancement and recognition of women in the field of operations research and the management sciences.聽聽

The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)鈥疐orum for Women in ORMS named Martonosi a recipient of the 2023鈥疉ward for the Advancement of Women in Operations Research and the Management Sciences鈥痑t their annual meeting in October. 

An educator of operations research, statistics, probability, stochastic processes and mathematical modeling, Martonosi has been active with INFORMS, including having served as an elected member of its board of directors and an officer of the Forum on Women in ORMS; chaired the INFORMS Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) committee; served as an INFORMS DEI ambassador and as co-editor of the November 2024 special issue of INFORMS Transactions on Education on DEI in the ORMS Classroom.聽

鈥淚 have had the great privilege of working with excellent colleagues through INFORMS to help advance, recognize and support women and other underrepresented groups in our profession,鈥� says Martonosi.鈥� 

One initiative she鈥檚 particularly proud of is the , which she developed and launched with her colleague Banafsheh Behzad (California State University, Long Beach) in 2022. The program鈥痵erves women-identifying doctoral students, many of whom are at institutions lacking a formal mentoring structure. 鈥淚n addition to paired mentoring, we organized workshops for these students to guide them through their graduate studies,鈥� Martonosi says.鈥疊ecause of its success, the program has been incorporated into the annual efforts of WORMS, and several past participants now serve as organizers of the program.鈥�聽

鈥淢y greatest satisfaction has been working with a number of Harvey Mudd and Claremont Colleges students over the years, including several women, introducing them to operations research, working with them on research and watching them progress through the profession,鈥� Martonosi says.聽

Martonosi currently serves as INFORMS treasurer, an elected role.鈥疭he also helps shape the efforts of the organization and of the profession at large by participating in INFORMS Executive Committee and Board discussions.鈥� 

鈥淩eceiving this award is a tremendous honor,鈥� Martonosi says. 鈥淚t was especially touching to have been presented the award by Professor Georgia Perakis (MIT), who was one of my esteemed professors at the Operations Research Center where I earned by PhD.鈥疭he is an impressive role model to many, but especially to the women doctoral students she mentors.鈥澛�

At Harvey Mudd, Martonosi鈥檚 research focuses on using optimization and probability models to answer important questions of public policy. This includes recently published work examining the鈥�, and the鈥�. Ongoing work includes developing models to inform vaccine sharing during a pandemic [see 鈥痑苍诲鈥痌 and models to improve the procurement and pricing of pediatric vaccines for low-income countries.鈥�聽