Icelandic Operations Research Society

• Main Authors: Stefánsson, Hlynur, Ásgeirsson, Eyjólfur Ingi, Ólafsson, Snjólfur
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2011
• Subjects: Iceland
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9780470400531.eorms0393; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/9780470400531.eorms0393

Abstract The Icelandic Operations Research Society was founded in 1985. It has around 100 members. The main activities are in the form of monthly meetings where OR‐related work is presented. The topics presented are from industry and academia alike and so are the members of the society. In 2006 ICORS hosted the EURO conference in Iceland. The theme of the conference was “OR for Better Management of Sustainable Development.” On the whole, the conference was a great success with 1541 delegates from 63 countries. Introductory courses to OR are taught to approximately 250 students every year and several advanced courses are offered at undergraduate and graduate levels. There are in total five faculty positions in Iceland that are devoted to operations research. There are at least four members of ICORS that have OR/management science faculty positions in foreign universities, including Georgia Institute of Technology, London School of Business, Stanford University, and University of Atlanta. Quite a few students have completed MSc or PhD degrees in operations research from various foreign universities, mostly in North America and Europe. OR methods have been used in several significant practical projects and the main emphasis has been on fishing and the fishing industry as it is one of the backbones of the Icelandic economy.