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PhD Open Evening Operational Research and Management Sciences

PhD Open Evening Operational Research and Management Sciences. 7 December 2012. Agenda. Introduction to ORMS academic group Overview of our PhD programme Application and funding Research areas/topics and supervisors. Introduction to ORMS group.

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PhD Open Evening Operational Research and Management Sciences

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  1. PhD Open EveningOperational Research and Management Sciences 7 December 2012

  2. Agenda • Introduction to ORMS academic group • Overview of our PhD programme • Application and funding • Research areas/topics and supervisors

  3. Introduction to ORMS group • 14 academics (supervisors!) working in different areas of OR/MS • Research areas include • optimization and heuristics • stochastic approaches, risk • multicriteria optimization • productivity and efficiency analysis • game theory • simulation and soft OR methods • Close links to DIMAP

  4. PhD Programme • Typically 3-5 students in each year’s intake, about 15 overall. • Taught components • Philosophies of Social Science, Quantitative and Qualitative Methods, Practice of Social Research • NATCOR residential modules in the first two years • Research • Two supervisors • Expected completion within 3-4 years • Dissertation and viva

  5. What is expected • You work independently on your research topic • Regular meetings with supervisors and their guidance • Typically contribution to both theory and application (but the balance varies) • Expect to present your results at conferences and publish

  6. Application process • Discuss your research proposal with potential supervisor • Apply on-line • Start in October

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