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Marina Epelman elected MOS treasurer

by Rod Capps
Industrial and Operations Engineering
June 24, 2016
Marina Epelman will be joining the council of the Mathematical Optimization Society (MOS) for three years in the role of treasurer.| Short Read

Marina Epelman will be joining the council of the Mathematical Optimization Society (MOS) for three years in the role of treasurer. MOS is an international organization that publishes the Mathematical Programming journal series and sponsors the tri-annual International Symposium on Mathematical Programming, among other activities. Prof. Epelman was elected to the position last year, and will join the council on August 1, 2016.

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