{"49838":{"#nid":"49838","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Dr. Larry Wein Speaks At 2009 Distinguished Lecture","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDr. Lawrence \u0022Larry\u0022 Wein\u0027s expertise in operations research and homeland security was the topic of the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering\u0027s Second Annual Distinguished Lecture.  \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EIf you were not able to attend this captivating presentation, you now have the opportunity to view a video of the presentation at \u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\u0027http:\/\/smartech.gatech.edu\/handle\/1853\/27459\u0027\u003Ehttp:\/\/smartech.gatech.edu\/handle\/1853\/27459\u003C\/a\u003E.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Wein, professor at the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University and a Philip McCord Morse Lecturer, addressed topics related to his research in public health and homeland security including:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n* preparedness and response to bio-terror anthrax attacks and to bio-terror attacks on food supply chains;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n* routes of transmission and infection control for pandemic influenza; and\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n* biometrics (e.g. fingerprint matching) to prevent terrorists from entering the country.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThe 2009 lecture took place on March 5th to a room full of faculty, students, and alumni.  \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering\u0027s annual Distinguished Lecture Series is designed to bring in highly prominent speakers who have made a significant contribution to society through research areas of interest to ISyE faculty and students and to provide a forum for the students, faculty, staff and alumni from the Georgia Tech community to interact with the distinguished lecturer.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EStarted in 2008, the inception of the Distinguished Lecture event featured Dr. William\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u0022Bill\u0022 Pulleyblank, Vice President of the Center for Business Optimization at IBM Global Business Services.  The premier address, entitled \u003Cem\u003EComputing, Business, and Operations Research: The Next Challenges\u003C\/em\u003E, focused on the numerous opportunities and challenges in computing, business, and operations research. Dr. Pulleyblank\u0027s presentation can be viewed at: \u003Ca href=\u0027http:\/\/smartech.gatech.edu\/handle\/1853\/21229\u0027\u003Ehttp:\/\/smartech.gatech.edu\/handle\/1853\/21229\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Dr. Wein\u0027s expertise in operations research and homeland security was the topic for the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering\u0027s Second Annual Distinguished Lecture.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Presentation focuses in Operation Research \u0026amp; Homeland Securi"}],"uid":"27279","created_gmt":"2009-04-13 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:03:59","author":"Barbara Christopher","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2009-04-13T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2009-04-13T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"49839":{"id":"49839","type":"image","title":"Dr. Larry Wein","body":null,"created":"1449175373","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:42:53","changed":"1475894453","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:40:53","alt":"Dr. Larry Wein","file":{"fid":"127008","name":"tzp47932.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tzp47932_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tzp47932_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":55899,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/tzp47932_0.jpg?itok=1lxMqcXS"}}},"media_ids":["49839"],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"133","name":"Special Events and Guest Speakers"}],"keywords":[{"id":"946","name":"distinguished lecture"},{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"},{"id":"945","name":"homeland security"},{"id":"426","name":"isye"},{"id":"944","name":"Larry Wein"},{"id":"564","name":"operations research"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003EBarbara Christopher\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIndustrial and Systems Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=bt3\u0022\u003EContact Barbara Christopher\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404.385.3102\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["bchristopher@isye.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}