December • Volume 36 Number 6 The following table of contents lists articles in the December 2009 print edition of OR/MS Today. You may follow any of the linked titles to read those items in their entirety. For quick navigation you may jump directly to any of the following sections: Departments Features INFORMS News Departments Inside Story President's Desk Issues in Education INFORMS Online PuzzlOR Journal Highlights Was It Something I Said? O.R. in the News In Memoriam: Russ Ackoff Letters to the Editor Roundtable Profile Industry News Discussion and Review of Financial Results for 2008 Call for Papers ORacle Classifieds OR/MS Today now features Online Employment Classifieds Features Playing for High Stakes By Douglas A. Samuelson Wargamers and cognitive scientists seek to avoid "strategic surprise."   The When Diet By Todd Easton Dieting as an O.R. problem: Minimize misery, maximize weight loss.   Guidelines for Plagiarism By Warren Powell Subcommittee crafts new policy for INFORMS journals.   Progress Through Participation By Peter Horner INFORMS President-Elect Susan Albin aims to get more members more involved.   Computing Software Review: Mathematica 7 By ManMohan S. Sodhi New features add up to impressive upgrade for versatile, venerable product. INFORMS News Practice Conference Preview INFORMS Election Results Keeney Receives INFORMS President's Award Lowe Earns INFORMS Prize for Teaching of OR/MS Practice Nesterov, Ye Win von Neumann Theory Prize Bakshi Captures Dantzig Award Kaplan Earns Morse Lectureship Award Bertsekas Wins Expository Writing Award Daskin, Trick Receive Kimball Medals Doing Good With Good O.R. Student Competition Nicholson Student Paper Competition The INFORMS Fellows Class of 2009 N.J. Chapter Presents Award PEOPLE INFORMS Meetings Don't forget the OR/MS Today Online Reader Service page! OR/MS Today Home Page OR/MS Today copyright © 2009 by the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences. All rights reserved. Lionheart Publishing, Inc. 506 Roswell Street, Suite 220, Marietta, GA 30060, USA Phone: 770-431-0867 | Fax: 770-432-6969 E-mail: lpi@lionhrtpub.com URL: http://www.lionhrtpub.com Web Site © Copyright 2009 by Lionheart Publishing, Inc. All rights reserved.