OR-Connect

A New Web 2.0 Online Initiative for O.R.

Bjarni Kristjansson

Web 2.0 Goals

• Bring O.R. into 21st Century • Create Active O.R. Communities Online • Enhance Communication Between O.R. People• Leverage the Societies / Working Groups• Promote O.R. to Young People

Existing Social Networks

• LinkedIn Groups• Facebook Groups• Skype • Wiki Pages• Twitter

Not very effective tools for O.R. collaboration

OR-Connect - Online Collaboration for O.R.

• OR-Connect - Social Network• OR-Blogs - Blogs• OR-Share - Online Material Sharing• OR-Photos - Pictures• OR-Tube – Videos/Online courses

OR-Connect - Social Network

• Online Networking site for O.R. professionals• Open to O.R. people anywhere - register for access• Provides: Member lists, Groups, Forums, Blogs• All members can create their own online groups

o Conferences / Streamso Working Groups / subchapterso National societieso Specific research areaso O.R. Projects

• All members can start forums and create blogs• Connects with: OR-Blogs, OR-Share, OR-Photo, OR-Tube

OR-Blogs - Online Blogs

• Provides Infrastructure and Supporto How-to Blog Guideso Provide Blog Server(s) – WordPresso Blog Directoryo Feeds / Aggregators: www.netvibes.como Samples: Edublogs.org, www.mbl.is/mm/blog/

• Blog types:o Anchor Blogs (8 recruited so far)o Moderated Blogso Public Blogs

OR-Share - Online Material Sharing

• Basically YouTube for documents• Several sites: Scripd, DocStock, SlideShare• Slide presentations• Case studies• BibTeX• Homework samples• How-to guides• FAQ

Connected to OR-Blogs for discussions (important)

OR-Photo - Photo Sharing

• Online site for sharing pictures/short videoso Conferenceso Award winnerso Special meetingso Other O.R. related events

• Photo sharing site: Smugmug.com• Open to anyone to upload (with password)• Does not replace existing photo sites• EURO Reykjavik: 2000 pictures from 15 people

OR-Tube - Online Videos

• Provide Infrastructure and Supporto How-to Guideso Converting Video Formatso Web Hosting

• Leverage Academics and researchers• Samples: www.youtube.com/edu• Podcasts (INFORMS)

Online Videos - Content

• Presentations from Conferences• Class Presentations• Software Guides• Online Tutorials• O.R. Success Stories• O.R. Promotional Videos• Links to O.R. Videos Elsewhere

Live Online Courses

• Shorter online version of Winter / Summer Institutes• Intended for Young Researchers• Live Online Course (video broadcast)• Organized by Working Groups or Others• All materials published online

Sample Course – Possible Outline

• Video from important person in the field• Presentation of education materials in

live online discussion with students• Presentation of examples• Additional videos and tutorials• Software introduction and demos