Meinoff Sellmann, a well-known expert in Operation Research (OR), gives this advice: “No surfer has ever surfed a wave by paddling to a place where others are already surfing the tube. In 2024, generative AI is the latest fashion. And guess what many OR researchers are looking at right now. OR, focus on your craft. Focus on decision-making under uncertainty. And be prepared for the next wave. It is coming.” Link

Read more: “We need to rise to the occasion and finally address the real problems of this world. It is crying for efficiency, and OR has a crucial role to play. But we will not get there if we do not dare to think OR completely new, namely as decision science where making robust decisions based on uncertain data is the name of the game.”