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for the most voluminous (by submissions) area – Discrete – for nearly seven years. He has a distinguished record in scholarly publishing and his own work admirably bridges both OR and computation. His brief biography is below. The search committee was ably
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</span><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Alice E. Smith, Ph.D., P.E.</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Joe W. Forehand, Jr. Distinguished Professor<br>
Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Auburn University Alabama United States<br>
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