SIG History Event: Hans Ittman
Wed, 26 Mar
|Zoom
Join this webinar to hear Hans Ittman present Reflections on an early OR career at CSIR, from 1973 to 1986. Hans is a past president of ORSSA, a Fellow and Honorary Life member of ORSSA and Fellow of the International Federation of Operations Research Societies (IFORS).
Time & Location
26 Mar 2025, 18:00 – 19:00 SAST
Zoom
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About the Event
Reflections on early OR career at CSIR, from 1973 to 1986
Joining the National Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences (NRIMS) of the CSIR as an operations researcher with hardly any formal OR training and experience was a daunting challenge. In retrospect my defence background opened the opportunity to become part of this world class scientific institution. The environment was conducive to gain know-how, to learn and to grow. The privilege to work with, and under a person such as Theo Stewart, was invaluable. In this presentation I will give a brief outline of my own background and my experiences in a growing OR group. My focus will be largely on projects I was personally involved in during the early years of the OR group but also a period of fundamental changes within the CSIR.
Short outlines of the following projects, inter alia, wargaming, maize transportation, a strike aircraft simulation, component…