Home About CREATE Research Announcements Report/Publication CREATE Research Cited in U.S. Foreign Relations Committee Report August 12, 2011 Education Publications & Reports Search CREATE Researchers Awarded the Rist Prize from the Military Operations Research Society Update Date: August 12, 2011 CREATE Researchers Awarded the Rist Prize from the Military Operations Research Society CREATE researcher Milind Tambe along with Fernando Ordonez received the award for their August 12, 2011 paper, "Software assistants for Patrol Planning for LAX, the Federal Air Marshals Service (FAMS) and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA)". Update CREATE Helps the U.S. Coast Guard Randomize Boat Patrols August 1, 2011 Event CREATE Director Gives Keynote Address "Decision Sciences in the War on Terrorism" July 7, 2011 Event CREATE Researchers Examine Integrated Disaster Risk Management at USC July 14-16 July 5, 2011 More announcements » The Rist Prize recognizes the practical benefit sound operations research can have on "real life" decision making and seeks the best implemented military operations research study from those submitted in response to a call for entries. The call solicits abstracts with letters of endorsement for implemented recommendations from studies or other operations researchbased efforts, e.g., analyses, methodology improvements, that influenced major decisions or practices. More Information about the Rist Prize CREATE Homeland Security Center at the University of Southern California University of Southern California (213) 740-3863 3710 McClintock Avenue, RTH 314 (213) 821-3926 Los Angeles, California 90089-2902 create@usc.edu Site Design: USC ITS Web Services