Toshihide Ibaraki October 1985, Professor, Kyoto University April 2001-March 2003, Dean, Graduate School of In

formatics, Kyoto University April 2004, Professor, Kwansei Gakuin University Fellow: ACM, Operations Research Society of Japan,

Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers, Information Processing Society of Japan, etc. Advisory Editor of Discrete Applied Mathematics, etc.

Award: 2007, The first reciepant of Kondo Jiro Award, which is the very important prize in OR society of Japan.

Shu-Cherng Fang Walter Clark Chair and University Alumni

Distinguished Graduate Professor 2002 Fellow Award, Institute of Industrial

Engineers 2002 Scientific Excellence Award, National

Textile Center, US Department of Commerce 2001 R. J. Reynolds Award for Excellency in

Teaching, Research, and Extension, College of Engineering, NC State University

1998 N C State Outstanding Research Award, University Alumni Association

1998 IBM Global Partnership Award, IBM University Relations

Hans-Otto Günther 2001-2003 Dean, Faculty of Business and Management,

Technical University Berlin, Germany 1999-2001 Head of the Department of Management,

Technical University Berlin, Germany Papers published and accepted for publication in

International Journal of Production Research, European Journal of Operational Research (EJOR), OR Spectrum, etc.

Numerous publications in proceedings of international conferences

14 editions of textbooks on Production Management / Production and Logistics since 1993 (in German)

Several monographs and contributions to books (in German)

Xiuli Chao Professor of Industrial & Operations Engineering, University of

Michigan. Dr. Chao is the co-developer of Lekin Scheduling System. He is the co-author of two books, "Operations Scheduling wit

h Applications in Manufacturing and Services" (Irwin/McGraw-Hill, 1998), and "Queueing Networks: Customers, Signals, and Product Form Solutions" (John Wiley & Sons, 1999).

Chao received the 1998 Erlang Prize from the Applied Probability Society of INFORMS, and he received the Outstanding Overseas Chinese Scientist Award from National Natural Science Foundation of China in 2002, the Outstanding Overseas Scientist Award from Chinese Academy of Science in 2004.

In 2005 he received the David F. Baker Distinguished Research Award from Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE).

Xiang-Sun Zhang 1983- Research Associate Professor, Full Research

Professor, Institute of Applied Mathematics, CAS 1992-1998 Director, Institute of Applied Mathematics,

CAS 1999-2003 Vice President, Academy of Mathematics

and Systems Sciences, CAS. 2002- Director of the Center of Bioinformatics, AMSS The Honorary President of the Operations Research

Society of China, 2004. First Prize of the OR in Development, awarded by the

International Federation of Operations Research Societies (IFORS) at the 14th International Conference at Vancouver, Canada, 1996.

Katsushige Sawaki Professor, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Nanzan Uni

versity, Nagoya, Japan

2005 Edelman Finalist Award Winner: An OR/MS group consisting of OR professors at Nanzan Gakuen is applying various OR/MS methodologies to improve operations and reduce costs. The group evaluated the financial effectiveness of a new campus using a simulation technique. Linear programming was used to improve the cost effectiveness of the school bus system, resulting in a savings of $5 million in five years.

He has been keeping very important position including Vice President and Council Member at Nanzan University in Nagoya, Japan.