brushed up on RВ and some Machine LearningВ techniques through Coursera (awesome!).

Managing the trip is a huge challenge, but I also missed work a lot, missing the other challenges. Doing a year of pure travel is super fortunate, and I almost don't dare to utter that sometimes I found it hard to drag myself for the 11th time in 3 months to drive through yet another beautiful wine country with breath-taking alpine scenery, or more Andean mountain villages, or serene beaches. 60+ countries later, my imaginary list is still quite long. Most people have never met each other in the cyber community, but are ready to answer questions when asked.

Almost all overlanders are super eager to share information with each other and help, because we've all known a few hard moments on the road. A few hundred people gathered on a Facebook group were the best near real-time information providers.

I had very few possessions I was happy and my eyes were filled with wondrous things throughout the year.Д¬ommunities kick assВ in supporting overlanding travellers of all modes, by car, motorcycle, bicycle, uni-cycle or even by donkey(!). The living was rough, and it took some getting used to. Wild camping at some bizarre and cool spots, like 24-hour gas stations and garages, road-side somewhere in the country, cliff edge by the sea, a lot of central plazas and town squares, in front of police stations (with permission), and once within a secure military compound. We converted the back of our little van into a bed, so we slept in it a lot of the nights. A lot to let go, but we gained so much more.ДЄbove all, I learned how little I need to live on to be happy, material-wise. After moving from Canada to the UK 5 years ago, and setting up a new life there, we gave up our jobs, salary, friends and all the comforts of life in one of the greatest metropolis in the world. 1 year, 1 continent, 1 simple car, 2 people, 13 countries, 40,000 km. I spent 2013 ' overlanding' through South America with my partner. 'There are two kinds of teachers: the kind that fill you with so much quail shot that you can't move, and the kind that just gives you a little prod behind and you jump to the skies.' - Robert Frost 'I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well.'В - Alexander the Great My career would not have looked quite the same without the program. I was honoured to be at the gala event, and ecstatic for the program's win.

Smith Prize is awarded to an academic department or program for effective and innovative preparation of students to be good practitioners of operations research. This is the field's top prize recognizing some of the best education programs. :)Д«est of all, my former masters program in Operations Research, the Centre for Operations Excellence at the Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia, won this year's George D Smith Prize. Great conference, networking and top organizers. Excellent talks on really relevant topics. This year's INFORMS Business Analytics and Operations Research conference was held in Huntington Beach, California.

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