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2020 INFORMS Election
The annual INFORMS election for the 2020 Board of Directors will be open for voting on
Monday, August 1, 2019.
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2019 INFORMS Annual Meeting Seattle
Sunday, Oct 20
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Wednesday, Oct 23
Washington State Convention Center & Sheraton Seattle Hotel (USA) Washington2019 INFORMS Regional Analytics Conference - Chicago
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O.R. & Analytics in the News
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September 17, 2019
Study points to the power of word-of-mouth in social learning
Therapy Toronto News -
-
September 16, 2019
J. Cole Smith Named Dean of the College of Engineering and Computer Science
Syracuse University -
-
September 14, 2019
Negative posts on Facebook business pages outweigh positive posts 2 to 1
AZ Business Magazine -
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