INFORMS has awarded Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) its 2026 Franz Edelman Award for Achievement in Advanced Analytics, Operations Research and Management Science, for reengineering how global cloud infrastructure is planned and delivered, applying advanced analytics and AI to orchestrate complex fulfillment decisions across its rapidly expanding data center network.
INFORMS has awarded the 2026 UPS George D. Smith Prize to the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech). The award recognizes excellence in preparing students to become practitioners of O.R. and analytics.
In the rush to adopt artificial intelligence, many employers are now requiring that employees use AI tools. As you’re using AI, be intentional and selective. It’s critical that you know yourself. Research published in Management Science found that AI is most valuable for people who understand their own abilities and limitations. Assess yourself, so you can factor this into your process for incorporating AI into your work.
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Congress recently agreed to throw 10s of billions of dollars at the semiconductor industry. The idea was to expand production of vital circuits in the United States. My next guest has done extensive analysis of the chip industry and says there should be more to policy than only national security. The Federal Drive with Tom Temin spoke to assistant professor of management at Radford University, Zach Collier.
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New audio is available for media use featuring Tim Kraft, an associate professor of Operations and Supply Chain Management in the Poole College of Management at North Carolina State University. He’s also the Associate Research Director of Supply Chain Resource Cooperative. He speaks about the Halloween supply chain. This content is made available by INFORMS, the largest association for the decision and data sciences. What follows are 4 questions and responses. These responses were provided on October 21, 2022.
One of the dynamics that played out during the COVID 19 Pandemic was how the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) responded to the pandemic and then at times was sidelined from being the lead federal agency—for various reasons.
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