This is what happens when you swim during the COVID-19 pandemic
Although health officials remain adamant that social distancing practices need to be maintained into June, few are confident in our ability to do so.
A new AI model predicts which short-form videos triggering suicidal thoughts in vulnerable viewers pose higher risk before they reach large audiences, which can improve user safety.
While generative AI (GenAI) can help define viable objectives for organizational and policy decision-making, the overall quality of those objectives falls short unless humans intervene.
A new study finds that telling consumers their returned items will be “kept out of landfills” significantly increases participation in take-back programs; telling them they may be resold? Not so much.
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Although health officials remain adamant that social distancing practices need to be maintained into June, few are confident in our ability to do so.
Your willpower is fraying. Mine is too. For two months we’ve been good. We’ve Zoomed. We’ve FaceTimed. We’ve waved at neighbors from across the street and behind the fence. But enough is enough. We want to see friends and family in real life.
A method for capacity planning, tested at the Volkswagen Pre-Production Center (VPC) where the automaker manufacturers prototype vehicles, helped increase manufacturing volume by 25% and personnel utilization by 26%, according to a paper published this month in the INFORMS Journal on Applied Analytics.
In less than two months, the world has turned upside down for just about everyone as the coronavirus has shut down operations, shifted concerns and fired up creativity.
As states reopen around the country, transportation officials say commutes and travel trends will likely change for the foreseeable future.

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