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INFORMS announces the results of the 2025 election for the Board of Directors. These new members will begin their tenure on the board beginning January 1, 2026.

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INFORMS has named Anna Nagurney, the Eugene M. Isenberg Chair in Integrative Studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, as the recipient of the 2025 INFORMS President’s Award.

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INFORMS has named 12 distinguished leaders as 2025 INFORMS Fellows, one of the highest professional honors in operations research, analytics and AI.

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Military O.R.: New Editor’s Cut captures the past, present and future of operations research in the military

Military O.R.: New Editor’s Cut captures the past, present and future of operations research in the military

News Release, March 5, 2019

CATONSVILLE, MD, March 5, 2019 – From the very first moment the term operations research (O.R.) was created during World War II, it has been indelibly connected to the development of modern military warfare. And while today, O.R. sees applications in every industry around the world, it continues to serve an integral role in military operations, from manpower and equipment, to strategy and intelligence.

Your next FedEx delivery could be a pizza

Your next FedEx delivery could be a pizza

The Washington Post, February 27, 2019

FedEx has unveiled an early model of an autonomous delivery robot. The shipper is teaming up with Pizza Hut, Walmart, Walgreens and other companies on the delivery program. The initiative highlights the surging demand for speedier delivery and the race to develop autonomous technology for what’s known as the “last-mile,” or the final step of the logistics journey from warehouse or kitchen to a customer’s front door.

Prescriptive analysis in manufacturing to boost profitability

Prescriptive analysis in manufacturing to boost profitability

International Business Times, February 22, 2019

Jeffrey Camm, INFORMS Fellow and Associate Dean of Business Analytics and Inmar Presidential Chair in Analytics at the Wake Forest University School of Business, discusses the expanding role of analytics in manufacturing, including prescriptive analytics, automation and artificial intelligence. 

Real estate and workplace optimization requires more than sensors and IoT

Real estate and workplace optimization requires more than sensors and IoT

Propmodo, February 24, 2019

Jane Mather, INFORMS member and Founder and Principal of Critical Core, encourages businesses looking to improve space usage and management to look beyond new workplace software and tools, especially in complex situations, or they could be looking at millions of dollars lost. 

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