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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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FreightTech 25: UPS' ORION software doesn't defy the law of physics. It just seems that way

FreightTech 25: UPS' ORION software doesn't defy the law of physics. It just seems that way

Benzinga, December 17, 2018

The UPS ORION software, in use since 2012 after a decade of development, calculates a driver's most efficient path for the typical shipping day, which consists of about 100 stops, by analyzing more than 200,000 routing options. 

Senior Program Manager Jack Levis, winner of the INFORMS Franz Edelman Award, president of the INFORMS Analytics Society, and chair of the INFORMS Analytics Certification Board, is considered the father of the software which is operational across the entire U.S. system and currently being tested internationally.

Rewarding your shopping loyalty with points

Rewarding your shopping loyalty with points

The Conversation, December 11, 2018

INFORMS member and Brock University professor Michael J. Armstrong, with Carleton University professor Aaron Luntala Nsakanda discuss the ins and outs of loyalty awards programs, from airline frequent flier clubs to retail stores, using their research that utilized stochastic linear programming to model and earning and redemption of points in rewards program over time. 

Data ethics

Data ethics

Data Skeptic, December 10, 2018

Scott Nestler, CAP, INFORMS member and professor with the University of Notre Dame, shares his perspective on a variety of ethical questions specific to data and analytics, and in particular, the role of the INFORMS Ethics Guidelines.

New UPS navigation tool aims to save time and money with each turn

New UPS navigation tool aims to save time and money with each turn

U.S. News & World Report, December 4, 2018

United Parcel Service Inc on Tuesday said it is rolling out a new navigation tool designed to reduce costs for the company and headaches for its roughly 60,000 U.S. package delivery drivers. The world's biggest package delivery firm - known for eliminating most left turns on routes as part of a years-long effort to cut driver miles, fuel use and accident risks - expects to have the new UPSNav technology in most of its U.S. drivers' hands by 2020. UPS is also a recipient of the INFORMS Franz Edelman Award. 

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