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The 2019 INFORMS Business Analytics Conference in Austin, TX has been named among the best data and analytics conferences and events to attend in 2019! Join over 1,000 leading analytics professionals and industry experts in discovering new mathematical solutions to problems, networking strategies for advancing your career, and recognizing individual and team efforts within your field with most prestigious awards in analytics and operations research. The INFORMS Analytics Conference delivers three days of intensive learning about the latest innovations in analytics.

Andrew Lo, INFORMS member and professor at MIT is working with the MIT Laboratory for Financial Engineering (LFE) and Informa Pharma Intelligence have on an initiative to provide timely and accurate estimates of the risks and benefits of clinical trials to the entire life sciences ecosystem.

New research from INFORMS members Sergeuei Netessine and Santiago Gallino, and INFORMS Fellow Marshall Fisher, all of the University Pennsylvania, can increase brick and mortar store revenue by as much as 20 percent by determining the optimal amount of staffing and training for individual stores. 

INFORMS President and Heinz College Dean Ramayya Krishnan has received the 2018 Bright Internet Award (Jae Kyu Lee Award) from the Korea Society of Management Information Systems. The award honors those who have made excellent scholarly achievements and contributions in the field of management information systems, especially in the area of Bright Internet research and development.