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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.

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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.

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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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Can machine learning deliver critical market insights on consumer needs faster and cheaper?

Can machine learning deliver critical market insights on consumer needs faster and cheaper?

News Release, February 7, 2019

CATONSVILLE, MD, February 7, 2019 – Consumer brands have long used old-fashioned focus groups, interviews and surveys to best gauge consumer wants, desires and needs as part of processes that range from product development, to marketing and sales. As machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) have emerged, there is an increasing interest in the ability to harness these solutions to save time and money, and to yield more reliable consumer insights.

When the insurance company monitors your driving in real time does it help?

When the insurance company monitors your driving in real time does it help?

News Release, February 6, 2019

CATONSVILLE, MD, February 6, 2019 – The traditional model for setting auto insurance premiums has been to base rates on the motorist’s driving history, age, gender and even marital status (in some states). Thanks to new technological options, insurance companies and motorists have started to work together to give the insurance companies access to better data on an individual driver’s risk level, and give the same driver a sense of greater control over how much he or she will pay in insurance premiums.

2019 INFORMS Business Analytics Conference: Industry 4.0

2019 INFORMS Business Analytics Conference: Industry 4.0

KD Nuggets, February 5, 2019

With analytics driving and impacting nearly every industry today, it is ever-more essential and challenging to stay current in this rapidly moving field. The 2019 INFORMS Conference on Business Analytics and Operations Research offers a rich experience for Analytics professionals and other business leaders to learn from and network with leading experts and professionals at the epicenter of the evolution of data science.

With weight loss being a common self-improvement goal does the ‘buddy system’ approach to weight loss work?

With weight loss being a common self-improvement goal does the ‘buddy system’ approach to weight loss work?

News Release, January 29, 2019

CATONSVILLE, MD, January 29, 2019 – One of the more common self-improvement goals, particularly in the winter months before “beach body” season, is to lose weight. How people attempt to achieve their goals may vary by individual, but one of the more popular approaches is enrollment in a commercial weight loss program that uses a ‘buddy system’ approach to weight loss.

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