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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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Mudslinging at rival candidates works - If you do it yourself

Mudslinging at rival candidates works - If you do it yourself

OZY, June 28, 2018

According to a study in the INFORMS journal Marketing Science, co-authored by Yanwen Wang of the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Michael Lewis of Emory University in Atlanta and David A. Schweidel of Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., negative advertising is effective in influencing voters — but significantly more so when the attacking candidates themselves run the ads.

No more chicken soup: Data is the answer to fighting the flu

No more chicken soup: Data is the answer to fighting the flu

Scientific American, June 25, 2018

In a new editorial, Eva Lee, professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology and INFORMS Fellow, discusses the need for a universal flu vaccine, and how operations research and analytics hold the key to creating it. 

Digital vs. print publications: New study shows playing favorites can hurt overall book sales

Digital vs. print publications: New study shows playing favorites can hurt overall book sales

News Release, June 21, 2018

CATONSVILLE, MD, June 21, 2018 – Since the first e-book platform launched in 2007, e-book sales grew to comprise 20 percent of all book sales by 2015. To ensure the increasing popularity of e-books do not undermine the success of their printed counterparts, publishers frequently delay the digital publication date for several weeks after the print edition has been released. However, new research in the INFORMS journal Management Science found that delaying the sale of the e-version of a new book does not lead to increased print sales, and can result in significantly fewer e-book sales once the digital version is made available.

Launching a new world of INFORMS

Launching a new world of INFORMS

UDN.com, June 20, 2018

The INFORMS International Conference, held for the first time this year in Taipei drew international top scholars from 25 countries around the world. Participants agreed that in addition to academic research and discussion on the latest trends, they were also impressed by the energy of Taiwan’s industry innovation and Taipei’s progress and friendliness.

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