BALTIMORE, MD, May 24, 2025 – Most anti-human trafficking efforts focus on breaking up sex sales; however, new research in the INFORMS journal Manufacturing & Service Operations Management is turning its attention to where trafficking truly begins – recruitment. Using machine learning to analyze millions of online ads, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have uncovered patterns that link deceptive job offers to sex trafficking networks. By mapping the connections between recruitment and sales locations, the study reveals a hidden supply chain – one that can now be exposed and interrupted earlier in the trafficking process.
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Julie Swann, NC State professor and INFORMS member, has been selected as the first female department head of the Edward P. Fitts Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering Department.
CATONSVILLE, MD, August 28, 2017 – INFORMS, the leading international association for operations research (O.R.) and analytics professionals, is pleased to announced that Tasha R. Inniss, Ph.D. has joined its leadership team as the inaugural Director of Education and Industry Outreach. Inniss has overall responsibility for INFORMS’ education, practice, industry outreach, and professional development activities and programs.
For brands, the limited assortments mean greater competition for shelf-space, raising the question of whether it is worth expending marketing effort and slotting allowances to get on to their shelves. According to a forthcoming study in the INFORMS journal Marketing Science, the answer is "yes." Gaining the same increase in distribution penetration from limited assortment stores provide much larger increases in sales, relative to that from large assortment stores.
Anna Nagurney, PhD, INFORMS member, professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, discusses current plans to expand the use of First Responder Network Authority, or FirstNet, which was created in the wake of 9/11 to help first responders communicate at emergency scenes.
A new study in the INFORMS journal Marketing Science explores the impact that placing products in small format stores can have on sales and overall brand awareness.
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