When elected officials control the maps, they are not just participating in democracy. They are engineering the habitat in which democracy thrives or languishes. That makes redistricting not only a political problem, but also an operations research problem.
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.
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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INFORMS Fellow Anna Nagurney shares her research on blood supply chains – challenges and potential solutions – with Karen Brown of New England Public Radio.
Three INFORMS members are among those elected to the National Academy of Engineering for 2017:
Mark S. Daskin: Clyde W. Johnson Collegiate Professor and chair, department of industrial and operations engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. For leadership and creative contributions to location optimization and its application to industrial, service, and medical systems.
Arkadi Nemirovski: John Hunter Chair and Professor, H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta. For the development of efficient algorithms for large-scale convex optimization problems.
Sridhar R. Tayur: Ford Distinguished Research Chair Professor of Operations Management, Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh. For developing and commercializing innovative methods to optimize supply chain systems.
Election to the National Academy of Engineering is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to an engineer. Academy membership honors those who have made outstanding contributions to "engineering research, practice, or education, including, where appropriate, significant contributions to the engineering literature" and to "the pioneering of new and developing fields of technology, making major advancements in traditional fields of engineering, or developing/ implementing innovative approaches to engineering education."
Online display ads can increase both online and offline retail sales, providing valuable insight for future marketing decisions, according to a new study in the INFORMS journal of Marketing Science. Researchers, including those from University of Rochester in the U.S., worked with an unnamed national apparel retailer to evaluate the effects of the retailer’s advertising.
The INFORMS Conference on Business Analytics & Operations research, April 2-4 in Las Vegas, NV was included on the KD Nuggets list of upcoming meetings in analytics, big data, data mining, and data science in 2017.
Scientists and researchers from the countries targeted by the Immigration Executive Order signed by President Donald Trump face growing uncertainty regarding their ability to travel to the U.S. to conduct research or attend meetings and conferences, including the INFORMS Annual Meeting in Houston later this year.
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