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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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HP Wins INFORMS Edelman Prize

News Release, April 27, 2009

The application of operations research and analytics to streamlining its millions of product configurations allowed HP to win the 2009 Franz Edelman Award for Achievement in Operations Research and the Management Sciences at a banquet in Phoenix tonight.

Intel 2009 INFORMS Prize Winner

News Release, April 28, 2009

The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS®) last night announced the award of the INFORMS Prize to Intel. The ceremony took place at an INFORMS meeting, Applying Science to the Art of Business: the 2009 INFORMS Conference on Operations Research Practice at the Sheraton Phoenix Downtown.

Internet Retailers Compete in Niches

News Release, November 18, 2009

In their competition with brick-and-mortar stores, online retailers will do best if they promote the ability to search out and obtain niche products online, according to the Management Insights feature in the current issue of Management Science, the flagship journal of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS®).

Bad Side of eCommerce Recommendations: Overemphasis on Blockbuster Hits

News Release, May 14, 2009

HANOVER, MD, May 14, 2009 – Recommender systems like those at Amazon, Netflix, and Apple’s iTune Store may work against niche products by directing customers to blockbuster hits, according to the Management Insights feature in the current issue of Management Science, the flagship journal of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS®).

DVD Rental Companies Forecast How Long Customers Will Retain Movies

News Release, June 12, 2009

HANOVER, MD, June 12, 2009 – Comparing the characteristics of ‘highbrow’ and ‘lowbrow’ films, online DVD rental services like Netflix can project the length of time that customers will rent films, according to the Management Insights feature in the current issue of Management Science, the flagship journal of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS®).

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