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Sports betting has grown far beyond who will win a game or whether the spread is covered. Every game offers numerous opportunities to place bets. Such microbets unravel the many plays that constitute a game into a sequence of uncertain actions, each of which can be gambled upon at lightning speed in real-time. 

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Spending lots of scrolling through social media videos is a habit that many people often fall into. While it can be entertaining, mental health experts say it also can be harmful.

In journal Information System Research, researchers posted a model they created that uses AI to detect which videos can affect mental health, or even spark suicidal thoughts.

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In a new study, advanced analytics demonstrates that healthier school schedules are not only achievable but can also improve district operations and reduce costs.

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Auditor's Slippery Slope

News Release, June 14, 2010

New research shows that concern about preserving their good reputation can lead auditors to conceal the kind of irregularities that brought down not only Enron but the auditing firm Arthur Anderson, according to the Management Insights feature in the current issue of Management Science, a flagship journal of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS®).

Firms Pay More to High-Skill Foreign IT Professionals than to their U.S. Colleagues

News Release, May 13, 2010

Contrary to public assertions, IT professionals in the U.S. who are not citizens actually earned more than their American colleagues from 2000-2005 and therefore did not depress the salaries of American citizens, 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®).

Jeppesen Wins 2010 INFORMS Prize

News Release, April 26, 2010

The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS®) today announced the award of the INFORMS Prize to Jeppesen, a Boeing Company.

Mexico’s Indeval Wins INFORMS Edelman Award

News Release, April 19, 2010

The application of operations research and analytics to speedily processing complex securities transactions allowed Mexico’s Indeval to win the 2010 Franz Edelman Award for Achievement in Operations Research and the Management Sciences at a banquet sponsored by the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) in Orlando tonight.

World’s Best Analytics Teams Compete to Win 2010 Edelman Prize

News Release, March 26, 2010

The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS®) today announced six finalists that will compete for the 2010 Franz Edelman Award for Achievement in Operations Research and the Management Sciences in Orlando this year.

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