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INFORMS has named 12 distinguished leaders as the 2026 class of INFORMS Fellows, one of the highest honors in the profession.
Most medical devices do not hit the market through rigorous safety testing but by being deemed similar enough to something already approved—the “predicate” device through a mechanism known as the FDA’s 510(k) pathway. But similar is not a synonym for safe. While the assumption may be that substantial equivalence is a reasonable stand-in for a safety review, a share of devices cleared with this method still get recalled, and the FDA spends valuable time reviewing devices the same way, regardless of how risky it is on paper.
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The article highlights INFORMS's Certified Analytics Professional (CAP®) credential, which validates a professional's business analytics skills and knowledge. It notes the credential requires a combination of education and analytics work experience.
In a Management Science study, researchers built a human-plus-algorithm tool to help the FDA decide which medical devices need expert review. They found it could cut review workload by 40.5% and reduce recalls by nearly a third.
The INFORMS Analytics Framework is an example of putting business-problem framing first, with an emphasis on rigor in how data is interpreted, not just how it's collected or stored. It uses the framework to illustrate what sets data analysts apart from software engineers: turning evidence into actionable business recommendations.
A Wall Street Journal investigation found that Google researchers warned internally about AI risks to children — including cognitive and emotional dependence and falling test scores — as the company pushed Gemini into K-12 classrooms. Google kept pushing the tools, which come preloaded on Chromebook laptops supplied to schools, and one middle schooler described the effect by saying "It slowed my thinking down."
INFORMS has named 12 distinguished leaders as the 2026 class of INFORMS Fellows, one of the highest honors in the profession.
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