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CDC Wins INFORMS Edelman Award, Leading Prize in Analytics, O.R. for Polio Eradication

News Release, March 31, 2014

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which collaborated with Kid Risk, Inc. to use analytics and operations research to combat the remaining pockets of polio around the world, tonight won the 2014 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 Boston.

INFORMS Announces Details for the 2014 Conference on Business Analytics and Operations Research

News Release, January 23, 2014

CATONSVILLE, MD, January 23, 2014 â€“ INFORMS today announced the first details of its 2014 Conference on Business Analytics and Operations Research, including executives speaking in the keynote program and event features such as the Franz Edelman Competition for excellence in applied analytics, O.R. and Advanced Analytics, software tutorials, case studies in applying analytics, a premier job fair for professionals, and facilitated networking sessions.

Stephen Robinson is 2014 INFORMS President

News Release, January 13, 2014
Stephen M. Robinson 2012

CATONSVILLE, MD, January 14, 2014 – The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS®) today announced that Professor Emeritus Stephen M. Robinson of the University of Wisconsin Madison is President of the association’s 2014 Board of Directors, which includes key analytics leaders from academia and business.

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Decision Science Digest

Decision Science Digest: April 2, 2024 April 2, 2024

BALTIMORE, MD, April 2, 2024 –

EDITOR’S NOTE: Decision Science Digest is a periodic communique highlighting recent peer-reviewed research published by INFORMS, the largest association for the decision and data sciences, across its 17 journals. This issue highlights four press releases based on the findings of new peer-reviewed articles.

  • New Research Finds COVID-19 Lockdowns Should Have Come Earlier, People Don’t Take Them Seriously (INFORMS journal Manufacturing & Service Operations Management)
  • Utilizing Data and Analytics in Wildfire Response: The New Framework That Could Enhance Efficiency in Response and Policies (INFORMS journal Information Systems Research)
  • Are You a Woman Applying for a Job? If the Founder is a Girl-Dad, You Have a Better Shot at Getting Hired! (INFORMS journal Management Science)
  • New Research Identifies Ways to Reduce Energy Consumption Costs of Electric Vehicles by Looking at Driver Speeds (INFORMS journal Transportation Science)
 Decision Science Digest: February 27, 2024 February 27, 2024

BALTIMORE, MD, February 27, 2024 – 

EDITOR’S NOTE: Decision Science Digest is a periodic communique highlighting recent peer-reviewed research published by INFORMS, the largest association for the decision and data sciences, across its 17 journals. This issue highlights four press releases based on the findings of new peer-reviewed articles.

  • New Research Finds Silver Lining in Virtual Learning During COVID-19, The Importance of Online Student Engagement (INFORMS journal INFORMS Transactions on Education)
  • The Impact of User-Generated Content on Video Streaming Platforms – New Artists Win, At the Expense of Established Artists (INFORMS journal Marketing Science)
  • New Research Shows Investors Respond Meaningfully to CEO Activism (INFORMS journal Management Science)
  • Fighting Inequities in School Resources – Why Research Shows Nonprofits Working with U.S. Public Schools Could Unknowingly Be Part of the Problem (INFORMS journal Management Science)
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