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Health authorities, hospitals and pharmaceutical companies are storing Covid-19 vaccines in secure, undisclosed locations and taking other steps to protect the shots against a looming threat: theft. As the leading vaccine candidates advance closer to use, vaccine makers such as Pfizer Inc. are deploying GPS software for tracking distribution and plotting fake shipments in dummy trucks to confuse criminals. 

Who can forget the the bare supermarket shelves that marked the early weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic? Everything from toilet paper to canned soup was in short supply, and each trip to the grocery store was a grim lesson in how deeply the virus had disrupted our lives.

Telehealth has become more common given the current global pandemic. COVID-19 has limited doctor's office and hospital visits to ensure safety for as many people as possible. But rather than diminish the quality of care, new research in the INFORMS journal Information Systems Research finds that wider use of telehealth in the emergency room can yield positive results for both patients and providers.

Quantum computing is but one of the forms of unconventional computing racing to disrupt our world as we know it. In this talk, Professor Sridhar Tayur discusses a magical form of unconventional computing that uses lasers that may outrace quantum.

Radhika Kulkarni retired as VP, Advanced Analytics R&D at SAS Institute Inc. where she was responsible for the world’s leading Analytics Software products portfolio. She spearheaded creation of the OR/AIML Center of Excellence to provide expert consulting to several Fortune 100 companies. Kulkarni is an INFORMS Fellow and WORMS Award winner, and has contributed in numerous ways to advance the careers of analytics professionals.