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Study Reveals Hidden Economic Cost of Sponsored Content for Social Media Influencers
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BALTIMORE, MD, February 25, 2025 – In an era in which influencer marketing dominates digital platforms, a groundbreaking study in the INFORMS journal Management Science unveils a surprising reality: sponsored content can harm an influencer’s reputation and reduce audience engagement.

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OpenAI’s New Stargate Project and China’s DeepSeek: Goliath vs. David
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On Jan. 21, OpenAI launched the $500 billion Stargate Project with partners like Arm, Microsoft, NVIDIA, and Oracle. This initiative aimed to secure American AI leadership, create jobs, and boost the economy. Initially, this boosted the stock prices of these companies.

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Resign or stay? Federal workers are on the clock — Here’s how decision-analysis tools can help
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Living in limbo: An estimated 2 million U. S. federal employees were thrust into a decision they did not seek to make. A deadline from the Trump Administration was halted last week, and is now in the hands of a judge. When a deadline is set those employees will have to make a high-stakes choice: Take a buyout and resign, or they can choose to stay in an uncertain job environment, including the possibility of being laid-off or having significant changes in work duties or leave with a buyout. This current reprieve gives these federal employees a little more time, but the fundamental question for each of them remains: What’s the right move for your career and future?

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Two ISyE PhD students receive NSF Graduate Research Fellowships

Two ISyE PhD students receive NSF Graduate Research Fellowships

Georgia Tech News, May 14, 2019

INFORMS member Arden Baxter has been awarded a Graduate Research Fellowships (GRF) by the National Science Foundation (NSF). Baxter, a PhD student with Georgia Tech's H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE) received one of only four grants given by the NSF in the industrial engineering/operations research category. Baxter, who has a bachelor’s degree from Rollins College in math and computer science, is advised by William W. George Chair and Professor Pinar Keskinocak, who also directs the Center for Health and Humanitarian Systems, and is an INFORMS Fellow and the INFORMS President-Elect.

Is piracy helping or hurting online word of mouth buzz around motion picture releases?

Is piracy helping or hurting online word of mouth buzz around motion picture releases?

News Release, May 14, 2019

CATONSVILLE, MD, May 14, 2019 – Researchers from the University of Houston and Western University in London, Ontario, published new research in the INFORMS journal Management Science that has found that the power of word of mouth (WOM) is effective at boosting demand for counterfeited copies of motion pictures, but it depends on when the copies are made available.

INFORMS joins new professional society consortium to fight sexual harassment in STEMM

INFORMS joins new professional society consortium to fight sexual harassment in STEMM

News Release, May 6, 2019

CATONSVILLE, MD, May 6, 2019 – INFORMS, the leading international association for professionals in operations research and analytics, announced today that it has joined the Societies Consortium on Sexual Harassment in STEMM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics and medicine). The mission of the Societies Consortium is to advance professional and ethical conduct, climate and culture across STEMM fields.

How pattern recognition and machine learning helps public safety departments

How pattern recognition and machine learning helps public safety departments

State Tech, May 3, 2019

The world is awash in data, and police departments are no exception. Now, they are beginning to make better use of that data. Police departments are starting to use machine learning and layering on artificial intelligence to make smarter, more informed policing decisions. Although the technology is still in its infancy, public safety agencies like the New York Police Department see significant potential in pattern recognition algorithms, AI and the ability to turn unstructured data into structured data that supports and informs police work.

Airbnb v. hotels: New research sheds light on how they can compete and benefit in the sharing economy

Airbnb v. hotels: New research sheds light on how they can compete and benefit in the sharing economy

News Release, May 6, 2019

CATONSVILLE, MD, May 6, 2019 – Researchers from the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University published new research in the INFORMS journal Marketing Science which sheds new light on the impact Airbnb and similar “sharing economy” companies are having on the hospitality industry.  The findings suggest that in some cases, the presence of Airbnb can help attract more demand in some markets while challenging the traditional hotel pricing strategies. 

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