BALTIMORE, MD, April 23, 2025 – As plastic pollution in the world’s oceans reaches critical levels, groundbreaking new research reveals how artificial intelligence-driven algorithms can dramatically accelerate plastic waste removal – boosting efficiency by more than 60%.
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Whether you are a seasoned professional or a fresh graduate, networking plays an essential role in long-term career growth. Membership in a professional association like INFORMS provides access to many networking opportunities, as well as other member benefits such as career resources.
A forthcoming study in the INFORMS journal of Marketing Science, based on the psychology of sympathy, shows that small changes in the wording of a fundraising letter can increase donations by over 300 percent.
With over a million registered public charities in the United States, fundraising for good causes has become more difficult than ever. Annual events like Giving Tuesday increase overall giving, but also increase the competition for funds around those events.
Want to decipher whether or not a new hire will thrive in his position? Compare his emails to those of a coworker. According to a new study in the INFORMS journal of Management Science by INFORMS member Sameer Srivastava, the more similarities in language style, the better the fit. The study found that a new hire whose own emails are linguistically similar to his co-workers' messages is four times less likely to be fired than someone who never mimics the language style of his peers.
INFORMS Fellow Anna Nagurney shares her research on blood supply chains – challenges and potential solutions – with Karen Brown of New England Public Radio.
Three INFORMS members are among those elected to the National Academy of Engineering for 2017:
Mark S. Daskin: Clyde W. Johnson Collegiate Professor and chair, department of industrial and operations engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. For leadership and creative contributions to location optimization and its application to industrial, service, and medical systems.
Arkadi Nemirovski: John Hunter Chair and Professor, H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta. For the development of efficient algorithms for large-scale convex optimization problems.
Sridhar R. Tayur: Ford Distinguished Research Chair Professor of Operations Management, Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh. For developing and commercializing innovative methods to optimize supply chain systems.
Election to the National Academy of Engineering is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to an engineer. Academy membership honors those who have made outstanding contributions to "engineering research, practice, or education, including, where appropriate, significant contributions to the engineering literature" and to "the pioneering of new and developing fields of technology, making major advancements in traditional fields of engineering, or developing/ implementing innovative approaches to engineering education."
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