BALTIMORE, MD, February 20, 2025 – A groundbreaking new study published in the INFORMS journal Decision Analysis unveils a powerful new tool to tackle the opioid crisis, offering a pathway to slash costs by nearly 30% while saving lives.
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.
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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BALTIMORE, MD, October 12, 2023 – The 2023 John von Neumann Theory Prize, awarded by INFORMS, is bestowed to Christos H. Papadimitriou and Mihalis Yannakakis for their significant contributions to the field of operations research and analytics.
BALTIMORE, MD, October 12, 2023 – Jonathan Owen of General Motors and Stephen C. Graves of MIT, have been awarded the 2023 George E. Kimball Medal for recognition of distinguished service to INFORMS and to the profession of operations research and the management sciences (OR/MS). Both recipients have been standout members of INFORMS, volunteering their time to their peers and the profession as a whole.
BALTIMORE, MD, October 12, 2023 – Sheldon H. Jacobson, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, has been awarded the 2023 INFORMS President’s Award for his significant work in advancing the field of operations research (O.R.) through his research contributions focusing on homeland security, healthcare and public health, and his influential thought leadership in communicating and engaging with the general public and government officials.
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