INFORMS Releases

New audio is available for media use featuring Zachary Collier. Zachary Collier is an assistant professor in the Department of Management at Radford University. He speaks about the impact of the CHIPS Act on the semiconductor shortage. This content is made available by INFORMS, the largest association for the decision and data sciences. What follows are 4 questions and responses. These responses were provided on August 3, 2022.

BALTIMORE, MD, August 2, 2022 – In overwhelming bipartisan fashion, the U.S. House of Representatives last week passed the “Mathematical and Statistical Modeling Education Act,” (H.R. 3588) which, if enacted, would modernize STEM education in the United States. The bill passed by a vote of 323 to 92. The legislation now awaits Senate action on its identical companion bill (S. 1839), which was introduced by Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn.

New audio is available for media use featuring Kimia Ghobadi. She is the Johns C. Malone Assistant Professor in Civil and Systems Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. She is a member of the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) and the Malone Center for Engineering in Healthcare. She speaks about how society and get past COVID-19 fatigue. This content is made available by INFORMS, the largest association for the decision and data sciences. What follows are 4 questions and responses. All sound should be attributed to Kimia Ghobadi. These responses were provided on July 29, 2022.

BALTIMORE, MD, July 27, 2022 – Although most decisions in life are made by individuals themselves, many are influenced by others such as principals, managers, parents or colleagues. New research in the INFORMS journal Management Science finds that women take part in competitive environments more when they are making decisions for other people rather than themselves.

BALTIMORE, MD, July 26, 2022 – New research in the INFORMS journal Management Science finds that firms that have experienced data breaches intentionally stage the timing of such announcements around other significant breaking news as a means of reducing media coverage and minimizing public attention.