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BALTIMORE, MD, April 7, 2025 – INFORMS, the world’s largest association for professionals and students in operations research (O.R.), AI, analytics and data science, announced it has awarded USA Cycling its 2025 Franz Edelman Award for Achievement in Advanced Analytics, Operations Research and Management Science, for its use of operations research (O.R.) and analytics in elite sports performance. With Project 4:05, USA Cycling transformed race strategy and athlete preparation, enabling the Women’s Team Pursuit to win gold at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Beijing has a virtual monopoly on rare earth minerals—the materials that power everything from military planes to your electric toothbrush.
The Trump administration’s back-and-forth moves on tariffs for technology products are stirring confusion in a sector heavily reliant on global supply chains. |
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John Howell speaks with Dr. Sheldon H. Jacobson, Founder Professor in Computer Science at the University of Illinois. He joins the show to discuss his piece on how the electoral college system needs to be changed, but not just yet. Further, Dr. Jacobson says we need to repair our relationship between parties, and changing the constitution at this point would do the opposite of that.
As the deadline for the two largest U.S. freight rail unions and rail carriers to reach an agreement near, concerns amid an already strapped supply chain grow.
Join NC State University Industry Expansion Solutions (IES) on September 27th at 11:00 a.m. for the Navigating Supply Chain Challenges webinar where Rob Handfield will share knowledge about how manufacturers can navigate current supply chain challenges.
Two and a half years since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, we’re still feeling its effects on the travel industry in big ways.
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