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Cornell University Professor, Mark E. Lewis, elected president-elect of INFORMS
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BALTIMORE, MD, October 31, 2024 – INFORMS, the leading international association for professionals in operations research, analytics, management science, economics, behavioral science, statistics, artificial intelligence, data science, applied mathematics and other relevant fields, announced that Mark E. Lewis, Maxwell M. Upson Professor of Engineering at Cornell University, has been elected the 2026 INFORMS president.

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The Impact of Weather on the Supply Chain
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The supply chain for many small parcel shipping companies is typically long. Products are often made in distant lands, travel on oceans and waterways, arrive at ports, are then transported to warehouses, from where a third-party logistics provider delivers the product to its intended destination. In a stable world, shippers and customers alike can expect a product to be delivered within the promised time window. However, in a world facing high levels of uncertainty caused by war, pandemic, political instability, raw material shortages, freak accidents (recall the regional and national impact of the bridge collapse in the Port of Baltimore caused by a container ship), and weather, the shipper must work overtime to ensure customer expectations are met at no additional cost, despite these uncertainties.

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Trump and Harris Are Courting Workers. Their Minimum Wage Plans Are Muddled.
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The minimum wage is getting lip service on the campaign trail. Well-intentioned plans can backfire, Christopher Tang writes in a guest commentary.

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In Conversation with Opher Baron: On the Making of an Online Canadian PPE Marketplace

In Conversation with Opher Baron: On the Making of an Online Canadian PPE Marketplace

Institute for Healthcare Improvement, December 18, 2020

For the second instalment of our 2020–21 speaker series, we had the pleasure of joining Dr. Opher Baron, Professor of Operations Management, from the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management. He shared his journey creating a Canadian marketplace for personal protective equipment (PPE) to help bridge the crucial supply chain gaps that swept across the country during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Two Research Awards for Mercedes Pelegrín García

India Education Diary, December 16, 2020

Mercedes Pelegrín García, a young researcher from the “Integrated Urban Mobility” Chair, has been awarded by two renowned international societies on Operational Research. These prizes are awarded for her PhD dissertation and her trajectory as a young researcher. Operational Research (OR) is the science of decision making, mathematical optimisation and modelling. It focuses on the optimal resolution of decision-making problems and the identification and use of the mathematical properties featured by each case. This is the field of research of Mercedes Pelegrín García, young researcher of the “Integrated Urban Mobility” Chair at the Laboratoire d’informatique (LIX)* under the direction of Claudia D’Ambrosio, holder of the Chair. Her work has been rewarded with a prize from INFORMS and one from EURO, the OR Societies in the US and Europe, respectively.

INFORMS Launches New Journal on Data Science to Fill Critical Gap for Data Science Researchers, Professionals and Decision-makers

INFORMS Launches New Journal on Data Science to Fill Critical Gap for Data Science Researchers, Professionals and Decision-makers

News Release, December 18, 2020

CATONSVILLE, MD, December 18, 2020 – INFORMS, the leading international association for operations research and analytics professionals, announced it has launched the INFORMS Journal of Data Science (IJDS), which will publish cutting-edge peer-reviewed research and content designed to help businesses and organizations leverage data-driven decision-making to save lives, save money and solve problems.

Negative Shocks May Hit Twice in Pharmaceutical Development

Negative Shocks May Hit Twice in Pharmaceutical Development

ACRP, December 15, 2020

One defining aspect of the pharmaceutical industry is its high exposure to negative shocks—product recalls, tornados that shut down production lines, Phase III failures, you name it. As my thinking about some of these shocks has grown over time, I’ve come to realize some shocks may hit twice—the second time being the moment a sub-par decision is made in an attempt to recover from the original hit. With stakes being so high, it seems particularly important for leaders in this industry to remain aware that they are not immune to the perils of reactive decision making.

Can You Get a Covid Test at Home?

Can You Get a Covid Test at Home?

The Wall Street Journal, December 14, 2020

When an at-home Covid-19 test finally arrives at your doorstep, you may need to unlock the results on your smartphone. As diagnostic companies move to bring Covid-19 tests into people’s homes, some developers are planning to pair the tests with digital tools and smartphone apps. The tools will be able to walk the user through the testing process or in some cases report results directly to health authorities, among other features.

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