BALTIMORE, MD, January 17, 2025 – INFORMS, the world’s largest association for professionals and students in operations research (O.R.), AI, analytics and data science, has unveiled six finalists for the prestigious 2025 Franz Edelman Award for achievement in advanced analytics, operations research and management science. Recognized as the pinnacle of achievement in the application of analytics and operations research, the award, often referred to as “The Nobel Prize” of O.R. and advanced analytics, celebrates groundbreaking research and innovations that are transforming industries, improving lives and shaping a smarter, more sustainable future.
Cutting-edge chips, especially those designed to power emerging AI applications, tend to receive the most attention in the media and generate the most excitement. However, so-called “legacy” chips are just as important — if not more — to our daily lives.
January is National Blood Donor Month and, not coincidentally, a time when donations tend to ebb. Every two seconds, someone in the U.S. needs blood for serious injuries, childbirth, cancer treatments and more, according to the Department of Health and Human Services.
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BALTIMORE, MD, March 11, 2024 – In business and in life, the power of mentorship has long been understood, but how important is it that your mentor look like you? This question was at the center of a new study, which specifically found that mentor gender has a powerful impact on female entrepreneurs.
The NCAA men’s basketball selection committee is working diligently to assemble and seed the teams that will participate in March Madness and be announced on Selection Sunday, March 17. However, the protocol that the committee is using is broken. The results for the 2023 men’s tournament provide some anecdotal evidence, with a disproportionate number of head-scratching upsets that may be indicative that seedings may not have accurately reflected team performance.
Efforts to keep Chinese electric vehicles out of the US will only hurt American consumers and manufacturers in the long run
The vendor has filed a memorandum to dismiss some of the arguments The New York Times made in its copyright lawsuit. However, it now faces criticism from its own software engineer.
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