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Zhang wins Olin Award for research on Alibaba packing time

Zhang wins Olin Award for research on Alibaba packing time

Washington University in St. Louis, February 20, 2020

Dennis Zhang, assistant professor of operations and manufacturing management at Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis, has won the 2020 Olin Award for research that creates a human-focused algorithm to improve warehouse workers’ packing time while also reducing material costs.

Why health care transparency is complicated and how it can be fixed

Why health care transparency is complicated and how it can be fixed

The Hill, February 19, 2020

President Trump’s administration recently announced new guidelinesrequiring hospitals and insurers to give consumers more information about their health care prices. The administration decreed this transparency mandate as an unprecedented and revolutionary change to the American health care system. However, price transparency alone will not produce any groundbreaking change in our health care system. Policymakers should, in parallel, focus on improving the transparency of the quality of care patients receive. Consumers need to know not only the price of the service they are about to receive, but also the quality of it.

Rethinking fire with data analytics and systems design

Rethinking fire with data analytics and systems design

Engineers Journal, February 18, 2020

From record-setting fires in the western United States to the devastating and still-blazing bushfires in Australia, it is increasingly apparent that society must forge a new relationship with fire.

The Volcker Alliance expands government-to-university initiative

The Volcker Alliance expands government-to-university initiative

University Business, February 17, 2020

The Volcker Alliance is excited to announce an expansion of its signature Government-to-University Initiative (G2U) with the launch of two new G2U Regional Councils in Los Angeles, California, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. G2U is an innovative approach to addressing critical governance challenges by building structured regional networks of governments and universities. The initiative aims to catalyze a robust local marketplace that can sustainably connect governments’ hiring and research needs with local university capacity.

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AI Hallucinations? Two Brains Are Better Than One

AI Hallucinations? Two Brains Are Better Than One

Computer World, December 28, 2024

A number of startups and cloud service providers are starting to offer tools for monitoring, evaluating, and correcting problems with generative AI in the hope of eliminating errors, hallucinations, and other systemic problems associated with this technology.

Healthcare

Supply Chain

Port automation is a sticking point for dockworkers union

Port automation is a sticking point for dockworkers union

Marketplace, January 2, 2025

Dockworkers on the East and Gulf coasts could go on strike again in less than two weeks if they don’t reach a contract agreement with ports and shippers. Talks are set to resume next week, according to Bloomberg. The main sticking point between the two sides? Automation.

Climate