News Room

A collection of press releases, audio content and media clips featuring INFORMS members and their research.

New Research Showcases Pivotal Shift Toward Energy Democracy
News Release

BALTIMORE, MD, November 12, 2024 – New research in the INFORMS journal Manufacturing & Service Operations Management is guiding the development of more inclusive and efficient electricity markets. The work demonstrates how aggregating small-scale, distributed energy resources (DERs) like solar panels can effectively balance the power of large utility companies.

Read More
Spikes in violent theft frightening customers, damaging business of brick-and-mortar retailers
Media Coverage

Retail insiders blame soft-on-crime policies, understaffing, urban trends

Read More
De-risking global supply chains: Looking beyond material flows
Media Coverage

Global supply chains are undergoing an irrevocable shift. While material flows remain critical, they are only the most visible aspect of this transition. Beneath the surface, changes in information exchanges, financial reconfigurations, and human capital movements are posing far greater risks to the benefits of global trade. The US, China, and the rest the world must handle these changes with care and perspective.

Read More

Resoundingly Human Podcast

An audio journey of how data and analytics save lives, save money and solve problems.

Media Contact

Ashley Smith
Public Affairs Coordinator
INFORMS
Catonsville, MD
[email protected]
443-757-3578

INFORMS in the News

What are you looking for?

Type of Content
Topic
Negative advertising in politics works

Negative advertising in politics works

Marketing Daily, June 5, 2018

While many may dread campaign season because of the bad energy associated with negative political advertising, a new study has found that such ads actually work. Negative advertising in politics works, but it’s more effective if the advertising comes directly from a candidate or candidate’s campaign. That’s according to a new study in the INFORMS journal Marketing Science

A new economic indicator is saying there's no sign of a U.S. recession

A new economic indicator is saying there's no sign of a U.S. recession

Market Watch, June 5, 2018

INFORMS member George Skiadopoulos shares new research in the INFORMS journal Management Science, which discusses a new economic indicator, based on stock index options prices, that predicts the U.S. economy is poised to expand robustly with no sign of a recession in sight. 

Politico: On The Calendar

Politico: On The Calendar

Politico, May 18, 2018

The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences will sponsor a summit Monday to encourage better use of data among government agencies. The summit, which will take place at the Reserve Officers Association building, will feature former Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx and former CIA and NSA Director Michael Hayden.

Stopping Ebola before the virus goes viral

Stopping Ebola before the virus goes viral

The Conversation, May 28, 2018

Brock University professor and INFORMS member Michael Armstrong analyzes data from the 2014 Ebola outbreak in West Africa, and discusses the difference between linear growth and exponential growth, using that information to explain why it's important to stop the current outbreak in the Congo before it spreads.  

Subject Matter Experts in

Supply Chain

View list of experts

Subject Matter Experts in

Healthcare

View list of experts

INFORMS Magazines

OR/MS Today is the INFORMS member magazine that shares the latest research and best practices in operations research, analytics and the management sciences.

Access OR/MS Today Magazine

Analytics magazine showcases articles and research reports based on big data, AI, machine learning, data analytics and other new-age technologies.

Access Analytics Magazine