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New Study Reveals Unlimited Mobile Data Plans Expand Access to Education Data, With Low-Income and Rural Households Benefiting Most
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BALTIMORE, MD, February 27, 2025 – A new study published in the INFORMS journal Management Science reveals that unlimited mobile data plans may be a key solution to reducing digital inequality. The research shows that low-income and rural households benefit the most when data caps are removed – particularly in their ability to access educational content.

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The 3 biggest things to know about a potential U.S.-Ukraine minerals deal
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Contentious minerals deal has sparked a war of words between Trump and Zelensky, and could be announced later this week

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How tariffs can hurt American supply chains | GUEST COMMENTARY
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Americans have probably heard the word “tariffs” more in the past month than in the past four years — and for good reason. Tariffs are central to President Donald Trump’s economic playbook, despite opposition from mainstream economists and trade experts

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The best data and analytics events and conferences to attend in 2019

The best data and analytics events and conferences to attend in 2019

Solutions Review, January 9, 2019

The 2019 INFORMS Business Analytics Conference in Austin, TX has been named among the best data and analytics conferences and events to attend in 2019! Join over 1,000 leading analytics professionals and industry experts in discovering new mathematical solutions to problems, networking strategies for advancing your career, and recognizing individual and team efforts within your field with most prestigious awards in analytics and operations research. The INFORMS Analytics Conference delivers three days of intensive learning about the latest innovations in analytics.

MIT targets life sciences with clinical trial analytics project

MIT targets life sciences with clinical trial analytics project

Health IT Analytics, January 9, 2019

Andrew Lo, INFORMS member and professor at MIT is working with the MIT Laboratory for Financial Engineering (LFE) and Informa Pharma Intelligence have on an initiative to provide timely and accurate estimates of the risks and benefits of clinical trials to the entire life sciences ecosystem.

Retailers are squandering their most potent weapons

Retailers are squandering their most potent weapons

Harvard Business Review, January 3, 2019

New research from INFORMS members Sergeuei Netessine and Santiago Gallino, and INFORMS Fellow Marshall Fisher, all of the University Pennsylvania, can increase brick and mortar store revenue by as much as 20 percent by determining the optimal amount of staffing and training for individual stores. 

2019 INFORMS Franz Edelman Award: World’s leading operations research and analytics applications selected as finalists

2019 INFORMS Franz Edelman Award: World’s leading operations research and analytics applications selected as finalists

News Release, January 3, 2019

INFORMS, the leading international association for professionals in operations research and analytics, has selected six finalists for the 48th annual Franz Edelman Award for Achievements in Advanced Analytics, Operations Research and Management Science, the world’s most prestigious award for achievement in the practice of analytics and operations research (O.R.). 

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