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2025 Finalists Announced for the Prestigious INFORMS UPS George D. Smith Prize
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BALTIMORE, MD, March 5, 2025 – INFORMS, the world’s largest association for professionals and students in operations research (O.R.), AI, analytics and data science, proudly announces the three distinguished finalists for the 2025 UPS George D. Smith Prize. This prestigious award honors institutions that excel in preparing students for impactful careers in the rapidly evolving O.R., analytics and data science fields.

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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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Founder of leading software company received INFORMS Impact Prize

PR Web, November 29, 2016

Robert Phillips, founder of Nomis Solutions, a software company that applies cutting edge approaches to big data, advanced modeling, and deep analytics, was awarded the INFORMS Impact Prize. This award is presented every other year to individuals whose contributions include either an idea or technique that is widely used or a widespread methodology. 

INFORMS Distinguished Fellow Award presented to University of Washington professor

University of Washington, Foster School of Business Blog, November 22, 2016

The Information Systems Society of INFORMS presented its 2016 Distinguished Fellow Award was presented to Yong Tan, the Neal and Jan Dempsey Professor of Information Systems at the University of Washington Foster School of Business. This award recognize individuals who have made outstanding intellectual contributions to the information systems discipline.

INFORMS Koopman Prize presented to Penn State graduate students

Penn State News, November 30, 2016

Three Penn State industrial engineering graduate students, along with a recent industrial engineering alumnus, were named awardees of the prestigious Koopman Prize by the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS). The prize, named after Bernard Koopman, a founding father of military operations research, is awarded annually to recognize outstanding publications in military operations research.

Do Facebook's privacy controls impact user behavior?

UT Dallas News Center, November 30, 2016

Despite the widespread popularity of online social network platforms, privacy remains a troublesome issue. A new study from the Naveen Jindal School of Management. The researchers used data obtained from Facebook to test the relationship between privacy controls and disclosure patterns of Facebook users based on two popular content-sharing activities: wall posts and private messages. assesses the impact of Facebook’s granular privacy controls and its effects on user disclosure behavior.

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