News Releases

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.

BALTIMORE, MD, October 31, 2024 – INFORMS, the largest association for decision and data sciences, announced Theresa Roeder has been named the vice president of Sections and Societies at INFORMS. A renowned expert with significant expertise in the semiconductor industry, Roeder works primarily in the field of discrete-event computer simulation. She is the department chair in the Lam Family College of Business at San Francisco State University.

BALTIMORE, MD, October 31, 2024 – INFORMS, the leading international association for professionals in operations research, analytics, management science, economics, behavioral science, statistics, artificial intelligence, data science, applied mathematics and other relevant fields, announced that Mark E. Lewis, Maxwell M. Upson Professor of Engineering at Cornell University, has been elected the 2026 INFORMS president.

BALTIMORE, MD, October 15, 2024 – The opioid epidemic is a crisis that has plagued the United States for decades. One central issue of the epidemic is inequitable access to treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD), which puts certain populations at a higher risk of opioid overdose.

BALTIMORE, MD, October 8, 2024 – New findings from a team of renowned researchers calls for transparency and rigorous oversight of the U.S. Medicare Advantage (MA) program, the United States’ largest healthcare capitation program.

BALTIMORE, MD, October 8, 2024 – Local craft beer consumers don’t seem to like it when their favorite brands are acquired, showing displeasure through spending habits, according to a new study on brand loyalty and craft beers.

BALTIMORE, MD, October 2, 2024 – INFORMS Executive Director Elena Gerstmann, Ph.D., FASAE, CAE, has been elected secretary/treasurer of CESSE, The Council of Engineering and Scientific Society Executives. CESSE is an association that convenes senior staff leaders from STEM membership organizations. Through CESSE, these leaders exchange best practices, innovative ideas and strategies for leading their respective organizations to success.

BALTIMORE, MD, September 26, 2024 – In overwhelming bipartisan fashion, the U.S. House of Representatives just passed the “Mathematical and Statistical Modeling Education Act,” (H.R. 1735) which, if enacted, would modernize STEM education in the United States. The bill passed by unanimous consent.

BALTIMORE, MD, September 11, 2024 – Online dating sites have become one of the more popular means for people to meet each other and explore the potential for a romantic relationship. But did you know that it’s the size of the online dating pool that could make or break your own quest for love?

BALTIMORE, MD, August 5, 2024 – In spring 2021, during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, one of Germany’s 16 federal states instituted an ad ban, forcing retailers to stop all print advertising in that state for three weeks. The state did so under the assumption that such a ban would limit contacts during the pandemic. However, banning print advertising is also being discussed as a way to conserve natural resources, including the paper and water required to produce printed advertising materials, and a way to help reduce carbon emissions.