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USA Cycling Awarded the 2025 INFORMS Edelman Award for Data-Driven Olympic Gold Strategy
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BALTIMORE, MD, April 7, 2025 – INFORMS, the world’s largest association for professionals and students in operations research (O.R.), AI, analytics and data science, announced it has awarded USA Cycling its 2025 Franz Edelman Award for Achievement in Advanced Analytics, Operations Research and Management Science, for its use of operations research (O.R.) and analytics in elite sports performance. With Project 4:05, USA Cycling transformed race strategy and athlete preparation, enabling the Women’s Team Pursuit to win gold at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

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Trump Vows to Veto Bill Blocking Tariffs as Markets Reel
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A bipartisan push in Congress would return the power to impose tariffs to the legislature.

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The Hidden Threat in America’s Defense: Our Energy Grid
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The threat of a terrorist attack on America’s energy grid is growing, with attempts being reported at increasing rates. If it’s not terrorism, it could be adversarial nation-states. This all increases the likelihood that a significant attack on the grid could succeed, leaving large swaths of the U.S. in the dark.

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The Ongoing War Against Innovation In the Railroad Industry

The Ongoing War Against Innovation In the Railroad Industry

Real Clear Markets, September 17, 2021

The Biden Administration’s recent executive order designed to boost competition across the economy has served to highlight the fact that this administration and Congress do not appear to be fans of freight rail. In the last six months they have tried to roll back innovations designed to improve productivity, re-regulate prices, and scuttle even minor acquisitions.

#174: Who Sits Where and Why and How...with the Data?

#174: Who Sits Where and Why and How...with the Data?

Analytics Hour, August 24, 2021

Have you ever worked in a large organization where the data team(s) are perfectly structured to deliver efficient, harmonious, and meaningful results to the business with ‘nary a gap nor a redundancy? If you answered “yes,” then we’ll go ahead and report you to HR for being a LIAR! From high growth startups to staid enterprises, figuring out how to organize the data and data-adjacent teams is always chock full of tradeoffs. And that’s the topic of this episode.

Georgia University Chancellor Won’t Mandate Masks on Campuses

Georgia University Chancellor Won’t Mandate Masks on Campuses

Flagpole Magazine, September 13, 2021

At two Atlanta meetings Thursday morning, two groups of education leaders outlined opposing visions for the COVID-19 safety measures students and employees should be subject to at Georgia’s colleges and universities.

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