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INFORMS Prize 2013 Ford

News Release, April 8, 2013

The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS®) today announced the award of its annual INFORMS Prize to Ford Motor Company, the automaker that has been using analytics throughout its organization to strengthen its  position within the American automotive industry.

Edelman 2013 Announcement

News Release, January 17, 2013

The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS®) has announced the six finalist organizations that will compete for the 2013 Franz Edelman Award for Achievement in Operations Research and the Management Sciences, a prize for excellence in advanced analytics, that will take place in San Antonio, Texas next spring.

Wagner 2012 Coast Guard

News Release, November 21, 2012

The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS®) today announced the award of the Daniel H. Wagner Prize by CPMS, the association’s Practice Section, to the U.S. Coast Guard and its research partner, the University of Southern California’s Viterbi School of Engineering. The winners used analytics and operations research to ramp up protection of America’s ports and waterways from unpredictable terrorist attack.

INFORMS Impact Prize 2012

News Release, October 22, 2012

The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS®) announced today that it has awarded the 2012 Impact Prize to Johannes Bisschop, Kevin Cunningham, Robert Fourer, David Gay, Brian Kernighan, Bjarni Kristjansson, Alexander Meeraus, and Linus Schrage.

2012 Fellows Release

News Release, October 11, 2012

The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS®), the leading professional association for advanced analytics professionals, today announced 12 new recipients of the annual INFORMS Fellows Award.  

George D Smith Prize 2012

News Release, April 18, 2012

The Tauber Institute for Global Operations at the University of Michigan is the first winner of the UPS George D. Smith Prize, which was presented at a banquet sponsored by the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) in Huntington Beach on Monday night.

TNT 2012 Edelman Winner

News Release, April 17, 2012

TNT Express, which used operations research to modernize operations and reduce its carbon footprint, won the 2012 Franz Edelman Award for Achievement in Operations Research and the Management Sciences at a banquet sponsored by the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) in Huntington Beach last night.

UPS Smith Prize Finalists

News Release, March 15, 2012

The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS®) today announced three finalist schools in the competition for the first UPS George D. Smith Prize, an award created to strengthen ties between academia and industry. The award recognizes excellence in preparing students to become practitioners of analytics and operations research.

Analytics Conference Highlights Growth of Analytics in Business, Government

News Release, February 22, 2011

Analytics, the increasingly important specialty that has been cited by Harvard Business Review, Sloan Management Review, Gartner, and Accenture for aiding better decisions at organizations, will be the focus of a conference hosted by the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS®), the premier organization for advanced analytics professionals.

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