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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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China’s rare earth minerals power the modern world. Banning their export could destroy it
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Beijing has a virtual monopoly on rare earth minerals—the materials that power everything from military planes to your electric toothbrush.

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Trump’s tech tariff confusion
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The Trump administration’s back-and-forth moves on tariffs for technology products are stirring confusion in a sector heavily reliant on global supply chains.  
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Even with the latest innovations in kidney exchange, most planned transplants cannot actually be carried out: A new study introduces an approach th...

Even with the latest innovations in kidney exchange, most planned transplants cannot actually be carried out: A new study introduces an approach th...

News Release, September 5, 2018

CATONSVILLE, MD, September 5, 2018 – Patients with terminal kidney failure require either frequent dialysis or a new, donated kidney to survive. Donor kidneys can be found via cadavers or by finding a willing and compatible living donor – usually a family member. Then, medical and psychological work is done to determine whether that donor is indeed compatible.  If tests determine that, for example, the donor’s kidney is not likely to be accepted by the patient’s body, then the process halts and restarts.

Ankle bracelets connected to the cloud are giving farmers a wealth of data about their cows

Ankle bracelets connected to the cloud are giving farmers a wealth of data about their cows

CNBC, August 29, 2018

As demand for dairy products increases, farmers are under an increasing amount of pressure to boost yields and ensure their animals are in top physical condition. One business, IceRobotics, wants to use technology to assist the farming process. Based in Edinburgh, Scotland, the company develops and provides data collection and analysis to help farmers monitor the behavior of dairy cows.

Census Bureau Appoints New Leader and Members to Census Scientific Advisory Committee

Census Bureau Appoints New Leader and Members to Census Scientific Advisory Committee

United States Census Bureau, August 15, 2018

The U.S. Census Bureau has named five new members and a chair to the Census Bureau’s Census Scientific Advisory Committee (CSAC). The committee provides advice on the design, operation and implementation of Census Bureau programs. Among the committee members is Thomas M. Cook, a former INFORMS president and former president of The Institute of Management Sciences (TIMS). 

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