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3 myths that need to die about women at work

3 myths that need to die about women at work

Chicago Tribune, August 16, 2017

A new study appearing in the INFORMS journal Organization Science helps dispel the rumor that women in the workplace are emotional and when upset, will be catty with other women. The study showed the opposite to be true, that women who have strong relationships with their female counterparts experience less conflict in the workplace. 

Thinking aCAP

Thinking aCAP

Solver International , July 31, 2017

Polly Mitchell-Guthrie, INFORMS Member and Director of Analytical Consulting Services at the University of North Carolina, shares with analytics and operations research students the importance of standing out to potential employers, and the important role an Associate Certified Analytics Professional (aCAP) certification can play in that.

Missile countermeasures: North Korea’s threat, Israel’s experience

Missile countermeasures: North Korea’s threat, Israel’s experience

The Conversation, August 15, 2017

Brock University professor and INFORMS member Michael Armstrong discusses the current threat of a missile attack by North Korea and provides insight as to how the U.S. may respond, by looking to how Israel currently is dealing with actual rocket attacks. 

INFORMS member to be appointed as next NUS President

INFORMS member to be appointed as next NUS President

NUS News, July 28, 2017

The National University of Singapore (NUS) announced today that top academic leader, mathematician Professor Tan Eng Chye will be the University’s next President. Professor Tan is a member of INFORMS and editor of the INFORMS journal Management Science.

How do you fix a school-bus problem? Call MIT

How do you fix a school-bus problem? Call MIT

The Wall Street Journal, August 11, 2017

A trio of MIT researchers and INFORMS members - Dimitris Bertsimas, Arther Delarue and Sebastien Martin - recently tackled a tricky vehicle-routing problem when they set out to improve the efficiency of the Boston Public Schools bus system.

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Study finds ChatGPT mirrors human decision biases in half the tests

Study finds ChatGPT mirrors human decision biases in half the tests

Celebrity Gig, April 2, 2025

Can we really trust AI to make better decisions than humans? A new study says … not always. Researchers have discovered that OpenAI’s ChatGPT, one of the most advanced and popular AI models, makes the same kinds of decision-making mistakes as humans in some situations—showing biases like overconfidence of hot-hand (gambler’s) fallacy—yet acting inhuman in others (e.g., not suffering from base-rate neglect or sunk cost fallacies).

Why 23andMe’s Genetic Data Could Be a ‘Gold Mine’ for AI Companies

Why 23andMe’s Genetic Data Could Be a ‘Gold Mine’ for AI Companies

TIME, March 26, 2025

The genetic testing company 23andMe, which holds the genetic data of 15 million people, declared bankruptcy on Sunday night after years of financial struggles. This means that all of the extremely personal user data could be up for sale—and that vast trove of genetic data could draw interest from AI companies looking to train their data sets, experts say.

Healthcare

Want to reduce the cost of healthcare? Start with our billing practices.

Want to reduce the cost of healthcare? Start with our billing practices.

The Hill, March 11, 2025

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., as the new secretary of Health and Human Services, is the nation’s de facto healthcare czar. He will have influence over numerous highly visible agencies, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health and the Food and Drug Administration, among others. Given that healthcare is something that touches everyone’s life, his footprint of influence will be expansive. 

We all benefit from and are hurt by health insurance claim denials

We all benefit from and are hurt by health insurance claim denials

Atlanta Journal Constitution, January 23, 2025

Health insurance has become necessary, with large and unpredictable health care costs always looming before each of us. Unfortunately, the majority of people have experienced problems when using their health insurance to pay for their medical care. Health insurance serves as the buffer between patients and the medical care system, using population pooling to mitigate the risk exposure on any one individual.

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