INFORMS Releases

• New Research Finds Evidence of that Cloud Computing Significantly Improves Users’ Energy Efficiency (INFORMS journal Management Science)
• Improving Patient Flow in Emergency Departments: New Research Finds a Solution (INFORMS journal Operations Research)
• Improving Store Productivity and Increasing Sales: New Research Finds Responsible Scheduling is the Key (INFORMS journal Management Science)
• Reducing the Ripple Effects of Online Sex Websites: Shutting them Down is Not the Answer (INFORMS journal Management Science)

New audio is available for media use featuring Ranganath Nuggehalli. He’s the principal scientist at UPS. He speaks about how UPS meets the holiday peak season demand. This content is provided by INFORMS, the largest association for the decision and data sciences. What follows are four questions and responses. These responses were provided on December 8, 2022.

New audio is available for media use featuring Julie Swann, the department head and A. Doug Allison Distinguished Professor of the Fitts Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at NC State University. At both NC State and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Swann is an affiliate faculty member in the Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering. She speaks about the challenges of the Tri-demic (RSV, Flu and Covid). This content is provided by INFORMS, the largest association for the decision and data sciences. What follows are four questions and responses. These responses were provided on December 7, 2022.

In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, remote work has become increasingly common, but is it productive? New research in the INFORMS journal Management Science finds proximity to senior managers at corporate headquarters makes inventors in companies’ research and development (R&D) functions more productive. Moreover, it makes them more creative, suggesting that senior management oversight does not stifle creativity, but instead encourages it.

Political redistricting is a problem of national interest with consequences to electoral representation. It is a decennial process of redrawing the boundaries of congressional and state legislative districts, and can affect a wide range of stakeholders, including the voters, candidates and political parties. New research in the INFORMS journal Operations Research introduces a model that can be adopted for a redistricting process that explicitly focuses on political fairness.