INFORMS Releases

BALTIMORE, MD, November 30, 2023 – 

EDITOR’S NOTE: Decision Science Digest is a periodic communique highlighting recent peer-reviewed research published by INFORMS, the largest association for the decision and data sciences, across its 17 journals. This issue highlights four press releases based on the findings of new peer-reviewed articles.

• Text Message Appointment Reminders with a Nudge—Researchers Reduce “No-Shows” by Nearly 29% (INFORMS journal Operations Research)
• Analyzing the Effectiveness of Government Programs in Providing Access and Availability to Rare Disease Treatments (INFORMS journal Management Science)
• The Behavioral Implications of COVID-19: Customer Frequency Drops for Chinese Restaurants, Will it Last? (INFORMS journal Information Systems Research)
• Online Versus In-Person Grocery Shopping: Who Benefits and Who Could be in Trouble?  (INFORMS journal Marketing Science)

BALTIMORE, MD, November 27, 2023 – A new study has found that your online profile picture may play a key role in whether you get hired. The study also found that if your profile photo suggests you “look the part,” those hiring you as an employee or freelancer may be more likely to give that more weight than lower ratings, lack of certifications and a fewer number of reviews than your close competitors.

BALTIMORE, MD, November 2, 2023 – New research in the INFORMS journal Management Science is providing insights for business leaders on how work experience affects employees interacting with AI.

BALTIMORE, MD, October 30, 2023 – INFORMS, the largest association for the decision and data sciences, has awarded the 2023 Daniel H. Wagner Prize for Excellence in the Practice of Advanced Analytics and Operations Research to the Decision Engineering team from Intel for their work on the transition of semiconductor products from a single large monolithic chip to an assembly of dozens of small chiplets (aka “disaggregation”). This work has realized more than $500 million in benefits so far. The award was presented at the 2023 INFORMS Annual Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona. 

BALTIMORE, MD, October 17, 2023 – INFORMS, the largest association for decision and data sciences, announced Anahita Khojandi has been named the vice president of Membership and Professional Recognition at INFORMS.