News Room

A collection of press releases, audio content and media clips featuring INFORMS members and their research.

USA Cycling Awarded the 2025 INFORMS Edelman Award for Data-Driven Olympic Gold Strategy
News Release

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.

Read More
Trump Vows to Veto Bill Blocking Tariffs as Markets Reel
Media Coverage

A bipartisan push in Congress would return the power to impose tariffs to the legislature.

Read More
The Hidden Threat in America’s Defense: Our Energy Grid
Media Coverage

The threat of a terrorist attack on America’s energy grid is growing, with attempts being reported at increasing rates. If it’s not terrorism, it could be adversarial nation-states. This all increases the likelihood that a significant attack on the grid could succeed, leaving large swaths of the U.S. in the dark.

Read More

Resoundingly Human Podcast

An audio journey of how data and analytics save lives, save money and solve problems.

Media Contact

Ashley Smith
Public Affairs Coordinator
INFORMS
Catonsville, MD
asmith@informs.org
443-757-3578

INFORMS in the News

What are you looking for?

Type of Content
Topic
Why Lack of Cold Storage Could Hamper COVID Vaccine Distribution

Why Lack of Cold Storage Could Hamper COVID Vaccine Distribution

The Star, October 27, 2020

Kenya is among countries that will be required to improve cold chain networks to meet the storage demands of a Covid-19 vaccine. Experts say refrigeration requirements have cast doubt on the ability to access the vaccine to more than three billion people. As a result, the poor who are among the hardest hit by Covid-19 are likely to be the last to be reached by the vaccine.

China Dominates the Pandemic PPE Market. What Dose That Mean for U.S. as Virus Surges?

China Dominates the Pandemic PPE Market. What Dose That Mean for U.S. as Virus Surges?

PBS, October 27, 2020

During the coronavirus pandemic, the world has become reliant on personal protective equipment, or PPE. Most of this essential gear, from masks to gowns to goggles, comes from China -- and experts in the U.S. say this foreign dependence is problematic. Bur for now, the country where the virus originated is producing much of what's needed to fight it off. Special correspondent Patrick Fok reports.

COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Should Consider Both Demand and Supply

COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Should Consider Both Demand and Supply

The Hill, October 27, 2020

States have been working hard on developing COVID-19 vaccine distribution plans. By the time the vaccine becomes available, about 1 in 4 people in the country may have recovered from COVID-19 and therefore be partially immune, and others who need the vaccine most may avoid it. The distribution plans should therefore address both possible immunity and vaccine reluctance as demand-side issues.

Voting Amid a Global Pandemic: Why Lines May Still be Long at the Polls and How to Counteract it

Voting Amid a Global Pandemic: Why Lines May Still be Long at the Polls and How to Counteract it

Medium, October 27, 2020

The long-anticipated 2020 General Election, which was already going to be a show of the ages, is coupled with a global outbreak of the COVID-19 virus. When voter turnout is as high as it is expected to be this year, the lines, or queues in the data science world, can become long — sometimes very long. The spring Presidential primary election in my home state of Wisconsin occurred during the statewide “stay-at-home” order associated with the pandemic, and many polling locations experienced long queues. Election officials are bracing for these queues to be even longer on November 3 when voter turnout will be much higher than it was for the primaries.

Hospitalization of COVID Patients Surge Across US

Hospitalization of COVID Patients Surge Across US

Financial Times, October 27, 2020

Hospitalisations of Covid-19 patients are surging across the US, leading to a shortage of medical staff and threatening to force state governors to make difficult decisions about rationing access to intensive care. New field hospitals were being opened from the Wisconsin state fair grounds to the El Paso Convention Center in Texas, as US Covid-19 cases surged to an all-time high a week before the presidential election.

Subject Matter Experts in

Supply Chain

View list of experts

Subject Matter Experts in

Healthcare

View list of experts

INFORMS Magazines

OR/MS Today is the INFORMS member magazine that shares the latest research and best practices in operations research, analytics and the management sciences.

Access OR/MS Today Magazine

Analytics magazine showcases articles and research reports based on big data, AI, machine learning, data analytics and other new-age technologies.

Access Analytics Magazine