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Watch: What to Do About the Global Container Shortage

Watch: What to Do About the Global Container Shortage

Supply Chain Brain, April 21, 2021

Rob Handfield, Bank of America Professor of Supply Chain Management with the Supply Chain Resource Cooperative in the Poole College of Management at North Carolina State University, discusses the reasons behind the current worldwide shortage of ocean containers, and what carriers and manufacturers must do to solve it.

Op-ed: What’s an ideal fix for Illinois gerrymandering? An algorithmic approach

Op-ed: What’s an ideal fix for Illinois gerrymandering? An algorithmic approach

Chicago Tribune, April 22, 2021

Illinois’ neighboring states all have Republican-controlled Houses and Senates. This state’s Democrat-controlled General Assembly is a Midwest anomaly. Given that we are now in the midst of redistricting season, which occurs once every decade, coinciding with the census, Democratic lawmakers in Illinois are salivating at the opportunity to redistrict to their advantage, with implications for the next 10 years.

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AI Hallucinations? Two Brains Are Better Than One

AI Hallucinations? Two Brains Are Better Than One

Computer World, December 28, 2024

A number of startups and cloud service providers are starting to offer tools for monitoring, evaluating, and correcting problems with generative AI in the hope of eliminating errors, hallucinations, and other systemic problems associated with this technology.

Healthcare

Supply Chain

Port automation is a sticking point for dockworkers union

Port automation is a sticking point for dockworkers union

Marketplace, January 2, 2025

Dockworkers on the East and Gulf coasts could go on strike again in less than two weeks if they don’t reach a contract agreement with ports and shippers. Talks are set to resume next week, according to Bloomberg. The main sticking point between the two sides? Automation.

Climate