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Operations Research (O.R.) is the discipline of applying advanced analytical methods to help make better decisions.

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Professor Richard Larson developed ‘model thinking’ – viewing the world through a #conceptuallens and developing #CriticalThinking skills. DOI: bit.ly/4dxps9k Find out more: bit.ly/3yDifpk Read our article: bit.ly/4fBvs2N
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How to assess a general-purpose AI model’s reliability before it’s deployed

A new technique estimates the reliability of a self-supervised foundation model, like those that power ChatGPT, without the need to know what task that model will be deployed on later.

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Embracing the future we need

MIT Associate Professor Andy Sun works on new methods to integrate renewable energy into the electric grid.

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Richard Larson announced as one of two new ISSIP Fellow for 2023. issip.org/issip-announces-2-…

ISSIP Announces 2 New Fellows - ISSIP

Dr. Richard C. Larson and Dr. Raymond P. Fisk honored as role models for lifetime achievements in advancing understanding and practice of service innovation Santa Clara, CA, May 23, 2023…

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Is it easier to find half a needle than a full needle in a random network? | Network Pages

Common sense tells us that objects of comparable size should be equally hard to find. Yet, when searching inside a random network, surprises are awaiting... In our newest article, Noela Müller, from...

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MIT Sloan School of Management researchers help redesign national lung transplant allocation system using data analytics prn.to/3TP7beR

MIT Sloan School of Management researchers help redesign national lung transplant allocation system...

/PRNewswire/ -- United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) has rolled out a new organ allocation system designed to be more equitable and effective for patients...

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David Simchi-Levi has been elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering for "contributions using optimization and stochastic modeling to enhance supply chain management and operations." news.mit.edu/2023/mit-commun…

MIT community members elected to the National Academy of Engineering for 2023

MIT professors Regina Barzilay, Markus Buehler, Elfatih Eltahir, Neil Gershenfeld, Roger Kamm, David Miller, and David Simchi-Levi were elected to the National Academy of Engineering for 2023, along...

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We are pleased to announce the Spring 2023 ORC Seminar Series: orc.mit.edu/sites/default/fi… All seminars will be held in-person on Thursdays from 4:15pm to 5:15pm in room E25-111.
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Spotlight: Unpacking AI’s “black box” - Monday

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Onto something: Leadership in healthcare engineering and patient safety

Amy Cohn’s unconventional approach to solving healthcare problems starts with students. It’s an approach that is gaining ground—at Michigan Medicine and beyond.

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📸 2022 INFORMS Annual Meeting Flickr Album! bit.ly/3WQDVWc #INFORMS #INFORMS2022 #orms #datascience #analytics #ML #AI
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Omega Rho Keynote: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Universities | Dimitris Bertsimas, Massachusetts Institute of Technology bit.ly/3CL2hIV #INFOMRS #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #academicchatter
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Investigating at the interface of data science and computing

MIT Professor Guy Bresler studies computational complexity and researches techniques to learn models from data. A theoretician, he works at the interface of computer science, statistics, probability,...

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John Tsitsiklis appointed director of the Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems news.mit.edu/2017/john-tsits…

John Tsitsiklis appointed director of the Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems

MIT Professor John Tsitsiklis has been appointed director of the Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems (LIDS) and associate director of the Institute for Data, Systems, and Society....

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PhD student Emma Gibson is working to improve diagnostic services in Malawi. “We have the tools” to treat diseases like HIV, she says. “But in resource-limited settings, we often lack the money, the staff, and the infrastructure to reach every patient.” web.mit.edu/spotlight/optimi…
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Tackling hard computational problems

The Overlap Gap Property is a new tool for understanding computational problems that appear intractable. It was developed by MIT Professor David Gamarnik

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Professor Georgia Perakis has been named the new Associate Dean of Social and Ethical Responsibilities of Computing (SERC) at the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing @MIT_SCC and at MIT Sloan @MITSloan, effective September 1, 2022.
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Reshaping online marketplaces with machine learning shar.es/af3dwt
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Professor David Gamarnik has developed a new tool, the overlap gap property, for understanding computational problems that appear intractable. news.mit.edu/2022/tackling-h…

Tackling hard computational problems

The Overlap Gap Property is a new tool for understanding computational problems that appear intractable. It was developed by MIT Professor David Gamarnik

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