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Unmasking Human Trafficking: New AI Research Reveals Hidden Recruitment Networks
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BALTIMORE, MD, May 24, 2025 – Most anti-human trafficking efforts focus on breaking up sex sales; however, new research in the INFORMS journal Manufacturing & Service Operations Management is turning its attention to where trafficking truly begins – recruitment. Using machine learning to analyze millions of online ads, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have uncovered patterns that link deceptive job offers to sex trafficking networks. By mapping the connections between recruitment and sales locations, the study reveals a hidden supply chain – one that can now be exposed and interrupted earlier in the trafficking process.

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New U.S. drug prices doubled amid a shift toward treating rare diseases
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Drugs being explicitly developed to treat rare diseases are getting more expensive.

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Human air traffic controllers keep flyers safe. Should AI have a role?
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Old technology is behind the recent ongoing delays and cancellations at Newark Liberty International Airport, but newer technology will be an important part of the solution.

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Vacation Time! New Research Uses Characteristics of Consumers to Segment Buyers and Offer Personalized Prices and Perks

Vacation Time! New Research Uses Characteristics of Consumers to Segment Buyers and Offer Personalized Prices and Perks

News Release, July 12, 2022

BALTIMORE, MD, July 12, 2022 – A “normal” version of life is returning in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic that includes travel and vacations. New research in the INFORMS journal Manufacturing & Service Operations Management predicts demand for multiple types of hotel rooms based on guest characteristics, travel attributes and room features. This methodology delivers insights on segmentation, classifying each guest into segments (or a mixture of segments) based on their characteristics.

Ukraine struggles to get its wheat to the world

Ukraine struggles to get its wheat to the world

DW, July 11, 2022

Ukraine can't export most of its grain due to a Russian blockade of its Black Sea ports. As the new harvest season starts, fears grow that much grain needed in Africa and the Middle East will go to waste.

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