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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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5,600 Operations Research and Analytics Professionals Set to Arrive in Houston for the 2017 INFORMS Annual Meeting

5,600 Operations Research and Analytics Professionals Set to Arrive in Houston for the 2017 INFORMS Annual Meeting

News Release, October 18, 2017

CATONSVILLE, MD, October 18, 2017 – More than 5,600 operations research and analytics professionals and students from around the world will arrive in Houston later this week for the 2017 INFORMS Annual Meeting, doing their part to not only learn and network within their profession, but to help with Houston’s ongoing recovery from Hurricane Harvey. 

Job Hunters: Quality tops quantity when it comes to contacts

Job Hunters: Quality tops quantity when it comes to contacts

The Star Online, October 12, 2017

A new study in the INFORMS journal Management Science, which surveyed 424 jobseekers, found that it's not the number of professional connections you have, but the strength of these connections that really matters during a job search.

Do calorie postings on menus influence us to choose healthier restaurants

Do calorie postings on menus influence us to choose healthier restaurants

Great Taste Magazine, October 13, 2017

In 2008, New York City mandated all chain restaurants to post the calories of items on their menus. The intent was to induce consumers to choose healthier items in the restaurant. A forthcoming  study  in the INFORMS journal Marketing Science, a leading scholarly marketing publication, investigated whether the calorie posting on menus has broader spillovers by impacting consumer evaluations of the restaurant. 

CMU Dean Ramayya Krishnan Elected to Top Leadership Spot at INFORMS

CMU Dean Ramayya Krishnan Elected to Top Leadership Spot at INFORMS

News Release, October 13, 2017

CATONSVILLE, MD, October 13, 2017 - INFORMS, the leading international association for operations research and analytics professionals, announced today that Ramayya Krishnan, Ph.D., Dean of Carnegie Mellon University’s Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy, has been elected as the 25th President of the INFORMS Board of Directors.

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