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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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INFORMS 2018 Board of Directors unites industry and academic leaders

INFORMS 2018 Board of Directors unites industry and academic leaders

News Release, October 4, 2017

CATONSVILLE, MD, October 4, 2017 – Leaders in industry and academia from around the world are among those who will be joining the INFORMS Board of Directors in 2018. INFORMS, the leading international association for operations research and analytics professionals, today announced the newest members elected to its BOD, which is comprised of the leading minds in both the academic and industry sectors of operations research (O.R.) and analytics. 

Certified Analytics Professional program earns prestigious ANSI accreditation

Certified Analytics Professional program earns prestigious ANSI accreditation

News Release, October 2, 2017

CATONSVILLE, MD, October 2, 2017The Certified Analytics Professional (CAP®) program, the only global professional certification for analytics practitioners, has been accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), the American member of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), furthering its distinction to what CIO Magazine earlier this year called one of the top “big data certifications that will payoff.”

Quality tops quantity when it comes to contacts

Quality tops quantity when it comes to contacts

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, October 2, 2017

According to a study conducted by Rahul Telang of Carnegie Mellon University and Rajiv Garg of the University of Texas, it's the quality, not the quantity, of your online professional connections that will help with a successful job search. Their study, based on a survey of 424 jobseekers, was published in Management Science, a journal of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS).

Guilty of being dishonest while working in a group?

Guilty of being dishonest while working in a group?

AskMen.com, September 29, 2017

Are you someone who prides yourself on your honest day-to-day behavior? Because that counts for absolutely nothing once you get yourself into a group, new research says. A study, published in the INFORMS journal Management Science, found that even individuals with a proven track record of honest behavior are prone to the potential for negative influences present in a group dynamic, especially when money is at stake.

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