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The latest episode of the Resoundingly Human podcast explores the impact that daughters have on their fathers, particularly how they shape the way men in leadership roles treat and respond to the challenges their female employees face. https://bit.ly/4bVvFuV #daughtereffect

12 data science certifications that will pay off [CIO] https://bit.ly/3V2nExj ✅ Certified Analytics Professional (CAP) #datascience #certification #CAPcertify #analytics

The Quiet Automation Arms Race Between HR Departments and Job Seekers [Analytics Magazine] https://bit.ly/452C8lB #jobs #hr #humanresources #datascience #ML #AI #analytics #orms #informs

[Join us!] Expand your knowledge and network with an INFORMS membership — gain access to a broad collection of benefits. 🌐 https://bit.ly/4c16JCd Smarter Decisions for Better World #INFORMS #orms #analytics #datascience #ML #AI #industrialengineering #statistics #mathematics #economics #behavioralscience #operationsresearch #businessanalysts #optimization #simulation

INFORMS Prizes & Awards [Deadlines] https://bit.ly/4aHRA7Q John von Neumann Theory Prize — June 1 George Nicholson Student Paper Competition — June 2 Frederick W. Lanchester Prize — June 15 George B. Dantzig Dissertation Award — June 30 Donald P. Gaver, Jr. Early Career Award — July 8 #INFORMS #awards #orms #analytics #datascience #ML #AI #optimization

Submit your poster by June 26 for the 2024 INFORMS Annual Meeting! 🌐 https://bit.ly/4587CGT 📍Seattle, Washington 📆 October 20-23, 2024 Smarter decisions for a better world. #informs #operationsresearch #datascience #AI #ML #analytics #orms #optimization #simulation #industrialengineering #appliedmathematics

Thanks, Manufacturing and Service Operations Management Journal (M&SOM)!

[ICYMI] INFORMS Senior Membership Program Recognizes Dedicated Members Congratulations to the first cohort of Senior Members! https://bit.ly/3Vm5Xu4

For the last few years, I have been promoting the #integration_of_machine_learning_with_simulation using #patient_flow as a case study to improve the accuracy and acceptance level of simulation models. One of my papers on this topic was published by the Journal of Simulation on 29 May 2023 and became the #most_read paper. This paper was presented at The OR Society 2021 #Simulation_Workshop and the 2023 INFORMS #Healthcare_Conference. Here below is the abstract of the paper and the link to the full paper. #Abstract Stochastic distribution methods were used to construct patient flow simulation sub-models such as patient inflow, length of stay (LoS), cost of treatment (CoT) and clinical pathways (CPs). However, the patient inflow rate demonstrates seasonality, trend, and variation due to natural and human-made factors. LoS, CoT and CPs are determined by social-demographics factors, clinical and laboratory test results, resource availability and healthcare structure. For this reason, patient flow simulation models developed using stochastic methods have limitations including uncertainty, not recognizing patient heterogeneity, and not representing personalized and value-based healthcare. This, in turn, results in a low acceptance level and implementation of solutions suggested by patient flow simulation models. On the other hand, machine learning becomes effective in predicting patient inflow, LoS, CoT, and CPs. This paper, therefore, describes why coupling machine learning with patient flow simulation is important, proposes a conceptual architecture for machine learning integrated patient flow simulation and demonstrates its implementation with examples. Link to the full paper: https://lnkd.in/ggUGhXPD

Innovative Applications in Analytics Award (IAAA) is one of the most prestigious award programs organized by INFORMS and the Analytics Society. For over a decade, the program has recognized novel applications of combined analytics techniques that create economic or social value. For this year’s competition, we received a number of high caliber projects from teams across industry and academia. The final stage of the competition was held at the INFORMS Analytics Conference in Orlando, FL in April, where the shortlisted teams presented their projects involving the application of data and decision sciences. We are now thrilled to announce the winners of this year's competition. Congratulations to the teams! - 1st Place: Purdue University, Indiana University - Kelley School of Business, Indiana University Health - 2nd Place: University of Toronto, University of Ottawa, National University of Singapore, Rogers Hixon Ontario Human Milk Bank - 3rd Place: IBM T.J. Watson Research Center A big thank you to our chairs and program advisors, Juan R. Jaramillo, Pallav Chhaochhria, PhD and Erick Wikum, for their leadership from the inception of the program to its successful competition cycles each year. I would like express sincere thanks to our coaches, judges, INFORMS leadership and staff who have supported this award program over the years. This year, I am also pleased to welcome our new partners Boston Consulting Group (BCG)'s Tech & Design arm BCG X as our executive sponsor, and Adelphi University as our academic sponsor. Julie Swann, David Hunt, Radhika Kulkarni, Dan Hudson, Priya Sarathy, Ph.D, CDMP, Juan R. Jaramillo For more details and the PR announcement: https://lnkd.in/e7n5A8DJ