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Dave Rosevelt Earns Lifetime Achievement Award

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Tuesday, June 27, 2023
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DAYTON, OH, June 27, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Centric Consulting, an international business and technology consulting firm, announces that co-founder Dave Rosevelt has been named one of Consulting Magazine ’s Top Consultants for Lifetime Achievement.

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  • DAYTON, OH, June 27, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Centric Consulting, an international business and technology consulting firm, announces that co-founder Dave Rosevelt has been named one of Consulting Magazine ’s Top Consultants for Lifetime Achievement.
  • Rosevelt was named a Top Consultant for Lifetime Achievement, recognizing his 30-year consulting career and impact on the industry as founding CEO of Centric.
  • “Dave has delivered on his mission to create a best-in-class consulting company that provides unmatched experiences to both our clients and our employees.
  • Dave also provides a measure of humility and grace that is a model for everyone within Centric.”
    As Centric Consulting’s co-founder and CEO from 1999 to 2023 , Dave Rosevelt has been a pivotal leader in building Centric Consulting’s foundation, culture and longevity.

Huawei Cloud Becomes a Franz Edelman Award Finalist

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Wednesday, January 18, 2023
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Among them is Huawei Cloud, which stands out from the competition with its pioneering cloud resource scheduling technology and excellent market performance.

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  • Among them is Huawei Cloud, which stands out from the competition with its pioneering cloud resource scheduling technology and excellent market performance.
  • Huawei Cloud is the first cloud computing company to be shortlisted for scheduling technology in the past 50 years.
  • How to maximize cloud resource utilization without compromising service quality remains a critical but challenging issue for the cloud industry.
  • Huawei Cloud assigned 39 scientists across 16 research centers both inside and outside of China to conduct research on cloud resource scheduling.

RSG Media Bests MIT, NYU, and Carnegie Mellon to Take Home the 2022 INFORMS RM&P Section Practice Award

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Tuesday, July 5, 2022
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NEW YORK, July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) announced that RSG Media is the winner of its prestigious 2022 INFORMS Revenue Management & Pricing (RMP) Section Practice Award. RSG Media won for its work in applying machine learning artificial intelligence and predictive modeling to art of scheduling television advertisements. Their competitors included Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), New York University (NYU), and Carnegie Mellon University.

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  • NEW YORK, July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) announced that RSG Media is the winner of its prestigious 2022 INFORMS Revenue Management & Pricing (RMP) Section Practice Award.
  • RSG Media won for its work in applying machine learning artificial intelligence and predictive modeling to art of scheduling television advertisements.
  • Their competitors included Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), New York University (NYU), and Carnegie Mellon University.
  • RSG Media was founded in 1985 and is based in New York City with offices in Los Angeles, London, and Delhi/Gurgaon.

Chile Receives Franz Edelman Award for COVID-19 Research, Supported by Gurobi

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Tuesday, April 26, 2022
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Gurobi Optimization, LLC , creator of the worlds fastest mathematical optimization solver, announced that the Government of Chile has received the prestigious Franz Edelman Award for their outstanding work in operations research during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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  • Gurobi Optimization, LLC , creator of the worlds fastest mathematical optimization solver, announced that the Government of Chile has received the prestigious Franz Edelman Award for their outstanding work in operations research during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • Gurobi technology played a key role in the initiatives serological study by ensuring the optimal allocation of mobile testing stationsan effort that ultimately demonstrated the importance of booster vaccines.
  • As the pandemic hit Chile in the spring of 2020, science, operations research, and analytics all played critical roles in the countrys comprehensive reaction.
  • The research teams used anonymized mobility data to anticipate outbreaks, which helped authorities develop more effective lockdown strategies.

SWARM Engineering Welcomes Two Additional Female Advisory Board Members

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Thursday, January 6, 2022
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IRVINE, Calif., Jan. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --Today, SWARM Engineering announced two additions to its distinguished Advisory Board.

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  • IRVINE, Calif., Jan. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --Today, SWARM Engineering announced two additions to its distinguished Advisory Board.
  • Vonnie Estes and Dr. Magarit Khachatryanwill join the SWARM Advisory Board to provide key insights and guidance to the Board of Directors, committees of the Board, and the executive leadership.
  • At SWARM, we are pleased to have such an esteemed group of minds on our Advisory Board to envision and shape the future.
  • "I am delighted to join the SWARM Advisory Board and am looking forward to sharing my experiences and perspectives with SWARM and its clients," said Vonnie Estes.

Warren Powell, Co-Founder and Chief Analytics Officer of Optimal Dynamics, Wins the Robert Herman Lifetime Achievement Award in Transportation Science and Logistics

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Monday, November 8, 2021
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Warren Powell taught in the Department of Operations Research and Financial Engineering at Princeton University from 1981 to 2020.

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  • Warren Powell taught in the Department of Operations Research and Financial Engineering at Princeton University from 1981 to 2020.
  • "Warren's work in transportation science and logistics is quite literally the bedrock of our organization, as we have built our platform off of his research.
  • Based on 40 years of academic research, Optimal Dynamics delivers a new class of decision and optimization technology to the transportation and logistics industries.
  • Optimal Dynamics CORE.ai platform augments decision-making for carriers and shippers to automate and optimize strategic, load acceptance and dispatching decisions.

Food Assistance Amid Emergency Responses: The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) Awarded the 2021 INFORMS Edelman Award

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Wednesday, April 14, 2021
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b'CATONSVILLE, Md., April 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- INFORMS, the leading international association for operations research and analytics professionals, announced it has awardedThe United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) its 2021 Franz Edelman Award for Achievement in Advanced Analytics, Operations Research and Management Science for its use of operations research (O.R.)

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  • b'CATONSVILLE, Md., April 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- INFORMS, the leading international association for operations research and analytics professionals, announced it has awardedThe United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) its 2021 Franz Edelman Award for Achievement in Advanced Analytics, Operations Research and Management Science for its use of operations research (O.R.)
  • to master food assistance amid emergency responses.\nWFP is the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, assisting nearly 100 million people across 88 countries.
  • INFORMS provides unique networking and learning opportunities for individuals and organizations to better understand and use O.R.
  • and analytics tools and methods to save lives, save money, and solve problems.\nView original content to download multimedia: http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/food-assistance-amid-emergency-r...\n'

KYield Announces Appointment of Jack Levis to Board of Directors

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Wednesday, March 24, 2021
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RIO RANCHO, N.M., March 24, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- KYield, a leading artificial intelligence systems provider, announced today that Jack Levis has been appointed to the Company's Board of Directors.

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  • RIO RANCHO, N.M., March 24, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- KYield, a leading artificial intelligence systems provider, announced today that Jack Levis has been appointed to the Company's Board of Directors.
  • Mr. Levis brings 40 years of experience to KYield in operations research, advisory, and execution of large enterprise systems.
  • He is a fellow of the Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences (INFORMS), receiving their prestigious Kimball Medal and President's Award.
  • Mr. Levis retired from UPS in 2019 where he served as Senior Director of Industrial Engineering.

Syngenta Seeds and the Analytics Society of INFORMS announce finalists for the 2021 Syngenta Crop Challenge in Analytics

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Friday, March 12, 2021
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Syngenta Seeds and the Analytics Society of INFORMS have announced the finalists for the 2021 Syngenta Crop Challenge in Analytics.

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  • Syngenta Seeds and the Analytics Society of INFORMS have announced the finalists for the 2021 Syngenta Crop Challenge in Analytics.
  • The Syngenta Crop Challenge in Analytics is a collaborative effort between Syngenta Seeds and the Analytics Society of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences ( INFORMS ).
  • A Multiobjective, Soft Constraint Solution to the 2021 Syngenta Crop Challenge Mingshi Cui, Kunting Qi, Julia Loncala and Byran Smucker from Miami University (USA).
  • Established in 2015, the Syngenta Crop Challenge in Analytics is supported by Syngenta Seeds and hosted by the Analytics Society of INFORMS.

New Research Finds Drive-Through Mass-Vaccination Clinics Could Alter COVID-19 Trajectory

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Wednesday, February 17, 2021
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New research published in the INFORMS Journal on Applied Analytics provides a simulated model for drive-through clinics that can be used for mass COVID-19 vaccinations based on the successful use of such a clinic to address H1N1.

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  • New research published in the INFORMS Journal on Applied Analytics provides a simulated model for drive-through clinics that can be used for mass COVID-19 vaccinations based on the successful use of such a clinic to address H1N1.
  • The authors found that people preferred the convenience of drive-through clinics because they perceived it was safer, more convenient and less contagious.
  • "This could readily be done in literally every single community, transforming the trajectory of the COVID-19 pandemic once and for all."
  • It is published by INFORMS, the leading international association for operations research and analytics professionals.