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While often referred to as the “art of persuasion,” my guest for this episode shares that there is actually a science behind persuasion and will provide insight into how and why it works. Joining me is Dean Hartley, principal of Hartley Consulting, to discuss his article in the June 2019 issue of OR/MS Today magazine, “Persuasion Wars, Part 1,“ which looks at how and why persuasion works, and its uses and misuses throughout history.
Tags: Dean Hartley, persuasion
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At the heart of both operations research and analytics, the key to all of the incredible research and applications, is data. Every day, O.R. and analytics professionals use data from sources around the world to provide valuable insight that is used to save lives, save money and solve problems. However, with a steady news stream of data breaches or misuse of often personal information from trusted sources many of us use everyday, such as Facebook, Target, and even healthcare providers, these incidents are becoming part of a much larger conversation regarding data security and the ethical use of data. Joining me…
Tags: data ethics, ethics, policy, Scott Nestler, University of Notre Dame
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One of the fastest growing business trends, the sharing economy, is an economic model that involves peer-to-peer selling or sharing of goods and services that can be accessed as easily as opening an app on your smartphone. In addition to well-known examples in the transportation and hospitality industries, like Airbnb and Uber, and consumer good sales sites like eBay and Etsy, the sharing economy trend is continuing to expand into other areas, including fashion, healthcare and alternative transportation like bike and scooter sharing programs. With the number of shared economy users in the U.S. estimated to grow to 86.5 million…
Tags: aribnb, Carnegie Mellon University, hotels, Hui Li, sharing economy
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In 2018, INFORMS launched a new advocacy initiative to raise awareness with decision makers in Washington on the application and impact of O.R. and analytics. This initiative includes an annual Government & Analytics Summit that invites policymakers from Capitol Hill, federal agencies and other policy stakeholders to learn about exciting and impactful ways in which these scientific and mathematical processes are being used to save lives, save money and solve problems in the public and private sectors. Joining me for this episode to discuss this year’s Summit is Laura Albert, Assistant Dean for Graduate Affairs in the College of Engineering…
Tags: advocacy, government, Summit
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In this episode, we will be taking a look back, way back actually, to the first time the term Operations Research was employed, and some of the earliest applications of O.R. during World War II, when it helped the Allied forces in Europe achieve victory over Germany. I am joined by Gerald Brown, Emeritus Distinguished Professor of operations research at the Naval Postgraduate School and an INFORMS Fellow, to discuss these earliest applications, their impact, and how O.R. has grown since then.
Tags: history, military, operations research
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From effectiveness of deployed forces to manpower and training, operations research professionals in the military space are constantly addressing both new and old challenges. These have been increased in recent years by advances in non-traditional warfare, to include cyberspace. The large investments in terms of manpower, time and money that nations spend in this sphere drives the need for thoughtful, professional operations research and analytics to wisely drive investments and security. In this episode, I am joined by Harrison Schramm, U.S. Navy veteran and Senior Fellow with the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments to discuss his journey from military…
Tags: National Security, operations research
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This podcast, part of a series recorded at the 2019 INFORMS Business Analytics Conference in Austin, TX, features Karl Kempf, Senior Fellow and Director of Decision Engineering at Intel Corporation and an INFORMS Fellow and member for many years. Karl’s presentation at the conference, “Intuition is Unreliable, Analytics is Incomplete,” looks at the relationship between analytics and intuition and how this can impact complex decision-making.
Tags: INFORMS Business Analytics Conference, Intel Corporation, karl kempf
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This podcast, part of a series recorded at the 2019 INFORMS Business Analytics Conference in Austin, TX, features Janine Kamath, chair of the Department of Management Engineering and Internal Consulting (ME&IC) and assistant professor, Health Care Systems Engineering with the Mayo Clinic, and an INFORMS Roundtable member. Her presentation, “Analytics in Healthcare – A Dose of Reality” discusses the role that analytics plays in addressing many of the challenges facing healthcare today.
Tags: healthcare analytics, healthcare challenges, Janine Kamath, Mayo Clinic
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This podcast, part of a series recorded at the 2019 INFORMS Business Analytics Conference in Austin, TX, features Ted Allen, associate professor in the Integrated Systems Engineering Department at The Ohio State University and president of the Social Media Analytics Section of INFORMS. His presentation, “Analyzing Social Media Data to Identify Cybersecurity Threats: Decision-Making with Real-Time Data,” explores the role of social media in identifying and addressing emerging cybersecurity breaches, something that is experienced by nearly 30 percent of businesses in the U.S.
Tags: cybersecurity, INFORMS Business Analytics Conference, social media, Ted Allen, The Ohio State University
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This podcast is part of a series highlighting the finalist teams of the 2019 INFORMS Franz Edelman Award. We will be releasing these episodes in the countdown to the INFORMS Business Analytics Conference in Austin, TX, April 14-16. In this episode, we are joined by Martina Fischetti, Lead Engineer in Operational Research and Thomas Hjort, Head of System Design, from Vattenfall BA Wind to learn how Vattenfall leveraged O.R. to expand its offshore wind energy operations in the pursuit of fossil fuel-free living, while realizing more than $170 million in savings.
Tags: 2019 Franz Edelman Award Competition, offshore wind energy operations, Vattenfall
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