Resoundingly Human
The 2026 INFORMS President Mark Lewis brings not just technical brilliance to his role as president, but a deep care for the people who make this field so impactful. His vision reminds us that analytics isn’t just about solving problems – it’s about building communities, growing opportunity, and creating a better world through smarter decisions.
Tags: advocacy, analytics, artificial intelligence, INFORMS president, operations research, quantum computing
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As 2023 draws to a close, it’s a great time to reflect on the past year with our 2023 INFORMS President Laura Albert, professor and department chair of industrial & systems engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Tags: 2023 INFORMS Annual Meeting, advocacy, Analytics Conference, DEI
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Welcome to a brand-new year of Resoundingly Human podcasts! Whether this is your first episode, or you are a long-time listener, thank you for joining us and I hope you’ll subscribe for even more great content highlighting the incredible contributions of INFORMS members. To kick off our first episode of the new year, joining me is the 2023 INFORMS President Laura Albert, professor and department chair of industrial & systems engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Tags: 2023 INFORMS President, advocacy, DEI, INFORMS Annual Meeting, INFORMS Business Analytics Conference, INFORMS president, Laura Albert
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As we near the end of the year, I’m once again joined by our 2022 INFORMS president Radhika Kulkarni to take a look back at the past year, her favorite moments and memories, what insight she gained, what she’ll take with her, and finally, any special insight she might have for our incoming 2023 president.
Tags: 2022 INFORMS President, advocacy, AI, Annual Meeting, artificial intelligence, DEI, Franz Edelman Award, Radhika Kulkarni
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With just days to go before the INFORMS community gathers in Indianapolis for the 2022 INFORMS Annual Meeting, the first fully IN PERSON Annual Meeting since 2019, I am delighted to be joined once again by the 2022 INFORMS President Radhika Kulkarni. We’ll take a look at this year’s meeting, what’s new and different this year and what we’ve missed about meeting face-to-face, as well as a quick update on INFORMS as we enter the latter half of her year as president.
Tags: #INFORMS2020, 2022 Annual Meeting, advocacy, Radhika Kulkarni
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For this episode, I am so pleased to once again be joined by the 2022 INFORMS President Radhika Kulkarni. We started 2022 off with my first interview with Radhika as president and discussed what was in store for INFORMS in the coming year. Radhika joins me once again to share some important INFORMS milestones and updates on a few of the topics we discussed earlier this year.
Tags: 2022, advocacy, AI, artificial intelligence, INFORMS president, Radhika Kulkarni, Strategic Plan
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Welcome to a brand-new year of Resoundingly Human podcasts! Whether this is your first episode, or you are a long-time listener, thank you for joining us and I hope you’ll subscribe for for even more great content highlighting the incredible contributions of INFORMS members. To kick off the first episode of the new year, joining me is the 2022 INFORMS President Radhika Kulkarni, a member of the analytics industry for 35+ years, most recently as the VP of Advanced Analytics R&D at SAS.
Tags: 2022, advocacy, AI, artificial intelligence, COVID-19, INFORMS president, pandemic, Radhkia Kulkarni, Strategic Plan
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In this episode, I am pleased to once again be joined by our 2021 INFORMS president Steve Graves. As we enter the latter half of the year, we’ll take a look at the current status of INFORMS, the continued progress of the goals outlined in the new Strategic Plan unveiled at the beginning of the year, and the upcoming 2021 INFORMS Annual Meeting, featuring a flexible format for both in-person and virtual attendees.
Tags: advocacy, AI, artificial intelligence, DEI, diversity, equity, inclusion, INFORMS, INFORMS president, MIT, Stephen Graves
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Operations research, analytics, data science, and other related disciplines enable individuals and organizations to transform data into insights that facilitate better, more informed decision-making in order to save lives, save money, and solve problems. And in no place is informed decision-making more important than at the highest levels within the U.S. government, where every day policymakers are making decisions and shaping policy that will impact our day-to-day lives. But how can we ensure that the individuals making these important decisions have the tools or awareness they need? By connecting them with resources and people who are knowledgeable about O.R. and…
Tags: AAAS, advocacy, American Association for the Advancement of Science, decision-makers, federal government, policymakers, Science and Technology Policy Fellows, Washington
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Welcome to a brand-new year of Resoundingly Human podcasts! Joining me for the first podcast of the new year is the 2021 INFORMS President Stephen Graves. A long-time member of INFORMS, Steve is the Abraham J. Siegel Professor of Management and a professor of operations management at MIT’s Sloan School of Management. He also has a joint appointment with the MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering.
Tags: advocacy, DEI, MIT, Stephen Graves, strategic planning
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