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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
Media Coverage

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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New Research Exposes Differences Between How Men and Women Compete Against Each Other

New Research Exposes Differences Between How Men and Women Compete Against Each Other

News Release, May 4, 2023

BALTIMORE, MD, May 4, 2023 – It is well understood that in the labor market there exists wage gaps between men and women, and in general, women had to fight to break the “glass ceiling” to get to upper management in the workplace. The causes of the gender gap could be multiple factors from discrimination to ability difference, and it is not easy to separate one from the other.

A kernel of grain is driving a wedge through Europe’s response to Ukraine

A kernel of grain is driving a wedge through Europe’s response to Ukraine

City AM, May 3, 2023

In the last couple of weeks, EU trade policy was in turmoil. Where Ukrainian grain once made its way through the Black Sea, it now travels by land through its border states. But ill-equipped to deal with the new quantum of wheat passing through, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia and Bulgaria have individually decided to ban new imports. They claim the price of their own agricultural products has been driven down by the glut of crops. The European Commission had to intervene, ultimately introducing emergency safeguards for wheat, sunflower seeds and other products.

New Audio Available for Media Use: Why Is Data Literacy So Important In 2023 and for the Future?

New Audio Available for Media Use: Why Is Data Literacy So Important In 2023 and for the Future?

Audio Clip, May 2, 2023

BALTIMORE, MD, May 2, 2023 – New audio is available for media use featuring Laura Albert. She’s the David H. Gustafson Department Chair of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Albert speaks about the importance of data literacy now and in the future. This content is provided by INFORMS, the largest association for the decision and data sciences. What follows are four questions and responses. These responses were provided on May 2, 2023.

New Audio Available for Media Use: What Are the Drivers Making Artificial Intelligence a Hot Topic Right Now?

New Audio Available for Media Use: What Are the Drivers Making Artificial Intelligence a Hot Topic Right Now?

Audio Clip, May 2, 2023

BALTIMORE, MD, May 2, 2023 – New audio is available for media use featuring Subodha Kumar. He’s the Paul R. Anderson Distinguished Chair Professor of Statistics, Operations, and Data Science at Temple University’s Fox School of Business. He’s the school’s Founding Director of the Center for Business Analytics and Disruptive Technologies. Kumar speaks about the drivers making artificial intelligence such a hot topic right now. This content is provided by INFORMS, the largest association for the decision and data sciences. What follows are four questions and responses. These responses were provided on April 26, 2023.

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