The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) recently launched a special interest group devoted to analytics. The Analytics Section of INFORMS attracted more than 300 members during its first two months of existence, immediately making it one of the largest – and certainly the most talked about – Section in the venerable Institute that traces its roots back to World War II.
“The response has been tremendous,” says Michael Gorman, the first president of the fledgling Analytics Section. “There’s a high level of energy and excitement. We’re very bullish about creating a very powerful group.”
Anyone – members and non-members of INFORMS – can join the Analytics Section of INFORMS for free throughout the remainder of 2011.
According to its bylaws, the “Analytics Section of INFORMS is focused on promoting the use of data-driven analytics and fact-based decision-making in practice. The Section recognizes that analytics is seen as both a complete business problem-solving and decision-making process and a broad set of analytical methodologies that enable the creation of business value. To this purpose, the Section promotes the integration of a wide range of analytical techniques and the end-to-end analytics process.”
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