New research: U.S. presidential election could be swayed by as few as 50,000 voters strategically relocating less than 100 miles. Our study explores how small, coordinated movements can boost a candidate's chance by up to 8%. Read more in "The Sensitivity of the U.S. Presidential.

Math and love can intersect into romantic stories, like this Valentine's Day one:.

Dear @HouseofHerrera : my daughter is a big fan of your Good Girl Supreme fragrance. Yesterday, her perfume bottle fell & shattered into zillion tiny pieces. Very hard to clean up & make sure nothing was left behind that could cut her. Please consider using another type of glass.

Very happy to share that my Ph.D. student (co-advised with Prof. Pedro de Rezende @ Instituto de Computação - UNICAMP) successfully defended his thesis this week. Congratulations Dr. de Carvalho Pereira! #orms

As I visited Arlington, VA, this past Thanksgiving week, I went to a @Starbucks that had its beverage delivery table organized with the letter ranges below (white font with green background). As an optimizer, I couldn't help but think: "Who chose these ranges? Are they optimal?"

Hi @insideFPL . I'm trying to speak to a human about a possible fraudulent visit from someone pretending to be an FPL employee. All numbers on your site and my bill take me to a system that does not allow me to talk to a person. This is ridiculous. How do I reach someone?.

Life is simple. When @miketrick gives you advice, you take it. #informs2024 Airport commute via train. Except when he told me to go to Waterloo. Too cold. 😂

Many people I hadn’t met before stopped me at #INFORMS2024 to tell me they either have or plan to assign some of my teaching materials to their students (games and/or YouTube videos). That fills my heart with joy! Thank you! ❤️ Let me know what your students thought, please!. I.

Ran into the always-smiling Austin Saragih at #INFORMS2024 today and we spoke about the three P’s of teaching: Purpose, Preparation, and Pizzazz! 😂 Seeing friends at this conference is what makes it special.

Great way to end my second day at #INFORMS2024: soft-serve matcha ice cream with mochi and red bean paste.

Leaving for #INFORMS2024 in Seattle tomorrow after my Calculus class. Those attending Saturday's Teaching Effectiveness Colloquium will have a sneak peek at my upcoming board game based on the TSP! Checked the weather forecast and the highs will be under 60! 😱 So my trusty.

We are hiring in #orms! Tenure-track/tenured (open rank) faculty position in Business Analytics in the Management Science Department at Miami Herbert Business School. For more details and how to apply, see

After teaching 2 semesters of Business Calculus, I've been tasked with developing a Business Pre-Calculus course. Looking for recommendations of a textbook with nice business-related examples and exercises. If you know of or have used one like that, please drop me a note! Thanks!.

This comes in handy when you have 90 students and 7 quizzes throughout the term. Can also be done with the final exam, but will have 20 questions instead of 10. Feel free to "steal" this idea and save yourself some (a lot of) time! 🤣 #academiclife #loveteahcing #lovemystudents.

Invented way to grade 40 mult choice, 10-question quizzes in 10min & 18s:. - A strip of boxes on the right-hand side margin for the answers.- Line up the papers, scan horizontally, mark what's wrong.- Scan vertically to compute score. 10min already include 3min to line up papers!

Planning to attend this year's #INFORMS2024 conference? Then you have to come a day early and join our Teaching Effectiveness Colloquium! Cool topics, great networking, and a lot of fun overall! #orms #teaching