Operational Research Society News

The Council for the Mathematical Sciences has taken an important step towards creating a National Academy for the Mathematical Sciences with the appointment of an Executive Committee and Executive Director to carry out the feasibility and set-up phase.

The UK's geographically-largest council uses the language of operational research when communicating with its residents on the subject of refuse collection route optimisation, implying it recognises both the practical and PR value of good decision-making.

The OR Society fully endorses this statement on Russia’s Attack on Ukraine, which was co-signed by the Royal Society and other National Academies of the G7 States.

Executive Director of the National Research Foundation of Ukraine (NRFU) Dr Olga Polotska has appealed to the international community to help her country’s scientists, following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Experts from Cardiff University will lead a partnership studying the needs of rural communities to unlock innovations made possible with 5G technology.