Doing Good

The Operations Research organizations INFORMS and IFORS have initiatives for using technology for good that CP people might want to contribute to:

INFORMS Pro Bono Analytics (PBA) brings together INFORMS members, other analytics practitioners, and nonprofit professionals and organizations working in underserved communities with the goal of enabling these vital nonprofits to begin making data driven decisions. In short, think “helping nonprofits with data” when you think of PBA. Sometimes our work is as complex as building a system to forecast real-time demand for services, and other times it’s as simple as helping an organization choose between analytical tools or organize and store collected data from past fundraising campaigns. Even if your organization is just getting started with data, we can provide advice and assistance on what data to collect, how to collect it, and where to keep it.

The aim of the [IFORS] Developing Countries On-Line Resources page is to offer the OR worker all publicly-available materials on the topic of Operations Research for Development. It also aims to provide a venue for people who are working in the area to share their completed or in-process work, learn from others, and stimulate comments and discussions on the work.

These could be of particular interest to those who participate in the CPAIOR conferences.

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