By Breanne Spencer, CANA Data Science Analyst Every college senior dreams of landing that one amazing internship the kind where you aren't just getting coffee or doing busy work tasks, but working alongside industry experts. My experience at CANA has been exactly that. It has been one of the most transformative chapters of my education, allowing me to tackle real-world problems, implement actionable changes, and grow immensely as both a developer and a researcher. While it mi

CANAers Scott Cohick, Principal Operations Research Analyst, Nick Ulmer, Principal Operations Research Analyst, and Walt DeGrange, Senior Director of Analytics, recently attended the Military Operations Research Society (MORS) 2024 Emerging Techniques Forum (ETF) from December 3–5 in Alexandria, Virginia. This year's theme, "Analytical Edge in the Decisive Decade," brought together analytics professionals to discuss military and government operations research innovations. The

In October, members of the CANA team attended the 2023 INFORMS Annual Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona. The INFORMS Annual Meeting is the largest gathering of operations research and analytics professionals in the world, and it provides a forum for researchers, practitioners, and students to share their latest work and ideas. This year's meeting featured a wide range of sessions on topics such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, data science, optimization, and logistics

Presentations on topics ranging from new takes on calculating readiness to methods for capturing and capitalizing on video and speech data.