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We had a great time attending the 2023 INFORMS Annual Meeting that took place between October 15th to October 18th in Phoenix, AZ. This is one of the largest conferences in the field of OR with 6,000+ attendees and 1,400+ sessions. The BAL had a strong presence at the con    ference with four presentations: On […]

Our values


Rigor

Following best practices in the field.


Openness

To the extent possible, all science we produce should be easily deployable by others.


Drive

We seek to be better, both individually and as a group.


Inclusiveness

We embrace diversity, both internally and in our research. We work across the world to serve communities and we seek to eliminate structural biases and support financial inclusion worldwide.


Innovation

We quickly accept and include new ideas in our work. We also quickly discard ideas that do not pan out and look for novel ways to solve our problems.