Are you a student or practitioner working on an analytics, data science, or OR/MS project with a company? This is your chance to share what you have been doing, network with top analytics practitioners in the field, and compete to potentially win a monetary prize for your efforts with a submission to the Analytics+ Poster Competition.
Benefits of Presenting a Poster
- Discounted conference registration rate (for member and non-member rates only, not applicable to student/retired rate)
- The prestige of being selected to present your work at a high-quality INFORMS conference.
- Poster Presenter registration covers the conference program, Edelman Gala, Welcome Reception, and breakfast, lunch, and breaks for two days.
- An opportunity to participate fully in the conference and network with professionals, academics, students, and vendors from across analytics, data science, operations research, mathematics and statistics, machine learning, AI, and more.
- A chance for recognition and a monetary prize
Poster research need not be completed but must have an end goal in mind. Submissions are welcomed from all industry professionals and students who wish to present. We strongly encourage potential applicants of the Early Career Professionals’ Network (ECPN) event to participate in this poster session.
Posters can be individual or team submissions. If a team submission wins an award, the prize money will be split evenly among the team members. All submissions must have at least one author registered for the 2025 INFORMS Analytics+ Conference to qualify for a competition prize.
Note: For those who need extra time for sponsor review and/or funding applications, we offer early and expedited review for early submissions on a case-by-case basis for a limited number of slots.
Video Presentations of Posters
By April 1, you will need to upload a video presentation of your work that is at most five minutes in length. You are encouraged to promote your work via social media (e.g., LinkedIn, X, etc.). There is a Social Media Award cash prize for gaining the most likes on your video!
At the beginning of your video, please show your entire poster on the screen before any introductions or zooming into specific areas of your poster. Also, make sure to have a QR code so people can link to your actual poster. Good luck!
Check out the Social Media Winners from 2023!
- Student Track Winner (1,287 YouTube likes): Forecast Enhanced Inventory Management | Purdue University
Awards
Judges at the Analytics+ Conference will provide feedback for each submission after its given poster session has ended. Poster Competition sessions will take place on April 7 & 8 at the Analytics+ Conference in Indianapolis. Award winners will be announced on April 8 after the last poster session has ended.
Download the INFORMS Analytics Poster Competition judging rubric
Practitioner Competition
- 1st Place: $2,500
- 2nd Place: $1,500
- Social Media Award: $1,000
[For the video presentation with the most YouTube likes by April 1, 10:00pm EST.]
Student Competition
- 1st Place: $2,500
- 2nd Place: $1,500
- Social Media Award: $1,000
[For the video presentation with the most YouTube likes by April 1, 10:00pm EST.]
Production & Presentation Guidelines
Posters must be produced as a single-sheet display that fits on the bulletin board provided by INFORMS. The bulletin board measures 48″ tall by 96″ wide (4′ x 8′). We recommend a poster size of 36″ tall by 72″ wide; however, other sizes are acceptable as long as they do not exceed the bulletin board dimensions of 48″ tall by 96″ wide. The poster should be oriented horizontally (landscape). Thumbtacks or pins will be used to secure the posters to the board.
We strongly recommend that you have your poster printed locally or by an online site before you travel to the conference, rather than attempt to have it printed on-site at the conference.
INFORMS has teamed up with the FedEx Office on-site at the JW Marriott Indianapolis to make your poster ordering convenient. Click here to access the order form. Please note the special pricing is offered until April 3.
In preparing your poster, you may also want to reference these online sites that provide templates, as well as printing services.
“Headline” Posters
Frustrated by trying to fit your paper to the “standard” poster format? Dazed by trying to engage people walking by? This year’s poster session is for you! Along with the standard poster format, we are also accepting and encouraging posters using the “headline” format. Templates are available at https://osf.io/ef53g/files. We expect each poster, no matter how formatted, to include a QR code to supporting documentation and further details. You can obtain a free QR code here: https://www.qrcode-monkey.com.
For more information on the “headline” poster approach, watch the embedded video below:
Once you’ve submitted your poster, don’t forget to register for the conference!
Important Dates
All deadlines are as of 11:59pm EST.
Poster Submission Deadline:
March 6, 2025
Final Accept/Decline Decision:
March 13, 2025
Acceptance decisions will be rolling so you are encouraged to submit as early as possible.
Video Presentation Deadline:
April 1, 2025
Provide an at most five-minute video presentation of your poster.
Poster Competition Sessions:
April 7 & 8, 2025
Analytics+ Poster Competition Sponsored By:
2024 Winners
Practitioner Competition
1st Place
District Solutions LLC
Matt Petering
The FastMap Redistricting Algorithm: Promoting Fair Elections with Optimized Political Districts
https://drive.google.com/file/d/16wM-NoQ1KScY_IVRr26f-hVFpmogk96E/view
2nd Place
Walmart Inc.
Eva Gao, Kaushik Kumaran, Rishi Bhatia, Yalan Hu
Semantic Price Anomaly Detection in Retail using Bi-Encoder and Cross-Encoder
https://drive.google.com/file/d/13UdSmUA0yhx_AWzgqUIQZRbaHxanVB1T/view
3rd Place
Bentley University
Mingfei Li
Is the Early Onset of Hypertension Associated with The Risk of AD for Mild Cognitive Impairment Patients?
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wLdOvbBKePkwefdSdpSwprMUaHkmYgyP/view
Social Media Award
Shankar Ghimire, PhD
Florida Southern College
(207 YouTube Likes!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=RSG-2983hYsJR-Xr&v=FvONWOxCkcI&feature=youtu.be
Student Competition
1st place
Purdue University Mitchell E. Daniels Jr. School of Business
Alvina Patra, Aravind Teja Chikoti, Hima Vamsi Krishna, Sanjay Katyal, Roshan Raj Singh
Supply Chain Vigilance: Optimizing Inventory with Stockout Risk Modeling & BI Driven Real-Time Dashboard for Supplier Performance
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CHbTUzeYJf-YIuVow0ad9lkYeMpEJcRN/view
2nd place
Purdue University Mitchell E. Daniels Jr. School of Business
Pawan Kurada, Haden Foster, Karan Karnik, Ritik Khandelwal, Bhavan Sekar
Hospitality Buzz Barometer: Assessing Market Vibrancy in The Hospitality Sector, A Geospatial Analysis for Strategic Expansion
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uTJb7OqZlcYqWVm4M3cahHaKIEoMB6M5/view
3rd Place
University of Wisconsin-Madison
So Young Oh
Music and Mental Health
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GxeAucjE7V-JNyJi2d2kR6GusThKXWUJ/view
Social Media Award
Optimizing Manufacturing Supply Chains: A Time Series Approach for Demand Forecast
Samarth Bansal, Chaitanya Krishna Burri, Sathwik Kanukuntla, Priya Sharma, Akanksha Singh
Purdue University Mitchell E. Daniels Jr. School of Business
(867 YouTube Likes!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUEHlQYQUAY
