INFORMS grants several prestigious institute-wide prizes and awards for meritorious achievement each year. This track will feature presentations on the Wagner Prize, INFORMS Prize, and the UPS George D. Smith Prize winner. Innovative Applications in Analytics Award (IAAA) finalists will also present. Learn more about the prizes and competitions featured at the conference. Special sessions may include presentations hosted by our Certified Analytics Professional (CAP®) Program and Women in OR/MS.
Presentations in this track include:
The Power of Engaging in Washington, DC with the Federal Government
Monday, April 4, 9:10-10:00am
Presenter: Jeffrey M. Cohen, Chief Strategy & Innovation Officer at INFORMS
Presenter: Charles Cooper, Chair of Advocacy at Signal
Women in OR/MS Professional Development: The Great Re-Definition: Defining Power Through Pay Negotiation
Monday, April 4, 10:30-11:20am
Presenter: Jessica Dowches-Wheeler, CEO & Leadership Coach at Bright Space Coaching
IAAA Finalist: A Data-driven Optimization Approach to Solve the E-commerce Packaging Problem
Tuesday, April 5, 9:10-9:35am
Primary Presenter: Debjit Roy, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad
IAAA Finalist: Small World AI
Tuesday, April 5, 9:35-10am
Primary Presenter: Haoran Zhang, LocationMind Inc.
IAAA Finalist: Online Non-Parametric Regression for Sales Forecast amid a Pandemic
Tuesday, April 5, 10:30-10:55am
Primary Presenter: Ruihao Zhu, Purdue University
IAAA Finalist: An Optimization and Artificial Intelligence Based Cooperative Mucilage Cleaning Approach via a Mixed Fleet of Autonomous Unmanned Surface Vehicles and Drones
Tuesday, April 5, 10:55-11:20am
Primary Presenter: Mumtaz Karatas, National Defence University, Turkish Naval Academy, Department of Industrial Engineering
IAAA Finalist: Data-Driven Surgical Tray Optimization to Improve Operating Room Efficiency
Tuesday, April 5, 11:30-11:55am
Primary Presenter: Sandeep Rath, Kenan-Flagler Business School, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
IAAA Finalist: Using Analytics to Detect Blight and Enforce Codes in Cities
Tuesday, April 5, 11:55am-12:20pm
Primary Presenter: James J. Cochran, Culverhouse College of Business, The University of Alabama
