{"id":6994,"date":"2024-04-23T18:21:29","date_gmt":"2024-04-23T18:21:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2024\/?page_id=6994"},"modified":"2025-01-29T20:43:18","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T20:43:18","slug":"poster-competition","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2024\/poster-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"$10,000 Analytics Poster Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-6994\" data-postid=\"6994\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-6994 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_0cu2247 tb_first tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_2 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col4-3 tb_6wva249 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_q1q3827   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p>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 some $$$ for your efforts with a submission to the Analytics Poster Competition.<\/p>\n<p>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 to the <a href=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2024\/ecpn\/\" data-feathr-click-track=\"true\" data-feathr-link-aids=\"622fa93bb0ebf976bd76e19a\">Early Career Professionals\u2019 Network (ECPN) event<\/a> to participate in this poster session.<\/p>\n<p>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.\u00a0All submissions <b>must have at least one author registered<\/b> for the 2024 INFORMS Analytics Conference to qualify for a competition prize.<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_4js0363   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 2em; font-weight: 600; letter-spacing: -0.02em; background-color: initial;\">2024 Winners<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 1.45em; font-weight: 600; letter-spacing: -0.02em; background-color: initial;\">Practitioner Competition<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>1st Place<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>District Solutions LLC<br>Matt Petering<br>The FastMap Redistricting Algorithm: Promoting Fair Elections with Optimized Political Districts<br><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/16wM-NoQ1KScY_IVRr26f-hVFpmogk96E\/view\">https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/16wM-NoQ1KScY_IVRr26f-hVFpmogk96E\/view\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>2nd Place<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Walmart Inc.<br>Eva Gao, Kaushik Kumaran, Rishi Bhatia, Yalan Hu<br>Semantic Price Anomaly Detection in Retail using Bi-Encoder and Cross-Encoder<br><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/13UdSmUA0yhx_AWzgqUIQZRbaHxanVB1T\/view\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"6\">https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/13UdSmUA0yhx_AWzgqUIQZRbaHxanVB1T\/view<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>3rd Place<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bentley University<br>Mingfei Li<br>Is the Early Onset of Hypertension Associated with The Risk of AD for Mild Cognitive Impairment Patients?<br><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1wLdOvbBKePkwefdSdpSwprMUaHkmYgyP\/view\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"7\">https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1wLdOvbBKePkwefdSdpSwprMUaHkmYgyP\/view<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Social Media Award<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Shankar Ghimire, PhD<br>Florida Southern College<br>(207 YouTube Likes!)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?si=RSG-2983hYsJR-Xr&amp;v=FvONWOxCkcI&amp;feature=youtu.be\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"0\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?si=RSG-2983hYsJR-Xr&amp;v=FvONWOxCkcI&amp;feature=youtu.be<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 1.45em; font-weight: 600; letter-spacing: -0.02em; background-color: initial;\">Student Competition<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>1st\u00a0place\u00a0<\/strong><br>Purdue University Mitchell E. Daniels Jr. School of Business<br>Alvina Patra, Aravind Teja Chikoti, Hima Vamsi Krishna, Sanjay Katyal, Roshan Raj Singh<br>Supply Chain Vigilance: Optimizing Inventory with Stockout Risk Modeling &amp; BI Driven Real-Time Dashboard for Supplier Performance<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1CHbTUzeYJf-YIuVow0ad9lkYeMpEJcRN\/view\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"2\">https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1CHbTUzeYJf-YIuVow0ad9lkYeMpEJcRN\/view<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>2nd\u00a0place\u00a0 \u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad<\/strong><br>Purdue University Mitchell E. Daniels Jr. School of Business<br>Pawan Kurada, Haden Foster, Karan Karnik, Ritik Khandelwal, Bhavan Sekar<br>Hospitality Buzz Barometer: Assessing Market Vibrancy in The Hospitality Sector, A Geospatial Analysis for Strategic Expansion<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1uTJb7OqZlcYqWVm4M3cahHaKIEoMB6M5\/view\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"3\">https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1uTJb7OqZlcYqWVm4M3cahHaKIEoMB6M5\/view<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<span style=\"background-color: initial; font-size: 1em;\">3rd Place \u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>University of Wisconsin-Madison<br>So Young Oh<br>Music and Mental Health<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1GxeAucjE7V-JNyJi2d2kR6GusThKXWUJ\/view\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"4\">https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1GxeAucjE7V-JNyJi2d2kR6GusThKXWUJ\/view<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Social Media Award<\/strong> \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Optimizing Manufacturing Supply Chains: A Time Series Approach for Demand Forecast<br>Samarth Bansal, Chaitanya Krishna Burri, Sathwik Kanukuntla, Priya Sharma, Akanksha Singh<br>Purdue University Mitchell E. Daniels Jr. School of Business<br>(867 YouTube Likes!)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hUEHlQYQUAY\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"1\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hUEHlQYQUAY<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 1.45em; font-weight: 600; letter-spacing: -0.02em; background-color: initial;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_subrow themify_builder_sub_row tf_w col_align_top tb_col_count_2 tb_xrau48\">\n                <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column col4-2 tb_qrz349 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_dqoe484   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 2em; font-weight: 600; letter-spacing: -0.02em; background-color: initial;\">Judges<\/span><span style=\"background-color: initial; color: #000000; font-size: 2em; font-weight: 600; letter-spacing: -0.02em;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Justin Beyers, Bonutti Technologies<\/p>\n<p>Joseph Cazier, Arizona State University<\/p>\n<p>Dan Eilen, University of Central Florida<\/p>\n<p>Bill Franks, Kennesaw State University<\/p>\n<p>Nickolas Freeman, University of Alabama<\/p>\n<p>Ivan Garibay, University of Central Florida<\/p>\n<p>Melissa Hortman, Microsoft<\/p>\n<p>Kwan-Yuet (Stephen) Ho, Leidos<\/p>\n<p>Josh Jay, NCAA<\/p>\n<p>Jimmy Ledbetter, Quisitive<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column col4-2 tb_t0g649 last\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_d4xm174   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Lynn Letukas, Intuit<\/p>\n<p>Qihang Lin, University of Iowa<\/p>\n<p>Avnish Kishor Malde, BNSF Railway<\/p>\n<p>Edwin Nassiff, University of Central Florida<\/p>\n<p>Inderjeet Singh, Infor<\/p>\n<p>Natalia Summerville, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center<\/p>\n<p>Daniel Steeneck, Akuret<\/p>\n<p>Hemanya Tyagi, National Grid<\/p>\n<p>Tony Zech, ECS<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n        <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_gw7b362   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h2>Awards<\/h2>\n<p>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 15 &amp; 16 at the Analytics Conference in Orlando, Florida. Award winners will be announced on April 16 after the last poster session has ended.<br><!--HubSpot Call-to-Action Code --><span id=\"hs-cta-wrapper-42840980-6cf9-4351-babd-30fa99e3778a\" class=\"hs-cta-wrapper\"><span id=\"hs-cta-42840980-6cf9-4351-babd-30fa99e3778a\" class=\"hs-cta-node hs-cta-42840980-6cf9-4351-babd-30fa99e3778a\"><!-- [if lte IE 8]><\/p>\n<div id=\"hs-cta-ie-element\"><\/div>\n<p><![endif]--><a href=\"https:\/\/cta-redirect.hubspot.com\/cta\/redirect\/3449182\/42840980-6cf9-4351-babd-30fa99e3778a\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"hs-cta-img-42840980-6cf9-4351-babd-30fa99e3778a\" class=\"hs-cta-img\" style=\"border-width: 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/no-cache.hubspot.com\/cta\/default\/3449182\/42840980-6cf9-4351-babd-30fa99e3778a.png\" alt=\"Download the Business Analytics Poster Competition judging rubric\"><\/a><\/span><script charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/js.hscta.net\/cta\/current.js\"><\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> hbspt.cta.load(3449182, '42840980-6cf9-4351-babd-30fa99e3778a', {\"useNewLoader\":\"true\",\"region\":\"na1\"}); <\/script><\/span><!-- end HubSpot Call-to-Action Code --><\/p>\n<h3>Practitioner Competition<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>1st Place: $2,500<\/li>\n<li>2nd Place: $1,500<\/li>\n<li>Social Media Award: $1,000<br>[For the video presentation with the most YouTube likes by April 13, 10:00pm EST.]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Student Competition<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>1st Place: $2,500<\/li>\n<li>2nd Place: $1,500<\/li>\n<li>Social Media Award: $1,000<br>[For the video presentation with the most YouTube likes by April 13, 10:00pm EST.]<\/li>\n<\/ul>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_h27n935   \" data-lazy=\"1\" id=\"guidelines\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h2>Production &amp; Presentation Guidelines<\/h2>\n<p class=\"xfluidplugincopy\">Posters must be produced as a single-sheet exposition that can fit on the bulletin board provided by INFORMS. The bulletin board measures 90 inches wide by 43 inches tall. We recommend a poster size of 72 inches wide by 36 inches tall or 48 inches wide by 36 inches tall. However, other sizes are acceptable as long as they do not exceed the bulletin board dimensions of 90&#215;43.<\/p>\n<p class=\"xfluidplugincopy\">In preparing your poster, you may want to reference these online sites that provide templates, as well as printing services.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"xfluidplugincopy\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.posterpresentations.com\/\" data-feathr-click-track=\"true\" data-feathr-link-aids=\"[&quot;622fa93bb0ebf976bd76e19a&quot;]\">Poster Presentation<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"xfluidplugincopy\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.makesigns.com\/\" data-feathr-click-track=\"true\" data-feathr-link-aids=\"[&quot;622fa93bb0ebf976bd76e19a&quot;]\">Make Poster<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"xfluidplugincopy\">We<span class=\"xcontentpasted0\">\u00a0<\/span><b>strongly<\/b><span class=\"xcontentpasted0\">\u00a0<\/span>recommend that you have your poster printed locally or by an online site before you travel to the meeting, rather than attempt to have it printed on-site at the conference.<\/p>\n<h3>\u201cHeadline\u201d Posters<\/h3>\n<p class=\"xfluidplugincopy\">Frustrated by trying to fit your paper to the \u201cstandard\u201d poster format? Dazed by trying to engage people walking by? This year\u2019s poster session is for you! Along with the standard poster format, we are also accepting and encouraging posters using the \u201cheadline\u201d format. Templates are available at<span class=\"xcontentpasted0\">\u00a0<\/span><a title=\"https:\/\/osf.io\/ef53g\/files\" contenteditable=\"false\" href=\"https:\/\/osf.io\/ef53g\/files\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-feathr-click-track=\"true\" data-feathr-link-aids=\"[&quot;622fa93bb0ebf976bd76e19a&quot;]\">https:\/\/osf.io\/ef53g\/files<\/a>. 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:<span class=\"xcontentpasted0\">\u00a0<\/span><a title=\"https:\/\/www.qrcode-monkey.com\/\" contenteditable=\"false\" href=\"https:\/\/www.qrcode-monkey.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-feathr-click-track=\"true\" data-feathr-link-aids=\"[&quot;622fa93bb0ebf976bd76e19a&quot;]\">https:\/\/www.qrcode-monkey.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"xfluidplugincopy\">For more information on the \u201cheadline\u201d poster approach, watch the embedded video below:<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text --><!-- module video -->\n<div  class=\"module module-video tb_bybx724 video-top  \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n                    <div class=\"video-wrap-outer\">\n            <div class=\"video-wrap tf_rel tf_overflow\">\n                                    <noscript><iframe data-no-script src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1RwJbhkCA58?pip=1&#038;playsinline=1\" allow=\"accelerometer;encrypted-media;gyroscope;picture-in-picture;fullscreen\" class=\"tf_abs tf_w tf_h\"><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n                                <\/div>\n            <!-- \/video-wrap -->\n        <\/div>\n        <!-- \/video-wrap-outer -->\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col4-1 tb_n12348 last\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_hy0r794   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h3>Thank you to our sponsor!<\/h3>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text --><!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_6w05333 image-top   tf_mw\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2225\" height=\"1760\" src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2024\/files\/2024\/02\/Purdue-company_logo-MEDSB_V-Full-RGB.png\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-5507\" title=\"Purdue company_logo-MEDSB_V-Full-RGB\" alt=\"Purdue company_logo-MEDSB_V-Full-RGB\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2024\/files\/2024\/02\/Purdue-company_logo-MEDSB_V-Full-RGB.png 2225w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2024\/files\/2024\/02\/Purdue-company_logo-MEDSB_V-Full-RGB-300x237.png 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2024\/files\/2024\/02\/Purdue-company_logo-MEDSB_V-Full-RGB-1024x810.png 1024w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2024\/files\/2024\/02\/Purdue-company_logo-MEDSB_V-Full-RGB-768x607.png 768w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2024\/files\/2024\/02\/Purdue-company_logo-MEDSB_V-Full-RGB-1536x1215.png 1536w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2024\/files\/2024\/02\/Purdue-company_logo-MEDSB_V-Full-RGB-2048x1620.png 2048w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2024\/files\/2024\/02\/Purdue-company_logo-MEDSB_V-Full-RGB-1024x810-150x118.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2225px) 100vw, 2225px\" \/>    \n        <\/div>\n    <!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    \n        <\/div>\n<!-- \/module image --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_l6pe260  repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h3><strong>If your presentation is accepted\u2026<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>New this year, we are going to provide attendees with the tools they need to plan which sessions they attend through the lens of the INFORMS Certified Analytics Professional (CAP) Job Task Analysis (JTA).\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The Job Task Analysis (JTA) was created to define the knowledge, skills, and abilities that must be demonstrated by analytics professionals to effectively transform data into insights. The Certified Analytics Professional (CAP\u00ae) exam is based on the JTA and tests an individual\u2019s fluency with the seven areas of responsibility. CAP\u00ae validation demonstrates that individuals have superior knowledge of the entire analytics process and earning and maintaining a CAP\u00ae certification further shows how individuals are continually working to advance their skills.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.certifiedanalytics.org\/jta\">More information can be found here<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Be prepared to tell us how your presentation or poster relates to the 7 Domains of the Analytics Process:<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text --><!-- module accordion -->\n<div  class=\"module module-accordion tb_8f87882 \" data-behavior=\"toggle\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n    \n    <ul class=\"ui module-accordion   tb_default_color\">\n            <li>\n            <div class=\"accordion-title tf_rel\">\n                <a href=\"#acc-8f87882-0\" class=\"tb_title_accordion\" aria-controls=\"acc-8f87882-0-content\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n                                                            <span class=\"accordion-title-wrap\">Domain 1 - Business Problem Framing<\/span>                <\/a>\n            <\/div><!-- .accordion-title -->\n            <div id=\"acc-8f87882-0-content\" data-id=\"acc-8f87882-0\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"accordion-content tf_hide tf_clearfix\">\n                                    <div class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n                        <p>Activities related to understanding the business problem and evaluating the scope of the problem.<\/p>                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div><!-- .accordion-content -->\n        <\/li>\n            <li>\n            <div class=\"accordion-title tf_rel\">\n                <a href=\"#acc-8f87882-1\" class=\"tb_title_accordion\" aria-controls=\"acc-8f87882-1-content\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n                                                            <span class=\"accordion-title-wrap\">Domain 2 - Analytics Problem Framing<\/span>                <\/a>\n            <\/div><!-- .accordion-title -->\n            <div id=\"acc-8f87882-1-content\" data-id=\"acc-8f87882-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"accordion-content tf_hide tf_clearfix\">\n                                    <div class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n                        <p>Activities related to understanding &amp; framing the business problem as an analytics problem to develop the optimal solution.<\/p>                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div><!-- .accordion-content -->\n        <\/li>\n            <li>\n            <div class=\"accordion-title tf_rel\">\n                <a href=\"#acc-8f87882-2\" class=\"tb_title_accordion\" aria-controls=\"acc-8f87882-2-content\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n                                                            <span class=\"accordion-title-wrap\">Domain 3 - Data<\/span>                <\/a>\n            <\/div><!-- .accordion-title -->\n            <div id=\"acc-8f87882-2-content\" data-id=\"acc-8f87882-2\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"accordion-content tf_hide tf_clearfix\">\n                                    <div class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n                        <p>Activities related to what data are needed, what data are available, manipulating data to render it useable to find the answer to an analytics problem, and includes the documentation and reporting needed.<\/p>                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div><!-- .accordion-content -->\n        <\/li>\n            <li>\n            <div class=\"accordion-title tf_rel\">\n                <a href=\"#acc-8f87882-3\" class=\"tb_title_accordion\" aria-controls=\"acc-8f87882-3-content\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n                                                            <span class=\"accordion-title-wrap\">Domain 4 - Methodology (Approach) Selection<\/span>                <\/a>\n            <\/div><!-- .accordion-title -->\n            <div id=\"acc-8f87882-3-content\" data-id=\"acc-8f87882-3\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"accordion-content tf_hide tf_clearfix\">\n                                    <div class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n                        <p>Activities related to selecting the software and tools that will enable analytics problem solutions.<\/p>                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div><!-- .accordion-content -->\n        <\/li>\n            <li>\n            <div class=\"accordion-title tf_rel\">\n                <a href=\"#acc-8f87882-4\" class=\"tb_title_accordion\" aria-controls=\"acc-8f87882-4-content\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n                                                            <span class=\"accordion-title-wrap\">Domain 5 - Model Building<\/span>                <\/a>\n            <\/div><!-- .accordion-title -->\n            <div id=\"acc-8f87882-4-content\" data-id=\"acc-8f87882-4\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"accordion-content tf_hide tf_clearfix\">\n                                    <div class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n                        <p>Activities related to identifying, using, calibrating, and integrating models as well as the documentation of the model and communication of findings.<\/p>                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div><!-- .accordion-content -->\n        <\/li>\n            <li>\n            <div class=\"accordion-title tf_rel\">\n                <a href=\"#acc-8f87882-5\" class=\"tb_title_accordion\" aria-controls=\"acc-8f87882-5-content\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n                                                            <span class=\"accordion-title-wrap\">Domain 6 - Deployment<\/span>                <\/a>\n            <\/div><!-- .accordion-title -->\n            <div id=\"acc-8f87882-5-content\" data-id=\"acc-8f87882-5\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"accordion-content tf_hide tf_clearfix\">\n                                    <div class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n                        <p>Activities related to the delivery of the model and requirements to support the deployment.<\/p>                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div><!-- .accordion-content -->\n        <\/li>\n            <li>\n            <div class=\"accordion-title tf_rel\">\n                <a href=\"#acc-8f87882-6\" class=\"tb_title_accordion\" aria-controls=\"acc-8f87882-6-content\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n                                                            <span class=\"accordion-title-wrap\">Domain 7 - Model Lifecycle Management<\/span>                <\/a>\n            <\/div><!-- .accordion-title -->\n            <div id=\"acc-8f87882-6-content\" data-id=\"acc-8f87882-6\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"accordion-content tf_hide tf_clearfix\">\n                                    <div class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n                        <p>Activities related to the continual oversight and calibration and training activities to ensure the model continues to function as planned and return valid answers. 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Daniels Jr. School of Business<br>Alvina Patra, Aravind Teja Chikoti, Hima Vamsi Krishna, Sanjay Katyal, Roshan Raj Singh<br>Supply Chain Vigilance: Optimizing Inventory with Stockout Risk Modeling &amp; BI Driven Real-Time Dashboard for Supplier Performance<\/p> <p><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1CHbTUzeYJf-YIuVow0ad9lkYeMpEJcRN\/view\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"2\">https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1CHbTUzeYJf-YIuVow0ad9lkYeMpEJcRN\/view<\/a><\/p> <p><strong>2nd\u00a0place\u00a0 \u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad<\/strong><br>Purdue University Mitchell E. Daniels Jr. School of Business<br>Pawan Kurada, Haden Foster, Karan Karnik, Ritik Khandelwal, Bhavan Sekar<br>Hospitality Buzz Barometer: Assessing Market Vibrancy in The Hospitality Sector, A Geospatial Analysis for Strategic Expansion<\/p> <p><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1uTJb7OqZlcYqWVm4M3cahHaKIEoMB6M5\/view\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"3\">https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1uTJb7OqZlcYqWVm4M3cahHaKIEoMB6M5\/view<\/a><\/p> <p><strong>\u00a03rd Place \u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad<\/strong><\/p> <p>University of Wisconsin-Madison<br>So Young Oh<br>Music and Mental Health<\/p> <p><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1GxeAucjE7V-JNyJi2d2kR6GusThKXWUJ\/view\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"4\">https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1GxeAucjE7V-JNyJi2d2kR6GusThKXWUJ\/view<\/a><\/p> <p><strong>Social Media Award<\/strong> \u00a0<\/p> <p>Optimizing Manufacturing Supply Chains: A Time Series Approach for Demand Forecast<br>Samarth Bansal, Chaitanya Krishna Burri, Sathwik Kanukuntla, Priya Sharma, Akanksha Singh<br>Purdue University Mitchell E. Daniels Jr. School of Business<br>(867 YouTube Likes!)<\/p> <p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hUEHlQYQUAY\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"1\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hUEHlQYQUAY<\/a><\/p> <p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Judges\u00a0<\/p> <p>Justin Beyers, Bonutti Technologies<\/p> <p>Joseph Cazier, Arizona State University<\/p> <p>Dan Eilen, University of Central Florida<\/p> <p>Bill Franks, Kennesaw State University<\/p> <p>Nickolas Freeman, University of Alabama<\/p> <p>Ivan Garibay, University of Central Florida<\/p> <p>Melissa Hortman, Microsoft<\/p> <p>Kwan-Yuet (Stephen) Ho, Leidos<\/p> <p>Josh Jay, NCAA<\/p> <p>Jimmy Ledbetter, Quisitive<\/p> <p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p> <p>Lynn Letukas, Intuit<\/p> <p>Qihang Lin, University of Iowa<\/p> <p>Avnish Kishor Malde, BNSF Railway<\/p> <p>Edwin Nassiff, University of Central Florida<\/p> <p>Inderjeet Singh, Infor<\/p> <p>Natalia Summerville, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center<\/p> <p>Daniel Steeneck, Akuret<\/p> <p>Hemanya Tyagi, National Grid<\/p> <p>Tony Zech, ECS<\/p>\n<h2>Awards<\/h2> <p>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 15 &amp; 16 at the Analytics Conference in Orlando, Florida. Award winners will be announced on April 16 after the last poster session has ended.<br><a href=\"https:\/\/cta-redirect.hubspot.com\/cta\/redirect\/3449182\/42840980-6cf9-4351-babd-30fa99e3778a\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"hs-cta-img-42840980-6cf9-4351-babd-30fa99e3778a\" style=\"border-width: 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/no-cache.hubspot.com\/cta\/default\/3449182\/42840980-6cf9-4351-babd-30fa99e3778a.png\" alt=\"Download the Business Analytics Poster Competition judging rubric\"><\/a><\/p> <h3>Practitioner Competition<\/h3> <ul> <li>1st Place: $2,500<\/li> <li>2nd Place: $1,500<\/li> <li>Social Media Award: $1,000<br>[For the video presentation with the most YouTube likes by April 13, 10:00pm EST.]<\/li> <\/ul> <h3>Student Competition<\/h3> <ul> <li>1st Place: $2,500<\/li> <li>2nd Place: $1,500<\/li> <li>Social Media Award: $1,000<br>[For the video presentation with the most YouTube likes by April 13, 10:00pm EST.]<\/li> <\/ul>\n<h2>Production &amp; Presentation Guidelines<\/h2> <p>Posters must be produced as a single-sheet exposition that can fit on the bulletin board provided by INFORMS. The bulletin board measures 90 inches wide by 43 inches tall. We recommend a poster size of 72 inches wide by 36 inches tall or 48 inches wide by 36 inches tall. However, other sizes are acceptable as long as they do not exceed the bulletin board dimensions of 90x43.<\/p> <p>In preparing your poster, you may want to reference these online sites that provide templates, as well as printing services.\u00a0<\/p> <p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.posterpresentations.com\/\" data-feathr-click-track=\"true\" data-feathr-link-aids=\"[&quot;622fa93bb0ebf976bd76e19a&quot;]\">Poster Presentation<\/a><\/p> <p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.makesigns.com\/\" data-feathr-click-track=\"true\" data-feathr-link-aids=\"[&quot;622fa93bb0ebf976bd76e19a&quot;]\">Make Poster<\/a><\/p> <p>We\u00a0<b>strongly<\/b>\u00a0recommend that you have your poster printed locally or by an online site before you travel to the meeting, rather than attempt to have it printed on-site at the conference.<\/p> <h3>\u201cHeadline\u201d Posters<\/h3> <p>Frustrated by trying to fit your paper to the \u201cstandard\u201d poster format? Dazed by trying to engage people walking by? This year\u2019s poster session is for you! Along with the standard poster format, we are also accepting and encouraging posters using the \u201cheadline\u201d format. Templates are available at\u00a0<a title=\"https:\/\/osf.io\/ef53g\/files\" contenteditable=\"false\" href=\"https:\/\/osf.io\/ef53g\/files\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-feathr-click-track=\"true\" data-feathr-link-aids=\"[&quot;622fa93bb0ebf976bd76e19a&quot;]\">https:\/\/osf.io\/ef53g\/files<\/a>. 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:\u00a0<a title=\"https:\/\/www.qrcode-monkey.com\/\" contenteditable=\"false\" href=\"https:\/\/www.qrcode-monkey.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-feathr-click-track=\"true\" data-feathr-link-aids=\"[&quot;622fa93bb0ebf976bd76e19a&quot;]\">https:\/\/www.qrcode-monkey.com<\/a>.<\/p> <p>For more information on the \u201cheadline\u201d poster approach, watch the embedded video below:<\/p>\n[embed]https:\/\/youtu.be\/1RwJbhkCA58[\/embed]\n<h3>Thank you to our sponsor!<\/h3>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2024\/files\/2024\/02\/Purdue-company_logo-MEDSB_V-Full-RGB.png\" title=\"Purdue company_logo-MEDSB_V-Full-RGB\" alt=\"Purdue company_logo-MEDSB_V-Full-RGB\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2024\/files\/2024\/02\/Purdue-company_logo-MEDSB_V-Full-RGB.png 2225w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2024\/files\/2024\/02\/Purdue-company_logo-MEDSB_V-Full-RGB-300x237.png 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2024\/files\/2024\/02\/Purdue-company_logo-MEDSB_V-Full-RGB-1024x810.png 1024w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2024\/files\/2024\/02\/Purdue-company_logo-MEDSB_V-Full-RGB-768x607.png 768w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2024\/files\/2024\/02\/Purdue-company_logo-MEDSB_V-Full-RGB-1536x1215.png 1536w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2024\/files\/2024\/02\/Purdue-company_logo-MEDSB_V-Full-RGB-2048x1620.png 2048w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2024\/files\/2024\/02\/Purdue-company_logo-MEDSB_V-Full-RGB-1024x810-150x118.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2225px) 100vw, 2225px\" \/>\n<h3><strong>If your presentation is accepted\u2026<\/strong><\/h3> <p>New this year, we are going to provide attendees with the tools they need to plan which sessions they attend through the lens of the INFORMS Certified Analytics Professional (CAP) Job Task Analysis (JTA).\u00a0<\/p> <blockquote> <p>The Job Task Analysis (JTA) was created to define the knowledge, skills, and abilities that must be demonstrated by analytics professionals to effectively transform data into insights. The Certified Analytics Professional (CAP\u00ae) exam is based on the JTA and tests an individual\u2019s fluency with the seven areas of responsibility. CAP\u00ae validation demonstrates that individuals have superior knowledge of the entire analytics process and earning and maintaining a CAP\u00ae certification further shows how individuals are continually working to advance their skills.<\/p> <p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.certifiedanalytics.org\/jta\">More information can be found here<\/a><\/p> <\/blockquote> <p>Be prepared to tell us how your presentation or poster relates to the 7 Domains of the Analytics Process:<\/p>\n<ul><li><h4>Domain 1 - Business Problem Framing<\/h4><p>Activities related to understanding the business problem and evaluating the scope of the problem.<\/p><\/li><li><h4>Domain 2 - Analytics Problem Framing<\/h4><p>Activities related to understanding &amp; framing the business problem as an analytics problem to develop the optimal solution.<\/p><\/li><li><h4>Domain 3 - Data<\/h4><p>Activities related to what data are needed, what data are available, manipulating data to render it useable to find the answer to an analytics problem, and includes the documentation and reporting needed.<\/p><\/li><li><h4>Domain 4 - Methodology (Approach) Selection<\/h4><p>Activities related to selecting the software and tools that will enable analytics problem solutions.<\/p><\/li><li><h4>Domain 5 - Model Building<\/h4><p>Activities related to identifying, using, calibrating, and integrating models as well as the documentation of the model and communication of findings.<\/p><\/li><li><h4>Domain 6 - Deployment<\/h4><p>Activities related to the delivery of the model and requirements to support the deployment.<\/p><\/li><li><h4>Domain 7 - Model Lifecycle Management<\/h4><p>Activities related to the continual oversight and calibration and training activities to ensure the model continues to function as planned and return valid answers. Note that real-time calibration of a model is not required at this level.<\/p><\/li><\/ul>\n<p>In addition, we\u2019d like to know if the content you are presenting is most relevant to:<\/p> <ul> <li>Associate (Early Career)<\/li> <li>Professional (Mid-Career)<\/li> <li>Executive (Senior Level)<\/li> <\/ul>","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1001140"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6994"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6994\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7055,"href":"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6994\/revisions\/7055"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}