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Welcome to the Awards Hall! Please check back each day to view the prizes and competitions occurring on that day.<\/p> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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This scholarship program, sponsored by Amazon SCOT, aims to foster the professional pipeline of operations research, management science, and analytics researchers by providing undergraduate juniors and seniors as well as graduate students from underrepresented groups an opportunity to experience these exciting fields and gain professional development opportunities by attending the INFORMS Annual Meeting.\u00a0Learn more about the Amazon SCOT and INFORMS scholarships and how to apply on the INFORMS website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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INFORMS is pleased to announce scholarships for undergraduate students to attend the 2022 Annual Meeting. This scholarship program aims to foster the professional pipeline of operations research, management science, and analytics researchers by providing undergraduate students an opportunity to experience these exciting fields and gain professional development opportunities by attending the INFORMS Annual Meeting. Learn more about the INFORMS Scholarship and how to apply on the INFORMS website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Here are the 2022 winners of the scholarship:<\/p> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The Judith Liebman Award has been established to recognize outstanding student volunteers who have been “moving spirits” in their universities, their student chapters, and INFORMS. Learn more about the Judith Liebman Award, previous winners, and how to make a nomination on the INFORMS website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Please help us congratulate and celebrate this year’s winners, seen below:<\/p> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The purpose of the Student Chapter Annual Awards is to recognize achievements of student chapters. Learn more about the Student Chapter Annual Awards and how to apply on the INFORMS website<\/a>.
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Summa cum laude<\/h4>
Galileo University Student Chapter<\/div>
Northeastern University Student Chapter
University at Buffalo Student Chapter
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Magna cum laude<\/h4>
Carnegie Mellon University Student Chapter
Georgia Tech Student Chapter
Ko\u00e7 University Student Chapter<\/div>
Lehigh University Student Chapter<\/div><\/div>
Mississippi State University Student Chapter<\/div>
Northwestern University Student Chapter<\/div>
Pontifical Catholic University of Chile Student Chapter
University of Toronto Student Chapter
University of Washington Tacoma Student Chapter
Virginia Tech Student Chapter
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Cum laude<\/h4>
Auburn University Student Chapter
Clemson University Student Chapter
Concordia University (MORSC) Student Chapter
North Carolina State University Student Chapter
Rutgers University Student Chapter
University of Arkansas Student Chapter
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University of Illinois Chicago Student Chapter
University of Iowa Student Chapter
University of Louisville Student Chapter
University of Oklahoma Student Chapter
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Honorable Mention<\/h4>
Iowa State University Student Chapter
Texas Tech University Student Chapter
University of Alabama Student Chapter
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University of Massachusetts Amherst Student Chapter
University of Minnesota Student Chapter
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The purpose of the Bonder Scholarship in Health Services is to promote the development\u00a0and application of process modeling and O.R. analyses to healthcare design, delivery,\u00a0and operations. The tenure of the award is one year. The scholarship provides funding from\u00a0the Seth Bonder Scholarship Endowment and an additional $2,000 grant is funded by the\u00a0Seth Bonder Foundation. Learn more about the Bonder Scholarship for Health Services and how to apply on the INFORMS website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The purpose of the Bonder Scholarship for Applied Operations Research in Military & Security Applications is to promote the development and application of process modeling and operations research analyses to military issues. The scholarship provides funding from the Seth Bonder Scholarship Endowment and an additional $2,000 grant is funded by the Seth Bonder Foundation. Learn more about the Bonder Scholarship for Military and Security Applications and how to apply on the INFORMS website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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This award was established by a generous endowment from the Donald P. Gaver family. The purpose of the award is to support creative and diverse work in operations research in the early career of the recipient. The candidate must be within 10 years of receiving a Ph.D. and be in a tenure-track academic appointment. Learn more about the establishment of the Gaver Award and how to be nominated on the INFORMS website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The winner of this year’s award is:<\/p> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The purpose of this award is to recognize a teacher who has succeeded in helping their students to acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to be effective practitioners of operations research or the management sciences. An \u201ceffective practitioner\u201d has respect for, understanding of, and the skills to surmount both the practical difficulties and technical challenges of doing good OR\/MS work. Learn more about the Prize for the Teaching of OR\/MS Practice on the INFORMS website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\nThe teaching of OR\/MS practice is built on course variety, innovative materials, and classroom presence. However, truly achieving teaching excellence is demonstrated when students think critically and can use their knowledge to solve real-life operational challenges. Dr. Keskin\u2019s accomplishments exceed all these criteria. Her teaching approach \u2013 described by former students as \u201cinspirational, empowering, and providing superior mentorship\u201d \u2013 has benefited a constant stream of successful practitioners.\n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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\nThe teaching of OR\/MS practice is built on course variety, innovative materials, and classroom presence. However, truly achieving teaching excellence is demonstrated when students think critically and can use their knowledge to solve real-life operational challenges. Dr. Shi\u2019s accomplishments exceed all these criteria. His teaching approach \u2013 described by former students as \u201chands-on and exceptionally engaging\u201d \u2013 has benefited a constant stream of successful practitioners.\n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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The Saul Gass Expository Writing Award honors an operations researcher or management scientist whose publications demonstrate a consistently high standard of expository writing. The awardee\u2019s written work, published over a period of at least 10 years, should indicate (in terms of breadth of readership) an influence and accessibility enhanced by expository excellence.\u00a0Learn more about the Saul Gass Award and how to apply on the INFORMS website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This winner of this year’s award is:<\/p> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\nProfessor Warren Powell is a prolific writer and communicator whose contributions have helped to significantly shape and advance methods of operations research, and whose writings have impacted practice and policy. Author of hundreds of scholarly articles and multiple books, his works have received well over 20,000 citations. Professor Powell\u2019s books on approximate dynamic programming have inspired researchers and shaped the minds of many in our field. His writings have helped build a path to optimal learning methods that have become a focus of whole communities of researchers and practitioners in recent years. Through his relentless efforts to show and explain how to overcome the \u201ccurse of dimensionality,\u201d his work has had major impact on practice in areas ranging from freight transportation to the smart grid. His methodologies have informed research across engineering and computer science disciplines. Also noteworthy is his undying efforts to create a common language to unite works in disparate fields, a notion that no doubt recognizes that exposition is as important as the math in advancing the field together.\u00a0

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The John von Neumann Theory Prize is awarded annually to a scholar (or scholars in the case of joint work) who has made fundamental, sustained contributions to theory in operations research and the management sciences. The prize is awarded for a body of work, typically published over a period of several years. Although recent work should not be excluded, the prize typically reflects contributions that have stood the test of time. The criteria for the prize are broad, and include significance, innovation, depth, and scientific excellence. Learn more about the von Neumann Prize and how to be nominated in the INFORMS website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\nThe 2022 INFORMS John von Neumann Theory Prize is awarded to Vijay Virkumar Vazirani for his fundamental and sustained contributions to the design of algorithms, including approximation algorithms, computational complexity theory, and algorithmic game theory, central to operations research and the management sciences.\u00a0

\nWhile a first year Ph.D. student, Vazirani developed what is still the most efficient algorithm for the classical maximum matching problem, with fellow student Silvio Micali. His co-authored seminal 1990 paper proposed an optimal algorithm for the online bipartite matching problem, in which the underlying graph is revealed one vertex at a time and needs to be instantaneously matched without knowledge of future arrivals. Numerous matching markets, including Google\u2019s AdWords, Uber, and Airbnb, share this online decision-making feature, and this algorithm has become a paradigm in this area. More recent joint work introduced a tradeoff-revealing family of linear programs and the notion of bid-scaling \u2013 ideas that have had enormous influence within digital advertising markets.\u00a0

\nIn addition, Vazirani is known for his role in developing approximation algorithms for NP-hard optimization problems, including set covering, survivable network design, multicommodity flow and multicut, k-cuts, facility location, and k-medians, culminating in his now classic book, Approximation Algorithms. He has been a major contributor to the primal-dual approach that is now recognized as the most powerful algorithmic design technique within this area.\u00a0

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The Lanchester Prize is awarded for the best contribution to operations research and the management sciences published in English in the past five years. Learn more about the Lanchester Prize and how to be nominated on the INFORMS website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The winners of this year’s prize are:<\/p>

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The George E. Kimball Medal is awarded for recognition of distinguished service to the Institute and to the profession of operations research and the management sciences. The award is a commemorative engraved medallion and a framed citation.\u00a0Learn more about the Kimball Medal and how to be nominated on the INFORMS website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\nMichael Fu is an exemplary academic when it comes to professional service \u2013 a model for young academics to emulate. He has served in numerous distinct and significant roles both within INFORMS and across the broader operations research community. He has served on numerous journal editorial boards for INFORMS journals (including the Operations Research<\/em> Simulation Area Editor and the Management Science<\/em> Stochastic Models and Simulation Department Editor). He has undertaken leadership roles for numerous INFORMS conferences, including serving as the general co-chair of the 2020 INFORMS Annual Meeting, cluster chair for the 2018 INFORMS International Conference, and program chair for the 2011 Winter Simulation Conference (WSC). He also served on the INFORMS Board of Directors from 2017-2018 as treasurer. He has provided tireless service to the broader INFORMS and international communities, including serving as the NSF Program Director for Operations Research. Michael\u2019s altruistic character traits that permeate his personal life are the very same ones that have made him a valuable and dedicated contributor to INFORMS. <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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\nRanganath Nuggehalli is the chief scientist of UPS. He is an Edelman Award winner for what has been called \u201carguably the world\u2019s largest operations research project.\u201d During his tenure, UPS became the only company to win multiple INFORMS prizes. Dr. Nuggehalli has provided high-impact service to the profession since joining ORSA more than 30 years ago. He conceived the INFORMS UPS George D. Smith Prize and spearheaded its creation. Awarded to an academic program for effective and innovative preparation of practitioners, the prize is regarded as the highest honor in O.R. education globally. The unique competition provides needed benchmarks and has positively impacted O.R. education and the discipline itself. More than $100K over 10 years has been awarded in cash prizes. Dr. Nuggehalli served as president of the INFORMS Practice Section, and an officer of the INFORMS Roundtable and Service Science Section. He was an inaugural recipient of the INFORMS Volunteer Service Award and a founding CAP. For his many contributions to the field of O.R. and his distinguished service to INFORMS, the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences expresses its sincere appreciation to Ranganath Nuggehalli by awarding him the 2022 George E. Kimball Medal. <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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The Impact Prize, awarded once every two years, is intended to recognize widespread impact in the practice of operations research. It may be awarded to an individual or a single set of collaborators. The award may be given for the original research (if these ideas have been widely adopted), and\/or for special efforts required to bring the research to a practical form (e.g., implementation as a software package or the communication of a body of research through writings, teaching, and consulting). The important criteria are breadth of use in practice and relevance to operations research. The technical assessment of the quality of the work is considered secondary to the degree to which it has been widely adopted. Learn more about the INFORMS Impact Prize on the INFORMS website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Use of alternative sources of energy is key for protection of both the environment and economic prosperity of the society. Making use of wind power in particular has posed challenges in multiple areas of science. Indeed, the Paris Agreement, entered during the 2021 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, requires that we double wind power growth immediately, or triple it by 2030. Lowering costs of wind turbines and increasing their productivity in service is crucial for making wind energy competitive in the energy markets. Yet, evaluating the effectiveness of wind turbine design innovations in the field has been difficult due to high uncertainty in natural wind flow and impracticality of imposing operator control over it.<\/p>\n

For more than a decade, Dr. Ding and his research colleagues have expanded efforts to develop novel data science approaches that address the challenge of devising accurate and effective quantification methods of wind turbine performance. Their approach, which relies on a paradigm shift from purely physical law-based methods toward analytics-driven field-wide observational methods of performance inference, boasts high accuracy while breaking the disciplinary barriers in turbine performance evaluation and comparison. In the method, the hybrid power curve model connects the multivariate wind\/environmental inputs with the power output, while mitigating the scalability issues that often plague kernel-based function regression methods in real-life applications.<\/p>\n

Through publications, software packages, field work, lectures, and webinars, Dr. Ding and his colleagues have ensured that new performance quantification ideas and methods, grounded in data analytics, are accessible to a broad audience in academia and the wind industry. Their work has affected practices within quantitative departments in a number of wind power companies worldwide. Groups in EDP Renewables North America, Smart Blade Germany, and engineers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, have testified on the value of the innovation, its robustness in a variety of use cases, and production benefits achieved and documented thanks to the ideas, methods, and tools of Dr. Ding and his team.<\/span><\/p> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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INFORMS President’s Award
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The purpose of the INFORMS President\u2019s Award is to recognize, and thereby encourage, important contributions to the welfare of society by members of our profession at the local, national, or global level. The award is an engraved citation.<\/p>\n

This year, the President’s Award is given to:<\/p> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\n Candace Yano <\/h3>\n
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\nThe 2022 INFORMS President\u2019s Award is awarded to Dr. Candace Arai Yano for her many research contributions, her impact on educating future O.R. professionals, and for her extensive INFORMS service.

\nDr. Yano is a professor in the Department of Industrial Engineering & Operations Research and the Operations and Information Technology Management group in the Haas School of Business at University of California, Berkeley. She holds the Kalbach Chair in Business Administration and the Morris Chang Distinguished Chair in the Management of Technology Innovation. Prior to joining UC Berkeley, she worked at Bell Labs and University of Michigan. She received multiple degrees, including her Ph.D., from Stanford University.

\nDr. Yano\u2019s research focuses on supply chain management and interdisciplinary problems involving operations management and marketing. She also gives back to the community via her work with nonprofit organizations. Example projects include allocation of scarce resources in hospital systems and helping consortia of research libraries determine how many copies of books to retain in view of risks of loss and decay. She often includes students in this pro-bono work, thereby instilling in them an interest in O.R.

\nAs the first female department chair in the College of Engineering and first Asian-American female associate dean for academic affairs at Haas, Dr. Yano is a role model for women, especially those straddling different cultures. She co-founded the INFORMS Forum for Women in OR\/MS (WORMS) and is a recipient of the WORMS Award. Dr. Yano spearheaded the establishment of the INFORMS Manufacturing and Service Operations Management (MSOM) Society and was recognized with the MSOM Distinguished Service Award for her efforts in MSOM\u2019s formative years, including co-organizing the first conference of an ORSA special interest group that became a part of MSOM. Dr. Yano is a fellow of INFORMS and of the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers. She was awarded the George E. Kimball Medal in recognition of her distinguished service to INFORMS and the profession of operations research and the management sciences.

\nDr. Yano has served in many volunteer roles within INFORMS for more than three decades, including spearheading the Career Fair, serving as VP of Marketing and Outreach, and in leadership roles on conference organization committees. INFORMS is extremely grateful to Dr. Yano for her extensive and outstanding editorial work with multiple INFORMS journals. Her dedicated efforts in this area will have a lasting impact on future generations of O.R. professionals. <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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Every year, each INFORMS Community has numerous awards to recognize the efforts of community members and volunteers.<\/p> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Daniel H. Wagner Prize for Excellence in the Practice of Advanced Analytics and Operations Research<\/h2> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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This prize emphasizes the quality and coherence of the analysis used in practice. Dr. Wagner strove for strong mathematics applied to practical problems, supported by clear and intelligible writing. This prize recognizes those principles by emphasizing good writing, strong analytical content, and verifiable practice successes. This award is administered by the Practice Section of INFORMS.\u00a0Learn more about the Wagner Prize and how to apply on the INFORMS website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Here are this year’s finalists:<\/p> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Generalized Synthetic Control for TestOps at ABI: Models, Algorithms, and Infrastructure<\/h3> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\n Jingyuan (Donna) Gan <\/h3>\n
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\n Kumarjit Pathak <\/h3>\n
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\n Tianyi Peng <\/h3>\n
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AI vs. Human Buyers: A Study of Alibaba\u2019s Inventory Replenishment System<\/h3> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Human-centric Parcel Delivery at Deutsche Post with Operations Research and Machine Learning<\/h3> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Reshaping National Organ Allocation Policy<\/h3> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Doing Good with Good O.R. Student Paper Competition is held each year to identify and honor outstanding projects in the field of operations research and the management sciences conducted by a student or student group that have a significant societal impact. Operations research and management science methods and tools (broadly interpreted) must be central to the success of the projects described. Learn more about the Doing Good with Good O.R. competition and how to apply in the future on the INFORMS website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Optimizing Vaccine Distribution in Developing Countries under Natural Disaster Risk<\/h3> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Optimization & Planning of Limited Resources for Assisting Nonprofits in Improving Maternal Health<\/h3> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Designing School Choice for Diversity in San Francisco<\/h3> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Discovering Opportunities in New York City\u2019s Discovery Program<\/h3> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Prediction-driven Surge Planning with Application in the Emergency Department<\/h3> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The purpose of this annual competition is to encourage the creation, dissemination, and classroom use of new, unpublished<\/i> cases in operations research and the management sciences. All cases are reviewed by a panel of judges familiar with the case method. Learn more about the Case Competition and how to apply on the INFORMS website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Moneyball for Murderball: Using Analytics to Construct Lineups in Wheelchair Rugby<\/h3> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\n Timothy Chan <\/h3>\n
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\n Craig Fernandes <\/h3>\n
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\n Albert Loa <\/h3>\n
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To Catch a Thief: Explainable AI in Insurance Fraud Detection<\/h3> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Digitizing Spare Parts Supply Chain via 3D Printing \u2013 An Operational Cost Analysis<\/h3>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Elections Management: Exploring the Complexity of Polling Place Consolidation<\/h3> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\n William Browning <\/h3>\n
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\n \"Rutgers \n <\/div>\n \n \n
\n

\n Elsayed Elsayed <\/h3>\n
\n Rutgers University <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
\n
\n \n
\n
\n \"North \n <\/div>\n \n \n
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\n Julie Simmons Ivy <\/h3>\n
\n North Carolina State University <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
\n \n
\n
\n \"EPFL\" \n <\/div>\n \n \n
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\n Daniel Kuhn <\/h3>\n
\n EPFL <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
\n \n
\n
\n \"Kinaxis\" \n <\/div>\n \n \n
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\n Anne Robinson <\/h3>\n
\n Kinaxis <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
\n \n
\n
\n \"Rice \n <\/div>\n \n \n
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\n Andrew Schaefer <\/h3>\n
\n Rice University <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
\n
\n \n
\n
\n \"Cornell \n <\/div>\n \n \n
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\n Katya Scheinberg <\/h3>\n
\n Cornell University <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
\n \n
\n
\n \"Northwestern \n <\/div>\n \n \n
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\n Karen Smilowitz <\/h3>\n
\n Northwestern University <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
\n \n
\n
\n \"North \n <\/div>\n \n \n
\n

\n Julie Swann <\/h3>\n
\n North Carolina State University <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
\n \n
\n
\n \"INSEAD\" \n <\/div>\n \n \n
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\n Enver Y\u00fccesan <\/h3>\n
\n INSEAD <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
\n <\/span>
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George B. Dantzig Dissertation Award<\/h2> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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The George B. Dantzig Award is given for the best dissertation in any area of operations\u00a0research and the management sciences that is innovative and relevant to practice.\u00a0The award was established to encourage academic research that combines theory\u00a0and practice and stimulates greater interaction between doctoral students (and their\u00a0advisors) and the world of practice.\u00a0Learn more about the Dantzig Award and how to apply on the INFORMS website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Here are this year’s finalists:<\/p> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Winner:<\/b><\/h3>

Learning and Earning Under Noise and Uncertainty<\/h3> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\n \n
\n
\n \"Carnegie \n <\/div>\n \n \n
\n

\n Su Jia <\/h3>\n
\n Carnegie Mellon University <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
\n <\/div>\n
\n <\/div>\n
\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n
\n
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Honorable Mentions:<\/b><\/h3>

Causal Inference for Social and Engineering Systems<\/h3> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\n \n
\n
\n \"MIT\" \n <\/div>\n \n \n
\n

\n Anish Agarwal <\/h3>\n
\n MIT <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
\n <\/div>\n
\n <\/div>\n
\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n
\n
\n

Data-driven Operations in Changing Environments<\/h3> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\n \n
\n
\n \"MIT\" \n <\/div>\n \n \n
\n

\n Ruihao Zhu <\/h3>\n
\n MIT <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
\n <\/div>\n
\n <\/div>\n
\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n
\n
\n

Faster Algorithms for Steiner Tree and Related Problems: From Theory to Practice<\/h3> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\n \n
\n
\n \"Technische \n <\/div>\n \n \n
\n

\n Daniel Rehfeldt <\/h3>\n
\n Technische Universit\u00e4t Berlin <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
\n <\/div>\n
\n <\/div>\n
\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
\n <\/span>
\n
\n \n
\n
\n

George Nicholson Student Paper Competition<\/h2> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
\n
\n
\n \n
\n
\n

The George Nicholson Student Paper Competition is held each year to identify and honor outstanding student papers in the field of operations research and the management sciences. Learn more about the Nicholson Competition and how to apply on the INFORMS website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Here are this year’s finalists:<\/p> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

\n
\n

First place:<\/b><\/h3>

The Gittins Policy is Nearly Optimal in the M\/G\/k under Extremely General Conditions<\/h3> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\n \n
\n
\n \"Carnegie \n <\/div>\n \n \n
\n

\n Isaac Grosof <\/h3>\n
\n Carnegie Mellon University <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
\n \n
\n
\n \"Carnegie \n <\/div>\n \n \n
\n

\n Ziv Scully <\/h3>\n
\n Carnegie Mellon University <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
\n <\/div>\n
\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n
\n
\n

Second place:<\/b><\/h3>

The Fragility of Optimized Bandit Algorithms<\/h3> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\n \n
\n
\n \"Stanford \n <\/div>\n \n \n
\n

\n Lin Fan <\/h3>\n
\n Stanford University <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
\n <\/div>\n
\n <\/div>\n
\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n
\n
\n

On the Robustness of Second-Price Auctions in Prior-Independent Mechanism Design<\/h3> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\n \n
\n
\n \"Columbia \n <\/div>\n \n \n
\n

\n Jerry Anunrojwong <\/h3>\n
\n Columbia University <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
\n <\/div>\n
\n <\/div>\n
\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n
\n
\n

Small Shadows of Lattice Polytopes<\/h3> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\n \n
\n
\n \"University \n <\/div>\n \n \n
\n

\n Alexander Black <\/h3>\n
\n University of California, Davis <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
\n <\/div>\n
\n <\/div>\n
\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n
\n
\n

Tight Guarantees for Multiunit Prophet Inequalities and Online Stochastic Knapsack<\/h3> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\n \n
\n
\n \"NYU \n <\/div>\n \n \n
\n

\n Jiashuo Jiang <\/h3>\n
\n NYU Stern School of Business <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
\n <\/div>\n
\n <\/div>\n
\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n
\n
\n

Testing Network Correlation Efficiently via Counting Trees<\/h3> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\n \n
\n
\n \"Duke \n <\/div>\n \n \n
\n

\n Sophie Yu <\/h3>\n
\n Duke University <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
\n <\/div>\n
\n <\/div>\n
\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
\n <\/span>
\n
\n \n
\n
\n

Undergraduate Operations Research Prize<\/h2> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
\n
\n
\n \n
\n
\n

The Undergraduate Operations Research Prize Competition is held each year to honor a student or group of students who conducted a significant applied project in OR\/MS, and\/or original and important theoretical or applied research in OR\/MS, while enrolled as an undergraduate student. Learn more about the Undergraduate Prize and how to apply on the INFORMS website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This year’s finalists are:<\/p> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

\n
\n

Characterization of Mobility Patterns With a Hierarchical Clustering of Origin-Destination GPS Taxi Data<\/h3> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\n \n
\n
\n \"Universidad \n <\/div>\n \n \n
\n

\n Crist\u00f3bal Heredia <\/h3>\n
\n Universidad Adolfo Iba\u00f1ez <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
\n <\/div>\n
\n <\/div>\n
\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n
\n
\n

Constructing Branching Trees of Geostatistical Simulations<\/h3> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\n \n
\n
\n \"Universidad \n <\/div>\n \n \n
\n

\n Juan Valencia <\/h3>\n
\n Universidad de Santiago de Chile <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
\n <\/div>\n
\n <\/div>\n
\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n
\n
\n

Distributionally Robust Recourse Action<\/h3> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\n \n
\n
\n \"Hanoi \n <\/div>\n \n \n
\n

\n Ngoc Bui <\/h3>\n
\n Hanoi University of Science and Technology <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
\n \n
\n
\n \"Hanoi \n <\/div>\n \n \n
\n

\n Duy Nguyen <\/h3>\n
\n Hanoi University of Science and Technology <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
\n <\/div>\n
\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n
\n
\n

On the Strength of Lagrangian Duality for Multiobjective Integer Programs<\/h3> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\n \n
\n
\n \"Rice \n <\/div>\n \n \n
\n

\n Matthew Brun <\/h3>\n
\n Rice University <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
\n <\/div>\n
\n <\/div>\n
\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n
\n
\n

Sample Complexity of Policy Learning for Inventory Control with Censored Demand<\/h3> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\n \n
\n
\n \"Nanjing \n <\/div>\n \n \n
\n

\n Xiaoyu Fan <\/h3>\n
\n Nanjing University <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
\n <\/div>\n
\n <\/div>\n
\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n
\n
\n

The Non-Markovian Nature of Nested Logit Choice<\/h3> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\n \n
\n
\n \"University \n <\/div>\n \n \n
\n

\n Selena Li <\/h3>\n
\n University of California, Berkeley <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
\n <\/div>\n
\n <\/div>\n
\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n
\n
\n

The Probability Mass Function of the Kaplan-Meier Product-Limit Estimator<\/h3> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\n \n
\n
\n \"William \n <\/div>\n \n \n
\n

\n Yuxin Qin <\/h3>\n
\n William & Mary <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
\n <\/div>\n
\n <\/div>\n
\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n
\n
\n

The Way: “Safest” Way Out<\/h3> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\n \n
\n
\n \"Bilkent \n <\/div>\n \n \n
\n

\n Beyza Cekinel <\/h3>\n
\n Bilkent University <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
\n \n
\n
\n \"Bilkent \n <\/div>\n \n \n
\n

\n Lara Gorur <\/h3>\n
\n Bilkent University <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
\n \n
\n
\n \"Bilkent \n <\/div>\n \n \n
\n

\n \u0130lkim Guneri <\/h3>\n
\n Bilkent University <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
\n \n
\n
\n \"Bilkent \n <\/div>\n \n \n
\n

\n Kadir Kasan <\/h3>\n
\n Bilkent University <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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Please check back each day to view the prizes and competitions occurring on that day.<\/p>\n<h2>Tuesday, October 18<\/h2>\n<h2>Amazon SCOT and INFORMS Scholarships<\/h2>\n<p>This scholarship program, sponsored by Amazon SCOT, aims to foster the professional pipeline of operations research, management science, and analytics researchers by providing undergraduate juniors and seniors as well as graduate students from underrepresented groups an opportunity to experience these exciting fields and gain professional development opportunities by attending the INFORMS Annual Meeting.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.informs.org\/Recognizing-Excellence\/Scholarships\/Amazon-SCOT-and-INFORMS-Fellowships\" data-feathr-click-track=\"true\">Learn more about the Amazon SCOT and INFORMS scholarships and how to apply on the INFORMS website<\/a>.<\/p> <p>The year's scholarships winners are:<\/p>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Bitencourt_Julia.jpg\" title=\"Julia Bitencourt\" alt=\"Auburn University\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Bitencourt_Julia.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Bitencourt_Julia-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Julia Bitencourt <\/h3> Auburn University\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Calderon_Oriana.jpg\" title=\"Oriana Calderon\" alt=\"Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Calderon_Oriana.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Calderon_Oriana-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Oriana Calderon <\/h3> Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Cobena_Brenda.jpg\" title=\"Brenda Cobena\" alt=\"Cirrelt\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Cobena_Brenda.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Cobena_Brenda-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Brenda Cobena <\/h3> Cirrelt\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Dudi_Laya.jpg\" title=\"Laya Dudi\" alt=\"University of Illinois Chicago\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Dudi_Laya.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Dudi_Laya-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Laya Dudi <\/h3> University of Illinois Chicago\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Farias_Vitor.jpg\" title=\"Vitor Farias Costa de Carvalho\" alt=\"Purdue University\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Farias_Vitor.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Farias_Vitor-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Vitor Farias Costa de Carvalho <\/h3> Purdue University\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Gonzalez_Esneyder.jpg\" title=\"Esneyder Gonzalez\" alt=\"University at Buffalo\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Gonzalez_Esneyder.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Gonzalez_Esneyder-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Esneyder Gonzalez <\/h3> University at Buffalo\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Heredia_Cristobal.jpg\" title=\"Crist\u00f3bal Heredia\" alt=\"Universidad Adolfo Iba\u00f1ez\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Heredia_Cristobal.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Heredia_Cristobal-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Crist\u00f3bal Heredia <\/h3> Universidad Adolfo Iba\u00f1ez\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Hernandez_Adrian.jpg\" title=\"Adrian Hernandez\" alt=\"Northwestern University\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Hernandez_Adrian.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Hernandez_Adrian-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Adrian Hernandez <\/h3> Northwestern University\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Morande_Juan.jpg\" title=\"Juan Pablo Morande\" alt=\"Auburn University\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Morande_Juan.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Morande_Juan-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Juan Pablo Morande <\/h3> Auburn University\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Phuong_Anh.jpg\" title=\"Anh Phuong Ngo\" alt=\"North Carolina A&T State University\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Phuong_Anh.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Phuong_Anh-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Anh Phuong Ngo <\/h3> North Carolina A&T State University\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Olabiya_Ridwan.jpg\" title=\"Ridwan Olabiyi\" alt=\"Arizona State University\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Olabiya_Ridwan.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Olabiya_Ridwan-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Ridwan Olabiyi <\/h3> Arizona State University\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Padmanabhan_Swati.jpg\" title=\"Swati Padmanabhan\" alt=\"University of Washington Seattle\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Padmanabhan_Swati.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Padmanabhan_Swati-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Swati Padmanabhan <\/h3> University of Washington Seattle\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Peinado-Guerrero_Miguel.jpg\" title=\"Miguel Peinado-Guerrero\" alt=\"Arizona State University\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Peinado-Guerrero_Miguel.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Peinado-Guerrero_Miguel-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Miguel Peinado-Guerrero <\/h3> Arizona State University\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Randall_Natalie.jpg\" title=\"Natalie Randall\" alt=\"University of Iowa\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Randall_Natalie.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Randall_Natalie-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Natalie Randall <\/h3> University of Iowa\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Rojas_Mary.jpg\" title=\"Mary Lizbeth Rojas\" alt=\"Saint Louis University\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Rojas_Mary.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Rojas_Mary-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Mary Lizbeth Rojas <\/h3> Saint Louis University\n<h2>INFORMS Scholarship<\/h2>\n<p>INFORMS is pleased to announce scholarships for undergraduate students to attend the 2022 Annual Meeting. This scholarship program aims to foster the professional pipeline of operations research, management science, and analytics researchers by providing undergraduate students an opportunity to experience these exciting fields and gain professional development opportunities by attending the INFORMS Annual Meeting. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.informs.org\/Recognizing-Excellence\/Scholarships\/INFORMS-Scholarship\">Learn more about the INFORMS Scholarship and how to apply on the INFORMS website<\/a>.<\/p> <p>Here are the 2022 winners of the scholarship:<\/p>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Dullerud_Kathryn.jpg\" title=\"Kathryn Dullerud\" alt=\"University of Southern California\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Dullerud_Kathryn.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Dullerud_Kathryn-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Kathryn Dullerud <\/h3> University of Southern California\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Forrest-Miller_Frederick.jpg\" title=\"Forrest Miller\" alt=\"Worcester Polytechnic Institute\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Forrest-Miller_Frederick.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Forrest-Miller_Frederick-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Forrest Miller <\/h3> Worcester Polytechnic Institute\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Patnaik_Natasha.jpg\" title=\"Natasha Patnaik\" alt=\"Rice University\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Patnaik_Natasha.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Patnaik_Natasha-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Natasha Patnaik <\/h3> Rice University\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Shrestha_Nishant.jpg\" title=\"Nishant Shrestha\" alt=\"Bucknell University\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Shrestha_Nishant.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Shrestha_Nishant-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Nishant Shrestha <\/h3> Bucknell University\n<h2>Judith Liebman Award<\/h2>\n<p>The Judith Liebman Award has been established to recognize outstanding student volunteers who have been \"moving spirits\" in their universities, their student chapters, and INFORMS. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.informs.org\/Recognizing-Excellence\/INFORMS-Prizes\/Judith-Liebman-Award\" data-feathr-click-track=\"true\">Learn more about the Judith Liebman Award, previous winners, and how to make a nomination on the INFORMS website<\/a>.<\/p> <p>Please help us congratulate and celebrate this year's winners, seen below:<\/p>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Biyouki_Sajjad.jpg\" title=\"Sajjad Biyouki\" alt=\"The University of Tennessee, Knoxville\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Biyouki_Sajjad.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Biyouki_Sajjad-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Sajjad Biyouki <\/h3> The University of Tennessee, Knoxville\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Czerniak_Lauren.jpg\" title=\"Lauren L. Czerniak\" alt=\"University of Michigan\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Czerniak_Lauren.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Czerniak_Lauren-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Lauren L. Czerniak <\/h3> University of Michigan\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Zmiela_Christian.jpg\" title=\"Christian Zamiela\" alt=\"Mississippi State University\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Zmiela_Christian.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Zmiela_Christian-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Christian Zamiela <\/h3> Mississippi State University\n<h2>Student Chapter Annual Awards<\/h2>\n<p>The purpose of the Student Chapter Annual Awards is to recognize achievements of student chapters. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.informs.org\/Recognizing-Excellence\/INFORMS-Prizes\/Student-Chapter-Awards\" data-feathr-click-track=\"true\">Learn more about the Student Chapter Annual Awards and how to apply on the INFORMS website<\/a>.<br><\/p>\n<h4>Summa cum laude<\/h4>Galileo University Student ChapterNortheastern University Student Chapter<br>University at Buffalo Student Chapter<br>University of Michigan Student ChapterUniversity of South Florida Student Chapter\n<h4>Magna cum laude<\/h4>Carnegie Mellon University Student Chapter<br>Georgia Tech Student Chapter<br>Ko\u00e7 University Student ChapterLehigh University Student ChapterMississippi State University Student ChapterNorthwestern University Student ChapterPontifical Catholic University of Chile Student Chapter<br>University of Toronto Student Chapter<br>University of Washington Tacoma Student Chapter<br>Virginia Tech Student Chapter<br>\n<h4>Cum laude<\/h4>Auburn University Student Chapter<br>Clemson University Student Chapter<br>Concordia University (MORSC) Student Chapter<br>North Carolina State University Student Chapter<br>Rutgers University Student Chapter<br>University of Arkansas Student Chapter<br>University of Illinois Chicago Student Chapter<br>University of Iowa Student Chapter<br>University of Louisville Student Chapter<br>University of Oklahoma Student Chapter<br>University of Wisconsin\u2013Madison Student Chapter\n<h4>Honorable Mention<\/h4>Iowa State University Student Chapter<br>Texas Tech University Student Chapter<br>University of Alabama Student Chapter<br>University of Houston Student Chapter<br>University of Massachusetts Amherst Student Chapter<br>University of Minnesota Student Chapter<br>University of Texas at Dallas Student Chapter\n<h2>Monday, October 17<\/h2>\n<h2>Seth Bonder Scholarship for Applied Operations Research in Health Services<\/h2>\n<p>The purpose of the Bonder Scholarship in Health Services is to promote the development\u00a0and application of process modeling and O.R. analyses to healthcare design, delivery,\u00a0and operations. The tenure of the award is one year. The scholarship provides funding from\u00a0the Seth Bonder Scholarship Endowment and an additional $2,000 grant is funded by the\u00a0Seth Bonder Foundation. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.informs.org\/Recognizing-Excellence\/Community-Prizes\/Health-Applications-Society\/Seth-Bonder-Scholarship-for-Applied-Operations-Research-in-Health-Services\">Learn more about the Bonder Scholarship for Health Services and how to apply on the INFORMS website<\/a>.<\/p> <p>This year's scholarship recipient is:<\/p>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Adams_Katharine.jpg\" title=\"Katherine Adams\" alt=\"University of Wisconsin-Madison\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Adams_Katharine.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Adams_Katharine-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Katherine Adams <\/h3> University of Wisconsin-Madison\n<h2>Seth Bonder Scholarship for Applied Operations Research in Military<\/h2><h2>and Security Applications<\/h2>\n<p>The purpose of the Bonder Scholarship for Applied Operations Research in Military & Security Applications is to promote the development and application of process modeling and operations research analyses to military issues. The scholarship provides funding from the Seth Bonder Scholarship Endowment and an additional $2,000 grant is funded by the Seth Bonder Foundation. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.informs.org\/Recognizing-Excellence\/Community-Prizes\/Military-and-Security-Society\/Seth-Bonder-Scholarship-for-Applied-Operations-Research-in-Military-and-Security-Applications\">Learn more about the Bonder Scholarship for Military and Security Applications and how to apply on the INFORMS website<\/a>.<\/p> <p>This year's scholarship recipient is:<\/p>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Hore_Soumyadeep.jpg\" title=\"Soumyadeep Hore\" alt=\"University of South Florida\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Hore_Soumyadeep.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Hore_Soumyadeep-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Soumyadeep Hore <\/h3> University of South Florida\n<h2>Donald P. Gaver, Jr. Early Career Award<br><\/h2>\n<p>This award was established by a generous endowment from the Donald P. Gaver family. The purpose of the award is to support creative and diverse work in operations research in the early career of the recipient. The candidate must be within 10 years of receiving a Ph.D. and be in a tenure-track academic appointment. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.informs.org\/Recognizing-Excellence\/INFORMS-Prizes\/Donald-P.-Gaver-Jr.-Early-Career-Award\">Learn more about the establishment of the Gaver Award and how to be nominated on the INFORMS website<\/a>.<\/p> <p>The winner of this year's award is:<\/p>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Xie_Yao.jpg\" title=\"Yao Xie\" alt=\"Georgia Tech\nFor outstanding research contributions at the interface of operations research, statistics, machine learning, and optimization; for successfully applying her research talent to applications of societal importance; and for contributions to the education and mentoring of students at all levels.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Xie_Yao.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Xie_Yao-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Yao Xie <\/h3> Georgia Tech\nFor outstanding research contributions at the interface of operations research, statistics, machine learning, and optimization; for successfully applying her research talent to applications of societal importance; and for contributions to the education and mentoring of students at all levels.\n<h2>Prize for the Teaching of OR\/MS Practice<br><\/h2>\n<p>The purpose of this award is to recognize a teacher who has succeeded in helping their students to acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to be effective practitioners of operations research or the management sciences. An \u201ceffective practitioner\u201d has respect for, understanding of, and the skills to surmount both the practical difficulties and technical challenges of doing good OR\/MS work. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.informs.org\/Recognizing-Excellence\/INFORMS-Prizes\/Prize-for-the-Teaching-of-the-OR-MS-Practice\">Learn more about the Prize for the Teaching of OR\/MS Practice on the INFORMS website<\/a>.<\/p> <p>This year's winners are:<\/p>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Keskin_Burcu.jpg\" title=\"Burcu Keskin\" alt=\"The University of Alabama The teaching of OR\/MS practice is built on course variety, innovative materials, and classroom presence. However, truly achieving teaching excellence is demonstrated when students think critically and can use their knowledge to solve real-life operational challenges. Dr. Keskin\u2019s accomplishments exceed all these criteria. Her teaching approach \u2013 described by former students as \u201cinspirational, empowering, and providing superior mentorship\u201d \u2013 has benefited a constant stream of successful practitioners.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Keskin_Burcu.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Keskin_Burcu-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Burcu Keskin <\/h3> The University of Alabama<br \/><br \/> The teaching of OR\/MS practice is built on course variety, innovative materials, and classroom presence. However, truly achieving teaching excellence is demonstrated when students think critically and can use their knowledge to solve real-life operational challenges. Dr. Keskin\u2019s accomplishments exceed all these criteria. Her teaching approach \u2013 described by former students as \u201cinspirational, empowering, and providing superior mentorship\u201d \u2013 has benefited a constant stream of successful practitioners.\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Shi_Jim.jpg\" title=\"Junmin Shi\" alt=\"New Jersey Institute of Technology The teaching of OR\/MS practice is built on course variety, innovative materials, and classroom presence. However, truly achieving teaching excellence is demonstrated when students think critically and can use their knowledge to solve real-life operational challenges. Dr. Shi\u2019s accomplishments exceed all these criteria. His teaching approach \u2013 described by former students as \u201chands-on and exceptionally engaging\u201d \u2013 has benefited a constant stream of successful practitioners.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Shi_Jim.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Shi_Jim-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Junmin Shi <\/h3> New Jersey Institute of Technology<br \/><br \/> The teaching of OR\/MS practice is built on course variety, innovative materials, and classroom presence. However, truly achieving teaching excellence is demonstrated when students think critically and can use their knowledge to solve real-life operational challenges. Dr. Shi\u2019s accomplishments exceed all these criteria. His teaching approach \u2013 described by former students as \u201chands-on and exceptionally engaging\u201d \u2013 has benefited a constant stream of successful practitioners.\n<h2>Saul Gass Expository Writing Award<br><\/h2>\n<p>The Saul Gass Expository Writing Award honors an operations researcher or management scientist whose publications demonstrate a consistently high standard of expository writing. The awardee\u2019s written work, published over a period of at least 10 years, should indicate (in terms of breadth of readership) an influence and accessibility enhanced by expository excellence.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.informs.org\/Recognizing-Excellence\/INFORMS-Prizes\/Saul-Gass-Expository-Writing-Award\" data-feathr-click-track=\"true\">Learn more about the Saul Gass Award and how to apply on the INFORMS website<\/a>.<\/p> <p>This winner of this year's award is:<\/p>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Powell_Warren.jpg\" title=\"Warren Powell\" alt=\"Princeton University\/Optimal Dynamics Professor Warren Powell is a prolific writer and communicator whose contributions have helped to significantly shape and advance methods of operations research, and whose writings have impacted practice and policy. Author of hundreds of scholarly articles and multiple books, his works have received well over 20,000 citations. Professor Powell\u2019s books on approximate dynamic programming have inspired researchers and shaped the minds of many in our field. His writings have helped build a path to optimal learning methods that have become a focus of whole communities of researchers and practitioners in recent years. Through his relentless efforts to show and explain how to overcome the \u201ccurse of dimensionality,\u201d his work has had major impact on practice in areas ranging from freight transportation to the smart grid. His methodologies have informed research across engineering and computer science disciplines. Also noteworthy is his undying efforts to create a common language to unite works in disparate fields, a notion that no doubt recognizes that exposition is as important as the math in advancing the field together.\u00a0 For these many reasons, Professor Powell\u2019s contributions to operations research have been recognized through numerous awards for his scholarly publications, including the prestigious INFORMS Transportation Science and Logistics (TSL) Society\u2019s Robert Herman Lifetime Achievement Award.\u00a0 For his outstanding contributions to the INFORMS community and operations research, expository excellence in his publications making his work broadly accessible, impact, and the courage to see what is possible, Warren Powell is richly deserving of the Saul Gass Award.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Powell_Warren.jpg 298w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Powell_Warren-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\" \/> <h3> Warren Powell <\/h3> Princeton University\/Optimal Dynamics<br \/><br \/> Professor Warren Powell is a prolific writer and communicator whose contributions have helped to significantly shape and advance methods of operations research, and whose writings have impacted practice and policy. Author of hundreds of scholarly articles and multiple books, his works have received well over 20,000 citations. Professor Powell\u2019s books on approximate dynamic programming have inspired researchers and shaped the minds of many in our field. His writings have helped build a path to optimal learning methods that have become a focus of whole communities of researchers and practitioners in recent years. Through his relentless efforts to show and explain how to overcome the \u201ccurse of dimensionality,\u201d his work has had major impact on practice in areas ranging from freight transportation to the smart grid. His methodologies have informed research across engineering and computer science disciplines. Also noteworthy is his undying efforts to create a common language to unite works in disparate fields, a notion that no doubt recognizes that exposition is as important as the math in advancing the field together.\u00a0<br \/><br \/> For these many reasons, Professor Powell\u2019s contributions to operations research have been recognized through numerous awards for his scholarly publications, including the prestigious INFORMS Transportation Science and Logistics (TSL) Society\u2019s Robert Herman Lifetime Achievement Award.\u00a0<br \/><br \/> For his outstanding contributions to the INFORMS community and operations research, expository excellence in his publications making his work broadly accessible, impact, and the courage to see what is possible, Warren Powell is richly deserving of the Saul Gass Award.\n<h2>John von Neumann Theory Prize<br><\/h2>\n<p>The John von Neumann Theory Prize is awarded annually to a scholar (or scholars in the case of joint work) who has made fundamental, sustained contributions to theory in operations research and the management sciences. The prize is awarded for a body of work, typically published over a period of several years. Although recent work should not be excluded, the prize typically reflects contributions that have stood the test of time. The criteria for the prize are broad, and include significance, innovation, depth, and scientific excellence. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.informs.org\/Recognizing-Excellence\/INFORMS-Prizes\/John-von-Neumann-Theory-Prize\">Learn more about the von Neumann Prize and how to be nominated in the INFORMS website<\/a>.<\/p> <p>This year's winner is:<\/p>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Vazriani_Vijay.jpg\" title=\"Vijay V. Vazirani\" alt=\"University of California, Irvine The 2022 INFORMS John von Neumann Theory Prize is awarded to Vijay Virkumar Vazirani for his fundamental and sustained contributions to the design of algorithms, including approximation algorithms, computational complexity theory, and algorithmic game theory, central to operations research and the management sciences.\u00a0 While a first year Ph.D. student, Vazirani developed what is still the most efficient algorithm for the classical maximum matching problem, with fellow student Silvio Micali. His co-authored seminal 1990 paper proposed an optimal algorithm for the online bipartite matching problem, in which the underlying graph is revealed one vertex at a time and needs to be instantaneously matched without knowledge of future arrivals. Numerous matching markets, including Google\u2019s AdWords, Uber, and Airbnb, share this online decision-making feature, and this algorithm has become a paradigm in this area. More recent joint work introduced a tradeoff-revealing family of linear programs and the notion of bid-scaling \u2013 ideas that have had enormous influence within digital advertising markets.\u00a0 In addition, Vazirani is known for his role in developing approximation algorithms for NP-hard optimization problems, including set covering, survivable network design, multicommodity flow and multicut, k-cuts, facility location, and k-medians, culminating in his now classic book, Approximation Algorithms. He has been a major contributor to the primal-dual approach that is now recognized as the most powerful algorithmic design technique within this area.\u00a0 Vazirani is one of the founders of algorithmic game theory, focusing on the computability of market equilibria. In a 2012 paper, he introduced the notion of a rational convex program, established that they \u201cbehave like\u201d linear programs, and showed that certain market equilibria programs have this property. He and his co-authors also provided complementary pivot algorithms for markets under additively-separable, piecewise-linear concave utilities and markets with production, thereby yielding practical tractability for this class of problems. In other joint work, he gave the first polynomial-time algorithm for a market model, namely the Fisher market with linear utility functions.\u00a0\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Vazriani_Vijay.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Vazriani_Vijay-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Vijay V. Vazirani <\/h3> University of California, Irvine<br \/><br \/> The 2022 INFORMS John von Neumann Theory Prize is awarded to Vijay Virkumar Vazirani for his fundamental and sustained contributions to the design of algorithms, including approximation algorithms, computational complexity theory, and algorithmic game theory, central to operations research and the management sciences.\u00a0<br \/><br \/> While a first year Ph.D. student, Vazirani developed what is still the most efficient algorithm for the classical maximum matching problem, with fellow student Silvio Micali. His co-authored seminal 1990 paper proposed an optimal algorithm for the online bipartite matching problem, in which the underlying graph is revealed one vertex at a time and needs to be instantaneously matched without knowledge of future arrivals. Numerous matching markets, including Google\u2019s AdWords, Uber, and Airbnb, share this online decision-making feature, and this algorithm has become a paradigm in this area. More recent joint work introduced a tradeoff-revealing family of linear programs and the notion of bid-scaling \u2013 ideas that have had enormous influence within digital advertising markets.\u00a0<br \/><br \/> In addition, Vazirani is known for his role in developing approximation algorithms for NP-hard optimization problems, including set covering, survivable network design, multicommodity flow and multicut, k-cuts, facility location, and k-medians, culminating in his now classic book, Approximation Algorithms. He has been a major contributor to the primal-dual approach that is now recognized as the most powerful algorithmic design technique within this area.\u00a0<br \/><br \/> Vazirani is one of the founders of algorithmic game theory, focusing on the computability of market equilibria. In a 2012 paper, he introduced the notion of a rational convex program, established that they \u201cbehave like\u201d linear programs, and showed that certain market equilibria programs have this property. He and his co-authors also provided complementary pivot algorithms for markets under additively-separable, piecewise-linear concave utilities and markets with production, thereby yielding practical tractability for this class of problems. In other joint work, he gave the first polynomial-time algorithm for a market model, namely the Fisher market with linear utility functions.\u00a0\n<h2>Frederick W. Lanchester Prize<br><\/h2>\n<p>The Lanchester Prize is awarded for the best contribution to operations research and the management sciences published in English in the past five years. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.informs.org\/Recognizing-Excellence\/INFORMS-Prizes\/Frederick-W.-Lanchester-Prize\" data-feathr-click-track=\"true\">Learn more about the Lanchester Prize and how to be nominated on the INFORMS website<\/a>.<\/p> <p>The winners of this year's prize are:<\/p><h3>Lectures on Convex Optimization<\/h3>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Nesterov_Yurii.jpg\" title=\"Yurii Nesterov\" alt=\"UCLouvain\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Nesterov_Yurii.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Nesterov_Yurii-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Yurii Nesterov <\/h3> UCLouvain\n<p>The book has arguably the most comprehensive treatment of algorithmic continuous optimization. By developing both foundational results and recent breakthroughs, its publication has advanced the state of the art in operations research and its extensions in science, engineering, computer science, and machine learning.<\/p> <p>Learning to Optimize via Posterior Sampling, an Information-Theoretic Analysis of Thompson Sampling, Learning to Optimize via Information-directed Sampling, a Tutorial on Thompson Sampling<\/p>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Russo_Daniel.jpg\" title=\"Daniel Russo\" alt=\"Columbia University\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Russo_Daniel.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Russo_Daniel-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Daniel Russo <\/h3> Columbia University\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Van-Roy_Benjamin.jpg\" title=\"Benjamin Van Roy\" alt=\"Stanford University\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Van-Roy_Benjamin.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Van-Roy_Benjamin-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Benjamin Van Roy <\/h3> Stanford University\n<p>The book has arguably the most comprehensive treatment of algorithmic continuous optimization. By developing both foundational results and recent breakthroughs, its publication has advanced the state of the art in operations research and its extensions in science, engineering, computer science, and machine learning.<\/p>\n<h2>George E. Kimball Medal<br><\/h2>\n<p>The George E. Kimball Medal is awarded for recognition of distinguished service to the Institute and to the profession of operations research and the management sciences. The award is a commemorative engraved medallion and a framed citation.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.informs.org\/Recognizing-Excellence\/INFORMS-Prizes\/George-E.-Kimball-Medal\">Learn more about the Kimball Medal and how to be nominated on the INFORMS website<\/a>.<\/p> <p>This year, there are two Medal winners:<\/p>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Fu_Michael-1.jpg\" title=\"Michael Fu\" alt=\"University of Maryland Michael Fu is an exemplary academic when it comes to professional service \u2013 a model for young academics to emulate. He has served in numerous distinct and significant roles both within INFORMS and across the broader operations research community. He has served on numerous journal editorial boards for INFORMS journals (including the Operations Research Simulation Area Editor and the Management Science Stochastic Models and Simulation Department Editor). He has undertaken leadership roles for numerous INFORMS conferences, including serving as the general co-chair of the 2020 INFORMS Annual Meeting, cluster chair for the 2018 INFORMS International Conference, and program chair for the 2011 Winter Simulation Conference (WSC). He also served on the INFORMS Board of Directors from 2017-2018 as treasurer. He has provided tireless service to the broader INFORMS and international communities, including serving as the NSF Program Director for Operations Research. Michael\u2019s altruistic character traits that permeate his personal life are the very same ones that have made him a valuable and dedicated contributor to INFORMS.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Fu_Michael-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Fu_Michael-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Michael Fu <\/h3> University of Maryland<br \/><br \/> Michael Fu is an exemplary academic when it comes to professional service \u2013 a model for young academics to emulate. He has served in numerous distinct and significant roles both within INFORMS and across the broader operations research community. He has served on numerous journal editorial boards for INFORMS journals (including the <em>Operations Research<\/em> Simulation Area Editor and the <em>Management Science<\/em> Stochastic Models and Simulation Department Editor). He has undertaken leadership roles for numerous INFORMS conferences, including serving as the general co-chair of the 2020 INFORMS Annual Meeting, cluster chair for the 2018 INFORMS International Conference, and program chair for the 2011 Winter Simulation Conference (WSC). He also served on the INFORMS Board of Directors from 2017-2018 as treasurer. He has provided tireless service to the broader INFORMS and international communities, including serving as the NSF Program Director for Operations Research. Michael\u2019s altruistic character traits that permeate his personal life are the very same ones that have made him a valuable and dedicated contributor to INFORMS.\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Nuggehalli_Ranganath-1.jpg\" title=\"Ranganath Nuggehalli, CAP\" alt=\"UPS Ranganath Nuggehalli is the chief scientist of UPS. He is an Edelman Award winner for what has been called \u201carguably the world\u2019s largest operations research project.\u201d During his tenure, UPS became the only company to win multiple INFORMS prizes. Dr. Nuggehalli has provided high-impact service to the profession since joining ORSA more than 30 years ago. He conceived the INFORMS UPS George D. Smith Prize and spearheaded its creation. Awarded to an academic program for effective and innovative preparation of practitioners, the prize is regarded as the highest honor in O.R. education globally. The unique competition provides needed benchmarks and has positively impacted O.R. education and the discipline itself. More than $100K over 10 years has been awarded in cash prizes. Dr. Nuggehalli served as president of the INFORMS Practice Section, and an officer of the INFORMS Roundtable and Service Science Section. He was an inaugural recipient of the INFORMS Volunteer Service Award and a founding CAP. For his many contributions to the field of O.R. and his distinguished service to INFORMS, the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences expresses its sincere appreciation to Ranganath Nuggehalli by awarding him the 2022 George E. Kimball Medal.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Nuggehalli_Ranganath-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Nuggehalli_Ranganath-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Ranganath Nuggehalli, CAP <\/h3> UPS<br \/><br \/> Ranganath Nuggehalli is the chief scientist of UPS. He is an Edelman Award winner for what has been called \u201carguably the world\u2019s largest operations research project.\u201d During his tenure, UPS became the only company to win multiple INFORMS prizes. Dr. Nuggehalli has provided high-impact service to the profession since joining ORSA more than 30 years ago. He conceived the INFORMS UPS George D. Smith Prize and spearheaded its creation. Awarded to an academic program for effective and innovative preparation of practitioners, the prize is regarded as the highest honor in O.R. education globally. The unique competition provides needed benchmarks and has positively impacted O.R. education and the discipline itself. More than $100K over 10 years has been awarded in cash prizes. Dr. Nuggehalli served as president of the INFORMS Practice Section, and an officer of the INFORMS Roundtable and Service Science Section. He was an inaugural recipient of the INFORMS Volunteer Service Award and a founding CAP. For his many contributions to the field of O.R. and his distinguished service to INFORMS, the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences expresses its sincere appreciation to Ranganath Nuggehalli by awarding him the 2022 George E. Kimball Medal.\n<h2>INFORMS Impact Prize<br><\/h2>\n<p>The Impact Prize, awarded once every two years, is intended to recognize widespread impact in the practice of operations research. It may be awarded to an individual or a single set of collaborators. The award may be given for the original research (if these ideas have been widely adopted), and\/or for special efforts required to bring the research to a practical form (e.g., implementation as a software package or the communication of a body of research through writings, teaching, and consulting). The important criteria are breadth of use in practice and relevance to operations research. The technical assessment of the quality of the work is considered secondary to the degree to which it has been widely adopted. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.informs.org\/Recognizing-Excellence\/INFORMS-Prizes\/Impact-Prize\">Learn more about the INFORMS Impact Prize on the INFORMS website<\/a>.<\/p> <p>This year's winners are:<\/p>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Ding_Yu.jpg\" title=\"Yu Ding\" alt=\"Texas A&M University\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Ding_Yu.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Ding_Yu-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Yu Ding <\/h3> Texas A&M University\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Huang_Jianhua.jpg\" title=\"Jianhua Huang\" alt=\"Chinese University of Hong Kong\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Huang_Jianhua.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Huang_Jianhua-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Jianhua Huang <\/h3> Chinese University of Hong Kong\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Hwangbo_Hoon.jpg\" title=\"Hoon Hwangbo\" alt=\"University of Tennessee, Knoxville\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Hwangbo_Hoon.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Hwangbo_Hoon-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Hoon Hwangbo <\/h3> University of Tennessee, Knoxville\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Lee_Giwhyun.jpg\" title=\"Giwhyun Lee\" alt=\"Korea Army Academy at Yeong-Cheon\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Lee_Giwhyun.jpg 299w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Lee_Giwhyun-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 299px) 100vw, 299px\" \/> <h3> Giwhyun Lee <\/h3> Korea Army Academy at Yeong-Cheon\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Prakash_Abhinav.jpg\" title=\"Abhinav Prakash\" alt=\"Walmart Labs\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Prakash_Abhinav.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Prakash_Abhinav-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Abhinav Prakash <\/h3> Walmart Labs\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Tuo_Rui.jpg\" title=\"Rui Tuo\" alt=\"Texas A&M University\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Tuo_Rui.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Tuo_Rui-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Rui Tuo <\/h3> Texas A&M University\n<p>Use of alternative sources of energy is key for protection of both the environment and economic prosperity of the society. Making use of wind power in particular has posed challenges in multiple areas of science. Indeed, the Paris Agreement, entered during the 2021 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, requires that we double wind power growth immediately, or triple it by 2030. Lowering costs of wind turbines and increasing their productivity in service is crucial for making wind energy competitive in the energy markets. Yet, evaluating the effectiveness of wind turbine design innovations in the field has been difficult due to high uncertainty in natural wind flow and impracticality of imposing operator control over it.<\/p> <p>For more than a decade, Dr. Ding and his research colleagues have expanded efforts to develop novel data science approaches that address the challenge of devising accurate and effective quantification methods of wind turbine performance. Their approach, which relies on a paradigm shift from purely physical law-based methods toward analytics-driven field-wide observational methods of performance inference, boasts high accuracy while breaking the disciplinary barriers in turbine performance evaluation and comparison. In the method, the hybrid power curve model connects the multivariate wind\/environmental inputs with the power output, while mitigating the scalability issues that often plague kernel-based function regression methods in real-life applications.<\/p> <p>Through publications, software packages, field work, lectures, and webinars, Dr. Ding and his colleagues have ensured that new performance quantification ideas and methods, grounded in data analytics, are accessible to a broad audience in academia and the wind industry. Their work has affected practices within quantitative departments in a number of wind power companies worldwide. Groups in EDP Renewables North America, Smart Blade Germany, and engineers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, have testified on the value of the innovation, its robustness in a variety of use cases, and production benefits achieved and documented thanks to the ideas, methods, and tools of Dr. Ding and his team.<\/p>\n<h2>INFORMS President's Award<br><\/h2>\n<p>The purpose of the INFORMS President\u2019s Award is to recognize, and thereby encourage, important contributions to the welfare of society by members of our profession at the local, national, or global level. The award is an engraved citation.<\/p> <p>This year, the President's Award is given to:<\/p>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Yano_Candace.jpg\" title=\"Candace Yano\" alt=\"University of California, Berkeley The 2022 INFORMS President\u2019s Award is awarded to Dr. Candace Arai Yano for her many research contributions, her impact on educating future O.R. professionals, and for her extensive INFORMS service. Dr. Yano is a professor in the Department of Industrial Engineering & Operations Research and the Operations and Information Technology Management group in the Haas School of Business at University of California, Berkeley. She holds the Kalbach Chair in Business Administration and the Morris Chang Distinguished Chair in the Management of Technology Innovation. Prior to joining UC Berkeley, she worked at Bell Labs and University of Michigan. She received multiple degrees, including her Ph.D., from Stanford University. Dr. Yano\u2019s research focuses on supply chain management and interdisciplinary problems involving operations management and marketing. She also gives back to the community via her work with nonprofit organizations. Example projects include allocation of scarce resources in hospital systems and helping consortia of research libraries determine how many copies of books to retain in view of risks of loss and decay. She often includes students in this pro-bono work, thereby instilling in them an interest in O.R. As the first female department chair in the College of Engineering and first Asian-American female associate dean for academic affairs at Haas, Dr. Yano is a role model for women, especially those straddling different cultures. She co-founded the INFORMS Forum for Women in OR\/MS (WORMS) and is a recipient of the WORMS Award. Dr. Yano spearheaded the establishment of the INFORMS Manufacturing and Service Operations Management (MSOM) Society and was recognized with the MSOM Distinguished Service Award for her efforts in MSOM\u2019s formative years, including co-organizing the first conference of an ORSA special interest group that became a part of MSOM. Dr. Yano is a fellow of INFORMS and of the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers. She was awarded the George E. Kimball Medal in recognition of her distinguished service to INFORMS and the profession of operations research and the management sciences. Dr. Yano has served in many volunteer roles within INFORMS for more than three decades, including spearheading the Career Fair, serving as VP of Marketing and Outreach, and in leadership roles on conference organization committees. INFORMS is extremely grateful to Dr. Yano for her extensive and outstanding editorial work with multiple INFORMS journals. Her dedicated efforts in this area will have a lasting impact on future generations of O.R. professionals.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Yano_Candace.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Yano_Candace-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Candace Yano <\/h3> University of California, Berkeley<br \/><br \/> The 2022 INFORMS President\u2019s Award is awarded to Dr. Candace Arai Yano for her many research contributions, her impact on educating future O.R. professionals, and for her extensive INFORMS service.<br \/><br \/> Dr. Yano is a professor in the Department of Industrial Engineering & Operations Research and the Operations and Information Technology Management group in the Haas School of Business at University of California, Berkeley. She holds the Kalbach Chair in Business Administration and the Morris Chang Distinguished Chair in the Management of Technology Innovation. Prior to joining UC Berkeley, she worked at Bell Labs and University of Michigan. She received multiple degrees, including her Ph.D., from Stanford University.<br \/><br \/> Dr. Yano\u2019s research focuses on supply chain management and interdisciplinary problems involving operations management and marketing. She also gives back to the community via her work with nonprofit organizations. Example projects include allocation of scarce resources in hospital systems and helping consortia of research libraries determine how many copies of books to retain in view of risks of loss and decay. She often includes students in this pro-bono work, thereby instilling in them an interest in O.R.<br \/><br \/> As the first female department chair in the College of Engineering and first Asian-American female associate dean for academic affairs at Haas, Dr. Yano is a role model for women, especially those straddling different cultures. She co-founded the INFORMS Forum for Women in OR\/MS (WORMS) and is a recipient of the WORMS Award. Dr. Yano spearheaded the establishment of the INFORMS Manufacturing and Service Operations Management (MSOM) Society and was recognized with the MSOM Distinguished Service Award for her efforts in MSOM\u2019s formative years, including co-organizing the first conference of an ORSA special interest group that became a part of MSOM. Dr. Yano is a fellow of INFORMS and of the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers. She was awarded the George E. Kimball Medal in recognition of her distinguished service to INFORMS and the profession of operations research and the management sciences.<br \/><br \/> Dr. Yano has served in many volunteer roles within INFORMS for more than three decades, including spearheading the Career Fair, serving as VP of Marketing and Outreach, and in leadership roles on conference organization committees. INFORMS is extremely grateful to Dr. Yano for her extensive and outstanding editorial work with multiple INFORMS journals. Her dedicated efforts in this area will have a lasting impact on future generations of O.R. professionals.\n<h2>Sunday, October 16<\/h2>\n<h2>2022 Community Awards<\/h2>\n<p>Every year, each INFORMS Community has numerous awards to recognize the efforts of community members and volunteers.<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/community-awards\/\"> <img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/community_award_winners.jpg\" title=\"community_award_winners\" alt=\"Congratulations to our Community Award winners!\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/community_award_winners.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/community_award_winners-300x69.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/community_award_winners-1024x237.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/community_award_winners-768x178.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/> <\/a>\n<h2>Daniel H. Wagner Prize for Excellence in the Practice of Advanced Analytics and Operations Research<\/h2>\n<p>This prize emphasizes the quality and coherence of the analysis used in practice. Dr. Wagner strove for strong mathematics applied to practical problems, supported by clear and intelligible writing. This prize recognizes those principles by emphasizing good writing, strong analytical content, and verifiable practice successes. This award is administered by the Practice Section of INFORMS.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.informs.org\/Recognizing-Excellence\/INFORMS-Prizes\/Daniel-H.-Wagner-Prize-for-Excellence-in-the-Practice-of-Advanced-Analytics-and-Operations-Research\" data-feathr-click-track=\"true\">Learn more about the Wagner Prize and how to apply on the INFORMS website<\/a>.<\/p> <p>Here are this year's finalists:<\/p>\n<h3><b>Winner:<\/b><\/h3><h3>Generalized Synthetic Control for TestOps at ABI: Models, Algorithms, and Infrastructure<\/h3>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Costa_Luis.jpg\" title=\"Luis Costa\" alt=\"MIT\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Costa_Luis.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Costa_Luis-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Luis Costa <\/h3> MIT\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Farias_Vivek.jpg\" title=\"Vivek F. Farias\" alt=\"MIT\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Farias_Vivek.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Farias_Vivek-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Vivek F. Farias <\/h3> MIT\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Foncea_Patricio.jpg\" title=\"Patricio Foncea\" alt=\"MIT\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Foncea_Patricio.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Foncea_Patricio-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Patricio Foncea <\/h3> MIT\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Gan_Jingyuan.jpg\" title=\"Jingyuan (Donna) Gan\" alt=\"MIT\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Gan_Jingyuan.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Gan_Jingyuan-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Jingyuan (Donna) Gan <\/h3> MIT\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Garg_Ayush.jpg\" title=\"Ayush Garg\" alt=\"Anheuser-Busch InBev\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Garg_Ayush.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Garg_Ayush-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Ayush Garg <\/h3> Anheuser-Busch InBev\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Montenegro_Ivo.jpg\" title=\"Ivo Rosa Montenegro\" alt=\"Anheuser-Busch InBev\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Montenegro_Ivo.jpg 301w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Montenegro_Ivo-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 301px) 100vw, 301px\" \/> <h3> Ivo Rosa Montenegro <\/h3> Anheuser-Busch InBev\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Pathak_Kumarjit.jpg\" title=\"Kumarjit Pathak\" alt=\"Anheuser-Busch InBev\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Pathak_Kumarjit.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Pathak_Kumarjit-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Kumarjit Pathak <\/h3> Anheuser-Busch InBev\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Peng_Tianyi.jpg\" title=\"Tianyi Peng\" alt=\"MIT\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Peng_Tianyi.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Peng_Tianyi-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Tianyi Peng <\/h3> MIT\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Popovic_Dusan.jpg\" title=\"Dusan Popovic\" alt=\"Anheuser-Busch InBev\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Popovic_Dusan.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Popovic_Dusan-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Dusan Popovic <\/h3> Anheuser-Busch InBev\n<h3>AI vs. Human Buyers: A Study of Alibaba\u2019s Inventory Replenishment System<\/h3>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Liu_Jiaxi.jpg\" title=\"Shuyi Lin\" alt=\"Alibaba Group\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Liu_Jiaxi.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Liu_Jiaxi-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Shuyi Lin <\/h3> Alibaba Group\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Lin_Shuyi.jpg\" title=\"Jiaxi Liu\" alt=\"Alibaba Group\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Lin_Shuyi.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Lin_Shuyi-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Jiaxi Liu <\/h3> Alibaba Group\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Xin_Linwei.jpg\" title=\"Linwei Xin\" alt=\"University of Chicago Booth School of Business\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Xin_Linwei.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Xin_Linwei-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Linwei Xin <\/h3> University of Chicago Booth School of Business\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Zhang_Yidong.jpg\" title=\"Yidong Zhang\" alt=\"Alibaba Group\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Zhang_Yidong.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Zhang_Yidong-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Yidong Zhang <\/h3> Alibaba Group\n<h3>Human-centric Parcel Delivery at Deutsche Post with Operations Research and Machine Learning<\/h3>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Arikan_Ugur.jpg\" title=\"U\u011fur Ar\u0131kan\" alt=\"Deutsche Post DHL Group\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Arikan_Ugur.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Arikan_Ugur-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> U\u011fur Ar\u0131kan <\/h3> Deutsche Post DHL Group\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Kranz_Thorsten.jpg\" title=\"Thorsten Kranz\" alt=\"Deutsche Post DHL Group\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Kranz_Thorsten.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Kranz_Thorsten-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Thorsten Kranz <\/h3> Deutsche Post DHL Group\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Sal_Baris.jpg\" title=\"Baris Cem Sal\" alt=\"Deutsche Post DHL Group\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Sal_Baris.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Sal_Baris-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Baris Cem Sal <\/h3> Deutsche Post DHL Group\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Schmitt_Severin.jpg\" title=\"Severin Schmitt\" alt=\"Deutsche Post DHL Group\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Schmitt_Severin.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Schmitt_Severin-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Severin Schmitt <\/h3> Deutsche Post DHL Group\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Witt_Jonas.jpg\" title=\"Jonas Witt\" alt=\"Deutsche Post DHL Group\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Witt_Jonas.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Witt_Jonas-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Jonas Witt <\/h3> Deutsche Post DHL Group\n<h3>Reshaping National Organ Allocation Policy<\/h3>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Alcorn_James.jpg\" title=\"James Alcorn\" alt=\"United Network for Organ Sharing\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Alcorn_James.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Alcorn_James-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> James Alcorn <\/h3> United Network for Organ Sharing\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Bertsimas_Dimitris.jpg\" title=\"Dimitris Bertsimas\" alt=\"MIT Operations Research Center\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Bertsimas_Dimitris.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Bertsimas_Dimitris-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Dimitris Bertsimas <\/h3> MIT Operations Research Center\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Goff_Rebecca.jpg\" title=\" Rebecca Goff\" alt=\"United Network for Organ Sharing\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Goff_Rebecca.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Goff_Rebecca-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Rebecca Goff <\/h3> United Network for Organ Sharing\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Papalexopoulos_Theodore.jpg\" title=\"Theodore Papalexopoulos\" alt=\"MIT Operations Research Center\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Papalexopoulos_Theodore.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Papalexopoulos_Theodore-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Theodore Papalexopoulos <\/h3> MIT Operations Research Center\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Stewart_Darren.jpg\" title=\" Darren Stewart\" alt=\"United Network for Organ Sharing\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Stewart_Darren.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Stewart_Darren-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Darren Stewart <\/h3> United Network for Organ Sharing\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Trichakis_Nikolaos.jpg\" title=\"Nikolaos Trichakis\" alt=\"MIT Operations Research Center\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Trichakis_Nikolaos.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Trichakis_Nikolaos-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Nikolaos Trichakis <\/h3> MIT Operations Research Center\n<h2>Doing Good with Good O.R. Student Paper Competition<\/h2>\n<p>Doing Good with Good O.R. Student Paper Competition is held each year to identify and honor outstanding projects in the field of operations research and the management sciences conducted by a student or student group that have a significant societal impact. Operations research and management science methods and tools (broadly interpreted) must be central to the success of the projects described. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.informs.org\/Recognizing-Excellence\/INFORMS-Prizes\/Doing-Good-with-Good-OR-Student-Paper-Competition\" data-feathr-click-track=\"true\">Learn more about the Doing Good with Good O.R. competition and how to apply in the future on the INFORMS website<\/a>.<\/p> <p>Here are this year's finalists:<\/p>\n<h3><b>First place:<\/b><\/h3><h3>Optimizing Vaccine Distribution in Developing Countries under Natural Disaster Risk<\/h3>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Kleiford-Seranilla_Bonn.jpg\" title=\"Bonn Kleiford Seranilla\" alt=\"University of Luxembourg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Kleiford-Seranilla_Bonn.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Kleiford-Seranilla_Bonn-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Bonn Kleiford Seranilla <\/h3> University of Luxembourg\n<h3><b>Second place:<\/b><\/h3><h3>Optimization & Planning of Limited Resources for Assisting Nonprofits in Improving Maternal Health<\/h3>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Mate_Aditya.jpg\" title=\"Aditya Mate\" alt=\"Harvard University\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Mate_Aditya.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Mate_Aditya-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Aditya Mate <\/h3> Harvard University\n<h3>Designing School Choice for Diversity in San Francisco<\/h3>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Allman_Maxwell.jpg\" title=\"Maxwell Allman\" alt=\"Stanford University\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Allman_Maxwell.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Allman_Maxwell-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Maxwell Allman <\/h3> Stanford University\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Mentzer_Katherine.jpg\" title=\"Katherine Mentzer\" alt=\"Stanford University\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Mentzer_Katherine.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Mentzer_Katherine-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Katherine Mentzer <\/h3> Stanford University\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Yahyazadeh_Mobin.jpg\" title=\"Mobin Yahyazadeh\" alt=\"Stanford University\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Yahyazadeh_Mobin.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Yahyazadeh_Mobin-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Mobin Yahyazadeh <\/h3> Stanford University\n<h3>Discovering Opportunities in New York City\u2019s Discovery Program<\/h3>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Zhang_Xuan.jpg\" title=\"Xuan Zhang\" alt=\"Columbia University\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Zhang_Xuan.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Zhang_Xuan-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Xuan Zhang <\/h3> Columbia University\n<h3>Prediction-driven Surge Planning with Application in the Emergency Department<\/h3>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Hu_Yue.jpg\" title=\"Yue Hu\" alt=\"Columbia Business School\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Hu_Yue.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Hu_Yue-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Yue Hu <\/h3> Columbia Business School\n<h2>INFORMS Case Competition<\/h2>\n<p>The purpose of this annual competition is to encourage the creation, dissemination, and classroom use of new, <i>unpublished<\/i> cases in operations research and the management sciences. All cases are reviewed by a panel of judges familiar with the case method. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.informs.org\/Recognizing-Excellence\/INFORMS-Prizes\/INFORMS-Case-Competition\" data-feathr-click-track=\"true\">Learn more about the Case Competition and how to apply on the INFORMS website<\/a>.<\/p> <p>This year's finalists are:<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Winner:<\/strong><\/h3> <h3>Moneyball for Murderball: Using Analytics to Construct Lineups in Wheelchair Rugby<\/h3>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Chan_Timothy.jpg\" title=\"Timothy Chan\" alt=\"University of Toronto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Chan_Timothy.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Chan_Timothy-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Timothy Chan <\/h3> University of Toronto\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Fernandes_Craig.jpg\" title=\"Craig Fernandes\" alt=\"University of Toronto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Fernandes_Craig.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Fernandes_Craig-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Craig Fernandes <\/h3> University of Toronto\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Loa_Albert.jpg\" title=\"Albert Loa\" alt=\"University of Toronto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Loa_Albert.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Loa_Albert-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Albert Loa <\/h3> University of Toronto\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Sandholtz_Nathan.jpg\" title=\"Nathan Sandholtz\" alt=\"Brigham Young University\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Sandholtz_Nathan.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Sandholtz_Nathan-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Nathan Sandholtz <\/h3> Brigham Young University\n<h3><b>Runner-up:<\/b><\/h3><h3>To Catch a Thief: Explainable AI in Insurance Fraud Detection<\/h3>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Desir_Antoine.jpg\" title=\"Antoine Desir\" alt=\"INSEAD\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Desir_Antoine.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Desir_Antoine-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Antoine Desir <\/h3> INSEAD\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Heely_Laura.jpg\" title=\"Laura Heely\" alt=\"Atypical Partner\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Heely_Laura.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Heely_Laura-298x300.jpg 298w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Heely_Laura-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Laura Heely <\/h3> Atypical Partner\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Satopaa_Ville.jpg\" title=\"Ville Satopaa\" alt=\"INSEAD\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Satopaa_Ville.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Satopaa_Ville-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Ville Satopaa <\/h3> INSEAD\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Sibony_Eric.jpg\" title=\"Eric Sibony\" alt=\"Shift Technology\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Sibony_Eric.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Sibony_Eric-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Eric Sibony <\/h3> Shift Technology\n<h3>Digitizing Spare Parts Supply Chain via 3D Printing \u2013 An Operational Cost Analysis<\/h3>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/McCall_William.jpg\" title=\"William McCall\" alt=\"Xerox Corporation\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/McCall_William.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/McCall_William-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> William McCall <\/h3> Xerox Corporation\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Song_Jing-Sheng.jpg\" title=\"Jing-Sheng Jeannette Song\" alt=\"Duke University\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Song_Jing-Sheng.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Song_Jing-Sheng-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Jing-Sheng Jeannette Song <\/h3> Duke University\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Zhang_Yue.jpg\" title=\"Yue Zhang\" alt=\"Pennsylvania State University\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Zhang_Yue.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Zhang_Yue-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Yue Zhang <\/h3> Pennsylvania State University\n<h3>Elections Management: Exploring the Complexity of Polling Place Consolidation<\/h3>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Schmidt_Adam.jpg\" title=\"Adam Schmidt\" alt=\"University of Wisconsin-Madison\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Schmidt_Adam.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Schmidt_Adam-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Adam Schmidt <\/h3> University of Wisconsin-Madison\n<h2>INFORMS Fellows Class of 2022<\/h2>\n<p>Congratulations to the 2022 INFORMS Fellows! We're so excited to have you join the ranks of other great contributors to our organization.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.informs.org\/Recognizing-Excellence\/Fellows\" data-feathr-click-track=\"true\">View previous Fellows classes and learn more about the process to elect a Fellow on the INFORMS website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Batta_Rajan.jpg\" title=\"Rajan Batta\" alt=\"University at Buffalo\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Batta_Rajan.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Batta_Rajan-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Rajan Batta <\/h3> University at Buffalo\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Browning_William.jpg\" title=\"William Browning\" alt=\"Applied Mathematics, Inc.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Browning_William.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Browning_William-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> William Browning <\/h3> Applied Mathematics, Inc.\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Church_Richard.jpg\" title=\"Richard Church\" alt=\"University of California, Santa Barbara\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Church_Richard.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Church_Richard-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Richard Church <\/h3> University of California, Santa Barbara\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Elsayed_Elsayed.jpg\" title=\"Elsayed Elsayed\" alt=\"Rutgers University\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Elsayed_Elsayed.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Elsayed_Elsayed-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Elsayed Elsayed <\/h3> Rutgers University\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Ivy_Julie.jpg\" title=\"Julie Simmons Ivy\" alt=\"North Carolina State University\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Ivy_Julie.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Ivy_Julie-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Julie Simmons Ivy <\/h3> North Carolina State University\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Kuhn_Daniel.jpg\" title=\"Daniel Kuhn\" alt=\"EPFL\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Kuhn_Daniel.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Kuhn_Daniel-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Daniel Kuhn <\/h3> EPFL\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Robinson_Anne.jpg\" title=\"Anne Robinson\" alt=\"Kinaxis\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Robinson_Anne.jpg 301w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Robinson_Anne-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 301px) 100vw, 301px\" \/> <h3> Anne Robinson <\/h3> Kinaxis\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Schaefer_Andrew.jpg\" title=\"Andrew Schaefer\" alt=\"Rice University\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Schaefer_Andrew.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Schaefer_Andrew-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Andrew Schaefer <\/h3> Rice University\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Scheinberg_Katya.jpg\" title=\"Katya Scheinberg\" alt=\"Cornell University\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Scheinberg_Katya.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Scheinberg_Katya-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Katya Scheinberg <\/h3> Cornell University\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Smilowitz_Karen.jpg\" title=\"Karen Smilowitz\" alt=\"Northwestern University\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Smilowitz_Karen.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Smilowitz_Karen-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Karen Smilowitz <\/h3> Northwestern University\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Swann_Julie.jpg\" title=\"Julie Swann\" alt=\"North Carolina State University\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Swann_Julie.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Swann_Julie-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Julie Swann <\/h3> North Carolina State University\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Yucesan_Enver.jpg\" title=\"Enver Y\u00fccesan\" alt=\"INSEAD\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Yucesan_Enver.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Yucesan_Enver-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Enver Y\u00fccesan <\/h3> INSEAD\n<h2>George B. Dantzig Dissertation Award<\/h2>\n<p>The George B. Dantzig Award is given for the best dissertation in any area of operations\u00a0research and the management sciences that is innovative and relevant to practice.\u00a0The award was established to encourage academic research that combines theory\u00a0and practice and stimulates greater interaction between doctoral students (and their\u00a0advisors) and the world of practice.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.informs.org\/Recognizing-Excellence\/INFORMS-Prizes\/George-B.-Dantzig-Dissertation-Award\" data-feathr-click-track=\"true\">Learn more about the Dantzig Award and how to apply on the INFORMS website<\/a>.<\/p> <p>Here are this year's finalists:<\/p>\n<h3><b>Winner:<\/b><\/h3><h3>Learning and Earning Under Noise and Uncertainty<\/h3>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Jia_Su.jpg\" title=\"Su Jia\" alt=\"Carnegie Mellon University\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Jia_Su.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Jia_Su-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Su Jia <\/h3> Carnegie Mellon University\n<h3><b>Honorable Mentions:<\/b><\/h3><h3>Causal Inference for Social and Engineering Systems<\/h3>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Agarwal_Anish.jpg\" title=\"Anish Agarwal\" alt=\"MIT\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Agarwal_Anish.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Agarwal_Anish-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Anish Agarwal <\/h3> MIT\n<h3>Data-driven Operations in Changing Environments<\/h3>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Zhu_Ruihao.jpg\" title=\"Ruihao Zhu\" alt=\"MIT\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Zhu_Ruihao.jpg 301w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Zhu_Ruihao-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 301px) 100vw, 301px\" \/> <h3> Ruihao Zhu <\/h3> MIT\n<h3>Faster Algorithms for Steiner Tree and Related Problems: From Theory to Practice<\/h3>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Rehfeldt_Daniel.jpg\" title=\"Daniel Rehfeldt\" alt=\"Technische Universit\u00e4t Berlin\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Rehfeldt_Daniel.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Rehfeldt_Daniel-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Daniel Rehfeldt <\/h3> Technische Universit\u00e4t Berlin\n<h2>George Nicholson Student Paper Competition<\/h2>\n<p>The George Nicholson Student Paper Competition is held each year to identify and honor outstanding student papers in the field of operations research and the management sciences. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.informs.org\/Recognizing-Excellence\/INFORMS-Prizes\/George-Nicholson-Student-Paper-Competition\">Learn more about the Nicholson Competition and how to apply on the INFORMS website<\/a>.<\/p> <p>Here are this year's finalists:<\/p>\n<h3><b>First place:<\/b><\/h3><h3>The Gittins Policy is Nearly Optimal in the M\/G\/k under Extremely General Conditions<\/h3>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Grosof_Issac.jpg\" title=\"Isaac Grosof\" alt=\"Carnegie Mellon University\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Grosof_Issac.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Grosof_Issac-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Isaac Grosof <\/h3> Carnegie Mellon University\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Scully_Ziv.jpg\" title=\"Ziv Scully\" alt=\"Carnegie Mellon University\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Scully_Ziv.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Scully_Ziv-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Ziv Scully <\/h3> Carnegie Mellon University\n<h3><b>Second place:<\/b><\/h3><h3>The Fragility of Optimized Bandit Algorithms<\/h3>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Fan_Lin.jpg\" title=\"Lin Fan\" alt=\"Stanford University\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Fan_Lin.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Fan_Lin-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Lin Fan <\/h3> Stanford University\n<h3>On the Robustness of Second-Price Auctions in Prior-Independent Mechanism Design<\/h3>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Anunrojwong_Jerry.jpg\" title=\"Jerry Anunrojwong\" alt=\"Columbia University\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Anunrojwong_Jerry.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Anunrojwong_Jerry-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Jerry Anunrojwong <\/h3> Columbia University\n<h3>Small Shadows of Lattice Polytopes<\/h3>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Black_Alexander.jpg\" title=\"Alexander Black\" alt=\"University of California, Davis\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Black_Alexander.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Black_Alexander-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Alexander Black <\/h3> University of California, Davis\n<h3>Tight Guarantees for Multiunit Prophet Inequalities and Online Stochastic Knapsack<\/h3>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Jiang_Jiashuo.jpg\" title=\"Jiashuo Jiang\" alt=\"NYU Stern School of Business\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Jiang_Jiashuo.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Jiang_Jiashuo-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Jiashuo Jiang <\/h3> NYU Stern School of Business\n<h3>Testing Network Correlation Efficiently via Counting Trees<\/h3>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Yu_Sophie.jpg\" title=\"Sophie Yu\" alt=\"Duke University\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Yu_Sophie.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Yu_Sophie-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Sophie Yu <\/h3> Duke University\n<h2>Undergraduate Operations Research Prize<\/h2>\n<p>The Undergraduate Operations Research Prize Competition is held each year to honor a student or group of students who conducted a significant applied project in OR\/MS, and\/or original and important theoretical or applied research in OR\/MS, while enrolled as an undergraduate student. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.informs.org\/Recognizing-Excellence\/INFORMS-Prizes\/Undergraduate-Operations-Research-Prize\">Learn more about the Undergraduate Prize and how to apply on the INFORMS website<\/a>.<\/p> <p>This year's finalists are:<\/p>\n<h3>Characterization of Mobility Patterns With a Hierarchical Clustering of Origin-Destination GPS Taxi Data<\/h3>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Heredia_Cristobal.jpg\" title=\"Crist\u00f3bal Heredia\" alt=\"Universidad Adolfo Iba\u00f1ez\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Heredia_Cristobal.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Heredia_Cristobal-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Crist\u00f3bal Heredia <\/h3> Universidad Adolfo Iba\u00f1ez\n<h3>Constructing Branching Trees of Geostatistical Simulations<\/h3>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Valencia_Juan.jpg\" title=\"Juan Valencia\" alt=\"Universidad de Santiago de Chile\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Valencia_Juan.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Valencia_Juan-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Juan Valencia <\/h3> Universidad de Santiago de Chile\n<h3>Distributionally Robust Recourse Action<\/h3>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Bui_Ngoc.jpg\" title=\"Ngoc Bui\" alt=\"Hanoi University of Science and Technology\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Bui_Ngoc.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Bui_Ngoc-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Ngoc Bui <\/h3> Hanoi University of Science and Technology\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Nguyen_Duy.jpg\" title=\"Duy Nguyen\" alt=\"Hanoi University of Science and Technology\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Nguyen_Duy.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Nguyen_Duy-298x300.jpg 298w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Nguyen_Duy-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Duy Nguyen <\/h3> Hanoi University of Science and Technology\n<h3>On the Strength of Lagrangian Duality for Multiobjective Integer Programs<\/h3>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Brun_Matthew.jpg\" title=\"Matthew Brun\" alt=\"Rice University\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Brun_Matthew.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Brun_Matthew-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Matthew Brun <\/h3> Rice University\n<h3>Sample Complexity of Policy Learning for Inventory Control with Censored Demand<\/h3>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Fan_Xiaoyu.jpg\" title=\"Xiaoyu Fan\" alt=\"Nanjing University\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Fan_Xiaoyu.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Fan_Xiaoyu-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <h3> Xiaoyu Fan <\/h3> Nanjing University\n<h3>The Non-Markovian Nature of Nested Logit Choice<\/h3>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Li_Selena.jpg\" title=\"Selena Li\" alt=\"University of California, Berkeley\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Li_Selena.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/indianapolis2022\/files\/2022\/10\/Li_Selena-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 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