The INFORMS Data Mining Best Student Paper Competition results were announced in the business meeting of Section on Data Mining (DM). Here are pictures from the DM Business Meeting. Thanks to those of you who helped organize the student paper competition, and congratulations again to Joe, Kamran, and Shuai!

from left, Seoung Bum Kim (chair), Jing Li (vice chair), Kamran Paynabar, MK Jeong (council member and student paper award organizer), Allison Chang, Chun-An (Joe) Chou, Wanpracha (Art) Chaovalitwongse, Shuai Huang, Paul Brooks (secretary/treasurer)

The finalists and organizer of the 2011 Section on Data Mining Student Paper Award. From left, Shuai Huang, Arizona State; Allison Chang, MIT; MK Jeong (organizer), Rutgers; Kamran Paynabar (1st place), University of Michigan; Chun-An (Joe) Chou, Rutgers