INFORMS News: Edelman competition: the best in applied analytics

Six finalists will compete for the most prestigious prize in applied O.R., the Franz Edelman Award. The competition will take place April 11 and is open to all conference registrants. That evening, the six finalists will be honored and the 2011 winner announced at a gala ceremony and banquet. The winners of two other important practice prizes – the INFORMS Prize and the Daniel H. Wagner Prize – will also be announced.
The 2011 Edelman finalists:

• CSAV for “A Strategic Empty Container Logistics Optimization in a Major Shipping Company”
• Fluor Corporation for “Project Management and Change - A Simulation Based System for Better Performance”
• Industrial and Commercial Bank of China for “Branch Reconfiguration Practice through Operations Research in ICBC”
• InterContinental Hotels Group for “Retail Price Optimization at InterContinental Hotels Group”
• Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator for “Operations Research Ramps Up the Power Market in the Midwest”
• The State of New York for “Tax Collection Optimization for the State of New York”