The Daniel H. Wagner Prize for Excellence in Operations Research Practice
2012 Winner:
Bo An,
University of Southern California
; Fernando Ordonez,
University of Southern California
; Milind Tambe,
University of Southern California
; Eric Shieh,
University of Southern California
; Rong Yang,
University of Southern California
; Craig Baldwin,
United States Coast Guard
; Joseph DiRenzo,
United States Coast Guard
; Ben Maule,
United States Coast Guard
; Garrett Meyer,
United States Coast Guard
Winning material:
A Deployed Quantal Response Based Patrol Planning System for the US Coast Guard
Purpose of the Award
To further its objective CPMS is pleased to announce the generous endowment* commitments from the firms Metron, Inc., Daniel H. Wagner, Associates, Inc., and Applied Mathematics, Inc. to create a prize in memory of the late Daniel H. Wagner. The competition is held each year in the Fall at the INFORMS Annual Meeting.
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.
The award will consist of a cash amount from endowments, to be determined each year by the board of CPMS, and citation plaque giving the authors’ names and a summary or title of the work. The prize amount for 2012 is $1,000. Upon satisfactory submission of a paper acceptable to the editor(s) designated by CPMS, the winning team will receive the cash award, divided as requested, plus certificates and winners' plaques; all other finalists will receive certificates.
View On-Demand Presentations of the Wagner Prize Contestants
Use these outstanding presentations from the 2009 , 2010, and 2011 INFORMS Annual Meeting of verifiable practice success in the classroom or to apply lessons learned to your own organization.
Full Wagner Prize Papers are in Interfaces
The September/October issue of Interfaces each year is the Wagner Prize Special Issue. Read these inspiring accounts of verifiable practice success.
2009 Prize papers in 2010 Interfaces
2010 Prize papers in 2011 Interfaces
2011 Prize papers in 2012 Interfaces
Past Awardees
| 2012 | Winner Bo An, University of Southern California Fernando Ordonez, University of Southern California Milind Tambe, University of Southern California Eric Shieh, University of Southern California Rong Yang, University of Southern California Craig Baldwin, United States Coast Guard Joseph DiRenzo, United States Coast Guard Ben Maule, United States Coast Guard Garrett Meyer, United States Coast Guard |
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| 2011 | Winner Karl Kempf, Intel Corporation Evan Rash, Intel Corporation |
| Finalist Adeline Kuo Anjuli Kannan Gerald van den Berg | |
| Vijay Mookerjee Subodha Kumar Radha Mookerjee | |
| Stefan Spinler Paul Kleindorfer Andrei Neboian, WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management Alain Roset | |
| Yakov Fradkin, Ford Motor Company Amy Mainville Cohn, University of Michigan Ada Y. Barlatt John Batey Rich Davidson Oleg Gusikhin | |
| Alex Desiderio, The Georgia Aquarium Brian Davis, The Georgia Aqarium Chien-Hung Chen, Georgia Institute of Technology Eva K. Lee, Georgia Institute of Technology Joseph Handy, The Georgia Aquarium Niquelle Brown, The Georgia Aquarium Ruth Lopez, The Georgia Aquarium Tsung-Lin Wu, The Georgia Aquarium | |
| 2010 | Winner Heng Cao, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center Jianying Hu, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center Chen Jiang, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center Tarun Kumar, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center Ta-Hsin Li, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center Yang Liu, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center Yingdong Lu, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center Shilpa Mahatma, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center Aleksandra Mojsilovic, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center Mayank Sharma, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center Mark Squillante, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center Yichong Yu, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center |
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Finalist
Faramroze G. Engineer,
University of Newcastle Hannah Smalley, Georgia Institute of Technology Pinar Keskinocak, Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Industrial/Systems Engineering Larry K. Pickering, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
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| Casey Chung, Blockbuster Distribution Milind Dawandey, University of Texas at Dallas Chelliah Sriskandarajah, University of Texas at Dallas Divakar Rajamani, University of Texas at Dallas | |
| Ramasubramanian Sundararajan, GE Global Research Tarun Bhaskar, GE Global Research Abhinanda Sarkar, GE Global Research Sridhar Dasaratha, GE Global Research Debasis Bal, GE Global Research Jayanth K. Marasanapalle, GE Global Research Beata Zmudzka, GE Capital Karolina Bak, GE Capital | |
| Nazrul Shaikh, Pennsylvania State University Vittal Prabhu, Pennsylvania State University Danilo Abril, Kimberly-Clark Corporation Esteban Rodriguez, Kimberly-Clark Corporation David Sanchez, Kimberly-Clark Corporation Jorge Arias, Kimberly-Clark Corporation German Riano, Kimberly-Clark Corporation | |
| 2009 | Winner Abraham George, Princeton University Warren Powell, Princeton University Hugo Simao, Princeton University Jeff Day, Schneider National Ted Gifford, Schneider National John Nienow, Schneider National |
| Finalist Srinivas Bollapragada, General Electric Global Research Center Bex George Thomas, General Electric Global Research | |
| Karl Kempf, Intel Corporation Shamin Shirodkar, Intel Corporation Mehmet O. Atan, Lehigh University Berrin Aytac, Lehigh University Asima Mishra, Intel Corporation David S. Wu, Lehigh University | |
| Michael Gorman, University of Dayton | |
| 2008 | Winner Sean P. Willems, Optiant and Boston University John J. Neale, School of Management, Boston University |
| Finalist Eva K. Lee, Georgia Institute of Technology Chien-Hung Chen, Georgia Institute of Technology Frdinand H. Pietz, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Bernard Benecke, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | |
| Sean P. Willems, Optiant and Boston University Alison F. Shihata, Intel Corporation Matthew P. Manary, Intel Corporation | |
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Bert De Reyck,
University College London, Dept. of Management Science & Innovation Yael Grushka-Cockayne |
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| Erica Klampfl, Ford Research & Advanced Engineering Yakov Fradkin, Ford Motor Company Chip McDaniel, Automotive Components Holdings, LLC Michael Wolcott, Automotive Components Holdings, LLC | |
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Jeffrey Ohlmann,
University of Iowa, Henry B. Tippie College of Business & Management Science Michael Fry, University of Michigan |
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| Burcu B. Keskin, University of Alabama Halit Uster, Texas A&M University, Industrial Engineering Dept. Sila Cetinkaya, Texas A&M University Gopalakrishnan Easwaran, St. Mary's University | |
| 2006 | Winner Jian Liu, University of Florida Krishna C. Jha, University of Florida Ravindra K. Ahuja, University of Florida, ISE Department |
| Finalist Markus Emsermann, Jeppesen Sanderson Burton Simon, Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Colorado | |
| John M. Bossert, Optiant Sean P. Willems, Optiant and Boston University | |
| John Khawam, Management Science & Engineering Department, Stanford University Warren Hausman, Management Science & Engineering Department, Stanford University | |
| Jerome W. O'Neal, Delta Technology Michael S. Jacob, Delta Technology Adam K. Farmer, Delta Technology Kristi G. Martin, Delta Technology | |
| 2005 | Winner John Forrest, IBM Brian Denton, IBM Systems and Technology Group R. John Milne, IBM Systems and Technology Group |
| Finalist S. Raghavan, University of Maryland, Robert H Smith School of Business Richard Nidel, The Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland Ioannis Gamvros, The Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland | |
| Michael Gorman, University of Dayton Sanjay Ahire, University of Dayton | |
| Shamin Shirodkar, Intel Corporation Karl Kempf, Intel Corporation | |
| 2004 | Winner Tom Duffy, Merrill Lynch Manos Hatzakis, Merrill Lynch Wenyue Hsu, Merrill Lynch Russ Labe, Merrill Lynch Bonnie Liao, Merrill Lynch Sheldon Luo, Merrill Lynch Je Oh, Merrill Lynch Adeesh Setya, Merrill Lynch Lihua Yang, Merrill Lynch |
| Finalist Srinivas Bollapragada, General Electric Global Research Center Kete Charles Chalermkraivuth, General Electric Global Research Center | |
| Steven A. Stoddard, Center for Army Analysis Dinesh Mehta Alexandra M. Newman R.E.D. Woolsey, Colorado School of Mines | |
| Michiel J. Vromans, Rotterdam School of Management Matteo Fischetti Leo Kroon, Double-Click sas Erwin Abbink, Double-Click sas NS Reizigers, Double-Click sas | |
| Bernard Gendron , Universite de Montreal | |
| Vaidyanathan Ramaswami, At&T Labs David Poole, At&T Labs Soohan Ahn, At&T Labs Simon Byers, At&T Labs Alan E. Kaplan, At&T Labs | |
| 2003 | Winner Chih-Cheng Hsu, General Motors Yvan de Blois, General Motors Murray J. Pyle, General Motors |
| Finalist Jayashankar M. Swaminathan, Carnegie Mellon University, Graduate School of Industrial Administration Marice Ashe, Public Health Institute Kathryn Duke, Public Health Institute Liz Maslin, Public Health Institute Leon Wilde, Public Health Institute | |
| Rajesh Tyagi, GR Glenn Munshaw, GR Peter Kalish, GR Kunter Akbay, GR | |
| Alex Bangash, Lucent Ramesh Bollapragada, Lucent Rachelle Klein, Lucent Narayan Raman, Lucent Herbert B. Shulman, Lucent Donald R. Smith, Lucent | |
| 2002 | Winner Margaret S. Trench, Bank One Card Services, Inc Shane P. Pederson, Bank One Card Services, Inc Edward T. Lau, Bank One Card Services, Inc Lizhi Ma, Bank One Card Services, Inc Hui (Stephanie) Wang, Bank One Card Services, Inc. Suresh K. Nair, School of Business, University of Connecticut |
| Finalist Pinar Keskinocak, Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Industrial/Systems Engineering Chris Martin, Bitwise Solutions, Inc. David Jones, Bitwise Solutions, Inc. | |
| Srinivas Bollapragada, General Electric Global Research Center Prasanthi Ganti, General Electric Global Research Center Mark Osborn, General Electric Global Research Center James Quaile, General Electric Global Research Center Kannan Ramanathan, General Electric Global Research Center | |
| Rajesh Tyagi, GR Srinivas Bollapragada, General Electric Global Research Center | |
| Milind Sohoni, Indian School of Business Kristi G. Martin, Delta Technology T. Glenn Bailey, Operations Research/Delta Technology, Inc. Ellis L. Johnson, School of Industrial & Systems Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology | |
| 2000 | Winner John Shortle, Qwest (formerly U S WEST) Advanced Technologies, Boulder, Colorado. Paul Katz, Qwest (formerly U S WEST) Advanced Technologies, Boulder, Colorado. Dennis Dietz, Qwest (formerly U S WEST) Advanced Technologies, Boulder, Colorado. Craig Williamson, Qwest (formerly U S WEST) Advanced Technologies, Boulder, Colorado. Jim Koehler, Qwest (formerly U S WEST) Advanced Technologies, Boulder, Colorado. Amie Elcan, Qwest (formerly U S WEST) Advanced Technologies, Boulder, Colorado. |
| Finalist Melinda Hobbs, Energy Information Administration Michael Mellish, Energy Information Administration Frederic H. Murphy, School of Business and Management, Temple University Richard Newcombe, Energy Information Administration Reginald Sanders, OnLocation Peter Whitman, Pace International | |
| Major Jeffrey L. Huisingh, Assistant Professor, US Army , 34th Education Squadron, United States Air Force Academy Harold Yamauchi, Operations Research Analyst, Rolands and Associates Major Randy Zimmerman, Ph.D., Operations Research Analyst, US Army TRADOC Analysis Center- Fort Leavenworth | |
| 1998 | Winner Pinar Keskinocak, Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Industrial/Systems Engineering Sesh Murthy, IBM Rama Akkiraju, IBM Richard Goodwin, IBM John Rachlin, IBM Frederick Wu, IBM Santhosh Kumaran, IBM James Yeh, IBM Robert Fuhrer, IBM Alok Aggarwal, IBM Martin Sturzenbecker, IBM Ranga Jayaraman, IBM Robert Daigle, IBM |
| Finalist Stuart Bermon, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center Sarah Jean Hood, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center | |
| Douglas A. Samuelson, InfoLogix | |
| Ioannis Christou, Delta Technology, Inc Armand Zakarian, Delta Technology, Inc Jun-Min Liu, Delta Technology, Inc Helen Carter, Delta Air Lines |
