Case and Teaching Materials Competition
Purpose of the Award
The purpose of this annual competition is to encourage the creation, dissemination, and classroom use of new cases in operations research and the management sciences. The recipient of First Prize shall receive $500.00 and a plaque; there will also be up to Three Runners-Up who shall receive $100.00 and a plaque. The competition is sponsored jointly by INFORM-ED, INFORMS' Education Committee, and the INFORMS' Case and Teaching Materials Initiative.
Past Awardees
| 2009 | First Place Susan Martonosi, Harvey Mudd College |
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| Finalist Jessica Heier Stamm, Georgia Tech | |
| Greg Zaric, University of Western Ontario | |
| 2008 | First Place Guzin Bayraksan, University of Arizona Brian Keller, University of Arizona |
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Finalist
Jeffrey Ohlmann,
University of Iowa, Henry B. Tippie College of Business & Management Science Justin Goodson, University of Iowa |
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| 2007 | First Place Murat Koksalan, Middle East Technical University, Indus Engineering Dept. Selin Bilgin, Middle East Technical University Haldun Sural, Middle East Technical University |
| Finalist Nicos Savva , London Business School Stefan Scholtes, University of Cambridge, Judge Business School | |
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Bert De Reyck,
University College London, Dept. of Management Science & Innovation Yael Grushka-Cockayne |
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| Harish Krishnan, University of British Columbia, Sauder School of Business | |
| 2006 |
First Place
Bert De Reyck,
University College London, Dept. of Management Science & Innovation Zeger Degraeve, London Business School Pascale Crama, Singapore Management University |
| Murat Koksalan, Middle East Technical University, Indus Engineering Dept. Sakine Batun, University of Pittsburgh, Dept. of Industrial Engineering | |
| Finalist James J. Cochran, Louisiana Tech University, Dept. of Marketing & Analysis | |
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Matthew J. Drake,
Duquesne University, School of Business
Paul M. Griffin,
Georgia Institute of Technology, School of ISYE Julie L. Swann, Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Industrial & Systems Engineering |
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| 2005 |
First Place
Anton Ovchinnikov,
University of Virginia
Joseph L. Rotman,
University of Toronto
Scott Sampson,
Brigham Young University Dmitry Krass, University of Toronto, Rotman School of Management |
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Stephen C. Graves,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology John C. W. Parsons |
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| Finalist Micos Savva, University of Cambridge, Judge Business School Stefan Scholtes, University of Cambridge, Judge Business School | |
| Tianjun Feng, The Paul Merage School of Business, University of California - Irvine L. Robin Keller, University of California - Irvine, Paul Merage School of Business Xiaona Sheng, Guanghua School of Management, Peking University | |
| 2004 |
First Place
Bert De Reyck,
University College London, Dept. of Management Science & Innovation Zeger Degraeve, London Business School |
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Finalist
Matthew J. Drake,
Duquesne University, School of Business
Paul M. Griffin,
Georgia Institute of Technology, School of ISYE Julie L. Swann, Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Industrial & Systems Engineering |
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| Ricardo Ernst, Georgetown University Glen M. Schmidt, University of Utah | |
| Glen M. Schmidt, University of Utah Jan A. Van Mieghem, Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management | |
| 2003 | First Place Martin L. Puterman, University of British Columbia, Faculty of Communications & Business Administration |
| Russ G. Garber, Stanford University Robert C. Carlson, Stanford University, Management Science & Engineering Department | |
| Finalist John F. Kros, East Carolina University, Dept. of Marketing & Supply Chain Christopher M. Keller, East Carolina University, Dept. of Marketing & Supply Chain | |
| 2002 | First Place Murat Koksalan, Middle East Technical University, Indus Engineering Dept. F. Sibel Salman, Koc University, College of Engineering |
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Finalist
Alexander M. Smith,
University of British Columbia
David Glenn,
Profit Logic
Mehmet A. Begen,
University of Western Ontario Richard Ivey School of Business |
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| John F. Kros, East Carolina University, Dept. of Marketing & Supply Chain Christopher M. Keller, East Carolina University, Dept. of Marketing & Supply Chain Stephanie Leung, Cua-Oh Consulting | |
| Wedad Elmaghraby, University of Maryland, RH Smith School of Business Pinar Keskinocak, Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Industrial/Systems Engineering | |
| 2001 | First Place Don Kleinmuntz, Strata Decision Technology LLC |
| Finalist Christopher M. Keller, East Carolina University, Dept. of Marketing & Supply Chain | |
| Christopher M. Rump, Bowling Green State University | |
| Woo-Je Kim, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, Dept. of I/O Engineering Katta G. Murty, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, Dept. of I/O Engineering | |
| 2000 | First Place Pinar Keskinocak, Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Industrial/Systems Engineering Sridhar Tayur, Carnegie Mellon University, Tepper School of Business |
| Finalist John F. Kros, East Carolina University, Dept. of Marketing & Supply Chain Christopher M. Keller, East Carolina University, Dept. of Marketing & Supply Chain | |
| Christopher M. Rump, Bowling Green State University | |
| Gregory S. Zaric, University of Western Ontario, Richard Ivey School of Business Robert McGowan, University of Western Ontario, Richard Ivey School of Business |

