Franz Edelman Award for Achievement in Operations Research and the Management Sciences



2011 Winner: MISO
Winning material: MISO Unlocks Billions in Savings through the Application of O.R. to Energy and Ancillary Services Markets

Purpose of the Award

The purpose of the Franz Edelman competition is to bring forward, recognize and reward outstanding examples of operations research, management science and advanced analytics in practice in the world, with $15,000 in awards. First prize is accompanied by a $10,000 honorarium. Videos and DVDs of past competitions, suitable for teaching, marketing, or publicizing OR/MS practice successes, are available for purchase from INFORMS. Click here to view the Franz Edelman Laureates and the Franz Edelman Academy

Featured Award

3 page Summary of Achievement submission due for 2012 Award — October 19, 2011

About the Award/Namesake

Franz Edelman

Franz Edelman died suddenly on January 15, 1982. He learned about the capriciousness of life from his early experiences, fleeing to England from his native Germany at the age of 16, only to be interned as an alien and sent to Canada for an interlude of lumberjacking. He received his undergraduate education at McGill University, and he obtained a Ph.D. in applied mathematics from Brown University... Learn more about Franz Edelman »

Committee

2012 Committee Chair: Stephen C. Graves Sloan School of Management Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA 02139 Email: Sgraves@mit.edu 2011 Committee Members (subject to change) »

Interfaces Edelman Award Special Issue

Jan/Feb 2011 issue of Interfaces features the Edelman papers! Read these inspiring examples of major difference-making O.R. projects.