Franz Edelman Laureates: Class of 2011

FIRST PLACE

Team: Midwest ISO
Paper: Midwest ISO Unlocks Billions in Savings through the Application of O.R. to Energy and Ancillary Services Markets
Laureates: Brian Carlson, MISO
Yonghong Chen, MISO
Mingguo Hong, MISO 
Kevin Larson, MISO
Kimberly Sperry, MISO
Matthew Tackett, MISO
Doug Taylor, MISO
Roy Jones, ElectriCities of North Carolina
Xingwang Ma, Utilicast
Haili Song, Utilicast
Peter Nieuwesteeg, Paragon Decision Technology
Jie Wan, Alstom Grid
Eugene Zak, Alstom Grid

FINALISTS

Team: InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG)
Paper: Retail Price Optimization at InterContinental Hotels Group
Laureates: Dev Koushik, IHG
Craig Eister, IHG
Jon A. Higbie, Revenue Analytics
Team: CSAV
Paper:  A Strategic Empty Container Logistics Optimization in a Major Shipping Company
Laureates: Rafael Epstein, University of Chile
Andres Neely, University of Chile
Andrés Weintraub, University of Chile
Fernando Alarcon, University of Chile
Gustavo Angulo, University of Chile
Cristian Berner, University of Chile
Jaime Catalan, University of Chile
Cristian Gonzalez, University of Chile 
Daniel Yung, University of Chile
Fernado Valenzuela, CSAV
Sergio Hurtado, CSAV
Guillermo Gonzalez, CSAV
Alex Beiza, CSAV
Mauricio Naveas, CSAV 
Florencio Infante, CSAV
Team: Fluor
Paper: Project Management and Change - A Simulation Based System for Better Performance
Laureates: Edward Godlewski, Fluor
Gregory Lee, Kenneth Cooper Associates LLC
Kenneth Cooper, Kenneth Cooper Associates LLC
Team: Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC)
Paper: Branch Reconfiguration Practice through Operations Research at Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited
Laureates: Xiquan Wang, ICBC
Xingdong Zhang, ICBC
Xiaohu Liu, ICBC
Lijie Guo, ICBC
Thomas Li, IBM
Jin Dong, IBM
Wenjun Yin, IBM
Ming Xie, IBM
Bin Zhang, IBM
Team: New York State Department of Tax and Finance
Paper: Tax Collections Optimization for New York State
Laureates: Gerard Miller, New York State Tax
Melissa Weatherwax, New York State Tax
Timothy Gardinier, New York State Tax
Naoki Abe, IBM
Prem Melville, IBM
Cezar Pendus, IBM
David L Jensen, IBM
Vince P Thomas, IBM
James J Bennett, IBM
Gary F Anderson, IBM
Brent R Cooley, IBM
Chandan K Reddy, Wayne State University

Interfaces Edelman Award Special Issue

Jan/Feb 2012 issue of Interfaces features the Edelman papers! Read these inspiring examples of major difference-making O.R. projects.

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