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UPS George D. Smith Prize finalists 2016

UPS George D. Smith Prize finalists 2016

News Release, February 24, 2016

The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS®) today announced three finalist schools in the competition for the UPS George D. Smith Prize, an award created to strengthen ties between academia and industry. The award recognizes excellence in preparing students to become practitioners of analytics and operations research.

World’s best analytics teams selected for  2016 INFORMS Franz Edelman Award competition

World’s best analytics teams selected for 2016 INFORMS Franz Edelman Award competition

News Release, December 14, 2015

INFORMS, the largest international association of professionals in analytics and operations research, announced today that six expert teams from around the world have been selected to participate in its 2016 Franz Edelman Award competition, which recognizes outstanding examples of real-world advanced analytics and operations research projects that are transforming industries, companies, and people’s lives.

INFORMS presents Wagner Prize for optimizing vaccine effectiveness

INFORMS presents Wagner Prize for optimizing vaccine effectiveness

News Release, November 4, 2015

The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS®), the leading professional association in analytics and operations research, today announced a team of researchers that created a model using genetic signatures to predict the efficacy of vaccines on an individual by individual basis is the winner of the Daniel H. Wagner Prize.

Syngenta and INFORMS Analytics Section announce new Crop Challenge Award

News Release, October 1, 2015

The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS), the leading professional association in analytics and operations research, and Syngenta, announce a new, joint award, the Syngenta Crop Challenge, which will focus on ways that analytics can address the problem of feeding millions of people throughout the world who face hunger every day.

2015 Doing Good with Good OR Student Competition finalists

News Release, July 23, 2015

The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS®), the leading international association for professionals in analytics and operations research, today announced the finalists in its student math competition that sets contestants to finding solutions to major societal and humanitarian problems.

2015 UPS George D. Smith Prize presented to UBC Sauder School’s Centre for Operations Excellence

News Release, April 14, 2015

The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS®), the leading association for professionals in advanced analytics and operations research, has awarded its prestigious UPS George D. Smith Prize to the Centre for Operations Excellence at the University of British Columbia Sauder School of Business.

The competition for the prize took place yesterday at the 2015 INFORMS Conference on Business Analytics & Operations Research, which was held at the Hyatt Regency Huntington Beach Resort and Spa in Huntington Beach, California.

Chevron Named INFORMS Prize Winner, Best Analytics & O.R. Company of the Year

News Release, April 14, 2015

The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS®), the leading association for analytics professionals, today announced the award of its annual INFORMS Prize for excellence in analytics and operations research to Chevron Corporation for its long and innovative history of applying analytics and operations research across the breadth of the worldwide energy company.

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