Innovative Applications in Analytics Award
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Finalists presented their work at the 2017 INFORMS Analytics Conference to the judging committee chaired by Scott Grasman from Rochester Institute of Technology, along with a special presentation by Tori Rollings on Caterpillar’s Assurance of Supply Center.
The winner of the 2017 Innovative Applications in Analytics Award is “Audience Targeting Solutions Powered by Advanced Analytics” presented by Wes Chaar, José Antonio Carbajal, and Peter Williams from Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. An encore presentation will be made at the 2017INFORMS Annual Meeting, in addition to recognition at the Analytics Section meeting.
Second prize was awarded to Valentina Ferretti from London School of Economics and Political Science for her work on “How to Regenerate Disused Railways? An Integrated Analytics Approach”.
The Analytics Society leadership would like to congratulate all semi-finalists and cordially thank the judging committee for their hard work in selecting these finalists.
The Caterpillar and INFORMS Analytics Society Innovative Applications in Analytics Award is the flagship competition of our society. The purpose this award is to recognize the creative and unique application of a combination of analytical techniques in a new area. The prize promotes the awareness and value of the creative combination of analytics techniques in unusual applications to provide insights and business value.
2017 Winner(s)
- Wes Chaar, Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.
- José Antonio Carbajal, Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.
- Peter Williams , Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.
Purpose of the Award
The purpose of the Innovative Applications in Analytics Award is to recognize the creative and unique application of a combination of analytical techniques in a new area. The prize promotes the awareness and value of the creative combination of analytics techniques in unusual applications to provide insights and business value.
The prize is not meant to recognize strictly theoretical advances, though theoretical advances might be an enabler to innovative applications. Similarly, the prize is not focused on implementation value created, but such value creation might add credibility to the innovation.
Applicants can submit proposals that span applications of descriptive, predictive or prescriptive analytics, as well as data creation, collection and dissemination which support or enable novel analytical methods.
Descriptive innovation could include novel measures, visualization methods, or creative approaches to the analytics process improvement among others. Predictive innovation might be statistical application, text analytics or simulation, among others. Prescriptive innovation might include for example, game theory or optimization. New sources of data creation and collection, and new avenues for dissemination of analytical approaches can also help demonstrate the innovativeness of the submission. The lists above are not meant to be exclusive, but rather illustrative examples of areas of innovation.
In its inaugural year, 2012, this award was known as the "Innovation in Analytics Award".
Application Process
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Committee
2017 Committee Chair
Scott Grasman
Professor and Department Head
Industrial and Systems Engineering
Rochester Institute of Technology
585-475-3952
Email: Scott.Grasman@rit.edu
Past Awardees
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