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Innovative Applications in Analytics Award

Brought to you by the Analytics Society of INFORMS, Kinaxis and Adelphi University.

2021 Winner(s)

Winning material: Data-driven COVID-19 Vaccine Development for Janssen

Purpose of the Award

The purpose of the Innovative Applications in Analytics Award, brought to you by the Analytics Society of INFORMS, Kinaxis and Adelphi University is to recognize the creative and unique application of analytical techniques. The prize promotes the creative combination of analytics techniques in innovative applications to provide novel insights and creates economic or social value.

Applicants can submit proposals that span applications of descriptive, predictive and/or prescriptive analytics, as well as data creation, collection and dissemination which support or enable original 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 applications, text analytics or simulation, among others. Prescriptive innovation might include 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 exhaustive, but rather illustrative examples of areas of innovation.

Application Process

View information about eligibility, procedures, and deadlines.
Click here for more information

Committee

2022 IAAA Chairs

Pallav Chhaochhria, PhD
2022 IAAA Chair
Director - Algorithmic Trading at Citi
pallavc@alum.mit.edu

Juan R. Jaramillo, PhD (Cochair)
2022 IAAA Co-chair
Associate Professor of Analytics
Department of Decision Sciences
Robert B. Willumstad School of Business
Adelphi University
jjaramillo@adelphi.edu

Past Awardees

2021 Winner(s)
Dimitris J. Bertsimas , Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management and Operations Research Center Michael Li, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
 Omar Skali Lami, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
 Hamza Tazi Bouardi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
 Ali Haddad-Sisakht, Dynamic Ideas LLC Jennings Xu, Janssen Pharmaceuticals Jose Zamalloa, Janssen Pharmaceuticals Amir Hashemi, Janssen Pharmaceuticals Ankit Lodha, Janssen Pharmaceuticals Yuqi Shang, Janssen Pharmaceuticals Kris Standish, Janssen Pharmaceuticals Shi-hua Yu, Janssen Pharmaceuticals Levon Demirdjian, Janssen Pharmaceuticals Xiaoying Wu, Janssen Pharmaceuticals Sid Jain, Janssen Pharmaceuticals Najat Khan, Janssen Pharmaceuticals
2021 Second Place
Tugce Martagan, Eindhoven University of Technology Bram van Ravenstein, MSD Animal Health
 Oscar Repping, MSD Animal Health
 Marc Baaijens, MSD Animal Health
2021 Third Place
Selin Merdan, University of Michigan Christine Barnett , University of Michigan David Miller, University of Michigan  James E. Montie, University of Michigan Brian T. Denton, University of Michigan
2021 Finalist
Vishal Gaur, Cornell University, The Johnson School Xiaoyan Liu , Cornell University Amarinder Dhaliwal , IndiaMART Amit Jain , IndiaMART Gaurang Manchanda , IndiaMART Rukhsar Shakir , IndiaMART Shreya Srivastav , IndiaMART
Dwight Lewis Jr., University of Alabama Jason Parton , University of Alabama Matthew Hudnall , University of Alabama Nickolas Freeman, University of Alabama Irem Sengul Orgut, Lenovo Xin Yang , University of Alabama Thomas English , University of Alabama James J. Cochran, The University of Alabama Steven Samsel , University of Alabama Ryan Tramp , University of Alabama
2020 Winner(s)
Ricardo Curiel, Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz y Trigo (CIMMYT) Andrea Gardeazabal, Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz y Trigo (CIMMYT) Daniel Jimenez, Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT) Hugo Durado, Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT) Steffen Fritz, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) Juan Carlos Laso, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
2019 Winner(s)
Aaron F. Struck, University of Wisconsin Cynthia Rudin, Duke University Berk Ustun , Harvard University Brandon Westover, Massachusetts General Hospital
2018 Winner(s)
Karen Smilowitz, Northwestern University Mehmet Basdere, Northwestern University Chris Rozolis, Northwestern University Charles Collar, Northwestern University Gabriel Caniglia, Northwestern University Ryan Rose, Northwestern University Rachel Lin, Northwestern University Bruno Peynetti, Northwestern University Kate Larsen, Northwestern University Matt Zhang, Northwestern University Taylor Hanken, Northwestern University
2018 Second Place
Gavin Yeo, Singapore Maritime Port Authority (MPA) and IBM Research (Singapore) Shiau Hong Lim, Singapore Maritime Port Authority (MPA) and IBM Research (Singapore) Yeow Khiang Chia, Singapore Maritime Port Authority (MPA) and IBM Research (Singapore) Hifaz Hassan, Singapore Maritime Port Authority (MPA) and IBM Research (Singapore)
2018 Third Place
Ted Gifford, Schneider Bob Gremley, Schneider
2017 Winner(s)
Wes Chaar, Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. José Antonio Carbajal, Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. Peter Williams, Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.
2017 Second Place
Valentina Ferretti, London School of Economics and Political Science Alessandro Degioanni Maurizio Arnone
2016 Winner(s)
Cynthia Rudin, Duke University Randall Davis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology William Souillard-Mandar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Dana L. Penney, Lahey Clinic
2016 Second Place
Aly Megahed, IBM Research Hamid Reza Motahari Nezhad, IBM Research Peifeng Yin, IBM Research Taiga Nakamura, IBM Research Mark Smith, IBM Global Technology Services Douglas Smith, IBM Global Sales Management Support
2015 Winner(s)
Narges Hosseini, Mayo Clinic Rochester Kalyan Pasupathy, Mayo Clinic Rochester Thomas Rohleder, Mayo Clinic Rochester Jeanne Huddleston, Mayo Clinic Rochester Paul Huddleston, Mayo Clinic Rochester Yariv Marmor, ORT Braude College
2015 Second Place
Jose A. Ramirez-Hernandez, American Airlines Steven Oakley, American Airlines Mei Zhang, American Airlines Alejandro Scalise, American Airlines
Kris Johnson, MIT Operations Research Center Bin Hong Alex Lee, MIT Operations Research Center David Simchi-Levi, MIT Operations Research Center Murali Narayanaswamy, Rue La La Philip Roizin, Rue La La Jonathan Waggoner, Rue La La
2014 Winner(s)

Prem Melville, Vijil Chenthamarakshan, Rick Lawrence, Solomon Assefa, Machine Learning Group, IBM Research, Yorktown Heights, NY
James Powell, Sharad Sapra, UNICEF Uganda
Rajesh Anandan, US Fund for UNICEF, New York, NY

Presenting Author: Rick Lawrence
2014 Second Place
Daniel Reich, Ford Motor Company Sandra L. Winkler, Ford Motor Company Erica Klampfl, Ford Research & Advanced Engineering Natalie Olson, Ford Motor Company
2014 Third Place
Suman Kumar Singh, Fiserv Aditya Khandekar, Fiserv Tarang Goyal, Fiserv
2013 Winner(s)

Cynthia Rudin, Massachusetts Institute of Technology;
Seyda Ertekin, Massachusetts Institute of Technology;
Rebecca Passonneau, Axinia Radeva, Ashish Tomar, Boyi Xie, Columbia University;
Stanley Lewis, Mark Riddle, Debbie Pangsrivinij, John Shipman, Steve Ierome and Delfina Isaac, Con Edison Company of New York

 Cynthia Rudin, Duke University
2013 Second Place
Mark R. Grabau, IBM Elizabeth M. Riczko, Westfield Insurance
2013 Third Place

Peter Katlic, Kunter Akbay, Onur Dulgeroglu, Christopher Johnson, Bex Thomas, Angela Patterson, Dan Yang, Andrew Day, Jeff Terry, and Keith O’Reilly, GE Research

 David Toledano, General Electric Global Research Marcia Peterson
2012 Winner(s)
Booz Allen Hamilton
2012 Second Place
Yixin Diao, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center Aliza Heching, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center David Northcutt, Association for Computing Machinery
2012 Third Place
Gabriel Gershenfeld, Cleveland Indians

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