Decision Analysis Practice Award

2024 Winner(s)

Winning material: An Ambiguity Framework to Inform Optimal Data Allocation for Data-Driven Optimization: Analysis and Application to Agribusiness

Purpose of the Award

The Decision Analysis Practice Award is sponsored jointly by the Decision Analysis Society and the Society of Decision Professionals. It is given annually to the best decision analysis application, as judged by a panel of members of both Societies. 

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Past Awardees

2024
Winner(s)
Tanveer Ahmed
Saurabh Bansal
Ying He, University of Southern Denmark
2023
Finalist
Mónica Duarte Oliveira
Saurabh Bansal
Carlos António Bana e Costa
Victor Richmond R. Jose, Georgetown University
Mario Juric
Ralph L. Keeney, USC
Asa Palley
Thomas S. Palley
Ana Vieira
2022
Winner(s)
Martine J. Barons, Applied Statistics & Risk Unit, University of Warwick
Thais Fonseca, UFRJ Rio de Janeiro
David Underdown, The National Archives
Finalist
Kristen Anstead, Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission
Paul Fackler, North Carolina State University
Caleb Hudgins, National Institute of Justice
Rachel Kane, National Institute of Justice
James Lyons, U.S. Geological Survey
Conor McGowan, USGS and University of Florida
Clint Moore, USGS and University of Georgia
Jim Nichols, U.S. Geological Survey
Bryan Nuse, Bird Conservancy of the Rockies
Mallory O'Brien, National Institute of Justice
David Smith, U.S. Geological Survey
John Sweka, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Anna Tucker, USGS and Iowa State University
Veronica White, National Institute of Justice, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Rich Wong, Delaware Dept of Natural Resources and Environmental Control
2021
Winner(s)
Gustavo H. Martins , Optimum Supply
Saurabh Bansal
Joice C. Ribeiro Giacon, Optimum Supply
Genaro J. Gutierrez
Kislan Santos, Optimum Supply
Finalist
Ahmed Al-Salaymeh, The University of Jordan
Mats Danielson, Stockholm University and IIASA
Love Ekenberg, Stockholm University and IIASA
Tobias Fasth, Public Health Agency of Sweden and Dept. of Computer and Systems Sciences, Stockholm University
Nadejda Komendantova, International Institute for Applied Sstems Analysis (IIASA)
Adriana Mihai, University of Bucharest, Centre of Excellence for the Study of Cultural Identity (CESIC)
2020
Winner(s)
Mark R. DuFour, Ohio Department of Natural Resources
Jason L. Fischer, Michigan State University
Seth J. Herbst, Michigan Department of Natural Resources
Michael Jones, Michigan State University
Lucas Nathan, Michigan Department of Natural Resources
Tammy Newcomb, Michigan Department of Natural Resources
Kelly F. Robinson, Michigan State University
Finalist
Steffen A. Borden, Bayer Pharmaceuticals
Rowan P. Clarke, Harvard Business School
Florian Methling, Strategic Decisions Group
Serguei Netessine, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Rüdiger von Nitzsch, RWTH Aachen University
Ioana Popescu, INSEAD
Mark Seidler, Strategic Decisions Group
Johannes Siebert
Insa Sommer, Strategic Decisions Group
Bhavani Shanker Uppari, Singapore Management University
Deepak Veeraraghavan, Strategic Decisions Group
2019
Winner(s)
Nevil Amos, Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research
Josephine MacHunter, Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research
Tracey Regan, Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research
Libby Rumpff, University of Melbourne
Finalist
Irène Abi-Zeid, Université Laval
Ivo Adan, Eindhoven University of Technology
Marc Baaijens, MSD Animal Health
Francis Marleau Donais, Université Laval
Yesim Koca, Eindhoven University of Technology
Roxane Lavoie, Université Laval
Tugce Martagan, Eindhoven University of Technology
Bram van Ravenstein, MSD Animal Health
Oscar Repping, MSD Animal Health
Edward Owen Douglas Waygood, Polytechnique Montréal
2018
Winner(s)
Corinne Carland, MIT
Jarrod Goentzel, MIT
Gilberto Montibeller, Loughborough University
2017
Winner(s)
Gabriella Csányi, London School of Economics and Political Science
Valentina Ferretti, London School of Economics and Political Science
2016
Winner(s)
Joseph Byrum, Syngenta
Craig Davis, Syngenta
Greg Doonan, Syngenta
Tracy Doubler, Syngenta
LtC (Ret) Jack Kloeber, Jr., Kromite LLC
Emilia Silebi, Kromite LLC
Peiran Zhao, Kromite LLC
2015
Winner(s)
Kirk E. Lagory
Michael C. Runge
Kendra Russell
2014
Winner(s)
Max Henrion, Lumina Decision Systems
Finalist
Mazen Skaf, Strategic Decisions Group
2013
Winner(s)
William J. Haskett
Finalist
Tuan Dinh
Reinhard Kunz
Joschka Mütterlein
Johannes Siebert
2012
Winner(s)
Team Name: Catalyze Inc.
Carmen Carmona
Rex Mazonowicz
Patrick Warburton
Catalyze Inc.
Finalist
Team Name: Agencia Española Seguridad Aérea
Veronica Elvira
Pablo Hernandez-Coronado
Esperanza Herraiz
Jorge Valero
Agencia Española Seguridad Aérea
Team Name: Lockheed Martin, Missiles and Fire Control
William Nanry
Steve Dininger
Lockheed Martin, Missiles and Fire Control
David Rios Insua, Royal Academy of Sciences
2011
Winner(s)
John Trindle
2010
Winner(s)
Frank Koch, Chevron
Larry Neal, Chevron
Brian Putt, Chevron
2009
Winner(s)
Phil Beccue, Baxter BioScience
Chris Dalton, Syncopation Software
Finalist
Jeff Belkora, University of California, San Francisco
Robert F. Bordley, Professor of Engineering Practice and director of the Systems Engineering and Design Program within the Integrative Sciences Division in the College of Engineering, at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Meredith Loth
Alexandra Teng
Shelley Volz, UCSF Decision Services
2008
Winner(s)
Andrea Dickens, Decision Analysis Group
Sven Roden, Decision Analysis Group
2007
Winner(s)
Katherine J. Gentil , Air Force Institute of Technology
Shane Knighton, Air Force Institute of Technology
Finalist
Zeger Degraeve, London Business School
Yael Grushka-Cockayne, Darden School of Business, University of Virginia
Pekka Mild, Helsinki University of Technology
Sam Pittman, Weyerhaeuser Company
Bert De Reyck, University College London, Dept. of Management Science & Innovation
Ahti Salo, Aalto University
Craig Whittaker, Weyerhaeuser Company
2006
Winner(s)
J. Eric Bickel, Texas A&M University
Richard L. Gibson, Texas A&M University
Duane A. McVay, Texas A&M University
Stephen C. Pickering, Schlumberger House
John R. Waggoner, Reservoir Services
Finalist
Gregory S. Parnell
J.C. Felli , Lilly Research Laboratories
P. Ewing , United States Military Academy
W.H. Anderson, Lilly Research Laboratories
Brad Birch
C. College, United States Military Academy
D. La-ornual
H. Oelze
G. Prosch, United States Military Academy
C. Schaub
M. Schilling
B. Tarantino, United States Military Academy
Kendra Taylor
G. Trankle
2005
Winner(s)
Sergio Cabrales
Mario Castillo
Alvaro Mendoza
Finalist
J.C. Felli , Lilly Research Laboratories
W.H. Anderson, Lilly Research Laboratories
Phillip Beccue, Baxter BioScience
Ajoy Chakrabarti, Bristol Myers Squibb
Hillard Huntington, Stanford University
J.P. Kremidas, Lilly Research Laboratories
S.J. Ruberg, Lilly Research Laboratories
2004
Winner(s)
Craig W. Kirkwood, Dept. of Supply Chain Management, Arizona State University
Arnold Maltz, Arizona State University
Matthew P. Slaven, Arizona State University
Finalist
Anthony Artuso, Asset Strategy Evaluation for a Multiple Indication Oncology Product
Mark Brodfuehrer
Robert Cole
Daniel Johnson
Erik Johnson
Jeff Keisler, University of Massachusetts-Boston
Craig W. Kirkwood, Dept. of Supply Chain Management, Arizona State University
Arnold Maltz, Arizona State University
Charles Persinger
Matthew P. Slaven, Arizona State University
2003
Winner(s)
LtC (Ret) Jack Kloeber, Jr., Kromite LLC
Col William K. Klimack, United States Military Academy
2002
Winner(s)
Jeff Stonebraker, Bayer Biological Products
Finalist
Concha Bielza, Technical University of Madrid (project clients: General University Hospital Gregorio Marañón at Madrid)
Gary J. Boyd, Science Applications International Corporation
Manuel Gómez, Technical University of Madrid (project clients: General University Hospital Gregorio Marañón at Madrid)
Sixto Ríos- Insua, Technical University of Madrid (project clients: General University Hospital Gregorio Marañón at Madrid)
Gregory St. Pierre, U.S. Army Program Manager for Chemical Demilitarization
Bill Poland, Pharsight Corporation
Juan A. Fernández del Pozo, Technical University of Madrid (project clients: General University Hospital Gregorio Marañón at Madrid)
2001
Winner(s)
Eric Johnson, Pharsight Corporation
Honorable Mention
Phil Beccue, Baxter BioScience
Gary J. Boyd, Science Applications International Corporation
Gregory St. Pierre, U.S. Army Program Manager for Chemical Demilitarization
2000
Winner(s)
David Mauney, Structural Integrity Associates
1999
Winner(s)
Mazen Skaf, Strategic Decisions Group
Donald Spillman, Shell Offshore, Inc.