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