Pierskalla Best Paper Award
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2020 Winner(s)
- Dimitris J. Bertsimas , Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management and Operations Research Center
- Leonard Boussioux,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Ryan Cory-Wright ,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Arthur Delarue, MIT Operations Research Center
- Vassilis Digalakis,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Alexandre Jacquillat, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Driss Lahlou Kitane,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Galit Lukin,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Michael Li,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Luca Mingardi,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Omid Nohadani,
Benefits Science Technologies
- Agni Orfanoudaki
- Theodore Papalexopoulos,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Ivan Paskov,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Jean Pauphilet,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Omar Skali Lami,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Bartolomeo Stellato,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Hamza Tazi Bouardi,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Kimberly Villalobos Carballo,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Holly Wiberg,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Cynthia Zeng,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Purpose of the Award
The Health Applications Society of INFORMS sponsors an annual competition for the Pierskalla Award, which recognizes research excellence in the field of health care management science. The award includes an honorarium for the best paper presented in a Health Applications Society sponsored session at the annual INFORMS conference. The award is named after Dr. William Pierskalla to recognize his contribution and dedication to improving health services delivery through operations research. Dr. Pierskalla is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the Anderson School at UCLA and the Ronald A. Rosenfeld Professor Emeritus, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, and serves as an editor on numerous operations research journals.
Application Process
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About the Award/Namesake

William P. Pierskalla, Ph.D., is the John E. Anderson Professor of Management and Former Dean of the John E. Anderson Graduate School of Management at UCLA. He is also the Ronald A. Rosenfeld Professor Emeritus, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. He holds the A.B. in Economics and M.B.A. degrees from Harvard University, an M.A. in mathematics from the University of Pittsburgh and a M.S. in statistics and a Ph.D. in operations research from Stanford University..
Past Awardees
Ryan Cory-Wright , Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Arthur Delarue, MIT Operations Research Center Vassilis Digalakis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Alexandre Jacquillat, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Driss Lahlou Kitane, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Galit Lukin, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Michael Li, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Luca Mingardi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Omid Nohadani, Benefits Science Technologies
Agni Orfanoudaki Theodore Papalexopoulos, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ivan Paskov, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Jean Pauphilet, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Omar Skali Lami, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Bartolomeo Stellato, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Hamza Tazi Bouardi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Kimberly Villalobos Carballo, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Holly Wiberg, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cynthia Zeng, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
A. Cem Randa, University of California San Francisco and University of California Berkeley
Kanix Wang, University of Chicago