ICS Student Paper Award

2025 Winner(s)

  • Hao Hao, Carnegie Mellon University
Winning material: Robust Paths: Geometry and Computation

Purpose of the Award

The ICS Student Paper Award is given annually to the best paper at the interface of computing and operations research by a student author, as judged by the award selection committee. 

Application Process

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Past Awardees

2025
Winner(s)
Hao Hao, Carnegie Mellon University
Runner-Up
Thomas Hübner, ETH Zürich
Honorable Mention
Matías Villagra, Columbia University
Yupeng Wu, London Business School
2024
Winner(s)
Shuvomoy Das Gupta, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Runner-Up
Jiachang Liu, Cornell University
Jie Wang, Georgia Institute of Technology
2023
Winner(s)
Shiyi Jiang , Hong Kong Polytechnic
Runner-Up
Mohammadhossein Mohammadisiahroudi , Lehigh University
2022
Winner(s)
Irina Wang , Princeton University
Runner-Up
Peijing Liu, University of Southern California
2021
Winner(s)
Aras Selvi, Imperial College
Runner-Up
Yongchun Li, Virginia Tech
2020
Winner(s)
Tyler Perini, Georgia Institute of Technology
Runner-Up
Margarita Paz Castro, University of Toronto
Honorable Mention
Hussein Hazimeh, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Prateek R. Srivastava, University of Texas at Ausin
2019
Winner(s)
Ryan Cory-Wright , Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Jean Pauphilet, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Runner-Up
Sebastián Pérez-Salazar, Georgia Tech
Liyan Xie, Georgia Tech
2018
Winner(s)
Aleksandr M. Kazachkov, Carnegie Mellon University
Runner-Up
Colin P. Gillen, University of Pittsburgh
Christopher Lourenco, Texas A&M University
2017
Winner(s)
Berk Ustun , Harvard University
Runner-Up
Rui Gao, UT Austin
Christian Kroer, Carnegie Mellon University
Hamed Rahimian, The Ohio State University
2016
Winner(s)
Georgina Hall, INSEAD
Runner-Up
Hadi Charkhgard, University of Newcastle
Terrence Mak, Australian National University
2015
First Place
Young Woong Park, Northwestern University
Runner-Up
Xiao Liu, The Ohio State University
Leonardo Lozano, Clemson University
Jorge Sefair, University of Florida
2014
First Place
Andre A. Cire, Carnegie Mellon University
Runner-Up
Kalyani Nagaraj, Virginia Tech
2013
First Place
Jing Xie, Cornell University
Runner-Up
Rodrigo Carrasco, Columbia University
2012
First Place
Huashuai Qu, University of Maryland
Runner-Up
Martin Takáč, School of Mathematics, University of Edinburgh, UK
2011
First Place
Susan Hunter, Virginia Tech
2010
First Place
Yongqiang Wang, University of Maryland
Runner-Up
Necdet Aybat, Columbia University
Siqian Shen, University of Florida
2009
First Place
Zaiwen Wen, Columbia University
Runner-Up
Mehmet A. Begen, University of Western Ontario
Richard Ivey School of Business
Peter Frazier, Princeton University
2008
First Place
Guanghui Lan, Georgia Institute of Technology
2007
First Place
Amit Partani, The University of Texas at Austin
Runner-Up
Richa Agarwal, Amazon.com
Andrea Bettinelli, University of Milan
2006
First Place
Geng Deng, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Runner-Up
Laura Albert, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Jiaquiao Hu, University of Maryland