MIF Early Career Award

2025 Winner(s)

Winning material: Towards Inclusive and Human-Centered AI: Research and Service at the Intersection of Algorithms and Society

Purpose of the Award

In 2016, MIF launched the MIF Early Career Award. The purpose of the MIF Early Career Award is to recognize outstanding contributions to the theory or practice of OR/MS and service made by active members of MIF. The award recognizes exceptional researchers who have shown promise at the beginning of their academic or industrial career. 

Application process:

For more information on the Early Career Award, click HERE.

Past Awardees

2025
Winner(s)
Juba Ziani, Georgia Institute of Technology
Honorable Mention
Erick C. Jones Jr., The University of Texas at Arlington
2023
Winner(s)
Adolfo R. Escobedo, Arizona State University
2022
Winner(s)
Jessye Leigh Bemley Talley, Morgan State University
Honorable Mention
Destenie Nock, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
2020
Winner(s)
Gabriel Zayas-Caban, Cornell University
Honorable Mention
Zhijie Dong, Texas State University
2018
Winner(s)
Eduardo Perez, Texas State University, Ingram School of Engineering
2017
Winner(s)
Krystel K. Castillo, University of Texas at San Antonio
Honorable Mention
Shadi Sharif Azadeh, Erasmus University Rotterdam
2016
Winner(s)
Sean Barnes
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