The MCDM Junior Researcher Best Paper

2025 Winner(s)

Winning material: A novel spatiotemporal multi-attribute method for assessing flood risks in urban spaces under climate change and demographic scenarios

Purpose of the Award

The purpose of the MCDM Junior Researcher Best Paper Award is to:

  • Honor the junior academic researchers and practitioners who work in the area of MCDM for their excellence, creativity, and innovation.
  • Encourage students to work in the area of MCDM.
  • Strengthen the visibility of MCDM within INFORMS.
  • Increase the awareness of the INFORMS community about the significance of MCDM in academic, government, private and public sectors.
  • Recognize the impact of MCDM on solving challenging real-life problems of importance to society.

Application Process

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Past Awardees

2025
Winner(s)
Lucas Borges Leal da Silva, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE)
Runner-Up
Giovanni Misitano, University of Jyväskylä
2024
Winner(s)
Dilay Aktaş Dejaegere, KU Leuven Institute for Mobility
Runner-Up
Pubudu L. W. Jayasekara, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Andrew C. Pangia, University of North Carolina Charlotte
Grzegorz Swirszcz, IBM TJ Watson Research Center
2023
Finalist
Elif Haktanır , Department of Industrial Engineering, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey
2022
Winner(s)
Mohammad Ghaderi, Pompeu Fabra University
Finalist
Merve Bodur, University of Toronto
Sune Lauth Gadegaard, Aarhus University
Jiapeng Liu, Xi’an Jiaotong University
Eleftherios Siskos, Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland
2021
Winner(s)
Eduarda Asfora Frej, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
Finalist
Sally Giuseppe Arcidiacono, University of Catania
M Gabriela Sava, Clemson University
2020
Winner(s)
M Gabriela Sava, Clemson University
Finalist
Garrett Dranichak, Sandia National Laboratories
2019
Winner(s)
Milosz Kadzinski, Poznan University of Technology
Finalist
Brian Dandurand, Argonne National Laboratory
Taewoo Lee, University of Houston
2018
Winner(s)
Gokhan Kirlik, University of Maryland Medical System
Finalist
Valentina Ferretti, London School of Economics and Political Science
Milosz Kadzinski, Poznan University of Technology