Best Paper Award

2025 Winner(s)

Winning material: Drone-Delivery Network for Opioid Overdose: Nonlinear Integer Queueing-Optimization Models and Methods

Purpose of the Award

The TSL Best Paper Award is given once a year to an outstanding paper in the field of transportation science and logistics. The paper must have been published in a refereed journal and must present innovative approaches for solving complex problems in transportation and/or logistics, with an emphasis on operations research and quantitative methods.

Application Process

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Past Awardees

2025
Winner(s)
Miguel A. Lejeune, George Washington University
Wenbo Ma
Runner-Up
Kai Wang , Tsinghua University
Alexandre Jacquillat, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Wei Zhang
2024
Winner(s)
Alan Erera , Georgia Institute of Technology School of Industrial & Systems Eng
Alexander M. Stroh, Georgia Institute of Technology
Alejandro Toriello
Runner-Up
Stanley Lim, Michigan State University
Qingchen Wang, Ophelos Limited
Scott Webster, Arizona State University
2023
Winner(s)
Wei Qi, Tsinghua University
Ningwei Zhang, Beijing Institute of Technology
Yuli Zhang, Beijing Institute of Technology
Honorable Mention
Ann Melissa Campbell, University of Iowa
Sara Reed
Barrett W. Thomas, University of Iowa
2022
Winner(s)
Ye Chen, Virginia Commonwealth University
Nikola Marković, University of Utah
Ilya O. Ryzhov, University of Maryland
Paul Schonfeld, University of Maryland
Honorable Mention
Justin Goodson, University of Iowa
Nicholas D. Kullman, Universite de Tours
Jorge E. Mendoza, HEC Montreal
2021
Winner(s)
Alexandre Jacquillat, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Kai Wang, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Honorable Mention
Marlin Ulmer, Technische Universitat Braunschweig
2020
Winner(s)
Wout Dullaertb, Department of Supply Chain Analytics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Demetrio Laganá, Department of Mechanical, Energy and Management Engineering, University of Calabria
Rosario Paradiso, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Calabria
Roberto Roberti, Department of Supply Chain Analytics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Honorable Mention
Shubhechyya Ghosal, Imperial College Business School, Imperial College London
Wolfram Wiesemann, Imperial College Business School, Imperial College London
2019
First Place
Long He, George Washington University
Ho-Yin Mak, University of California-Berkeley
Ying Rong, Lehigh University
Zuo-Jun (Max) Shen, University of California, Berkeley
Honorable Mention
Okan Arslan
Ola Jabali
Gilbert Laporte, École des Hautes Études Commerciales Montréal
2018
Winner(s)
Natashia Boland, H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
Mike Hewitt, Quinlan School of Business, Loyola University Chicago
Luke Marshall, H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
Martin Savelsbergh, H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
2017
Winner(s)
Alexandre Jacquillat, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Amedeo R. Odoni, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2016
First Place
Teodor Gabriel Crainic
Michel Gendreau, École Polytechnique de Montréal
Christian Prins
Thibaut Vidal
2015
First Place
Belgacem Bouzaiene-Ayari
Clark Cheng
Sourav Das
Ricardo Fiorillo
Warren Powell, Princeton University
2014
First Place
Asvin Goel
Thibaut Vidal
2013
First Place
Dimitris J. Bertsimas , Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management and Operations Research Center
Guglielmo Lulli, University of Milano-Bicocca
Amedeo R. Odoni, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2012
First Place
John J. Bartholdi, Georgia Institute of Technology
Donald Eisenstein, University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Honorable Mention
Ulrich Derigs
Stefan Friederichs
2011
First Place
Roberto Baldacci
Aristide Mingozzi
2010
First Place
Jeff Day, Schneider National
Abraham George, Princeton University
Ted Gifford, Schneider
John Nienow, Schneider National
Warren Powell, Princeton University
Hugo Simao, Princeton University
2008
First Place
Olaf Jahn, Infopark AG
Rolf H. Mohring, Technische Universitat Berlin, Andreas S. Schulz, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Andrea S. Schulz, MIT
Nicolas E. Stier-Moses, Columbia University
Honorable Mention
Lars M. Hvattum
Gilbert Laporte, École des Hautes Études Commerciales Montréal
Arne Lokketangen
2007
First Place
Satish Bukkapatnam, Oklahoma State University
Maged Dessouky, University of Southern California
Jiamin Zhao, Oracle Corporation
Honorable Mention
Theo A. Arentze, Eindhoven University of Technology
Caspar G. Chorus, Delft University of Technology
Eric J.E. Molin, Delft University of Technology
Georgia Perakis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Guillaume Roels, UCLA Anderson School of Management
Harry J.P. Timmermans, Eindhoven University of Technology
Bert Van Wee, Delft University of Technology
2006
Awardee(s)
Michel Bierlaire, École Polytechnique
Frank Crittin, IDIAP Research Institute
Federale de Lausanne
2005
Awardee(s)
Anton J. Kleywegt
Vijay S. Nori
Martin W.P. Savelsbergh, Georgia Institute of Technology
2004
Awardee(s)
Luc Van Hamme, OM Partners
Gilbert Laporte, École des Hautes Études Commerciales Montréal
Francois V. Louveaux, Facultes Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix
2003
Awardee(s)
Andrew P. Armacost, U.S. Air Force Academy
Cynthia Barnhart, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
K.A. Ware, UPS Airlines
2002
Awardee(s)
Roberto Cominetti, Universidad de Chile
Jose Rafael Correa, MIT