WORMS Award for the Advancement of Women in OR/MS

2024 Winner(s)

Purpose of the Award

The WORMS Award celebrates and recognizes a person who has contributed significantly to the advancement and recognition of women in the field of Operations Research and the Management Sciences (OR/MS). The award (in the form of a plaque) will be presented each year during the INFORMS annual meeting.

Application Process

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Past Awardees

2024
Winner(s)
Bahar Biller, GE Global Research Center
Sila Cetinkaya, Texas A&M University
2023
Winner(s)
Polly Mitchell-Guthrie, Kinaxis
Susan Martonosi, Harvey Mudd College, Department of Mathematics
2022
Winner(s)
Georgia Perakis, MIT/ Sloan School of Management
Ruchi Mahindru, IMB
2021
Winner(s)
Pinar Keskinocak, Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Industrial/Systems Engineering
2020
Winner(s)
Julie S. Ivy
2019
Winner(s)
Laura Albert, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Sharon Arroyo, Boeing
2018
Winner(s)
Susan M. Sanchez
2017
Winner(s)
Ruth Williams , University of California San Diego
2016
Awardee(s)
Karen Smilowitz, Northwestern University
2015
Awardee(s)
Margaret L. Brandeau, Stanford University, Management Science and Engineering
2014
Winner(s)
Aleda Roth, Clemson University
2013
Awardee(s)
Kathryn E. Stecke, University of Texas - Dallas, School of Management
2012
Awardee(s)
Dr. Vicki L. Sauter
2011
Awardee(s)
Dr. Berna Dengiz
2010
Awardee(s)
Brenda Dietrich, Cornell University
2009
Awardee(s)
Alice E. Smith, Auburn University
2008
Awardee(s)
Candace Yano, University of California, Berkeley
2007
Awardee(s)
Anna Nagurney, University of Massachusetts - Amherst, Isenberg School of Management
2006
Awardee(s)
Radhika Kulkarni, SAS
2005
Awardee(s)
Cynthia Barnhart, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Jane Ammons, Georgia Institute of Technology