The purpose of the Franz Edelman competition is to bring forward, recognize and reward outstanding examples of operations research, management science and advanced analytics in practice in the world, with $15,000 in awards. First prize is accompanied by a $10,000 honorarium.
Videos and DVDs of past competitions, suitable for teaching, marketing, or publicizing OR/MS practice successes, are available for purchase from INFORMS.
View the 2011 Edelman Award Presentations, complete with slides: http://www.informs.org/Edelman2011
Learn more about the Franz Edelman Award:
http://www.informs.org/Edelman
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