Awards

Awards

Innovative Applications in Analytics Award

The Innovative Applications in Analytics Award, inaugurated in 2012 as the Innovation in Analytics Award, recognizes creative and unique application of analytical techniques. As stated on the award website, the prize “promotes the awareness and value of the creative combination of analytics techniques in unusual applications to provide insights and business value.” To win the award, implementations must integrate theoretical advances and innovative applications in order to create value.

Syngenta Crop Challenge in Analytics

As our world population increases and arable land decreases, it becomes vital to improve the productivity of the agricultural land available. Companies like Syngenta strive to provide varieties of their crops to meet this need. 
Every year farmers have to make decisions about which soybean seeds to plant given information about different soybean varieties and knowledge about the soil and climate at their respective farms. These annual decisions are critical - after a variety is planted, the decision is irreversible. Unusual weather patterns can have disastrous impacts on crops.
A highly desirable variety may be in short supply and unavailable for farmers. To ensure there is enough seed of the desired varieties for farmers, it is critical to evaluate which variety or varieties are more likely to be chosen by farmers from a growing region.

For more information please click on the following link and consult the award website.  

https://www.ideaconnection.com/syngenta-crop-challenge/

Women in Operations Research – Bayer Scholarship

Bayer and the INFORMS Analytics Society are pleased to offer a scholarship program for female graduate students interested in the practice of operations research. This competitive program, supported by Bayer and sponsored by the Analytics Society of INFORMS, recognizes one outstanding female graduate student who would like to learn more about the practice of analytics at this annual conference by covering the costs of attending the event and additional networking opportunities.

Information on the current competition, award purpose, and current winners can be found on the award website.

Michael F. Gorman Distinguished Award for Contributions to the Analytics Society

The Analytics Society of INFORMS is deeply appreciative of its volunteer's contributions, and it endeavors to find ways to recognize and encourage such outstanding service. Toward that end, the society established in 2020 the Michael F. Gorman Distinguished Award for Contributions to the Analytics Society. The award is named after Michael Gorman, the first President of the Analytics Society, as a recognition of his outstanding service to the society and INFORMS at large.