Dear colleagues,It is our pleasure to announce the finalists of the 2020 Pierskalla Competition. We received a record number of submissions this year, making the judging process extremely selective -- we are thrilled to see the field producing so much impactful work, and we are very thankful to our committee of judges for narrowing down this pool to four excellent finalists. The winner and runner-up will be announced at the HAS meeting, and all finalists will present their work in a special session at the INFORMS Annual Meeting. Here are the finalists in alphabetical order:Optimal Genetic Testing of FamiliesDaniel Adelman and Kanix Wang
Structural Estimation of Kidney Transplant Candidates' Quality of Life Scores: Improving National Kidney Allocation Policy Under Endogenous Patient Choice and Geographical Sharing
Baris Ata, John J. Friedewald and A. Cem Randa
From predictions to prescriptions: A data-driven response to COVID-19
Dimitris Bertsimas, Leonard Boussioux, Ryan Cory-Wright, Arthur Delarue, Vassilis Digalakis, Alexandre Jacquillat, Driss Lahlou Kitane, Galit Lukin, Michael Li, Luca Mingardi, Omid Nohadani, Agni Orfanoudaki, Theodore Papalexopoulos, Ivan Paskov, Jean Pauphilet, Omar Skali Lami, Bartolomeo Stellato, Hamza Tazi Bouardi, Kimberly Villalobos Carballo, Holly Wiberg and Cynthia Zeng
Ambulance Emergency Response Optimization for Developing Countries
Justin J. Boutilier and Timothy C.Y. Chan
Congratulations to the finalists, and many thanks to the Pierskalla committee members for their work and support!
2020 Pierskalla Committee Co-Chairs
Arielle Anderer, University of Pennsylvania
Hamsa Bastani, University of Pennsylvania
John Silberholz, University of Michigan
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Hamsa Bastani
Assistant Professor of Operations, Information and Decisions
Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
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