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Professor, Industrial Engineering
Rutgers University
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For research advancing the field of quality engineering, contributions to innovative education, and for extraordinary service to INFORMS and the broader operations research/industrial engineering communities.
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Saif Benjaafar
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Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering and Director of the Initiative on the Sharing Economy
University of Minnesota
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For fundamental contributions to the science and engineering of operations with applications in supply chains, manufacturing, service systems, and the sharing economy, and for exceptional academic leadership and service.
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Manoj Chari
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Director of Data Science
Otis Elevator Company
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For outstanding leadership in operations research and analytics software development at SAS Institute, for excellence in the practice of operations research and analytics, and for service contributions to INFORMS.
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David Goldsman
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Director of Master's Programs and Professor H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
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For fundamental contributions to simulation-analysis procedures and statistical ranking-and-selection procedures; and for service through leadership of professional societies, conferences, and educational outreach activities.
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Oleg Gusikhin
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IoT and Analytics Innovation Technical Leader
Ford Motor Company.
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For sustained high-impact contributions to supply chain risk management, production scheduling, vehicle sequencing, and assembly line layout and for pioneering work in connected vehicle analytics at Ford Motor Company.
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Illya Hicks
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Professor in the Department of Computational and Applied Mathematics
Rice University
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For outstanding leadership in diversity issues and for fundamental contributions to the theory and practice of discrete optimization.
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Jionghua (Judy) Jin
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Professor, Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering
Director of Manufacturing Program of Integrative Systems and Design Division
University of Michigan.
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For fundamental contributions in the research of data analytics methodology in quality engineering, broad impact in the manufacturing industry, and distinguished service to INFORMS and the industrial engineering profession.
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Janny Leung
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Professor, Choi Kai Yau College
University of Macau
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For extensive contributions to educational planning and leadership, multidimensional service to INFORMS, and theoretical and applied research contributions to integer programming, transportation, and logistics.
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Nelson Maculan
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Professor of Optimization Department of Systems Engineering and Computer Science
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
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For outstanding leadership in the development of operations research in Brazil and Latin America, including forming generations of operations research academics and founding the Latin-American Association of Operations Research Societies.
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Glenn Wegryn, CAP
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Executive Director
University of Cincinnati Center for Business Analytics
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For outstanding leadership and management of operations research at Procter & Gamble, and for outstanding OR/MS and analytics practice in supply chain management.
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Assaf Zeevi
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Professor
Graduate School of Business
Columbia University
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For outstanding research in applied probability and the integration of statistical learning theory with dynamic decision making, with applications in revenue management and predictive analytics.
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Stefanos Zenios
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Professor of Entrepreneurship and Professor of Operations, Information, and Technology
Stanford University
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For excellence in research in healthcare policy and kidney exchange research, and for excellence in operations management education.
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