We are thrilled to announce the winners of the 2025 inaugural INFORMS Data Mining Society Teaching Award, recognizing excellence and innovation in teaching within the data mining and analytics community.
First Place: Matthew A. Lanham (Purdue University)
Second Place: Negin (Nikki) Golrezaei (MIT Sloan School of Management)
Third Place (Runner-Up): Ana Maria Estrada Gomez (Purdue University), Salar Fattahi (University of Michigan)
The award will be presented during the INFORMS Data Mining Society Business Meeting at the 2025 INFORMS Annual Meeting.
This award celebrates educators who have made exceptional contributions to advancing the teaching of data mining and analytics, inspiring students, and shaping the future of our field.
A heartfelt thank you to everyone who submitted nominations and especially to those who generously gave their time to review the applications. Your efforts made this inaugural award possible.
Please join us in congratulating the winners on this outstanding achievement!
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Shixiang (Woody) Zhu
Assistant Professor
Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy
Carnegie Mellon University
Office: Hamburg Hall 2118H
Phone: (412) 268-9083
Website:
https://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/shixianz------------------------------