We are pleased to announce the finalists of the 2023 INFORMS DEI Best Student Paper Award. We had 42 submissions and have selected the four finalists below based on the evaluations provided by 20 judges in the two rounds of judging. The winner will be announced at the DEI Reception on Sunday evening at the INFORMS annual conference. Each of the four finalists below will present their work in a special session on Tuesday in room CC West 101B, session TC60, (October 17, 2023, 12:45 PM - 2:00 PM). The finalists are listed below in alphabetical order of the paper title. The student author is bolded.
Community-Engaged School District Design: A Stream-Based Approach, Aysu Ozel and Karen Smilowitz and Lila Goldstein, Chicago Public Schools
Gender Inequality in Research Productivity During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Hao Ding and Ruomeng Cui, Emory University and Feng Zhu, Harvard University
Hiding Behind Complexity: Supply Chain, Oversight, Race, and the Opioid Crisis, Iman Attari, Jonathan Helm, and Jorge Mejia, Indiana University Bloomington
Platform Policy Changes: Impact of Auto Moderation on Minority Community Rights, Jonathan Gomez Martinez and Ramnath Chellappa, Emory University
Margrét Bjarnadóttir
Associate Professor of Management Science and Statistics
Robert H. Smith School of Business
University of Maryland
Alice E. Smith
Joe W. Forehand, Jr. Professor
Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering and
Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering
Auburn University
2023 INFORMS DEI Best Student Paper Contest Co-Chairs
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Alice E. Smith
Joe W. Forehand, Jr. Professor
Auburn University
Auburn Alabama USA
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