We are thrilled to announce the four finalists for this year's MIF Paper Competition! This was an exceptionally competitive cycle, and we want to extend a sincere thank you to everyone who submitted their work. Please join us in congratulating these researchers for their outstanding contributions:
๐ 2026 Paper Competition Finalists (in order of presentation schedule):
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Improving Access to Essential Medicines via Decision-Aware Machine Learning
Angel Tsai-Hsuan Chung, Jatu Abdulai, Patrick Bayoh, Lawrence Sandi, Francis Smart, Hamsa Bastani, and Osbert Bastani
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Avoiding Fields on Fire: Information Dissemination Policies for Environmentally Safe Crop-Residue Management
Mehdi Farahani, Milind Dawande, Ganesh Janakiraman, and Shouqiang Wang
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Contextual Learning with Online Convex Optimization: Theory and Application to Medical Decision-Making
Esmaeil Keyvanshokooh, Mohammad Zhalechian, Cong Shi, Mark Van Oyen, and Pooyan Kazemian
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Estimating Stockout Costs and Optimal Stockout Rates: A Case on the Management of Ugly Produce Inventory
Stanley Lim, Elliot Rabinovich, Sanghak Lee, and Sungho Park
Join Us at the MIF Paper Competition Session at INFORMS:
๐ Date: Sunday, November 1 | 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
๐ Location: Marriott Marquis - Sierra D (5th Floor)
Come support these scholars and hear their presentations live! The winner will be announced at our annual INFORMS MIF Business Meeting.
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Veronica White
Assistant Professor
FAMU-FSU College of Engineering
Tallahassee FL
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