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M. Selim Aktürk
Professor
Department of Industrial Engineering
Bilkent University
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For exceptional leadership in the development of industrial engineering and operations research in Turkey; for longstanding teaching and mentorship of future scholars; and for research contributions on airline disruption management.
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Maged Dessouky
Dean's Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering
University of Southern California
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For contributions in transportation, logistics, operations research, and management science; sustained academic and professional leadership; and for dedicated service in these areas.
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Ozlem Ergun
College of Engineering Distinguished Professor
Associate Chair for Graduate Affairs
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Northeastern University
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For the application of O.R. methods to humanitarian and health systems, emergency response, and transportation and logistics problems; and establishing a community of O.R. professionals with interest in public programs.
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Arnold Greenland
Distinguished Engineer, IBM Corporation, Retired
Professor of the Practice, University of Maryland, Retired
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For leadership and impact on multiple projects applying operations research in industry, and sustained service to the INFORMS Practice community.
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Simge Küçükyavuz
Chair and David A. and Karen Richards Sachs Professor of Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences
McCormick School of Engineering
Northwestern University
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For outstanding research in mixed-integer optimization and stochastic optimization, as well as distinguished service to, and leadership in, the profession.
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Andrea Lodi
Andrew H. and Ann R. Tisch Professor
Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute
Cornell Tech and Technion - IIT
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For theoretical and computational contributions in discrete optimization, especially powerful primal heuristic methods to quickly find high-quality feasible solutions and breakthroughs in exploiting the dual side of integer programming.
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Ranganath Nuggehalli
Principal Scientist
UPS
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For advancing and promoting the practice of Operations Research and Management Sciences and for sustained service to the INFORMS Practice community by enhancing collaboration between industry and academic O.R. professionals.
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Ted Ralphs
Professor
Industrial and Systems Engineering
Lehigh University
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For contributions to the field of discrete optimization, leadership in developing high-quality open source software, and service contributions to the operations research community.
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Rhonda Righter
Professor and Ronald W. Wolff Chancellor's Chair in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
University of Californi
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For research, education, and professional leadership in the theory and application of stochastic modeling and control in manufacturing, service, telecommunication, and computing systems.
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J. Cole Smith
Dean, College of Engineering and Computer Science
Syracuse University
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For sustained leadership and service to INFORMS and the profession; impactful research in integer programming, network interdiction, and multilevel optimization; and for distinguished leadership in academia.
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Kwok-Leung Tsui
Professor
Grado Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering
Virginia Tech
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For contributions to pioneering research in robust design and long-established research in data science with an impact on manufacturing and other industries, and for leadership in education and within the INFORMS community.
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Peiling Wu-Smith
Manager, Program Lead, & Technical Fellow; Enterprise Data, Analytics, & Insights; General Motors
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For advancing and applying Operations Research at General Motors through broad and high-impact contributions to quantitative choice modeling in vehicle contenting, electric vehicle adoption, revenue management, and future mobility alternatives; and promoting research collaboration with academia to mentor future O.R. professionals.
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