Dear Colleagues,
We are excited to announce the finalists of the 2025 Public Sector Operations Research Best Video competition. We are thankful to the PSOR community for their votes and to our three incredible judges who devoted considerable effort to help us through the first round of judging: Amir Karimi, Andres F. Jola-Sanchez, Harish Guda.
Here are the three finalists (listed alphabetically by title):
- " Saving Energy Saving Our Future" Link
Presenter: Yi Song, Tsinghua University
- " Sheltering under the storm" Link
Presenter: Paula Penagos, University of Missouri - St. Louis
- " The Contest Behind the Feed: Optimal Contest for Recommender Systems" Link
Presenter: Suho Shin, University of Maryland, College Park
Congratulations finalists, and thanks again to everyone who entered and made this contest possible!
We will announce the winner at the PSOR Business Meeting and Breakfast on Monday, October 27 (8–9:30 am) at the INFORMS Annual Meeting. We will also have a PSOR Best Video and Paper Competition Awards session on Tuesday, October 28th, 2:45 PM - 4:00 PM, in room Bldg B Lvl 2 B209 where you will be able to view the videos and hear the finalists present their work.
Looking forward to seeing you at INFORMS.
Best,
Maya and Rakesh
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Rakesh Allu
Student
UIUC
Champaign IL
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