Dear colleagues,
Hope you are doing well.
I am writing to share the finalists of the (a) 2024 JFIG Paper Competition and (b) 2024 JFIG Teaching Excellence Award.
2024 JFIG Paper Competition Finalists:
- Chen Chen (NYU Shanghai), Yilun Chen (The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen) and Pengyu Qian (Boston University). "Incentivizing Resource Pooling"
- Mathieu Dahan (GATech) and Bastián Bahamondes (GATech). "Strategic Network Inspection with Location-Specific Detection Capabilities"
- Thodoris Lykouris (MIT) and Wentao Weng (MIT). "Learning to Defer in Content Moderation: The Human-AI Interplay"
- Dmitry Mitrofanov (Boston College) and Benjamin Knight (Instacart Inc.). "Disclosing Low Product Availability: An Online Retailer's Strategy for Mitigating Stockout Risk"
- Bhavani Shanker Uppari (Singapore Management University) and Sasa Zorc (University of Virginia). "Designing Payment Models for the Poor"
- Zhengyuan Zhou (NYU Stern) and Xiaoyu Fan (NYU Stern). "Sample Complexity of Inventory Control with Setup Costs Beyond Plug-in Demand Estimation"
2024 JFIG Teaching Excellence Award Finalists:
- Dr. Afrooz Jalilzadeh, Department of Systems and Industrial Engineering, the University of Arizona
- Dr. Kayse Lee Maass, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Northeastern University
- Dr. Karmel S. Shehadeh, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Lehigh University
- Dr. Anna Svirsko, Mathematics Department, United States Naval Academy
The 1st, 2nd, and 3rd places of each competition will be announced at the JFIG luncheon, which will take place on Oct. 21 (Monday, 12:00--1:00) at the INFORMS Annual meeting. The finalists of the paper competition will present their papers in the following two JFIG-sponsored sessions:
- SA05. INFORMS JFIG Best Paper Competition II (Sunday, 8:00--9:15)
- SB05. INFORMS JFIG Best Paper Competition I (Sunday, 10:45--12:00)
On behalf of the JFIG board, I would like to thank the co-chairs of each competition:
- JFIG Paper competition co-chairs: Prof. Marina Epelman and Prof. Melvyn Sim
- JFIG Teaching Excellence Award co-chairs: Prof. Ana Alexandrescu, Prof. Albert S. Berahas and Prof. Pascal Van Hentenryck
Congratulations to everyone!
Best,
Albert.
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Albert S. Berahas
Assistant Professor
University of Michigan
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