Dear Colleagues,
In response to numerous inquiries, the IAAA application deadline has been postponed to December 20. Application details are provided below:
We are currently accepting applications for the prestigious Innovative Applications in Analytics Award (IAAA) brought to you by the Analytics Society of INFORMS, Boston Consulting Group (BCG), and Adelphi University.
IAAA provides an excellent way to receive recognition for analytics success stories within and outside of your organization and we strongly encourage you to apply. If you know of other potential applicants, please do not hesitate to share this message with them.
Here are the key points for the 2024-2025 IAAA competition:
1️⃣ The award recognizes organizations for applications which combine multiple types of analytics -- descriptive, predictive or prescriptive -- in novel ways to achieve meaningful results.
2️⃣ Initial submission, a 500 - 1,000 words summary of your work, is due by the end of day, December 20. Submit your summary by email to Juan R. Jaramillo at juan.jaramillo@liu.edu and cc Pallav Chhaochhria, PhD at pallavc@alum.mit.edu
3️⃣ Up to ten semi-finalists, to be selected by January 20, will each be interviewed virtually by January 31.
4️⃣ Up to six semi-finalists, to be selected by February 7, will each be asked to prepare a deck to be presented to the judges by March 30, 2025.
5️⃣ Finalists will present their works on Tuesday April 8, 2025, during the INFORMS Analytics+ Conference in Indianapolis.
6️⃣ Applications that currently are being considered for other INFORMS prizes in parallel will not be considered.
For detailed instructions, please click the following link: https://lnkd.in/deszgGr
If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact chairs Juan R. Jaramillo, PhD and Pallav Chhaochhria, PhD.
Juan R. Jaramillo, PhD
2024-2025 IAAA Chair
Associate Professor of Data Science
Department of Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Long Island University
juan.jaramillo@liu.edu
Pallav Chhaochhria, PhD
2024 – 2025 IAAA Co-Chair
Director - Algorithmic Trading at Barclays
pallavc@alum.mit.edu
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Ece Ceren Izgi
President, INFORMS Analytics Society
izgiec@gmail.com
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