INFORMS Open Forum

Wagner Prize Competition in Atlanta

  • 1.  Wagner Prize Competition in Atlanta

    Posted 29 days ago

    Hi everyone,

    If you are attending the INFORMS Annual Meeting in Atlanta, don't miss the final round of the Wagner Prize Competition! The 4 finalists will present their work on Sunday, October 26th, in two dedicated sessions:

    Daniel H. Wagner Prize (8:00 AM - 9:15 AM)

    • Analytics for Urban Bike Infrastructure Planning: A Multi-Year Collaboration with the City of Toronto

    Bo Lin, University of Toronto; Madeleine Bonsma-Fisher, University of Toronto; Shoshanna Saxe, University of Toronto; Timothy Chan, University of Toronto.

    • Deepstock: Inventory Management with Policy Regularizations

    Will Ma, Columbia Business School; Xinru Hao, Taobao & Tmall Group; Jiaxi Liu, Sichuan University; Yaqi Xie, University of Chicago; Linwei Xin, Cornell University; Lei Cao, Taobao & Tmall Group; Yidong Zhang, Taobao & Tmall Group.

    Daniel H. Wagner Prize (11:00 AM - 12:15 PM)

    • Optimizing Multimodal Rideshare Pricing via Quasi-Convex Efficiency Objectives

    Sajjad Taghiyeh, Lyft Inc.; Hao Yi Ong, Lyft; Zeyad Kassem, Lyft.

    • Rebalancing and Pricing of near-Expiry Inventory in Online Grocery Retail

    Long He, George Washington University; Ziyuan Zhou, The George Washington University; Zhengling Qi, George Washington University; Guangrui Ma, Meituan Group; Yuanbo Peng, Meituan Group; Yushu Yao, Meituan Group; Zhongyi Zha, Meituan Group; Mingyong Zhao, Meituan Group; Zhenyu Zhuo, Meituan Group.

    Please spread the word about these sessions and hope to see you there!

    Best,

    Konstantina



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    Konstantina Mellou
    Principal Researcher
    Microsoft Research
    Redmond WA
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