INFORMS 2024 DEI Best Student Paper Award Finalists

We are pleased to announce the finalists of the 2024 INFORMS DEI Best Student Paper Award. We had 41 submissions and have selected the six finalists below based on the evaluations provided by 25 judges in the two rounds of judging. The winner will be announced at the DEI Reception on Sunday evening at the annual conference. The six finalists will present their work in two special sessions on Sunday in room Summit 324, (October 20, 2024, 2:15 - 3:30 PM and 4:00 - 5:15 PM).

The finalists are listed below in alphabetical order of the student author.

Designing Size Inclusive Fashion Assortments	Alireza Alavi, Mehmet Gumus, and Javad Nasiry, McGill University
Pay Transparency in Heterogeneous Teams: Could Some Fairness Concerns Hurt Productivity?	Lin Chen and Guillaume Roels, INSEAD
From Black to Grey: Improving Access to Antimalarial Drugs in the Presence of Deceptive Counterfeits	Jiatao Ding, Nanyang Technological University, Michael Freeman, INSEAD, and Saša Zorc, University of Virginia
Potty Parity: Process Flexibility via Unisex Restroom	Setareh Farajollahzadeh, McGill University, and Ming Hu, University of Toronto
Fair Fares for Vehicle Sharing Systems	Adam N. Elmachtoub and Hyemi Kim, Columbia University
Foundations for Equitable Transit Networks	Sophie Pavia, Abhishek Dubey, and Ayan Mukhopadhyay, Vanderbilt University, J. Carlos Martinez, Georgia Institute of Technology, Philip Pugliese, Chattanooga Area Regional Transportation Authority, and Samitha Samaranayake, Cornell University

We congratulate all the authors of the impressive set of papers submitted this year and give much gratitude to the 25 judges for their thoughtful and thorough assessments.

Judges

Zeyu Liu
Assistant Professor
Department of Industrial & Management Systems Engineering
West Virginia University

Albert S. Berahas
Assistant Professor
Industrial & Operations Engineering
University of Michigan