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Deadline to enter 2015 Innovative Application in Analytics Award fast approaching

  • 1.  Deadline to enter 2015 Innovative Application in Analytics Award fast approaching

    Posted 08-23-2015 15:12

    2016 Innovative Applications in Analytics Award Call for Applications – Due September 4

                    Co-sponsored by Catepillar and INFORMS Section on Analytics

      The purpose of the Innovative Applications in Analytics Award is to recognize the creative and unique application of a combination of analytical techniques in a new area. The prize promotes the awareness and value of the creative combination of analytics techniques in unusual applications to provide insights and business value.

     

    Applicants must submit a brief (500-1,000 word) summary of their work by September 4, 2015.

     

    2016 Committee Chair

    Scott Grasman

    Professor and Department Head, Industrial and Systems Engineering

    Rochester Institute of Technology

    Email: Scott.Grasman@rit.edu

     

    Key Dates

    • Deadline for applications - September 4, 2015
    • Semi-finalists Selection - October 2, 2015
    • Finalists Selection - December 11, 2015
    • Finalists' presentations - April 10-12, 2016 at INFORMS Analytics Conference, Orlando, FL
    • Winner presents - November 13-16, 2016, Fall Annual Meeting and recognized in Analytics Section meeting

     

    2015 Winner(s) ““Intelligent Surgical Scheduling”

    Narges Hosseini, Kalyan Pasupathy, Thomas Rohleder, Jeanne Huddleston, Paul Huddleston, Mayo Clinic Rochester & Yariv Marmor, ORT Braude College 

     

    Join us to congratulate the winner of 2015 IAAA award winner at the Business meeting of Analytics Section at the INFORMS Annual conference, Philadelphia Nov 1-2 2015. The winning team will also be presenting their work on Monday Nov 2nd from 4:30-6:00 PM.

     

    For more prize details – https://www.informs.org/Recognize-Excellence/Community-Prizes-and-Awards/Analytics-Section/Innovative-Applications-in-Analytics-Award