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Announcing 2021 Informs Minority Issues Forum (MIF) Poster Competition Winners

  • 1.  Announcing 2021 Informs Minority Issues Forum (MIF) Poster Competition Winners

    Posted 10-28-2021 12:15

    Dear Colleagues,

    On behalf of the organizing committee and the MIF board, we are very pleased to announce the winners for the 2021 Minority Issues Forum (MIF) Poster Competition. Please join us in congratulating the winners, and also in appreciating the hard work of the judges (listed below).

    We received 17 submissions this year and 20 judges voted and decided the following winners:

    • First Place: "Aggregate Production Planning with Renewable Energy" by Sayed Rezwanul Islam (Student) and Dr. Clara Novoa, Texas State University.
    • Honorable Mention: "Using Stochastic Programming on Skin Cancer Appointment Scheduling" by Coralys Colón Morales (Student) and Dr. Michelle Alvarado, University of Florida.

     Judges

    1. Dr. Cole Smith, Syracuse
    2. Dr. Ariela Sofer, George Mason University
    3. Dr. Ruben Proano, Rochester Institute of Technology
    4. Dr. Daniel Silva, Auburn University
    5. Dr. John Birge, University of Chicago
    6. Dr. José Zayas, University of South Florida
    7. Dr. Erin Baker, UMass
    8. Dr. Vishal Gupta, University of Southern California
    9. Dr. Katharina Best, RAND Corporation
    10. Dr. Destenie Nock, Carnegie Mellon University
    11. Dr. Lauren Steimle, Georgia Tech University
    12. Dr. Mathieu Dahan, Georgia Tech University
    13. Dr. Shengfan Zhang, University of Arkansas
    14. Dr. Mingyang Li, University of South Florida
    15. Dr. Shannon Harris, Virginia Commonwealth University
    16. Dr. Canan Gunes Corlu, Boston University
    17. Dr. Irem Sengul Orgut, University of Alabama
    18. Dr. Raed Al Kontar, University of Michigan
    19. Dr. Zhi-Long Chen, University of Maryland
    20. Dr. Maria Gisela Bardossy ,University of Maryland

     Congratulations to the winners! Special thanks to our judges and committee members. Also, we would like to thank our sponsors:

    • [Gold] Texas A&M University, Wm Michael Barnes '64 Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering
    • [Gold] Gurobi Optimization
    • [Gold] University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business
    • [Gold] University of Michigan, Industrial & Operations Engineering
    • [Gold] Georgia Tech, H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering
    • [Silver] UMASS Lowell, Manning School of Business
    • [Silver] Columbia Engineering, Industrial Engineering & Operations Research
    • [Silver] Northwestern, Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences
    • [Silver] Cornell Engineering, Operations Research, and Information Engineering
    • [Silver] Texas State University, Ingram School of Engineering
    • [Silver] University of Wisconsin – Madison, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
    • [Bronze] Rochester Institute of Technology, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering

     Best regards,

     Eduardo Perez, VP/President Elect



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    Eduardo Perez
    Associate Professor
    Texas State University
    San Marcos TX
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