Dear Colleagues,
I am delighted to announce the results of the 2025 MSOM Practice-Based Research Competition:
First Prize:
"Flexible Data Aggregation for Prediction and Decision Making with Contextual Information: Applications in Retailing" by Ying Rong, Zhenkang Peng, Chengzhang Li, Zichao Luo, Guangrui Ma and Mingyong Zhao
Honorary Mentions:
"Cancer Screening Outreach Guided by Machine Learning: The Benefits of Proactive Care" by Minje Park, Carri Chan, Keith Boell, Elliot Mitchell, Abdul Tariq and David Vawdrey
"Contextual Stochastic Optimization for Omnichannel Multi-Courier Order Fulfillment Under Delivery Time Uncertainty" by Tinghan Ye, Sikai Cheng, Amira Hijazi and Pascal Van Hentenryck
Finalists:
"Enhancing Volunteer Retention: The Role of Experienced Volunteers" by Vinit Tipnis, Christopher Chen and Fei Gao Fei
"Data-Driven Pricing for Availability-Based Upgrades Under a Multiple Binary Choice Model with Copula" by Ruxian Wang, Ovunc Yilmaz, Zifeng Zhao, Farbod Ekbatani and Andrew Vakhutinsky
"The Non-Linear Impact of Promised Delivery Time on Online Purchasing" by Shin Oblander and Kinshuk Jerath
I take this opportunity for thanking the competition's Industry Judge Panel composed of Jillian Berry Jaeker (Takeda), Nicolas Stier (Meta) and Théophane Weber (Google DeepMind); the competition's Academic Committee composed of Adam Elmachtoub (Columbia University), Feryal Erhun (Cambridge University), Marshall Fisher (University of Pennsylvania), Jonas Oddur Jonasson (MIT), Jun Li (University of Michigan), Tugce Martagan (Eindhoven University of Technology) and Teo Chung Piaw (National University of Singapore); and all the anonymous reviewers who contributed their time and expertise to the competition.
Best regards,
Jérémie Gallien
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Jérémie Gallien
Professor of Management Science & Operations
London Business School
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