Dear Colleagues,
We are delighted to announce the finalists of the 2024 Public Sector Operations Research (PSOR) Best Paper Award. This year, we received 68 outstanding submissions spanning a wide range of public sector topics, and we are truly impressed by the quality and breadth of the work. We extend our heartfelt thanks to the judges who dedicated significant time and effort to the two rounds of evaluation.
The winner and the honorable mention of the competition will be announced during the PSOR Business Meeting and Breakfast at the upcoming INFORMS Annual Meeting, scheduled for Monday, October 21st, from 8 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. We also encourage you to attend the PSOR Best Paper Competition Session on Sunday, October 20th, from 10:45 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at Summit - 345, where the five finalists will present their papers.
We are proud to introduce this year's finalists (listed alphabetically by title):
- Improving the Equity and Efficiency of Cystic Fibrosis Screening. Hussein El Hajj, Douglas Bish, Ebru Bish.
- Optimizing Health Supply Chains with Decision-Aware Machine Learning, Tsai-Hsuan Chung , Hamsa Bastani, Osbert Bastani, Jato Abdulai, Patrick Bayoh, Lawrence Sandi, Francis Smart
- Redesigning VolunteerMatch's Ranking Algorithm: Toward More Equitable Access to Volunteers, Akshaya Suresh, Vahideh Manshadi, Scott Rodilitz, Daniela Saban
- Search and Matching for Adoption from Foster Care, Vincent Slaugh, Ludwig Dierks, Nils Olberg, Sven Seuken, Utku Unver
- The Dedicated Docket in US Immigration Courts: An Analysis of Fairness and Efficiency Properties, Daniel Freund, Wentao Weng
We congratulate the finalists and thank all participants and judges for making this competition a success. It is truly inspiring to witness the exceptional work being done in the PSOR community!
Best regards,
Auyon Siddiq and Jingwei Zhang
Co-Chairs, 2024 PSOR Best Paper Award Competition
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Jingwei Zhang
Assistant Professor
Cornell University
Ithaca NY
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