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Inaugural INFORMS Online HS OR/Analytics Competition: Entry Deadline Oct.13th

  • 1.  Inaugural INFORMS Online HS OR/Analytics Competition: Entry Deadline Oct.13th

    Posted 09-29-2025 12:37

    All - The INFORMS K-12 Outreach Subcommittee is sponsoring the inaugural "Take AIM (Analytics, Innovation, Mathematics)" Online High School OR/Analytics Competition. The competition is open to student teams (with a school advisor) from U.S. high schools. The attached flyer (in both pdf and jpeg formats) provides additional information. Please forward to your K-12 contacts and request that those contacts forward to high school students in their networks.

    The heart of the competition will be Saturday, October 18th from 2:00-3:00 PM when registered teams will play the Gurobi Burrito Optimization Game live online. The top ten scoring teams will then be invited to give live virtual presentations on Saturday, November 1st from 2:00-3:00 PM EST. Final scores will be computed for the top ten teams (75% Gurobi score, 25% presentation score) and the results will be announced Saturday, November 8th. The top prize is $2,000 for the winning team.

    Important Dates:

    Monday, October 13th: Team registration deadline

    Through October 17th: Students teams can complete practice rounds of the Gurobi Optimization Game and develop game strategies

    October 18th 2:00-3:00 PM EST: Competition Stage

    November 1st 2:00-3:00 PM EST: Presentation Stage

    November 8th: Results announced

    More information and registration links can be found here: https://www.informs-k12.com/take-aim-competition

    Questions?

    Contact competition co-chairs Gaby Barerra (gabycbarrera@gmail.com), Tuba Ketenci (tuba.ketenci@isye.gatech.edu), or Neil Desnoyers (ndesnoye@sju.edu).

    Thanks!

    Gaby, Tuba and Neil



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    Neil Desnoyers
    ndesnoye@sju.edu
    Adjunct Professor
    Saint Joseph's University
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