Innovative Applications in Analytics Award – Apply now!!
We are accepting applications for the prestigious Innovative Applications in Analytics Award (IAAA) brought to you by the Analytics Society of INFORMS and Boston Consulting Group. IAAA provides an excellent way to receive recognition for analytics success stories within and outside of your organization and we strongly encourage you to apply. If you know of other potential applicants, please do not hesitate to share this message with them.
Here are the key points for the 2025-2026 IAAA competition:
1. The award recognizes organizations for applications which combine multiple types of analytics -- descriptive, predictive or prescriptive -- in novel ways to achieve meaningful results.
2. Initial submission, a 500 - 1,000 words summary of your work, is due by the end of November 16, 2025. Please, submit your summary by email to juan.jaramillo@liu.edu, pallavc@alum.mit.edu, and jerryzhu1189@outlook.com.
3. Up to ten semi-finalists, to be selected by December 31, 2025. Each semifinalist will be interviewed virtually by January 31, 2026.
4. Up to 6 finalists, to be selected by February 7, 2026, Each finalist will be asked to prepare a deck to be presented to the judges by March 27, 2026.
5. Finalists will present their works on Tuesday April 14, 2026, during the INFORMS Analytics+ Conference in Maryland.
6. Applications that currently are being considered for other INFORMS prizes in parallel will not be considered.
For detailed instructions, please click the following link: https://www.informs.org/Recognizing-Excellence/Community-Prizes/Analytics-Society/Innovative-Applications-in-Analytics-Award/Innovative-Applications-in-Analytics-Award-Application-Process
If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact us.
Regards,
Juan R. Jaramillo, PhD
2026 IAAA Co-Chair
Associate Professor of Data Science
Department of Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Long Island University
Pallav Chhaochhria, PhD
2026 IAAA Co-Chair
President - Ingenuity Trading Inc
pallavc@alum.mit.edu
Jiaxi Zhu
2026 IAAA Co-Chair
Head of Analytics
Google
jerryzhu1189@outlook.com
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Juan Jaramillo
Associate Professor
Long Island University
Mineola NY
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