2015 Franz Edelman Competition
Finalists will compete for the top prize in this “super bowl” of O.R. practice, showcasing analytics projects that had major impacts on their client organizations.
INFORMS Prize
This prize is awarded annually to the company that effectively integrates analytics into organizational decision-making, and has repeatedly applied ORMS principles in pioneering, novel and lasting ways.
Innovative Applications in Analytics Award
This award recognizes creative and unique developments, applications or combinations of analytical techniques.
Spreadsheet Guru Competition
Contestants receive four rounds of problem statements, with solutions judged on the basis of clarity and solving speed.
UPS George D. Smith Prize
This award is aimed at strengthening ties between academia and industry by rewarding institutions of higher education for effective and innovative preparation of students to be good practitioners of operations research.
Daniel H. Wagner Prize for Excellence in Operations Research Practice
This prize emphasizes the quality and coherence of the analysis used in practice.