Congratulations to:
Ritu Agarwal | Distinguished University Professor and Dean's Chair of Information Systems University of Maryland | For pioneering contributions to information systems research in the application of digital technologies and analytics to healthcare and for dedicated service and leadership in the information systems community. | |
Russell J. Allgor
| Chief Scientist, Global Delivery Services Amazon | For significant management and application of operations research and management science to design and improve logistics and fulfillment systems for e-commerce. | |
Ronald Askin
| Professor Arizona State University | For excellence in academic and education innovations, for leadership and contributions to INFORMS, and for widely recognized practice-oriented research in manufacturing and production systems. | |
Stephen Chick
| Professor of Technology and Operations Management, Novartis Chaired Professor of Healthcare Management INSEAD | For outstanding work in stochastic modeling with significant impact on healthcare research, practice, and policymaking. | |
John Fowler
| Motorola Professor of International Business Arizona State University | For significant contributions to the solution of operations problems in semiconductor manufacturing, supply chains and healthcare; sustained service to the profession; and dedicated mentoring of students, colleagues, and collaborators. | |
David Gamarnik
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Nanyang Technological University Professor of Operations Research Massachusetts Institute of Technology | For fundamental contributions to the analysis of complex stochastic networks and the understanding of stochastic phenomena. | |
Nicholas G. Hall
| Berry Professor, Fisher College of Business The Ohio State University | For exceptional service to INFORMS and for fundamental contributions to scheduling theory and project management. | |
Robert Leachman
| Professor, IEOR Department University of California, Berkeley | For notable contributions to applied research and implementation of innovative production planning methodologies and manufacturing processes management in multiple industries, particularly semiconductor chip manufacturing. | |
Mark E. Lewis
| Maxwell M. Upson Professor of Engineering Cornell University
| For great impact in advancing minority issues, extended professional service to INFORMS, excellence in academic leadership, and research and teaching in stochastic modeling. | |
Irvin Lustig
| Optimization Principal Princeton Consulting | For sustained contributions to the development of optimization software and innovative and impactful service to the profession. | |
Alice E. Smith
| Joe W. Forehand/Accenture Distinguished Professor, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering with a joint appointment in the Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering Auburn University | For contributions to the use of bio-inspired optimization algorithms and for distinguished service to the profession and to education. | |
Alexander (Aleksandr) Stolyar
| Professor University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | For fundamental contributions to applied probability and advancing the frontiers of queueing theory motivated by telecommunication systems. |