INFORMS MSOM Student Paper Competition: awards are given annually for papers judged to be the best in the field of Operations Management.


2019—(1st Prize) Milashini Nambiar, David Simchi-Levi and He Wang: Dynamic Learning and Pricing with Model Misspecification

2014—(Finalist) Yaron Shaposhnik: Scheduling with Testing

2010—(1st Prize) Srikanth Jagabathula: A New Approach to Modeling Choice

2007–(Honorable Mention) Pamela Pen-Erh Pei: Towards a Unified Theory of Procurement Contract Design: Production Flexibility, Spot Market Trading and the Structure of Options Contracts

2005–(Second Place) Guillaume Roels: The Price of Information: Inventory Management with Limited Information About Demand

2005–(Second Place) Ping Josephine Xu: The Benefits of Re-Evaluating the Real-Time Fulfillment Decisions

2003–(Honorable Mention) Victor Martinez de Albeniz: A Portfolio Approach to Procurement Contracts

2002–(Second Place) Xin Chen: Coordinating Inventory Control Pricing Strategies with Random Demand and Fixed Ordering Cost

2000–(1st Prize) Jeremie Gallien: Design and Analysis of a Smart Market for Industrial Procurement

1999–(1st Prize) L. Beril Toktay: Analysis of a Production Inventory System with Stationary Deman and Forecast Updates

1998–(Second Place) Jeremie Gallien

1996–(1st Prize) Stefanos A. Zenios