Prize Awarded by INFORMS Recognizes Excellence in Teaching Operations Research and Analytics and Data Science
BALTIMORE, MD, February 22, 2024 – INFORMS, the largest association for the decision and data sciences, has selected three finalists for the 2024 UPS George D. Smith Prize, which recognizes excellence in preparing students to become practitioners of operations research and analytics and data science.
The finalists for the 2024 Smith Prize are:
- National University of Singapore, Master of Science in Business Analytics (NUS MSBA)
- University of South Carolina, Management Science Department
- University of Waterloo, Department of Management Science and Engineering
The winner will be announced on Monday, April 15, at the 2024 INFORMS Analytics Conference in Orlando, Florida.
Named in honor of the late UPS Chief Executive Officer – a champion of operations researchers at a leading Fortune 500 corporation – the UPS George D. Smith Prize was created in the spirit of strengthening ties between industry and the schools of higher education that graduate young practitioners of operations research. The prize is awarded to an academic department or program for effective and innovative preparation of students to be outstanding practitioners of operations research, and analytics, and data science. These students go on to fill positions in industry and government – jobs that are essential to the goal of elevating the field of operations research and analytics to help people make better decisions that save lives, save money and solve problems.
Past recipients of the award include Purdue University, Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr. School of Business, Business Analytics and Information Management (BAIM); Eindhoven University of Technology, Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science; Department of Business Analytics at the University of Iowa; Smith School of Business at Queens University; Department of Operations, Business Analytics and Information Systems at the University of Cincinnati’s Carl H. Lindner College of Business; Haslam College of Business at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Air Force Academy; H. John Heinz III College of Information Systems and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University; Sauder School of Business at University of British Columbia – Centre for Operations Excellence; MIT Leaders for Global Operations (LGO); Naval Postgraduate School; and Tauber Institute for Global Operations at the University of Michigan.
About INFORMS
As the largest professional association for the data and decision sciences, INFORMS members leverage mathematics and scientific methodologies to help organizations and governments at all levels make better, data-driven decisions. With more than 12,000 professional and student members from around the world, INFORMS is the largest association for the decision and data sciences. INFORMS members support organizations and governments at all levels as they work to transform data into information, and information into insights that save lives, save money, and solve problems.
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