Best Student Paper

2024 Winner(s)

Winning material: Zero-shot Standard Operation Generation based on Pretrained Large Vision-language Model

Purpose of the Award

The Quality Statistics and Reliability (QSR) Section of INFORMS announces the Best Student Paper Award to recognize excellence among its student members. The award program brings prestige to the QSR Section as well as to the recipients honored.

Four finalists for the Best Student Paper Award will be selected to make presentations at the INFORMS Annual Meeting. The winner will be announced at the QSR business meeting later at the conference.  All finalists will receive an award certificate and 3 years free QSR membership. The winner will also receive a plaque. The Best Student Paper Award is to be presented annually at the QSR Section meeting during the INFORMS annual meeting. All finalists’ papers will be posted on the QSR Section webpage. 

Application process:

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Past Awardees

2024
Winner(s)
Yifan Li, Tsinghua University
Finalist
Cheoljoon Jeong, University of Michigan
Jinwei Yao, University of Iowa
Ridwan Olabiyi, Arizona State University
2023
Winner(s)
Junoh Heo, Michigan State University
Finalist
Michael Biehler, Georgia Institute of Technology
Yujie Wei, Shanghai Jiaotong University & National University of Singapore
Zheng Dong, Georgia Institute of Technology
2022
Finalist
Chengyu Zhou, North Carolina State University
Henry Shaowu Yuchi, Georgia Institute of Technology
Yingyan Zeng, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Zihan Zhang, Georgia Institute of Technology
2021
Winner(s)
Enrique del Castillo, The Pennsylvania State University
Xueqi Zhao, The Pennsylvania State University
Finalist
Amirhossein Fallahdizcheh, University of Iowa
Chao Wang, University of Iowa
Hui Wu, Tsinghua University
Kaiwen Wang, Virginia Tech
Wenjun Cai, Virginia Tech
Xiaowei Yue, Georgia Institute of Technology
Yan-Fu Li, Tsinghua University
Yinan Wang, Virginia Tech
2020
Winner(s)
Jialei Chen, Georgia Institute of Technology
Finalist
Ruiyu Xu, Peking University
Zhehui Chen, Georgia Institute of Technology
Ziyue Li, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
2019
Winner(s)
Zhen Zhong, Georgia Institute of Technology
Finalist
Liyan Xie, Georgia Tech
Rajitha Meka, University of Texas at San Antonio
Xiao Huang, Texas A&M University
2018
Winner(s)
Raquel de Souza Borges Ferreira, Purdue University
Ruizhi Zhang, Georgia Institute of Technology
Shuang Li, Georgia Institute of Technology
Finalist
Anh Tuan Bui, Northwestern University
2016
Winner(s)
2015
Winner(s)
Finalist
2012
Winner(s)
Matthew Plumlee, Georgia Institute of Technology
Finalist
2011
Finalist
Shuai Huang, Arizona State University
2010
Winner(s)
Qiang Zhou , University of Wisconsin at Madison
2009
Winner(s)
Lulu Kang, Georgia Institute of Technology
Finalist
Li Zeng, University of Wisconsin-Madison
2008
Winner(s)
Abhishek K. Shrivastava , Texas A&M University
2007
Winner(s)
Haifeng Heidi Xia, Texas A&M University
Finalist
Alaa Elwany, Georgia Institute of Technology
Xuemei Shan, Northwestern University
Ying Hung, Georgia Institute of Technology
2006
Winner(s)
Jing Zhong, University of Michigan
Finalist
Lingyan Ruan, Georgia Institute of Technology
Tao Yuan, University of Tennessee
Tirthankar Dasgupta, Georgia Institute of Technology
2005
Winner(s)
Zhiguang Qian, Georgia Institute of Technology
Finalist
Jung Jin Cho, Texas A&M University
Sarintip Satitsatian, University of Washington
Xuelei Ni, Georgia Institute of Technology
2004
Winner(s)
Abhyuday Mandal, Georgia Institute of Technology
Finalist
Chang-Ho Chin, Texas A&M University
Shwu-Tzy Jiang, University of Oklahoma
Zhen Lian , Cornell
2003
Winner(s)
Hong Wan, Northwestern University
First Place
Haitao Liao, Rutgers University
Finalist
Myong K. Jeong, Georgia Institute of Technology
Pansoo Kim, Texas A&M University
2002
Winner(s)
Wenzhen Huang, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Finalist
Carla Vivacqua, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Hyun-Woo Cho, Pohang University of Science and Technology
Jun Bai, Rutgers University
2001
Winner(s)
Yong Chen, University of Michigan
Finalist
Charles Ribardo, The Ohio State University
Rong Pan, Pennsylvania State University
Roshan Joseph, University of Michigan
Wenbiao Zhao, Rutgers University