{"49931":{"#nid":"49931","#data":{"type":"news","title":"2008 INFORMS Honors ISyE Faculty and Graduate Students","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESeveral faculty and students of the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE) were honored this year at the 2008 Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) annual meeting held in October in Washington D.C. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EINFORMS Fellow Award\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nProfessor \u003Cstrong\u003EJianjun \u0022Jan\u0022 Shi\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u0022\u003Cem\u003EFor development of stream-of-variation theory and its contributions to quality improvements in manufacturing and other complex systems, and for leadership in education and the INFORMS community\u003C\/em\u003E\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EErlang Prize \u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nProfessor \u003Cstrong\u003EBert Zwart\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThe Erlang Prize is awarded every two years by the Applied Probability Society of INFORMS to honor a research scholar under the age of 36 who has contributed significantly to applied probability. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EFirst Place:  Computing Society Student Paper Prize\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cstrong\u003EGuanghui Lan\u003C\/strong\u003E, advised by \u003Cstrong\u003EArkadi\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003Cstrong\u003ENemirovksi\u003C\/strong\u003E, \u003Cstrong\u003ERenato Monteiro\u003C\/strong\u003E, and \u003Cstrong\u003EAlex Shaprio\u003C\/strong\u003E,\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nPaper: \u003Cem\u003EEfficient Methods for Stochastic Composite Optimization\u003C\/em\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003ESecond Place:  George Nicholson Student Paper Competition\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cstrong\u003EGuanghui Lan\u003C\/strong\u003E, advised by \u003Cstrong\u003EArkadi Nemirovksi\u003C\/strong\u003E, \u003Cstrong\u003ERenato Monteiro\u003C\/strong\u003E, and \u003Cstrong\u003EAlex Shaprio\u003C\/strong\u003E,\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nPaper: \u003Cem\u003EEfficient Methods for Stochastic Composite Optimization\u003C\/em\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003ESecond Place, INFORMS Health Applications Section William Pierskalla Best \u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nPaper Award\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cstrong\u003EFaramroze Engineer\u003C\/strong\u003E (Ph.D. student), \u003Cstrong\u003EPinar Keskinocak\u003C\/strong\u003E, Dr. \u003Cstrong\u003ELarry Pickering \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n(from CDC)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nPaper: \u003Cem\u003ECatch-up Scheduling for Childhood Vaccination\u003C\/em\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThird Place, INFORMS Health Applications Section William Pierskalla Best\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nPaper Award\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cstrong\u003EAli Ekici \u003C\/strong\u003E(Ph.D. student), \u003Cstrong\u003EPinar Keskinocak\u003C\/strong\u003E and \u003Cstrong\u003EJulie Swann\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nPaper: \u003Cem\u003EPandemic Influenza Response: Food Distribution Logistics \u003C\/em\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EHonorable Mention, George B. Dantzig Dissertation Award \u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cstrong\u003EPelin Pekgun \u003C\/strong\u003E, former ISYE Ph.D. student, advised by \u003Cstrong\u003EPinar Keskinocak and Paul\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nGriffin\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nDissertation: \u003Cem\u003EAn Analysis of Pricing and Leadtime Policies within the Marketing\/Operations Interface\u003C\/em\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EHonorable Mention, George B. Dantzig Dissertation Award for a dissertation\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cstrong\u003EKyungduck Cha\u003C\/strong\u003E, advised by \u003Cstrong\u003EEva Lee\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nDissertation: \u003Cem\u003ECancer Treatment Optimization\u003C\/em\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EINFORMS is the largest professional society in the world for professionals in the field of operation research. Established in 1995, INFORMS serves the scientific and professional needs of O.R. educators, investigators, scientists, students, managers, and consultants, as well as the organizations they serve. The society organizes national and international conferences for academics and professionals, as well as members of the society\u0027s special interest groups, permitting them to communicate and reach out to other professional societies, and the varied clientele of the profession\u0027s research and practice. For more about information about INFORMS, visit \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.informs.org\u0022 title=\u0022www.informs.org\u0022\u003Ewww.informs.org\u003C\/a\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Several faculty and students of the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE) were honored this year at the 2008 Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) annual meeting.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"2008 INFORMS Honors ISyE Faculty and Graduate Students"}],"uid":"27279","created_gmt":"2008-11-10 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:03:56","author":"Barbara Christopher","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2008-11-10T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2008-11-10T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"6204","name":"INFORMS"},{"id":"7941","name":"ISyE Awards"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003EBarbara Christopher\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIndustrial and Systems Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=bt3\u0022\u003EContact Barbara Christopher\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404.385.3102\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["bchristopher@isye.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}