2012 MSOM Student Paper Competition Results

First Prize

  • Soroush Saghafian (Arizona State University)
    "Complexity-Based Triage: A Tool for Improving Patient Safety and Operational Efficiency" 

  • Yina Lu (Columbia University)
    "Measuring the effect of Queues on Customer Purchases"

Finalists

  • Emre Nadar (Bilkent University)
    "New Functional Characterizations and Optimal Structural Results for Assemble-to-Order M-Systems"

  • Bar Ifrach (Stanford)
    "Monopoly Pricing in The Presence of Social Learning"

  • Buket Avci (INSEAD)
    "Electric Vehicles with a Battery Switching Station: Adoption and Environmental Impact"

  • Sang Won Kim (Columbia)
    "Measuring the Performance of Large-Scale Combinatorial Auctions: A Structural Estimation Approach"

2011 MSOM Student Paper Competition Results

First Prize

  • Jun Li (University of Pennsylvania)
    "Are Consumers Strategic? Structural Estimation from The Air-Travel Industry"

Second Prize

  • Turgay Ayer (Georgia Tech)
    "Personalizing Breast Cancer Screening Policies"

Finalists

  • Sam Aflaki (INSEAD)
    "Strategic Investment in Renewable Energy Sources,"

  • Yasin Alan (Cornell)
    "Operational Investment and Capital Structure Under Asset Based Lending: A One Period Model"

  • Kenan Arifoglu (Northwestern University)
    "Consumption Externality and Yield Uncertainty in the Influenza Vaccine Supply Chain: Interventions in Demand and Supply Sides"

  • Robert Bray (Stanford University)
    "Information Transmission and the Bullwhip Effect: An Empirical Investigation,"

  • Morvarid Rahmaniam (UCLA) "Contracting and the Dynamics of Collaboration"

2010 MSOM Student Paper Competition Results

First Prize

  • Srikanth Jagabathula (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
    "A New Approach to Modeling Choice"

Second Prize

  • Mazhar Arikan (Purdue University)
    "Building Reliable Air-Travel Infrastructure Using Empirical Data and Stochastic Models of Airline Networks"

Finalists

  • Sam Aflaki (INSEAD)
    "Managing Satisfaction in Relationships over Time"

  • Sripad Devalkar (University of Michigan)
    "Dynamic Risk Management of Commodity Operations: Model and Analysis"

  • Jose Guajardo (University of Pennsylvania)
    "Impact of Performance-Based Contracting on Product Reliability: An Empirical Analysis"

  • Anicham Kumarasamy (Stanford University)
    "An Unintended Incentive Problem Concerning the Use of Dialysis Treatment in Kidney Allocation Policies"

2009 MSOM Student Paper Competition Results

First Prize

  • Denis Saure (Columbia University)
    "Optimal Dynamic Assortment Planning," advisor: Assaf Zeevi (Columbia University)

Second Prize

  • Mehmet Begen (University of British Columbia)
    "Appointment Scheduling with Discrete Random Durations," advisor: Maurice Queyranne (University of British Columbia)

Finalists

  • Ali Ekici (Georgia Tech)
    "Modeling Influenza Pandemic, Intervention Strategies, and Food Distribution," advisors Pinar Keskinocak and Julie Swann (Georgia Tech)

  • Biyu (Polly) He (Stanford University)
    "Staffing in Hospital Operating Rooms: Capturing Information on Workload Heterogeneity to Reduce Total Costs," advisor Stefanos Zenios (Stanford University)

  • Ying Rong (UC Berkeley)
    "Bullwhip and Reverse Bullwhip Effects under the Rationing Game," advisor Lawrence Snyder (Lehigh University)

  • Onesun (Steve) Yoo (UCLA)
    "A Time-Management Framework for Entrepreneurial Process Improvement," advisor Charles Corbett (UCLA)

2008 MSOM Student Paper Competition Results

First Prize

  • Jagpreet Chhatwal (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
    "Optimal Breast Biopsy Decision-Making Based on Mammographic Features and Demographic Factors," advisor Oguzhan Alagoz (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

Second Prize

  • Guoming Lai (Carnegie Mellon University)
    "Stock Market Pressure on Inventory Investment and Sales Reporting for Publicly Traded Firms," advisor Laurens Debo (Chicago GSB)

Finalists (in alphabetical order)

  • Mustafa Akan (Carnegie Mellon University)
    "Revenue Management by Sequential Screening," advisor Baris Ata (Northwestern University)

  • Diwas Kc (Emory University)
    "An Econometric Analysis of Patient Flows in the Cardiac ICU," advisor Christian Terwiesch (Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania)

  • Robert Lien (Northwestern University)
    "Sequential Resource Allocation for Nonprofit Operations," advisors Karen Smilowitz and Seyed Iravani (Northwestern University)

  • Zhixi Wan (University of Michigan)
    "Bargaining power and supply base diversification," advisor Damian Beil (University of Michigan)

2007 MSOM Student Paper Competition Results

First Prize

  • Tong Wang (INSEAD)
    ?Inventory Management with Advance Demand Information and Flexible Delivery,? advisor Beril Toktay (Georgia Institute of Technology)

Second Prize

  • Soo-Haeng Cho (UCLA)
    ?The Optimal Composition of Influenza Vaccines Subject to Random Production Yields,? advisor Kevin McCardle (UCLA)

Finalists (in alphabetical order)

  • Lucy Chen (National University of Singapore)
    ?The Impact of Financial Turbulence on Inventory Control,? advisor Lawrence Robinson (Cornell University)

  • Shanshan Hu (University of Michigan)
    ?Price Dispersion in Electricity Auctions: Strategic Analysis and Economic Implications,? advisor Roman Kapuscinski (University of Michigan)

  • Richard Lai (Harvard University)
    ?Inventory's Fiscal Year End Effect,? advisor Noel Watson (Harvard University)

  • Pamela Pei (MIT)
    ?Towards a Unified Theory of Procurement Contract Design: Production Flexibility, Spot Market Trading and the Structure of Options Contracts,? advisor David Simchi-Levi (MIT)

2006 MSOM Student Paper Competition Results

First Prize

  • Itay Gurvich
    "Cross-Selling in a Call Center with a Heterogeneous Customer Population" (Columbia Graduate School of Business, Advisors: Mor Armony and Costis Maglaras)

Second Prize

  • Sarang Deo
    "Cournot Competition under Yield Uncertainty: The Case of the U.S. Influenza Vaccine Market" (UCLA Anderson School of Management, Advisor: Charles Corbett)

  • Vivek Farias
    "Dynamic Pricing with a Prior on Market Response" (Stanford Electrical Engineering, Advisor: Benjamin Van Roy)

Finalists

  • Ozgun Demirag
    "Effects of Customer Rebates & Retailer Incentives on Manufacturer Profit & Sales" (Georgia Tech)

  • Sang-Hyun Kim
    "Performance Contracting in After-Sales Service Supply Chains" (Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania)

  • Chris Lee
    "Optimal Initiation & Management of Dialysis" (Stanford University)

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