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compete for Edelman honors
The Edelman Award is the
world’s most prestigious
recognition for excellence
in applying advanced
analytics to benefit
business and humanitarian
outcomes.
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The Institute for Operations Research and the
Management Sciences (INFORMS) named six finalist organizations that will compete for the 2014
INFORMS Franz Edelman Award. The Edelman
Award is the world’s most prestigious recognition for
excellence in applying advanced analytics to benefit
business and humanitarian outcomes.
This year’s finalists include:
• The Energy Authority for “Hydroelectric
Generation and Water Routing Optimizer”
• Grady Memorial Hospital, with the Georgia
Institute of Technology, for “Modeling and
Optimizing Emergency Department Workflow”
• Kidney Exchange at the Alliance for Paired
Donation, with Stanford and MIT, for “Kidney
Exchange”
• NBN Company, with Biari, for “Fiber Optic
Network Optimization at NBN Co.”
• Twitter, with Stanford University, for “The ‘Who to
Follow’ System at Twitter: Strategy, Algorithms
and Revenue Impact”
• The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC), with Kid Risk, Inc., for “Using
Integrated Analytical Models to Support Global
Health Policies to Manage Vaccine Preventable
Diseases: Polio Eradication and Beyond”
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