INFORMS Case Competition

2024 - Winner(s)

2024 Winner(s)

Winning material: Potty Parity: Stadium Restroom Design

Purpose of the Award

The annual case competition is intended to encourage the creation, dissemination, and classroom use of novel teaching cases in operations research, management science and analytics. While the Case Competition Award Committee desires to promote creation of new and innovative cases, it recognizes that the dissemination of such cases cannot always wait for the timing of this award, and thus recognizes novel submissions for this award as those that have been first published within 12 months of the competition award deadline.

2024 Submission Deadline: July 31, 2024

2023 Committee Chair

Matthew Drake
Duquesne University
Email: [email protected]

Application Process

All submitted cases must be previously unpublished at the time of submission, or have first been published within 12 months of the original published submission deadline. If the case contains material drafted originally by individuals or groups other than the author(s) submitting the case, then the intellectual history and ownership of these portions must be disclosed clearly to the Case Competition Award Committee upon submission of the case. Contestants are responsible for assuring that this guideline is strictly met.

The recipient of First Prize shall receive $500 and a framed certificate; there may be up a runner-up who shall receive $300 and certificate. 

All materials must be submitted to the committee via the INFORMS award software. Packages will be reviewed by a panel of judges familiar with the case method. The judges will select up to four finalists and the Chair will notify all contestants of the judges' decisions by the end of summer 2023.

Finalists must present their cases at the INFORMS Annual Meeting to be eligible to win. Click here for instructions »

Committee

2024 Committee Chair

Matthew Drake
Duquesne University
Email: [email protected]

Click here for committee information.

Past Awardees

2024 Winner(s)
Vahid Roshanaei, University of Toronto, Rotman School of Management Setareh Farajollahzadeh, McGill University, Desautels Faculty of Management Ming Hu, University of Toronto
2024 Finalist
Varun Gupta,  University of Chicago, Booth School of Business
 Vaughan Griffiths, Porsche Financial Services, Inc. Jing Li Xiao Zhang, Saint Louis University Darren Manion, JD candidate at the University of Virginia School of Law
2024 Runner-Up
Saurabh Bansal Dan Guide, Penn State University
 Wei Wu, Amazon Yinshi (Agnes) Gao, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
2023 Winner(s)
Deniz Akturk, Washington University in St. Louis Ozan Candogan, Booth School of Business, University of Chicago
2022 Winner(s)
Timothy Chan, University of Toronto
 Craig Fernandes, University of Toronto Albert Loa, University of Toronto Nathan Sandholtz, Brigham Young University
2021 Winner(s)
Georgina Hall, INSEAD Piyush Gulati, INSEAD Anton Ovchinnikov, Queen's University
2020 Winner(s)
Dessislava Pachamanova, Babson College Vera Tilson, University of Rochester Keely Dwyer-Matzky, University of Rochester Medical Center and Golisano Children's Hospital
2019 Winner(s)
Saurabh Bansal, Philip Jones, Timothy Lowe
2018 Winner(s)

Maxime C. Cohen, C. Daniel Guetta, Wenqiang Xiao
2017 First Place
Shelly Bajaj, Ivey Business School Sean Bandyopadhyay, Ivey Business School Srini Krishnamoorthy
2017 Second Place
Kate Stets Elliott Weiss
2016 First Place
Fredrik Odegaard, The University of Western Ontario
2016 Second Place
David Kopcso, Babson College
2016 Third Place
Vincent Slaugh, Carnegie Mellon University Milind Dawande, University of Texas at Dallas Tim Huh, Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia Ganesh Janakiraman Mahesh Nagarajan, Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia
 Yang Bo, Naveen Jindal School of Management, The University of Texas at Dallas
 Sridhar Tayur, Carnegie Mellon University, Tepper School of Business
2015 First Place
Vera Tilson, University of Rochester Gregory Dobson, University of Rochester
2015 Second Place
Kathleen Iacocca, University of Scranton
2015 Third Place
Wendy Swenson Roth
2014 First Place
Yao Zhao, Rutgers University
2014 Second Place
Matthew J. Drake, Duquesne University, School of Business
2014 Third Place
David Kopcso, Babson College Annie Gao, Babson College Howard Simon, Babson College
2013 First Place
Allison Elias, University of Virginia Tim Kraft, University of Virginia Gal Raz, University of Virginia
2013 Second Place
Masoud Talebian, University of Newcastle Garrett J. van Ryzin, Cornell Tech
2013 Third Place
Ersin Korpeoglu, Carnegie Mellon University Fatma Kılınç-Karzan, Carnegie Mellon University
2012 First Place
Gökhan Ceyhan, Middle East Technical University Sinan Gürel, Middle East Technical University Gülser Köksal, Middle East Technical University Murat Köksalan, Middle East Technical University Sinem Mutlu, Middle East Technical University Şahan Yıldız, Middle East Technical University
2012 Second Place
Tinglong Dai, Carey Business School, Johns Hopkins University Sridhar Tayur, Carnegie Mellon University, Tepper School of Business Joshua Rheinbolt, Morganton Eye Physicians, PA Robert Noecker, UPMC Eye Center
2011 First Place
Anton Ovchinnikov, Queen's University Samuel E. Bodily, University of Virginia, Darden Graduate School of Business
2011 Second Place
Samuel E. Bodily, University of Virginia, Darden Graduate School of Business
 Akshay Mittal
2011 Third Place
Matthew J. Drake, Duquesne University, School of Business Ozgun Caliskan Demirag, Georgia Institute of Technology
2010 First Place
Timothy Kraft, Stanford University Yenho Thomas Chung , Stanford University Feryal Erhun , Cambridge Judge Business School, University of Cambridge
2010 Second Place
Kenneth C. Lichtendahl Jr. , Darden School of Business, University of Virginia Yael Grushka-Cockayne, Darden School of Business, University of Virginia
2010 Third Place
Monica Villarreal, Georgia Institute of Technology Matthew J. Drake, Duquesne University, School of Business Özlem Ergun, Georgia Institute of Technology
School of Industrial/Systems Engineering
 Gonca Karakus, Georgia Institute of Technology Paul Kerl, Georgia Institute of Technology Pinar Keskinocak, Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Industrial/Systems Engineering Julie L. Swann, Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Industrial & Systems Engineering
2010 Finalist
Yun Shin Lee, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge Stefan Scholtes, University of Cambridge, Judge Business School
2009 First Place
Amr Farahat, Cornell University Susan Martonosi, Harvey Mudd College, Department of Mathematics
2009 Second Place
Jessica Heier Stamm, Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Industrial & Systems Engineering
 Özlem Ergun, Georgia Institute of Technology
School of Industrial/Systems Engineering
 Pinar Keskinocak, Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Industrial/Systems Engineering Julie L. Swann, Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Industrial & Systems Engineering
2009 Third Place
Gregory S. Zaric, University of Western Ontario, Richard Ivey School of Business Peter C. Bell, University of Western Ontario, Richard Ivey School of Business
2008 First Place
Guzin Bayraksan, University of Arizona Brian Keller, University of Arizona
2008 Finalist
Jeffrey Ohlmann, University of Iowa, Henry B. Tippie College of Business & Management Science
 Justin Goodson, University of Iowa
2007 First Place
Murat Köksalan, Middle East Technical University Selin Bilgin Özpeynirci, Middle East Technical University Haldun Süral, Middle East Technical University
2007 Finalist
Nicos Savva , London Business School Stefan Scholtes, University of Cambridge, Judge Business School Bert De Reyck, University College London, Dept. of Management Science & Innovation
 Yael Grushka-Cockayne, Darden School of Business, University of Virginia Harish Krishnan, University of British Columbia, Sauder School of Business
2006 First Place
Murat Köksalan, Middle East Technical University Sakine Batun, University of Pittsburgh, Dept. of Industrial Engineering
Bert De Reyck, University College London, Dept. of Management Science & Innovation
 Zeger Degraeve, London Business School Pascale Crama, Singapore Management University
2006 Finalist
Matthew J. Drake, Duquesne University, School of Business Paul M. Griffin, Georgia Institute of Technology, School of ISYE
 Julie L. Swann, Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Industrial & Systems Engineering
James J. Cochran, The University of Alabama
2005 First Place
John C.W. Parsons, Parsons, McKinsey & Company Stephen C. Graves, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Anton Ovchinnikov, Queen's University Scott Sampson, Brigham Young University
 Dmitry Krass, University of Toronto, Rotman School of Management
2005 Finalist
Nicos Savva , London Business School Stefan Scholtes, University of Cambridge, Judge Business School
Tianjun Feng, The Paul Merage School of Business, University of California - Irvine L. Robin Keller, University of California - Irvine, Paul Merage School of Business Xiaona Zheng, Guanghua School of Management, Peking University
2004 First Place
Bert De Reyck, University College London, Dept. of Management Science & Innovation
 Zeger Degraeve, London Business School Pascale Crama, Singapore Management University
2004 Finalist
Matthew J. Drake, Duquesne University, School of Business Paul M. Griffin, Georgia Institute of Technology, School of ISYE
 Julie L. Swann, Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Industrial & Systems Engineering
Ricardo Ernst, Georgetown University Glen M. Schmidt, University of Utah
Glen M. Schmidt, University of Utah Jan A. Van Mieghem, Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management
2003 First Place
Martin L. Puterman, University of British Columbia, Faculty of Communications & Business Administration Stanley Tse, Visual8 Corporation
2003 Finalist
Russ G. Garber, Stanford University Robert C. Carlson, Stanford University, Management Science & Engineering Department
John F. Kros, East Carolina University, Dept. of Marketing & Supply Chain Christopher M. Keller, East Carolina University, Dept. of Marketing & Supply Chain
2002 First Place
Murat Köksalan, Middle East Technical University F. Sibel Salman, Koc University, College of Engineering
2002 Finalist
Alexander M. Smith, University of British Columbia David Glenn, Profit Logic Mehmet A. Begen, University of Western Ontario
Richard Ivey School of Business Martin L. Puterman, University of British Columbia, Faculty of Communications & Business Administration
John F. Kros, East Carolina University, Dept. of Marketing & Supply Chain Christopher M. Keller, East Carolina University, Dept. of Marketing & Supply Chain Stephanie Leung, Cua-Oh Consulting
Wedad Elmaghraby, University of Maryland, RH Smith School of Business Pinar Keskinocak, Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Industrial/Systems Engineering
2001 First Place
Don Kleinmuntz, Strata Decision Technology LLC
2001 Finalist
Christopher M. Keller, East Carolina University, Dept. of Marketing & Supply Chain John F. Kros, East Carolina University, Dept. of Marketing & Supply Chain
Christopher M. Rump, Bowling Green State University
Woo-Je Kim, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, Dept. of I/O Engineering Katta G. Murty, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, Dept. of I/O Engineering
2000 First Place
Pinar Keskinocak, Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Industrial/Systems Engineering Sridhar Tayur, Carnegie Mellon University, Tepper School of Business
2000 Finalist
Gregory S. Zaric, University of Western Ontario, Richard Ivey School of Business Robert McGowan, University of Western Ontario, Richard Ivey School of Business
John F. Kros, East Carolina University, Dept. of Marketing & Supply Chain Christopher M. Keller, East Carolina University, Dept. of Marketing & Supply Chain
Christopher M. Rump, Bowling Green State University