INFORMS JFIG

The INFORMS Junior Faculty Interest Group (JFIG) brings together early career researchers to provide academic and research support and networking opportunities.

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On behalf of the INFORMS JFIG board and members, we sincerely appreciate the generous funding from our sponsors @lehigh_ise @umichioe @NU_IEMS @GeorgiaTechISyE and Purdue Industrial Engineering for supporting the JFIG activities for this fiscal year. @INFORMS #funding #jfig

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We also celebrated the winners of the Inaugural JFIG Teaching Excellence Award. Congratulations to everyone! Special thanks to the competition co-chairs, Prof. @AlbertBerahas. Prof. @PVanHentenryck , and Prof. Ana I. Alexandrescu.

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We had a remarkable luncheon @INFORMS2024 with a great turnout of junior faculty and esteemed senior colleagues. Our President, @Karmel_Shehadeh, kicked off the luncheon by thanking our officers and sponsors, summarizing our achievements, and outlining new initiatives

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Then, we celebrated the finalists and winners of the JFIG paper competitions. Congratulations to everyone. Special thanks to the competition Co-Chairs, Prof. @M_Epelman and Prof. Melvyn Sim, and reviewers

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Rise and shine, junior faculty🌟! A quick reminder about our annual JFIG luncheon at @INFORMS2024 today from 12-1 PM at the Hyatt Regency - Quinault. Excited to celebrate our accomphsiments and JFIG's paper and teaching award finalists! See you all soon!

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The finalists will present their papers in the following JFIG-sponsored sessions
- SA05. INFORMS JFIG Best Paper Competition II (Sun 8:00-9:15)
- SB05. INFORMS JFIG Best Paper Competition I (Sun 10:45-12:00)
The 1st, 2nd, and 3rd places will be announced at the JFIG luncheon

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Congratulations to the six finalists of the 2024 JFIG paper competition @INFORMS 🎊

- Dr. Chen Chen (NYU Shanghai), Dr. Yilun Chen (The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen), and Dr. Pengyu Qian (Boston Uni). "Incentivizing Resource Pooling"

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- Dr. Bhavani Shanker Uppari (Singapore Management University) and Dr. Sasa Zorc (Uni of Virginia). "Designing Payment Models for the Poor"
- Dr. Zhengyuan Zhou and Xiaoyu Fan (NYU Stern). "Sample Complexity of Inventory Control with Setup Costs Beyond Plug-in Demand Estimation"

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The 1st, 2nd, and 3rd (tie) places will be announced at the JFIG luncheon on 10/21, 12:00--1:00 at the INFORMS Annual meeting.

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Congratulations to the finalists of the 2024 JFIG Teaching Excellence Award @INFORMS 🎊
- Dr. Afrooz Jalilzadeh (Uni of Arizona)
- Dr. Kayse Lee MaassN (Northeastern Uni) @KayseMaass
- Dr. Karmel S. Shehadeh (Lehigh Uni) @Karmel_Shehadeh
- Dr. Anna Svirsko (US Naval Academy)

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If you know of a JFIG member who is interested in any of the above positions, please email us at [email protected] with their name, email address, a short bio and a position statement. The deadline for nominations is May 31st, 2024.
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The INFORMS JFIG Board has three open positions starting August 1st, 2024:
- Vice-president/President-elect (two-year term)
- Secretary (two-year term)
- Treasurer (two-year term)
See 🧵👇for more info...

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Dear JFIG members,
It has been another wonderful year with you! Please find the link to our yearly newsletter:
https://t.co/Z8spLaawAH
Best wishes!
JFIG Team.

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Co-Chairs of the Comp. Committee:
Marina Epelman, Professor and Associate Chair of Graduate Studies, Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering, University of Michigan.
Melvyn Sim, Professor and Provost's Chair, Department of Analytics & Operations, NUS Business School.

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News! The Junior Faculty Interest Group (JFIG) of INFORMS invites submissions to the 2024 INFORMS JFIG Paper Competition! See thread below 👇🧵

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All submissions should be made electronically (as PDF files) to [email protected]
The submission deadline for the 2024 JFIG Paper Competition is June 15, 2024,
11:59pm (Pacific Time)

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Yonatan Mintz will be presenting at next week Monday's @informsjfig webinar series! Assistant Professor Mintz will be presenting on model-based approaches to optimizing community health worker interventions.

For more info visit: https://t.co/3L0BGsoLwQ
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