Student Paper Competition

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Student Paper Competition Winners

2025

Open Category

First Prize: "Income Pools for Superstar Markets"
Craig Fernandes
(University of Toronto)
Second Prize: "Fair Resource Allocation in Weakly Coupled Markov Decision Processes"
Xiaohui Tu
(HEC Montréal)

Undergraduate Category

First Prize: "Optimizing the Distribution of Mental Health and Substance Use Supported Housing Models in Vancouver"
Ananga Bajgai, Saffron Kozakova, Allan Che, Hannah Nadnaden
(Simon Fraser University)
Second Prize: "A Data-Driven Approach to Master Surgical Scheduling"
Larissa Troper, Aniq Premji, Matthew Chan, Adel Pazoki, Sunischit Thapa
(University of Waterloo)
2024

Open Category

First Prize: "Online Stochastic Optimization for Real-Time Transfer Synchronization in Public Transportation Networks"
Laura Kolcheva
(Polytechnique Montréal)
Honourable Mention: "Reducing Diagnostic Imaging Wait Times: Lessons from a Large-Scale Empirical Analysis"
Benjamin Ravenscroft
(University of Waterloo)

Undergraduate Category

First Prize: "Inventory Slotting Optimization for Stable Palletization in Distribution Centres"
Claudia De Fazio, Anika Gapczynski, Chloe Pilon, Kayley Brash, Michaela Trevisan
(U of Waterloo)
2023

Open Category

First Prize: "Learning Consumer Preferences from Bundle Sales Data"
Setareh Farajollahzadeh
(University of Toronto)
Honourable Mention: "A Machine Learning Approach to Solving Large Bilevel and Stochastic Programs: Application to Cycling Network Design"
Bo Lin
(University of Toronto)
Honourable Mention: "Capacity Planning in Stable Matching: An Application to School Choice"
Federico Bobbio
(University of Montreal)

Undergraduate Category

First Prize: "A Time-Discretized Mathematical Model and Heuristic for Breast Cancer Radiotherapy"
Scholar Sun
(University of Waterloo)
Honourable Mention: "Optimizing Product Allocation for Grocery E-Commerce Fulfillment"
Jenya Sourgaeva, Angelika Nowlan, Sanjay Alwani, Weiyi Liu
(Simon Fraser University)
2022

Open Category

First Prize: "Inverse Mixed Integer Optimization: Polyhedral Insights and Trust Region Methods"
Ian Yihang Zhu
(University of Toronto)
Honourable Mention: "Model-Free Assortment Pricing with Transaction Data"
Saman Lagzi
(University of Toronto)

Undergraduate Category

First Prize: "Miss It Like Messi: Extracting a Signal from Off-Target Shots in Soccer"
Ethan Baron
(University of Toronto)
Honourable Mention: "The Vehicle Routing Problem for E-Commerce Grocery Delivery"
Kevin He, Lacey Liang, Sherlyn Ng, Viet Trinh, Ashutosh Dubal
(Simon Fraser University)
2021

Open Category

First Prize: "An Inverse Optimization Approach to Measuring Clinical Pathway Concordance"
Nasrin Yousefi
(University of Toronto)
Honourable Mention: "Heatmap design for crowdsourced delivery"
Aliaa Alnaggar
(University of Waterloo)

Undergraduate Category

First Prize: "Static bike relocation optimization applied to Montreal's BIXI bike sharing system"
Imad Mechmachi, Philippe Lavoie, Reda Kzaz, Jean-Yves Potvin
(Université de Montréal)
First Prize: "A Vehicle Routing Problem for Livestock Feed Distribution"
Theodore Morissette, Eric Entz, Andrew Veldhuis, Razi Sayed
(University of Waterloo)
2020

Open Category

First Prize: "A Combinatorial Cut-and-Lift Procedure with an Application to 0-1 Chance Constraints"
Margarita Castro
(University of Toronto)

Undergraduate Category

First Prize: "Smart Scheduling Tool: Improvement of Elementary School Timetables"
Sarah McCurdy, Meghan Stronach, Allison Jacobs, Alyssa Hopkins
(University of Waterloo)
Honourable Mention: "Implementing Constraint Generation Methods for Solving Large-scale IMRT Treatment Optimization Problems"
Lucy Fountain
(University of Waterloo)
2019

Open Category

First Prize: "Tight-and-cheap conic relaxation for the AC optimal power flow problem"
Christian Bingane, Miguel Anjos, Sébastien Le Digabel
(Polytechnique Montreal)
Honourable Mention: "Calculus Identities for Generalized Simplex Gradients: Rules and Applications"
Gabriel Jarry-Bolduc, Warren Hare
(University of British Columbia)

Undergraduate Category

First Prize: "Optimal Re-allocation of Pay and Display Machines for Toronto Parking Authority"
Milan Kaur, Mandeep Hanspal, Jui Champaneri, Sathana Srikanthan
(University of Waterloo)
2018

Open Category

First Prize: "Spatial separability in hub location problems with an application to brain connectivity networks"
Taghi Khaniyev
(University of Waterloo)
Honourable Mention: "Multiple Observations and Goodness of Fit in Generalized Inverse Optimization"
Rafid Mahmood
(University of Toronto)
Honourable Mention: "UAV Service with Competition under Technological and Regulatory Limitations"
Gohram Baloch
(University of Waterloo)

Undergraduate Category

First Prize: "The Walking School Bus Routing Problem"
Negin Bolkhanian, Matthew Reyers
(Simon Fraser University)
Honourable Mention: "Evaluating NFL Game States using a Markov Reward Process"
Craig Fernandes
(University of Toronto)
2017

Open Category

First Prize: "Vehicle Routing Problems with Synchronized Visits and Stochastic/Time-Dependent Travel and Service Times: Applications in Healthcare"
Seyed Doulabi
(École Polytechnique de Montréal)
Second Prize: "Optimal Vaccine Administration Policies Using Multi-dose Vials of Different Sizes"
Gizem Nemutlu
(University of Waterloo)

Undergraduate Category

First Prize: "End-to-End Analytics: Wait Time Management of Ontario MRI Services"
Alexandra Hayes, Christian Gould, Kevin Chu, Srikajan Santhirakumaran
(University of Waterloo)
2016

Open Category

First Prize: "Dynamic Type Matching"
Yun Zhou
(University of Toronto)
Honourable Mention: "Cold supply chain design with environmental considerations: A simulation-optimization approach"
Ahmed Saif
(University of Waterloo)
Honourable Mention: "The Value of Flexibility in Robust Location-Transportation Problems"
Amir Ardestani-Jaafari
(HEC Montréal)

Undergraduate Category

First Prize: "To Drone or Not to Drone: Investigating Drone Deliveries"
Taha Mirza, Rupan Dandiwal, Shayan Altaf, Brady Lee
(University of Waterloo)
Honourable Mention: "Reducing Blood Distribution Costs for Canadian Blood Services"
Brianna Horton, Constance Gervais, Danielle Shawcross, Juliana Gonzalez
(University of Waterloo)
Honourable Mention: "A Queueing Network Model for Refugee Language Courses in Vancouver"
Oshane Jackson, Ismael Martinez
(Simon Fraser University)
2015

Open Category

First Prize: "Modeling Yellow and Red Alert Durations for Ambulance Systems"
Amir Rastpour
(University of Alberta)
Honourable Mention: "Coalitional Operating Room Planning and Scheduling"
Vahid Roshanaei
(University of Toronto)

Undergraduate Category

First Prize: "Redesigning Fischer Canada's Facility Layout and Scheduling Operations"
Zahra Bodla, Ahad Ismail, Ra'd Daoud, AbdulRehman Shaheen
(University of Waterloo)
Honourable Mention: "Feeding Iqaluit: A Consolidated Shipment Ordering System"
Jordan Moreau, Ian Gresel, Andrew Scott, Mohamed-Akeel R. Hasham
(University of Waterloo)
2014

Open Category

First Prize: "Robust Facility Location Under Demand Location Uncertainty"
Auyon A. Siddiq
(University of Toronto)
Honourable Mention: "Allocation Policies in Blood Transfusion"
Vahid Sarhangian
(University of Toronto)

Undergraduate Category

First Prize: "Selecting Optimal Tolling Levels: A Case Study for the Fraser River in the Greater Vancouver Area"
Kishley Bhalla, Craig Mathews, W Brett Robinson, Katie Sclater
(Simon Fraser University)
Honourable Mention: "Optimal Locations of Telecommunication Equipment: A Case Study for the City of Richmond, British Columbia, Canada"
Nicole Mo, Alborz Namazi, Joyce Tai, Eric Yuen
(Simon Fraser University)
2013

Open Category

First Prize: "Generalized Inverse Multi Objective Optimization with Application to Cancer Therapy"
Taewoo Lee
(University of Toronto)
Honourable Mention: "Bayesian control chart for multi-state processes in infinite horizon"
Jue Wang
(University of Toronto)

Undergraduate Category

First Prize: "Selecting Optimal Locations of Food Trucks:A Case Study for the City of Vancouver"
Benny Wai, Alex Liu, Lawrence Huen
(Simon Fraser University)
Honourable Mention: "The University Course Selection Problem: Efficient Models and Experimental Analysis"
Bo Chen, Luheng Wang, Wenjiao Chen, Xiao Luo
(Simon Fraser University)
2012

Open Category

First Prize: "Joint Optimization of Sampling and Control of Partially Observable Failing Systems"
Michael Jong Kim
(University of Toronto)
Honourable Mention: "Adaptive and robust radiation therapy optimization for lung cancer"
Velibor Misic
(University of Toronto)

Undergraduate Category

First Prize: "The TA assignment problem with open tutorials"
Issac He, Mark Strange, Hans Aisake
(Simon Fraser University)
Honourable Mention: "Intersection Optimization Analysis: Cambie & W. Broadway, Vancouver"
Sam Maggs, Michelle Leung, Svyatoslav Glazyrin
(Simon Fraser University)
2011

Open Category

First Prize: "Portfolio Selection under Model Uncertainty: A Penalized Moment-Based Optimization Approach"
Jonathan Y. Li
(University of Toronto)
Honourable Mention: "The development and application of a new simulation model for multi-agricultural biomass"
Mahmood Ebadian
(University of British Columbia)

Undergraduate Category

First Prize: "Staffing Requirements Based on Stochastic Arrivals and Infinite Server Model (M/M/s)"
Shuang E, Derek Hewitt, Jenny Morrow, Scott Van Bolhuis
(University of Alberta)
2010

Open Category

First Prize: "A Markov Chain Model for the Performance of an EMS System with Repositioning"
Ramon Alanis
(School of Business, University of Alberta)
Honourable Mention: "New Relaxations for Binary Quadratic Problems Using Second-Order Cone Programming"
Bissan Ghaddar
(Department of Management Sciences, University of Waterloo)
Honourable Mention: "A New Class of Neighborhood Path-Following Interior Point Algorithms for Semidefinite Optimization with O(√nlog(Tr(X0S0)/ε)) Iteration Complexity"
Yang Li
(Department of Mathematics and Statistics, McMaster University)

Undergraduate Category

First Prize: "Community Facility Services: Drive Time and Market Share Analysis"
Erin Hrycyschyn, Felicia Ng, Brent Ouwerkerk, Jimmie Tom, Sean Tomilin
(University of Alberta)
2009

Open Category

First Prize: "Product Differentiation and Operations Strategy in a Competitive Market"
Sachin Jayaswa
(Department of Management Sciences, University of Waterloo)
Honourable Mention: "Fuzzy Hierarchical Production Planning"
Mahmood Ebadian
(Department of Wood Science, University of British Columbia)
Honourable Mention: "Appointment Scheduling with Discrete Random Durations"
Mehmet A. Begen
(Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia)

Undergraduate Category

First Prize: "Robust Portfolio Selection for Index Tracking"
Chen Chen
(Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto)
Honourable Mention: "Production Facility Optimization"
Maxine Cunningham, John Schmidt, Jonathon Braamms
(School of Business, University of Alberta)
Honourable Mention: "Disabled Adult Transit Service – Optimal Shift Design and Demand"
Mike Clay, Yvan Fortier, Chris Samuel
(School of Business, University of Alberta)
2008

Open Category

First Prize: "Supply Chain Coordination Through Pricing and Bundling"
Chirag Surti
(DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University)
Honourable Mention: "Product Differentiation & Operations Strategy in a Capacitated Environment"
Sachin Jayaswal
(Department of Management Sciences, University of Waterloo)
Honourable Mention: "A Nested Benders Decomposition Approach for Optimal W-CDMA Telecommunication Network Planning"
Joe Naoum-Sawaya
( Department of Management Sciences, University of Waterloo)

Undergraduate Category

Honourable Mention: "Optimization of Transit Services – Through Class Scheduling"
Sterling Todd Keys, Sean Lelacheur, Greg Ninowsky
(School of Business, University of Alberta)
Honourable Mention: "ETS Customer Service Standards"
Angela Kercher, Arthur Lee, Shawn Halvorson
(School of Business, University of Alberta)
2007

Open Category

First Prize: "Optimal Release of Inventory Using Online Auctions: The Two Item Case"
Fredik Odegaard
(Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia)
Honourable Mention: "Response Time Reduction in Make-to-Order and Assemble-to-Order Supply Chain Design"
Navneet Vidyarthi
(Department of Management Sciences, University of Waterloo)
Honourable Mention: "A Theoretical Comparison of Feasibility Cuts for the Integrated Aircraft Routing and Crew Pairing Problem"
Anne Mercier
(CRT, Universite de Montreal)

Undergraduate Category

First Prize: "Capital Health: Forecasting Demand Beyond Population Growth of MRI / CT / Ultrasound"
Allison Bouthillier, Amanda Meleshko, Peter Wares
(University of Alberta School of Business)
Honourable Mention: "Simple Solutions: Inbound Truck Scheduling"
Kieran Ryan, Stewart Wilson
(University of Alberta School of Business)
2006

Open Category

First Prize: "A Robust Approach to IMRT Optimization"
Timothy C Y Chan
(Operations Research Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Honourable Mention: "L’optimisation du transport dans l’industrie forestière"
Catherine Gingras
(HEC Montréal)
Honourable Mention: "Incorporating Employee Satisfaction in Workforce Scheduling and Rostering"
Yong Yue Li
(University of Alberta School of Business)

Undergraduate Category

First Prize: "Fountain Tire: British Columbia Retreading Plant Location"
David Mann, Anh Nguyen, Sean O’Donnell
(University of Alberta School of Business)
Honourable Mention: "Vendor Performance Evaluation and Cart & Warehouse Reorder Point Analysis"
Megan Inglis, Jen Tyrkalo, Jillene Wiebe, Mark Zschocke
(University of Alberta School of Business)
2005

Open Category

First Prize: "Improving Resource Utilization for Diagnostic Services Through Flexible Inpatient Scheduling"
Jonathan Patrick
(University of British Columbia)
Honourable Mention: "A Tactical Planning Model for the Railroad Transportation of Mixed Freight"
Manish Verma
(Memorial University)
Honourable Mention: "A simplex Algorithm For Piecewise-Linear Fractional Programming Problems"
Pooja Pandey
(University of New Brunswick (Saint John))

Undergraduate Category

First Prize: "Dynamic Simulation for Rail and Terminal Services Used in Sulphur Distribution"
Chelsea Baron, Jennifer Der, Lukas Deeg, Mark Zschocke
(University of Alberta)
First Prize: "A Heuristic for Solving the Bottleneck Traveling Salesman Problem"
John LaRusic
(University of New Brunswick (Fredericton))
2004

Open Category

First Prize: "Sensitivity Analysis in Convex Quadratic Optimization: Simultaneous Perturbation of the Objective and Right-Hand-Side Vectors"
Oleksandr Romanko
(M.Sc., McMaster)
Honourable Mention: "New solvable cases of the traveling salesman problem on permuted Monge matrices"
Zhihui Xue
Honourable Mention: "La localisation de centres de tri de colis chez Postes Canada"
Rémy Monfet

Undergraduate Category

First Prize: "TELUS Operator Services Estimation Tool Project"
Alden Christianson, Wilson Mok, Gabriel Wong, Kelly O’Byrne
Honourable Mention: "Standards for Prostate Treatment in Alberta"
Daniel Bowker, Jared Poplawski, Scott Knibbs
(University of Alberta)
2003

Open Category

First Prize: "Real Options Valuation and Optimal Operation of Electrical Power Plants in Competitive Markets"
Matt Thompson
(Ph.D., Western Ontario)
Honourable Mention: "Aggregate Logistics Optimization for a Large Beverage Company"
Ernest Hongtu Wu
(M.Sc, UBC)
Honourable Mention: "Strategic Revenue Management Under Price and Seat Inventory Competition"
Xuan Zhao
(Ph.D., UBC)
Honourable Mention: "Exact solution of the centralized network design problem on directed graphs"
Fatma Gzara
(Ph.D., McGill)

Undergraduate Category

First Prize: "Basis Identification Procedure"
Ayako Watanabe
(McMaster)
Honourable Mention: "Improving Forecast Accuracy for Purolator Courier"
Adam Crowe, Andrea Denney, David Fath, Elaine Siu, Linda Tarshahani
(University of Alberta)
2002

Open Category

First Prize: "A Continuous-Time Strategic Capacity Planning Model for Multi-Product, Multi-Machine Manufacturing Systems under Demand Uncertainties"
W.T. Huh, R.O. Roundy
(Cornell University)
Honourable Mention: "A Penalty-Evaporation Heuristic in a Decomposition Method for the Maximum Clique Problem"
P. St-Louis, J.A. Ferland, B. Gendron
(University of Montreal)
Honourable Mention: "Designing Distribution Networks: Formulations and Solution Heuristic"
S. Lapierre, A.B. Ruiz, P. Soriano
(CRT)
Honourable Mention: "A Compact Model and Tight Bounds for a Combined Location/Routing Problem"
M. Albareda-Sambola, J.A. Diaz, E. Fernandez
(CRT)

Undergraduate Category

First Prize: "Supporting Wood Supply Chain Decisions with Simulation for a Mill in Northern BC"
J.A. Myers
(University of New Brunswick)
Honourable Mention: "Inventory Management and Reorder Point Analysis at the Edmonton Component Rebuild Center of Finning"
K. Bessette, J. Litchfield, J. Johnson, M. Riskin
(University of Alberta)
Honourable Mention: "Resource Simulation at Air Canada"
K. Chong, M. Grewal, J. Loo
(University of Calgary)
Honourable Mention: "Simulating a Job Shop: Metal Fabricators and Welding Ltd."
A. Benjamin, M. Noel, R. D'Ilio
(University of Alberta)
2001

Open Category

First Prize: "The Integration of Interior-Point Cutting Plane Methods within Branch-and-Price Algorithms"
Samir Elhedhli
(Faculty of Management, McGill University, Montreal)
Honourable Mention: "Le problème du postier chinois mixte avec pénalités pour les virages"
Nathalie Perrier
Honourable Mention: "Developing an Airline Network Inventory Control Policy Using Markov Decision Processes and Simulation"
Kyle Biswanger

Undergraduate Category

First Prize: "A Forest Landscape Generator"
Gregory Paradis
(Faculty of Forestry and Environmental Management, University of New Brunswick)
2000

Open Category

First Prize: "Scheduling Start Times for Jobs With Uncertain Durations"
Brian Denton
Honourable Mention: "Identifying High-Risk Claims within the Workers' Compensation Board of British Columbia's Claim Inventory by using Logistic Regression Modelling"
Ernest Urbanovich
Honourable Mention: "Cellular Manufacturing System Design: A Price-directed Decomposition and Genetic Algorithm Approach"
Aaron Luntala Nsakanda

Undergraduate Category

First Prize: "Cost-effective and Reliable Grinding Schedules for Inland Cement"
Joey Cherdarchuk, Shahnoor Lalani, Kimberley Mik, Thaddeus Sim
(University of Alberta)
Honourable Mention: "Équilibrage d'une chaîne d'assemblage par Recherche Tabou"
Pascal Forget
1999

Open Category

Honourable Mention: "A Markov Decision Process Model for Airline Meal Provisioning"
Jason H. Goto
Honourable Mention: "A fast Algorithm to Minimize Makespan for the Two-Machine Flow-Shop Problem with Release Dates"
Jinliang Cheng, George Steiner, Paul Stephenson

Undergraduate Category

First Prize: "TAU Utilities: Speciality Crew Location"
Chris Goodwin, Joanne Kok, Steve Kabanuk
(University of Alberta)
Honourable Mention: "Locating a Meat Processing Plant in the Prairies"
Laura Morrison, Les Stelmach, Mark Gannon
1998

Open Category

First Prize: "On the interaction of time and money invested in new ventures"
Moren Lévesque, Kenneth R. MacCrimmon
(University of British Columbia)
Honourable Mention: "A goal programming approach to strategic resource allocation in acute care hospitals"
John T. Blake, Michael W. Carter
(University of Toronto)

Undergraduate Category

First Prize: "Delivering results in the pizza industry"
Jay Baraniecki, Chris Neuman, Laura Morrison
(University of Alberta)

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