Decision Analysis Practice Award

2024 Winner(s)

Winning material: An Ambiguity Framework to Inform Optimal Data Allocation for Data-Driven Optimization: Analysis and Application to Agribusiness

Purpose of the Award

The Decision Analysis Practice Award is sponsored jointly by the Decision Analysis Society and the Society of Decision Professionals. It is given annually to the best decision analysis application, as judged by a panel of members of both Societies. 

For more information about eligibility, procedures, and deadlines.


Past Awardees

2022 Winner(s)
Martine J. Barons, Applied Statistics & Risk Unit, University of Warwick
David Underdown, The National Archives
Thais Fonseca, UFRJ Rio de Janeiro
2022 Finalist
Veronica White, National Institute of Justice, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Caleb Hudgins, National Institute of Justice
Rachel Kane, National Institute of Justice
Mallory O'Brien, National Institute of Justice
Bryan Nuse, Bird Conservancy of the Rockies
David Smith, U.S. Geological Survey
John Sweka, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
James Lyons, U.S. Geological Survey
Kristen Anstead, Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission
Rich Wong, Delaware Dept of Natural Resources and Environmental Control
Anna Tucker, USGS and Iowa State University
Paul Fackler, North Carolina State University
Conor McGowan, USGS and University of Florida
Clint Moore, USGS and University of Georgia
Jim Nichols, U.S. Geological Survey
Joice C. Ribeiro Giacon, Optimum Supply
Gustavo H. Martins , Optimum Supply
Kislan Santos, Optimum Supply
2021 Finalist
Love Ekenberg, Stockholm University and IIASA
Adriana Mihai, University of Bucharest, Centre of Excellence for the Study of Cultural Identity (CESIC)
Nadejda Komendantova, International Institute for Applied Sstems Analysis (IIASA)
Tobias Fasth, Public Health Agency of Sweden and Dept. of Computer and Systems Sciences, Stockholm University
Mats Danielson, Stockholm University and IIASA
Ahmed Al-Salaymeh, The University of Jordan
2020 Winner(s)
Kelly F. Robinson, Michigan State University
Mark R. DuFour, Ohio Department of Natural Resources
Lucas Nathan, Michigan Department of Natural Resources
Jason L. Fischer, Michigan State University
Michael Jones, Michigan State University
Seth J. Herbst, Michigan Department of Natural Resources
Tammy Newcomb, Michigan Department of Natural Resources
2020 Finalist
Bhavani Shanker Uppari, Singapore Management University Serguei Netessine, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania Ioana Popescu, INSEAD Rowan P. Clarke, Harvard Business School
Steffen A. Borden, Bayer Pharmaceuticals
Florian Methling, Strategic Decisions Group
Mark Seidler, Strategic Decisions Group
Johannes Siebert Insa Sommer, Strategic Decisions Group
Deepak Veeraraghavan, Strategic Decisions Group
Rüdiger von Nitzsch, RWTH Aachen University
2019 Winner(s)
Josephine MacHunter, Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research
Libby Rumpff, University of Melbourne
Tracey Regan, Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research
Nevil Amos, Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research
2019 Finalist
Francis Marleau Donais, Université Laval
Irène Abi-Zeid, Université Laval
Edward Owen Douglas Waygood, Polytechnique Montréal
Roxane Lavoie, Université Laval
Yesim Koca, Eindhoven University of Technology
Tugce Martagan, Eindhoven University of Technology Ivo Adan, Eindhoven University of Technology
Bram van Ravenstein, MSD Animal Health
Marc Baaijens, MSD Animal Health
Oscar Repping, MSD Animal Health
2018 Winner(s)
Corinne Carland, MIT Jarrod Goentzel, MIT Gilberto Montibeller, Loughborough University
2017 Winner(s)
Valentina Ferretti, London School of Economics and Political Science Gabriella Csányi, London School of Economics and Political Science
2016 Winner(s)
Joseph Byrum, Syngenta Tracy Doubler, Syngenta Greg Doonan, Syngenta Craig Davis, Syngenta LtC (Ret) Jack Kloeber, Jr., Kromite LLC Peiran Zhao, Kromite LLC Emilia Silebi, Kromite LLC
2014 Winner(s)
Max Henrion, Lumina Decision Systems
2014 Finalist
Mazen Skaf, Strategic Decisions Group
2011 Winner(s)
John Trindle
2010 Winner(s)
Frank Koch, Chevron Larry Neal, Chevron Brian Putt, Chevron
2009 Winner(s)
Phil Beccue, Baxter BioScience
Chris Dalton, Syncopation Software
2009 Finalist
Robert F. Bordley, Professor of Engineering Practice and director of the Systems Engineering and Design Program within the Integrative Sciences Division in the College of Engineering, at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Jeff Belkora, University of California, San Francisco Shelley Volz, UCSF Decision Services Alexandra Teng Meredith Loth
2008 Winner(s)
Andrea Dickens, Decision Analysis Group Sven Roden, Decision Analysis Group
2007 Winner(s)
Katherine J. Gentil , Air Force Institute of Technology Shane Knighton, Air Force Institute of Technology
2007 Finalist
Yael Grushka-Cockayne, Darden School of Business, University of Virginia Bert De Reyck, University College London, Dept. of Management Science & Innovation
Zeger Degraeve, London Business School
Pekka Mild, Helsinki University of Technology Ahti Salo, Aalto University
Sam Pittman, Weyerhaeuser Company Craig Whittaker, Weyerhaeuser Company
2006 Winner(s)
J. Eric Bickel, Texas A&M University Richard L. Gibson, Texas A&M University Duane A. McVay, Texas A&M University Stephen C. Pickering, Schlumberger House John R. Waggoner, Reservoir Services
B. Tarantino, United States Military Academy G. Prosch, United States Military Academy C. College, United States Military Academy P. Ewing , United States Military Academy Gregory S. Parnell
J.C. Felli , Lilly Research Laboratories W.H. Anderson, Lilly Research Laboratories
2005 Finalist
Phillip Beccue, Baxter BioScience Hillard Huntington, Stanford University
J.C. Felli , Lilly Research Laboratories W.H. Anderson, Lilly Research Laboratories J.P. Kremidas, Lilly Research Laboratories S.J. Ruberg, Lilly Research Laboratories
Ajoy Chakrabarti, Bristol Myers Squibb
2004 Winner(s)
Craig W. Kirkwood, Dept. of Supply Chain Management, Arizona State University Arnold Maltz, Arizona State University Matthew P. Slaven, Arizona State University
Erik Johnson Anthony Artuso, Asset Strategy Evaluation for a Multiple Indication Oncology Product
Jeff Keisler, University of Massachusetts-Boston Mark Brodfuehrer
Craig W. Kirkwood, Dept. of Supply Chain Management, Arizona State University Arnold Maltz, Arizona State University Matthew P. Slaven, Arizona State University
2003 Winner(s)
Col William K. Klimack, United States Military Academy LtC (Ret) Jack Kloeber, Jr., Kromite LLC
2002 Winner(s)
Jeff Stonebraker, Bayer Biological Products
2002 Finalist
Gary J. Boyd, Science Applications International Corporation Gregory St. Pierre, U.S. Army Program Manager for Chemical Demilitarization
Concha Bielza, Technical University of Madrid (project clients: General University Hospital Gregorio Marañón at Madrid) Manuel Gómez, Technical University of Madrid (project clients: General University Hospital Gregorio Marañón at Madrid) Sixto Ríos- Insua, Technical University of Madrid (project clients: General University Hospital Gregorio Marañón at Madrid) Juan A. Fernández del Pozo, Technical University of Madrid (project clients: General University Hospital Gregorio Marañón at Madrid)
Bill Poland, Pharsight Corporation
2001 Winner(s)
Eric Johnson, Pharsight Corporation
2001 Honorable Mention
Phil Beccue, Baxter BioScience
Gary J. Boyd, Science Applications International Corporation Gregory St. Pierre, U.S. Army Program Manager for Chemical Demilitarization
2000 Winner(s)
David Mauney, Structural Integrity Associates
1999 Winner(s)
Mazen Skaf, Strategic Decisions Group Donald Spillman, Shell Offshore, Inc.