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Alireza Alavi received an INFORMS award

Alireza Alavi

Congratulations to Alireza Alavi, PhD student at Mcgill University under the supervision of Mehmet Gumus and Javad Nasiry, that received for his paper "Designing Size Inclusive Fashion Assortments" the second best-paper award in "INFORMS 2024 DEI (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion) Best Student Paper Award" competition during Annual INFORMS conference organized in Seattle.

Annual INFORMS DEI Best Student Paper award promotes Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Research in Operations Research and Management Science.

Selection Process: This inaugural competition received 41 submissions and has selected the six finalists based on the evaluations provided by 25 judges in the two rounds of judging. After the final round, Alireza's paper has been selected as the second best paper among six papers.