Best Paper Award

2024 Winner(s)

Winning material: Tactical Design of Same-Day Delivery Systems

Purpose of the Award

The TSL Best Paper Award is given once a year to an outstanding paper in the field of transportation science and logistics. The paper must have been published in a refereed journal and must present innovative approaches for solving complex problems in transportation and/or logistics, with an emphasis on operations research and quantitative methods.

Application Process

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Past Awardees

2024 Winner(s)
Alan Erera , Georgia Institute of Technology School of Industrial & Systems Eng Alejandro Toriello Alexander M. Stroh, Georgia Institute of Technology
2024 Runner-Up
Qingchen Wang, Ophelos Limited
 Scott Webster, Arizona State University
 Stanley Lim, Michigan State University
2023 Winner(s)
Ningwei Zhang, Beijing Institute of Technology
 Wei Qi, Tsinghua University
 Yuli Zhang, Beijing Institute of Technology
2023 Honorable Mention
Ann Melissa Campbell, University of Iowa
 Barrett W. Thomas, University of Iowa
 Sara Reed
2022 Winner(s)
Ilya O. Ryzhov, University of Maryland Nikola Marković, University of Utah Paul Schonfeld, University of Maryland Ye Chen, Virginia Commonwealth University
2022 Honorable Mention
Jorge E. Mendoza, HEC Montreal Justin Goodson, University of Iowa
 Nicholas D. Kullman, Universite de Tours
2021 Winner(s)
Alexandre Jacquillat, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Kai Wang, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2021 Honorable Mention
Marlin Ulmer, Technische Universitat Braunschweig
2020 Winner(s)
Demetrio Laganá, Department of Mechanical, Energy and Management Engineering, University of Calabria
 Roberto Roberti, Department of Supply Chain Analytics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
 Rosario Paradiso, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Calabria
 Wout Dullaertb, Department of Supply Chain Analytics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
2020 Honorable Mention
Shubhechyya Ghosal, Imperial College Business School, Imperial College London
 Wolfram Wiesemann, Imperial College Business School, Imperial College London
2019 First Place
Ho-Yin Mak, University of California-Berkeley Long He, National University of Singapore Business School
 Ying Rong, Lehigh University Zuo-Jun (Max) Shen, University of California, Berkeley
2019 Honorable Mention
Gilbert Laporte, École des Hautes Études Commerciales Montréal Okan Arslan Ola Jabali
2018 Winner(s)
Luke Marshall, H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
 Martin Savelsbergh, H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
 Mike Hewitt, Quinlan School of Business, Loyola University Chicago
 Natashia Boland, H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
2017 Winner(s)
Alexandre Jacquillat, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Amedeo R. Odoni, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2016 First Place
Christian Prins Michel Gendreau, École Polytechnique de Montréal
 Teodor Gabriel Crainic Thibaut Vidal
2015 First Place
Belgacem Bouzaiene-Ayari Clark Cheng Ricardo Fiorillo Sourav Das Warren Powell, Princeton University
2014 First Place
Thibaut Vidal
Asvin Goel
2013 First Place
Amedeo R. Odoni, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Dimitris J. Bertsimas , Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management and Operations Research Center Guglielmo Lulli, University of Milano-Bicocca
2012 First Place
Donald Eisenstein, University of Chicago Booth School of Business John J. Bartholdi, Georgia Institute of Technology
2012 Honorable Mention
Stefan Friederichs Ulrich Derigs
2011 First Place
Aristide Mingozzi Roberto Baldacci
2010 First Place
Abraham George, Princeton University Hugo Simao, Princeton University Jeff Day, Schneider National John Nienow, Schneider National Ted Gifford, Schneider Warren Powell, Princeton University
2008 First Place
Andrea S. Schulz, MIT Nicolas E. Stier-Moses, Columbia University Olaf Jahn, Infopark AG Rolf H. Mohring, Technische Universitat Berlin, Andreas S. Schulz, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2008 Honorable Mention
Arne Lokketangen Gilbert Laporte, École des Hautes Études Commerciales Montréal Lars M. Hvattum
2007 First Place
Jiamin Zhao, Oracle Corporation Maged Dessouky, University of Southern California Satish Bukkapatnam, Oklahoma State University
2007 Honorable Mention
Georgia Perakis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Guillaume Roels, UCLA Anderson School of Management
Bert Van Wee, Delft University of Technology Caspar G. Chorus, Delft University of Technology Eric J.E. Molin, Delft University of Technology Harry J.P. Timmermans, Eindhoven University of Technology Theo A. Arentze, Eindhoven University of Technology
2006 Awardee(s)
Federale de Lausanne Frank Crittin, IDIAP Research Institute Michel Bierlaire, École Polytechnique
2005 Awardee(s)
Anton J. Kleywegt Martin W.P. Savelsbergh, Georgia Institute of Technology Vijay S. Nori
2004 Awardee(s)
Francois V. Louveaux, Facultes Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix Gilbert Laporte, École des Hautes Études Commerciales Montréal Luc Van Hamme, OM Partners
2003 Awardee(s)
Andrew P. Armacost, U.S. Air Force Academy Cynthia Barnhart, Massachusetts Institute of Technology K.A. Ware, UPS Airlines
2002 Awardee(s)
Jose Rafael Correa, MIT Roberto Cominetti, Universidad de Chile