August 21-22, 2026
Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon University
Hosted annually by the Carnegie Mellon University INFORMS Student Chapter, the YinzOR Student Conference brings together early-career researchers, faculty, and industry leaders in Operations Research, Management Science, and Industrial Engineering.
Join us at the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University on August 21-22, 2026, for a two-day event featuring keynote talks, a fast-paced student flash talk competition, and interactive poster presentations designed to spark collaboration and build community.
Please note the following tentative timeline for registration and research submissions:
| Late June 2026 | Registration & Submissions Open |
| July 24, 2026 | Flash Talk & Poster Submission Deadline |
| August 7, 2026 | General Registration Closes |
| August 21-22, 2026 | YinzOR 2026 Conference Dates |
We welcome submissions and presentations covering a wide range of methodologies and applications in operations research, including but not limited to:
Graduate and PhD students are highly encouraged to present their work in either our 10-Minute Flash Talk Competition or the Interactive Poster Session.
To support external presenters, CMU INFORMS provides complimentary hotel accommodation for one night for all accepted non-CMU student presenters. Excellent entries in both categories will compete for awards and cash prizes.
We are currently assembling an exceptional lineup of keynote speakers from academia and industry for YinzOR 2026. Detailed schedules, speaker profiles, and abstracts will be posted here as they are confirmed.
YinzOR 2026 is organized by PhD students from the Operations Research, Operations Management, and Information Systems programs at Carnegie Mellon University.
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