Welcome to YinzOR 2026

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.

Important Dates

Please register and submit your abstracts using the registration forms in the navigation tabs above!

Conference Scope

We welcome submissions and presentations covering a wide range of methodologies and applications in operations research, including but not limited to:

• Optimization & Mathematical Programming
• Stochastic Models & Applied Probability
• Machine Learning & AI in Operations
• Supply Chain Management & Logistics
• Revenue Management & Marketplace Design
• Healthcare Operations & Public Sector OR

Call for Submissions

Graduate and PhD students are highly encouraged to present their work in either our 10-Minute Flash Talk Competition or the Interactive Poster Session, with cash prizes awarded in both categories.

To support travel, CMU INFORMS provides one night of complimentary hotel accommodation for accepted non-CMU student presenters.

Featured Speakers

We are delighted to announce an exceptional lineup of speakers for this year’s YinzOR conference. Our speakers bring expertise across operations research, operations management, industrial engineering, business analytics, optimization, market design, artificial intelligence, and more:

• Xiaomeng Chen - Assistant Professor, Katz Graduate School of Business, University of Pittsburgh
• Vianney Coppé - Hexaly
• Brian Jabarian - Assistant Professor, Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University
• Reem Khir - Assistant Professor, Edwardson School of Industrial Engineering, Purdue University
• Hannah Li - Assistant Professor, Columbia Business School
• Pengyu Qian - Assistant Professor of Operations & Technology Management, Boston University Questrom School of Business
• Park Sinchaisri - Assistant Professor of Operations and Information Technology Management, UC Berkeley Haas School of Business

We look forward to welcoming our speakers and participants for a lively program of research talks, student presentations, poster sessions, and community-building events. More updates are coming soon, including session schedules and talk details.

Organizing Committee

YinzOR 2026 is organized by PhD students from the Operations Research, Operations Management, and Information Systems programs at Carnegie Mellon University.

Our Sponsors

We are grateful to our sponsors for their generous support of the YinzOR 2026 Student Conference:

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Past Conferences

Explore details and programs of past YinzOR iterations:

• YinzOR 2025
• YinzOR 2024
• YinzOR 2023
• YinzOR 2022
• YinzOR 2021
• YinzOR 2019
• YinzOR 2018
• YinzOR 2017

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