Introduction: 2025 Franz Edelman Award for Achievement in Advanced Analytics, Operations Research, and Management Science

Selection committee members, verifiers, coaches, judges, and those supporting the award ceremony all deserve thanks for the effort they put into making the Franz Edelman Award competition a success.

 We thank this year’s members of the selection committee and verifiers: Irvin Lustig (chair), Layek Abdel-Malek, Shrish Ankur, Joachim Arts, Maya Bam, Manish Bansal, Ann Bixby, Mark Brennan, Luciana Buriol, Ulaş Çakmak, Manoj Chari, Canan Gunes Corlu, Goutam Dutta, Zeynep Ertem, Javier Faulin, Kenneth Fordyce, Suzan Iloglu, Shailendra Jain, Hansheng Jiang, Angie King, Don Kleinmuntz, Kyle Kliewer, Sumit Makashir, Shannon McKeen, Aly Megahed, Marc Meketon, Polly Mitchell-Guthrie, David Muñoz, Chanel Murray, Alper Nakkas, Patricia Neri, Naser Nikandish, Dessislava Pachamanova, Ioannis (Yanni) Papadakis, Pelin Pekgün, Sanjay Prasad, Sreekanth Rajagopalan, Nithhyaa Ramamoorthy, Mikael Rönnqvist, Kathryn Schumacher, Inderjeet Singh, Swapnil Srivastava, Zohar Strinka, Natalia Summerville, Kermit Threatte, Ozgu Turgut, Leon Valdes, Joyce Weiner, Erick Wikum, Frederick Zahrn, and Xinhui Zhang.

 We thank the coaches: Layek Abdel-Malek, Maya Bam, Manish Bansal, Ulaş Çakmak, Canan Gunes Corlu, Kenneth Fordyce, Shailendra Jain, Kyle Kliewer, David Muñoz, Alper Nakkas, Naser Nikandish, Sreekanth Rajagopalan, Mikael Rönnqvist, Inderjeet Singh, Zohar Strinka, Kermit Threatte, Frederick Zahrn, and Xinhui Zhang.

 We thank the judging panel: Irvin Lustig (chair), Ann Bixby, Manoj Chari, Goutam Dutta, Marc Meketon, Chanel Murray, Patricia Neri, Joyce Weiner, and Erick Wikum.

 We thank the Edelman Gala Organizing Committee: Carol DeZwarte (chair), Rajesh Tyagi, Jeffrey M. Alden, C. Allen Butler, James Cochran, Pooja Dewan, Robin Lougee, Ranganath Nuggehalli, and Merhdad Tajalli.

 We thank the INFORMS staff members who helped with this year’s Edelman Award Ceremony: Christy Blevins, Eilyn Cubillo, Ashley Kilgore, Mary Leszczynski, Mary Magrogan, and Kara Tucker. We also thank Radhika Kulkarni, who served as the award’s host of ceremony.

 We thank Alice Mack, the manuscript editor of this issue, for her brilliant editing and diligent efforts in improving the quality of the writing; and the INFORMS staff who helped with many aspects of the process.