Congratulations to all winners and participating teams for such an excellent challenge. Each model addressed the challenge data in a unique way. The methodological approaches that were chosen by the participants frequently combined traditional exact and heuristic optimization approaches with non-traditional machine learning methods.

Watch the award ceremony here.

  • 00:01-11:24 – Setting the context of the research challenge
  • 11:25 – 18:16 – Outline of the collaboration between MIT CTL and Amazon
  • 18:17 – 20:52 – Review of challenge problem set and criteria
  • 20:53 – 25:52 – Overview of participants, locations, and demographics
  • 25:53 – 29:59 – Winners’ announcements and leaderboard
  • 33:00 – 40:25 – Future publications and conclusion