At last week's annual symposium, AGIFORS proudly recognized the winners of the 2026 Anna Valicek Student Paper Competition, awarding first- (silver) and second-(bronze) place honors for their outstanding research and contributions to the aviation industry.

Silver: Jingying Li, National University of Singapore, Singapore: Stochastic and Distributionally Robust Aircraft Routing at a Hub-and-Spoke Carrier

Bronze: JohnPaul Adimonyemma, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, Florida, USA: Optimization model for large-scale long-term aircraft maintenance scheduling and station assignment