Jiayu Liu won first place in the 2026 Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) Quality, Statistics and Reliability (QSR) Section Best Student Paper Competition. The flagship honor was awarded at the recent INFORMS Annual Conference in San Francisco.
Jiayu was recognized for his work as first author on the paper, “Quantum Safe-Set Bayesian Optimization for Quality Improvement in Fuselage Assembly.” The study stems from a cross-institutional research collaboration with Dr. Chong Liu (University at Albany), Dr. Trevor Rhone, and Dr. Yinan Wang.
Selected from a highly competitive pool of entries—including finalists from Texas A&M University and the University of Michigan—each submission underwent a rigorous double-blind review and was independently evaluated and scored by an expert panel of reviewers.
The QSR Best Student Paper Competition is one of the premier student accolades in the fields of operations research, industrial engineering, and data science, recognizing innovative methodologies that advance quality, statistics, and reliability engineering.
Please join us in congratulating Jiayu Liu and the research team on this outstanding achievement!
