
2022 Cognex Prize Winners
During the 2022 MIT MIMO Symposium, MIT graduate students presented their research on applications of AI, ML, and advanced analytics to manufacturing and operations at the Cognex Prize Poster Competition. The posters showcased state-of-the-art use cases for these technologies in industry, offering a unique opportunity to discover novel approaches to intelligent operations. Both audience members and a panel of industry experts had the chance to vote on prize winners.
Four awards were issued after tallying the votes:
- First Place
- Highest score across all judges and categories
- $5,000 award
- Runner Up Award
- Second highest score across all judges and categories
- $2,000 award
- Most Impactful Award
- Highest Score across grading category “impact”
- $1,500 award
- Fan Favorite Award
- Most attendee votes
- $1,500 award
MIT graduate students presented their research on applications of AI, ML, and advanced analytics to manufacturing and operations

First Place
HAIM: Integrated Multimodal Artificial Intelligence Framework for Healthcare Operations
Yu Ma, L´eonard Boussioux, Liangyuan Na
Second Place
Advanced Functionality of Digital Mining Predictive Analytics and Insights Platform
Kunal Sanghani
Most Impactful
Robust Optimization Makes Industrial Decarbonization Profitable: The Case of Solar Capacity Expansion at OCP
Dimitris Bertsimas, Ryan Cory-Wright, Vassilis Digalakis Jr.
Fan Favorite
Action and Scene Recognition in Manufacturing Environments
Salem Karani, Jack Liu, Ben Rocci