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2024 INFORMS Optimization Society Prizes Nomination is Open

  • 1.  2024 INFORMS Optimization Society Prizes Nomination is Open

    Posted 05-15-2024 10:49

    Dear Colleagues and Friends,

    Nomination and application for the 2024 INFORMS Optimization Society Prizes is open.

    Please send your nomination/application to the selection committee chairs (listed below). The due date for nomination for all IOS prizes is July 10, 2024, 11:59 PM ET.

    For eligibility and further information for the Optimization Society Prizes, please visit: 

    https://connect.informs.org/optimizationsociety/prizes

    The Khachiyan Prize, for outstanding lifetime contributions to the field of optimization by an individual or team;

    The Farkas Prize, for outstanding contributions by a mid-career researcher to the field of optimization, over the course of their career;

    The Egon Balas Prize, awarded annually to an individual for a body of contributions in the area of optimization;

    The Prize for Young Researchers, awarded to one or more young researcher(s) for an outstanding paper in optimization that is submitted to and accepted, or published in a refereed professional journal;

    The Student Paper Prize, awarded to one or more student(s) for an outstanding paper in optimization that is submitted to and received or published in a refereed professional journal within three calendar years preceding the year of the award.

    Prize committee:

    IOS 2024 Khachiyan Prize Committee:  Gerard Cornuejols, Ignacio Grossmann, Renato Monterio, Suvrajeet Sen (chairsuvrajes@usc.edu)

    IOS 2024 Farkas Prize Committee:  Garud Iyengar, Jon Lee (chairjonxlee@umich.edu), Katya Scheinberg, Volker Kaibel

    IOS 2024 Egon Balas Prize Committee:  Amitabh Basu, Hande Benson, Jim Luedtke (chairjim.luedtke@wisc.edu), John Mitchell, Ted Ralphs

    IOS 2024 Young Researchers Prize Committee: Merve Bodur, Sanjeeb Dash, Shiqian Ma, Andy Sun (chair, sunx@mit.edu)

    IOS 2024 Student Paper Prize Committee:  Necdet Serhat Aybat, Albert Berahas, Georgina Hall, Robert Hildebrand (chair, rhil@vt.edu), Aida Khajavirad, Weijun Xie

    If you have any further questions, please don't hesitate to send your questions to the committee chairs. Look forward to seeing your nomination/application.

     



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    Shiqian Ma
    Associate Professor
    Rice University
    Houston TX
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