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Nomination Now Open for 2021 Khachiyan Prize of the INFORMS Optimization Society

  • 1.  Nomination Now Open for 2021 Khachiyan Prize of the INFORMS Optimization Society

    Posted 05-07-2021 01:16
    Edited by Andy Sun 05-07-2021 01:39

    Dear Colleagues,

    The Khachiyan Prize of the INFORMS Optimization Society was established in 2010 and is awarded annually at the fall INFORMS Annual Meeting to an individual or a team for life-time achievements in the area of optimization. The award recognizes a sustained career of scholarship from nominees who are still active at the year of the nomination. The prize serves as an esteemed recognition of innovativeness and impact in the area of optimization, including theory and applications. Recipients of the INFORMS John von Neumann Theory Prize or the MPS/SIAM Dantzig Prize in prior years are not eligible for the Khachiyan Prize.

    The award includes a cash amount of $3,000 and a citation certificate. The award winner(s) will be invited to give a thirty minute presentation at the INFORMS National Meeting. The winners will be responsible for all travel expenses associated with the presentation of their paper at the INFORMS meeting. Award winners are also asked to contribute an article about their award-winning work to the Optimization Society newsletter.

    Prize website: https://connect.informs.org/optimizationsociety/prizes/khachiyan-prize

    Eligibility

    The nominee(s) and their work must satisfy the following conditions:

    1. The Khachiyan Prize is awarded for outstanding life-time contributions to the field of optimization by an individual or team.
    2. The topic of the contribution must belong to the field of optimization in its broadest sense.
    3. Recipients of the INFORMS John von Neumann Theory Prize or the MPS/SIAM Dantzig Prize in prior years are not eligible for the Khachiyan Prize.
    4. The prize may be awarded once in a lifetime to any individual.

    Nomination Process

    A complete nomination consists of a single PDF file containing:

    1. A letter of nomination, not exceeding two pages, summarizing the nominee's contributions with explanations of their importance and impact;
    2. A curriculum vitae for the nominee, not exceeding four pages.

    Nomination packages should be emailed to the chair (ashapiro@isye.gatech.edu) of the prize committee by 11:59 pm EDT, June 15, 2021.

    The committee members for the 2021 Khachiyan Prize are:

    Alex Shapiro (chair), Dimitris Bertsimas, Gerard Cornuejols, Stephen Wright.



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    Andy Sun
    McKenney Family Associate Professor
    H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering
    Georgia Institute of Technology
    Atlanta GA, USA
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