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2021 UPS George Smith Prize Open for Nominations

  • 1.  2021 UPS George Smith Prize Open for Nominations

    Posted 09-18-2020 16:31

    As Chair of the 2021 INFORMS UPS George Smith Prize, it is my pleasure to announce this year’s competition is open from today through Sunday, November 8th for submissions. The  Smith Prize was created  to recognize an academic department or program for effective and innovative preparation of students to be good practitioners of operations research, management science, or analytics.

     

    INFORMS uses an award software to collect nominations.  Materials uploaded as part of the submission process include: 

     

    • A summary description of the applying academic unit with other basic information such as the nature of the parent academic institution, the number of students enrolled and annually graduated in the program, and the nature of degrees given. This summary should also specify the lead contact.
    • A summary of the role of operations research and advanced analytics in the program, and why competency in operations research practice is at least one of the goals of the program.
    • A summary of faculty familiarity and competence in operations research, management science, and analytics practice.
    • A description of what is innovative in their program in regards to O.R. and Analytics practitioner preparation.
    • A summary of why they feel that their students are prepared to be effective practitioners of advanced analytics and operations research, whether or not students choose to become practitioners.
    • Contact information for 2 current and 2 graduated students and permission to contact them for candid assessments of the program.
    • A statement describing the funding sources and scope of the program and how it is used to most effectively achieve the programs' goals.
    • A statement of the proposed use of the money if awarded.
    • A short proposal of the INFORMS Journal on Applied Analytics (formerly Interfaces) article intended to be submitted in the event of being awarded first place.
    • Other information and documentation that they feel will support the case that they deserve this award.

     

    Learn more about the award by clicking here (https://www.informs.org/Recognizing-Excellence/INFORMS-Prizes/UPS-George-D.-Smith-Prize/UPS-George-D.-Smith-Prize-Application-Process)

     

    Good Luck!

    Rob

     



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    Robert Dell
    Dean/Professor
    Naval Postgraduate School
    Monterey CA
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