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COIN-OR Cup Nominations due soon

  • 1.  COIN-OR Cup Nominations due soon

    Posted 09-23-2018 21:37
    ***** Nominations due by October 5! *****

    CALL FOR NOMINATIONS: 14th annual "COIN-OR Cup" competition
    sponsored by the COIN-OR Foundation.

    The COIN-OR Cup recognizes and celebrates the best contributions
    to open source operations research software development and use
    associated with the COIN-OR software collection. To remind you,
    COIN-OR stands for "COmputational INfrastructure for OPerations
    Research". It is the definitive collection of free open source
    operations research software that lets you concentrate on
    your research instead of re-implementing software. See
    https://www.coin-or.org/. Get on board!

    GUIDELINES FOR COIN-OR CUP SUBMISSIONS:

    A submission or nomination must contain:
    1. A synopsis of an effective use of COIN-OR or
    valuable contribution to COIN-OR (or both!),
    including an explanation of its significance.
    Maximum 3 pages (pdf format).
    2. Copies of relevant papers or documents (pdf format).

    We especially encourage nominations describing effective use
    of COIN-OR that the community may not know about.
    Self-nominations are welcome.

    Submission deadline: Friday, October 5, 2018.

    Please e-mail your submissions to coin-cup@coin-or.org in a single
    zipped archive, containing a description of your submission and
    copies of all relevant papers/documents in pdf format.

    The winner must accept the prize in person at the 2018 INFORMS
    Annual Meeting so we can all celebrate appropriately (see below).

    CELEBRATION:

    The 2018 COIN-OR Cup will be awarded at a celebration on Monday
    November 5 during the INFORMS Annual meeting in Phoenix, AZ.
    All entrants, supporters, and other interested parties are welcome
    to join the celebration and regale, rile, and roast the prize
    winners. Details of the event will be announced later.

    The winning entry will be announced at this celebration event,
    and posted on the COIN-OR website https://www.coin-or.org/

    2018 COIN-OR CUP COMMITTEE:

    John Chinneck (Chair), Carleton University, Ottawa
    Dominique Orban, Ecole Polytechnique, Montreal
    Bill Hart, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque

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    John Chinneck
    Professor
    Carleton University
    Ottawa ON
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