ICS Distinguished Service Award

ICS Distinguished Service Award: Nominations due July 10, 2026. 

The INFORMS Computing Society (ICS) invites nominations for its 2026 Distinguished Service Award. The ICS Distinguished Service Award is given to an individual in recognition of their impact on the INFORMS Computing Society (ICS). The Award is intended to be a "lifetime achievement" award. It is given at most once every two years. The award will be presented at the ICS Business Meeting during the 2026 INFORMS Annual Meeting in San Francisco, November 1-4, 2026. If attending in person, the winner is expected to make his/her own travel arrangements to the INFORMS meeting. For more details on this award, see 

https://connect.informs.org/computing/awards/ics-service-award 

The deadline for nominations is 11:59 pm EDT, July 10, 2026. 

A candidate nominated for the award must satisfy the following criteria: 

1. Member of ICS for five years. 
2. Major contributor to ICS and its objectives. 
3. Not a previous recipient of this award. 

The nomination must make the case that the candidate achieved multiple results that benefited ICS (or its predecessor organizations, CSTS and CS SIG).  

Each nomination must be accompanied by a letter from an ICS member that presents a case based on the nominee's service. Self-nominations are not permitted.  

All nominations and inquiries should be sent electronically to TBD by 11:59 pm EDT, July 10, 2026. All submissions will be acknowledged by the committee chair.