The INFORMS Technical Section on Telecommunications and Network Analytics invites nominations for the Best Paper Award for an outstanding paper applying OR techniques in telecommunications and network analytics. The paper must present innovative OR approaches to complex problems in topics related to the field of telecommunications and network analytics including, but not being limited to: network design and optimization; network performance and management; telecommunications applications; data analytics for networks. The paper must have been published (or accepted) in a refereed journal in 2025 or 2026 and written in English.
Finalists will be recognized in a special session at the 2026 INFORMS Annual Meeting, and the Best Paper Award will be presented during the Section Business Meeting.
The eligibility criteria are:
· At least one of the paper's authors must be a member of the INFORMS Technical Section on Telecommunications and Network Analytics. (Please renew your section membership if it expired.)
· One of the authors should be able to present the paper in an award session at the 2026 INFORMS Annual Meeting.
· Each submitting author may only submit one paper.
Please submit the paper (pdf) and a letter (maximum two pages) describing the merits of the paper to the Chair of the Best Paper Award by June 15, 2026 at the following email address.
Email: buchanan@okstate.edu
Subject Line: Best Paper Award, Telecommunications and Network Analytics Section
The members of the Best Paper Award Committee are:
Austin Buchanan (chair), Oklahoma State University
Stan Dimitrov, University of Waterloo
Young Myoung Ko, Pohang University of Science and Technology
Hamidreza Validi, Texas Tech University
Rui Zhang, University of Colorado
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Abdullah Konak
Distinguished Professor of Information Sciences and Technology
Penn State Berks
Reading PA
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