Dear Colleagues and Friends,
The applications and nominations for the 2022 INFORMS Optimization Society Prizes are open.
Please send applications/nominations to selection committee chairs (below). The due date for applications/nominations for all IOS prizes is July 1, 2022, 11:59 PM ET.
For eligibility and application/nomination information for the Optimization Society Prizes, please visit:
https://connect.informs.org/optimizationsociety/prizes
The Khachiyan Prize, for outstanding lifetime contributions to the field of optimization by an individual or team;
The Farkas Prize, for outstanding contributions by a mid-career researcher to the field of optimization, over the course of their career;
The Egon Balas Prize, awarded annually to an individual for a body of contributions in the area of optimization.
The Prize for Young Researchers, awarded to one or more young researcher(s) for an outstanding paper in optimization that is submitted to and accepted, or published in a refereed professional journal;
The Student Paper Prize, awarded to one or more student(s) for an outstanding paper in optimization that is submitted to and received or published in a refereed professional journal within three calendar years preceding the year of the award.
Prize committee chairs:
IOS 2022 Khachiyan Prize Committee Chair: Gerard Cornuejols (gc0v@andrew.cmu.edu)
IOS 2022 Farkas Prize Committee Chair: Katya Scheinberg (katyas@cornell.edu)
IOS 2022 Egon Balas Prize Committee Chair: Santanu Dey (santanu.dey@isye.gatech.edu)
IOS 2022 Young Researchers Prize Committee Chair: George Lan (george.lan@isye.gatech.edu)
IOS 2022 Student Paper Prize Committee Chair: Weijun Xie (wxie@vt.edu)
If you have any further questions, please don't hesitate to send your questions to the committee chairs. Look forward to seeing your applications/nominations.
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Andy Sun
INFORMS Optimization Society, Treasurer/Secretary
Associate Professor in Operations Research
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge MA 02139
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