CALL FOR NOMINATIONS:
22nd annual "COIN-OR Cup" competition sponsored by the COIN-OR Foundation
The COIN-OR Cup recognizes outstanding contributions to the development and/or use of open-source operations research software associated with the COIN-OR software collection.
We invite you to nominate or submit an open-source project, either as a new contribution to the COIN-OR collection or as an application of an existing COIN-OR project in a real-world setting.
COIN-OR stands for "COmputational INfrastructure for Operations Research." We value the development and use of free, open-source operations research software made available to the optimization community through an easy-to-access repository. For more details, visit https://www.coin-or.org and https://github.com/coin-or.
GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSIONS:
A submission or nomination must include:
- A synopsis of an effective use of COIN-OR project(s), a valuable contribution to the COIN-OR collection, or both, including an explanation of its significance. The synopsis must be no more than 3 pages in PDF format.
- Copies of relevant papers or documents in PDF format. We especially encourage nominations that describe effective uses of COIN-OR that may not be widely known in the community.
- A submission of this Google form: Nominations for the 2026 COIN-OR Cup Competition
Please also note:
- Self-nominations are welcome and encouraged.
- Submission deadline: Wednesday, September 15th, 2026, 11:59pm ET.
- Please email your submission to coin-cup-2026@coin-or.org as a single zipped archive containing a description of the submission and copies of all relevant papers or documents in PDF format.
- The winner will be announced and celebrated during the INFORMS Annual Meeting in San Francisco, November 1–4, 2026.
Committee members: Burcin Bozkaya (chair), Haihao Lu, Stefan Vigerske.
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Burcin Bozkaya
Sr. Developer Relations Manager
NVIDIA
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