**** A reminder the call for nominations - deadline coming up May 1, 2025 *****
Dear DAS and INFORMS Members,
On behalf of the 2025 Ramsey Award Committee, we invite nominations for this prestigious award.
The Frank P. Ramsey medal is awarded for distinguished contributions in decision analysis. Distinguished contributions can be internal, such as theoretical or procedural advances in decision analysis, or external, such as developing or spreading decision analysis in new fields. The specific award criteria for evaluating potential Ramsey Medal recipients are a candidate's
- Theoretical, methodological, and procedural contributions to decision analysis
- Applications of decision analysis (including new uses and in new fields)
- Other contributions promoting decision analysis (e.g. educational and public awareness)
- Exceptional contributions to the Decision Analysis Society (e.g. service to society or journal)
- A potential recipient need not meet all of the criteria, but contributions to each criterion are pertinent.
A potential recipient need not meet all of the criteria, but contributions to each criterion are pertinent.
For this award, decision analysis is defined as a prescriptive approach to provide insight for decision making based on axioms that are logically consistent with the axioms of von Neumann and Morgenstern and of Savage. Key constructs of decision analysis are utility to quantify one's preferences and probability to quantify the state of one's knowledge.
There are overlapping aspects of decision analysis with other fields such as behavioral decision research, probabilistic risk analysis, and engineering and economic analyses. Behavioral decision research addressing how people make decisions that has direct implications for improving the practice of decision analysis is a contribution to decision analysis. Models of uncertain possible consequences from scientific, engineering, and economic modeling that are useful for decision analysis are contributions.
A complete nomination consists of the following:
- The name and affiliation of the nominee
- The name and affiliation of the nominator
- A short statement describing why the nominee should be considered for the award
- Any other material that the nominator believes would be useful in evaluating the merits on the nomination
The award includes an honorarium of $1000, a medal, and complimentary membership in the Decision Analysis Society.
Nominations should be emailed to the committee chair on or before May 1, 2025. A nomination should include a one-page summary of the nominee's contributions with respect to the award criteria listed above and a vita or a link to one. More information can be found here.
Cheers,
2025 Ramsey Award Committee:
Sam Bodily
David Budescu
Ahti Salo
David Brown
Vicki Bier
Yael Grushka-Cockayne (Chair)
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Yael Grushka-Cockayne
Landmark Communications Professor of Business Administration
Vice Dean and Senior Associate Dean for Professional Degree Programs
Darden School of Business
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Yael Grushka-Cockayne
Altec Styslinger Foundation Bicentennial Chair in Business Administration
University of Virginia
Charlottesville VA VA
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