Dear colleagues,
The INFORMS Computing Society (ICS) invites nominations for its 2024 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 2024 INFORMS Annual Meeting in Seattle, October 20-23, 2024. The winner is expected to make their 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 1st, 2024.
A candidate nominated for the award must satisfy the following criteria:
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Member of ICS for five years.
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Major contributor to ICS and its objectives.
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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 that presents a case based on the nominee's service. This must also be accompanied by three ICS member endorsements. No ICS member may endorse more than one nominee for the same year.
All nominations and inquiries should be sent electronically to ics.service.award@gmail.com by 11:59 pm EDT, July 1st, 2024. All submissions will be acknowledged by the committee chair.
The 2024 Distinguished Service Award Committee members are:
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John Chinneck, Chair (Carleton University)
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Karla Hoffman (George Mason University)
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David Woodruff (University of California, Davis)
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Merve Bodur, ICS VP (University of Edinburgh)
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John Chinneck
Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus
Carleton University
Ottawa ON
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