The Saul Gass Expository Writing award recognizes an author whose publications in operations research and management science have set an exemplary standard of exposition. A submission should focus on expository writing, not research accomplishments.
The awardee's written work, published over a period of at least ten years, should indicate (in terms of breadth of readership) an influence and accessibility enhanced by expository excellence. Criteria include the lucidity, conciseness, logic and interest of the writing at all levels, from the general organization to the details. The author must have affected, through these publications, how something is done, studied, taught, or thought about by some group within the OR/MS community.
The written work can contain any combination of practical, theoretical and pedagogical subject matter, and may be original, synthetic or historical. The corpus as a whole must be substantial in content, not necessarily prize-worthy in itself, but not trivial.
To learn more about the award, visit the Saul Gass Award website. The submission deadline is June 30, 2025 (11:59pm pacific time).
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Sarah Ryan
C.G. "Turk" and Joyce A. Therkildsen Department Chair, Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering
Iowa State University
Ames IA
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