Farkas Prize

The Farkas Prize of the INFORMS Optimization Society was established in 2006 and is awarded annually at the INFORMS Fall National Meeting to a mid-career researcher for outstanding contributions to the field of optimization, over the course of their career. Such contributions could include papers (published or submitted and accepted), books, monographs, and software. The awardee will be within 25 years of their terminal degree as of January 1 of the year of the award. The prize serves as an esteemed recognition of colleagues in the middle of their career.

The award includes a cash amount of $3,000 and a citation certificate. The award winner(s) will be invited to give a twenty-five minute presentation at the INFORMS National Meeting. The winners will be responsible for all travel expenses associated with the presentation of their paper at the INFORMS meeting. Award winners are also asked to contribute an article about their award-winning work to the Optimization Society newsletter.

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Eligibility

 The nomination/application must satisfy the following conditions:

  1. The prize is awarded for outstanding contributions by a mid-career researcher to the field of optimization, over the course of their career.
  2. Such contributions could include papers (published or submitted and accepted), books, monographs, and software.
  3. The awardee must be within 25 years of their terminal degree as of January 1 of the year of the award.
  4. The prize may be awarded at most once in their lifetime to any person.

Nomination Process

A complete nomination consists of a single PDF file containing:

  1. A letter of nomination, not exceeding two pages, summarizing the nominee's contributions with explanations of their importance and impact;
  2. A curriculum vitae for the nominee, not exceeding four pages; and
  3. Two support letters, each not exceeding two pages.


Winners and committee members

Year

 Winner(s)

 Committee members

2024

Daniel Kuhn

Garud Iyengar, Jon Lee (chair), Katya Scheinberg, Volker Kaibel

2023

Alper Atamturk

Nick Sahinidis (chair), Kurt Anstreicher,  Jesus de Lorea, Simge Kucukyavuz

2022

Amir Beck

Katya Scheinberg (chair), Andrea Lodi, David Morton, Nick Sahinidis

2021

Andrea Lodi

Dorit Hochbaum (chair), Jesus De Loera, Sven Leyffer, Katya Scheinberg

2020

Jesus De Loera

Kurt Anstreicher (chair), Dick den Hertog, Rekha Thomas, Robert Weismantel

2019

Katya Scheinberg

Bill Cook (chair), Andy Philpott, Adrian Lewis, Kurt Anstreicher

2018

Shabbir Ahmed

Patrick Jaillet (chair), Donald Goldfarb, Andy Philpott, Nikolaos Sahinidis

2017

Kim-Chuan Toh

Margaret Wright (chair), Patrick Jaillet, Zhi-Quan (Tom) Luo, Pascal Van Hentenryck.

2016

Sven Leyffer

Ariela Sofer (chair), Ignacio Grossmann, Ted Ralphs, Alex Shapiro

2015

Robert Weismantel

Ariela Sofer (chair), Warren Adams, Sanjay Mehrotra, Zelda Zabinski

2014

Farid Alizadeh

Yinyu Ye (chair), Garud N. Iyengar, Jean B. Lasserre, Zhi-Quan (Tom) Luo

2013

Pablo Parrilo

Dimitris Bertsimas (chair), George Nemhauser, Yurii Nesterov, Yinyu Ye.

2012

Michel Goemans

Monique Laurent, David Shmoys (chair), Laurence Wolsey, Yinyu Ye.

2011

Andrew Goldberg

Gérard Cornuéjols (chair), Alexander Shapiro, David Shmoys, Stephen Wright

2010

Zhi-Quan (Tom) Luo

Gérard Cornuéjols, Jong-Shi Pang (chair), Kees Roos, Yinyu Ye

2008

Dimitris Bertsimas

Andrew Conn (chair), Andrzej Ruszczyński, Hanif Sherali, Tamás Terlaky

2006

Yinyu Ye

Andrew Conn, George Nemhauser, Panos Pardalos, András Prékopa, Tamás Terlaky (chair)