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SOLA Dissertation Award

The SOLA Dissertation Award recognizes outstanding Ph.D. dissertations related to the field of location analysis. The prize is awarded biennially and announced during the INFORMS annual meetings.

Dissertation eligibility is as follows:
a) written in English
b) completed between January 1, 2020 and December 31, 2021
c) primary focus on substantive, theoretical or methodological issues in location analysis and modeling

Completed dissertations from all disciplines, including management science, industrial engineering, transportation science, geography and economics, will be considered. Applicants are required to submit a dissertation package that includes the following as a single PDF file:
1. a cover letter stating the name of their supervisor(s)
2. a letter from their supervisor supporting their submission
3. a two-page summary of their dissertation research
4. a copy of the dissertation

Complete packages should be submitted via e-mail no later than June 15st, 2022 to the Chair, SOLA Dissertation Award at the following address.

Yudai HONMA
The University of Tokyo
Email: yudai@iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp

Competition results and awards will be announced at the INFORMS 2022 Annual Conference.

(The award was formerly known as the UPS-SOLA Dissertation Award and SOLA-Air Products Dissertation Award.)

Award recipients