Call for Submissions
INFORMS is again sponsoring a competition to encourage student research and practice that has societal impact. The "Doing Good with Good OR Student Competition" will feature the most exciting work performed by students in partnership with public and private organizations that yields tangible and beneficial outcomes for individuals, communities, and organizations. Such work will be infused with OR/MS methods and could appeal to multiple disciplinary and application-area interests.
INFORMS must receive completed submissions for this competition by May 8, 2017. The finalists will be announced by June 30, 2017 and must submit full papers by September 20, 2017. The competition winner will be selected at the 2017 INFORMS Annual Meeting in Houston, TX.
Submission Process. Please submit the following documents to dgwgor2017@gmail.com.
- Nomination letter by the partner organization or a faculty member describing the societal impact of the work and the portion of the work (including the project duration) solely completed by the student entrant(s) during the time they were enrolled full-time in a degree-granting program.
- Two-or three-page summary document that describes what the entrants accomplished (focusing on the societal impact and the centrality of the operations research and management science tools used).
- 60-word abstract of the achievement
- Submissions should be e-mailed to either of the Prize Competition co-chairs listed below.
- Entrants will be expected to report on a project done in partnership with an organization that can certify that the results of the project have had, or are likely to have, a significant societal impact.
- Any work with positive societal impact that has been completed within the last 3 years (class project, thesis research, independent study, internship, voluntary work) is eligible unless it has already received an INFORMS award.
Please see this page online for complete details:
http://www.informs.org/Recognize-Excellence/INFORMS-Prizes-Awards/Doing-Good-with-Good-OR/Doing-Good-with-Good-OR-Application-Process
Sincerely,
Jonathan Helm and Turgay Ayer
2017 Committee Co-Chairs:
Jonathan Helm
Indiana University, Kelley School of Business
Bloomington, IN 47405
e-mail: helmj@indiana.edu
Turgay Ayer
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA 30332
e-mail: ayer@isye.gatech.edu
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Jonathan Helm
Assistant Professor
Indiana University
Bloomington IN
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