The INFORMS Computing Society (ICS) invites nominations for the 2025 ICS Prize, awarded annually to the best English-language paper or group of related papers that advance the state of the art in the interface of operations research and computer science.
Purpose of the Award:
- Promote the development of high-quality work advancing the state of the art in the operations research/computer science interface.
- Publicize and reward the contributions of authors/researchers who have advanced the state of the art.
- Increase the visibility of excellent work in the field.
Eligibility Criteria:
- The work must be published in the open literature.
- It should be pertinent to the interface of operations research and computer science.
- The work must be written in English.
Nomination Process: A nomination package should include:
- A cover letter providing the title, author's name(s), place and date of publication, and a justification for the nomination.
- A copy of each nominated work.
- If the nominated papers include multiple authors, all authors will be considered for the prize unless justification is provided for the exclusion of some authors.
- Self-nominations are allowed but discouraged.
Submission Details:
- All nominations and inquiries should be sent electronically to george.lan@isye.gatech.edu by 11:59 pm EDT, July 15, 2025.
- All submissions will be acknowledged.
Award Details:
- The award consists of a certificate and a $1,000 honorarium.
- It will be presented at the ICS Business Meeting during the 2025 INFORMS Annual Meeting in Atlanta, October 26-29, 2025.
Additional Consideration:
In alignment with the ICS Chair's guidance, the committee may consider forwarding submissions better suited for the Harvey J. Greenberg Research Award, with the authors' explicit consent provided at the time of submission.
Sincerely,
The 2025 ICS Prize Committee (Guzin Bayraksan, Grani Hanasusanto, George Lan, Andrew Trapp)
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Guanghui Lan
Faculty
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta GA
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