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CALL FOR NOMINATIONS: 21th annual "COIN-OR Cup" competition sponsored by the COIN-OR Foundation

  • 1.  CALL FOR NOMINATIONS: 21th annual "COIN-OR Cup" competition sponsored by the COIN-OR Foundation

    Posted 08-28-2025 11:52

    The COIN-OR Cup recognizes and celebrates the best contributions to open-source operations research software development and use associated with the COIN-OR software collection. To remind you, COIN-OR stands for "COmputational INfrastructure for Operations Research". It is the definitive collection of free, open-source operations research software that lets you concentrate on your research instead of re-implementing software. See https://www.coin-or.org. Get on board!

    GUIDELINES FOR COIN-OR CUP SUBMISSIONS:

    A submission or nomination must contain:

    1. A synopsis of an effective use of COIN-OR or valuable contribution to COIN-OR (or both!), including an explanation of its significance. Maximum 3 pages (pdf format).

    2. Copies of relevant papers or documents (pdf format). We especially encourage nominations describing an effective use of COIN-OR that the community may not know about. 

    3. A submission to this Google form:Nominations for the 2025 COIN-OR Cup Competition

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    Nominations for the 2025 COIN-OR Cup Competition
    The 21st Annual COIN-OR Cup will be awarded during the INFORMS 2025 Meeting. In addition to filling out this form please send the following to coin-cup-2025@coin-or.org in one zipped archive: 1. A synopsis of an effective use of COIN-OR or valuable contribution to COIN-OR (or both!), including an explanation of its significance.
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    Self-nominations are welcome and encouraged.

    Submission deadline: Tuesday, September 30th 2025, 11:59pm ET.

    Please e-mail your submissions to coin-cup-2025@coin-or.org in a single zipped archive, containing a description of your submission and copies of all relevant papers/documents in pdf format.

    Committee members: Daniel Bienstock, Haihao Lu (chair), Jinwen Yang.

    The winner will be announced and celebrated during the INFORMS annual meeting.  Details for the announcement and celebration will be revealed when available.






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    Haihao Lu
    Assistant Professor
    MIT
    Cambridge MA
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