[Opt-net] Call for Nominations: Paul Y. Tseng Memorial Lectureship

[Sven Leyffer]

Call for Nominations: Paul Y. Tseng Memorial Lectureship

The Mathematical Optimization Society invites nominations for the Paul Y. Tseng Memorial Lectureship 
in Continuous Optimization. This prize was established in 2011 and will be presented for the first time 
at the Twenty First International Symposium of Mathematical Programming (ISMP) in 2012. The 
lectureship was established on the initiative of family and friends of Professor Tseng, with financial 
contributions to the endowment also from universities and companies in the Asia-Pacific region. The 
purposes of the lectureship are to commemorate the outstanding contributions of Professor Tseng in 
continuous optimization and to promote the research and applications of continuous optimization in the 
Asia-Pacific region.

The lectureship is awarded to an individual for outstanding contributions in the area of continuous 
optimization, consisting of original theoretical results, innovative applications, or successful 
software development. The primary consideration in the selection process is the quality and impact 
of the candidate's work in continuous optimization. See also http://www.mathprog.org/?nav=tseng for 
more details.

Nomination Material: The nomination must include a nomination letter of no more than two pages and a 
short CV of the candidate (no more than two pages, including selected publications). In addition, the 
nominator should also arrange for 1-2 letters of recommendation. All nomination materials should be 
sent (preferably in electronic form, as pdf documents) to the chair of the selection committee, Sven 
Leyffer, Mathematics and Computer Science Division,  Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 60439, 
USA, leyffer at mcs.anl.gov.

Deadline: All nomination materials must be received by November 15, 2011.

Paul Y. Tseng Memorial Lectureship Committee:
  * Sven Leyffer (chair), Argonne National Laboratory, USA.
  * Duan Li, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
  * Stefan Ulbrich, Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany.
  * Naihua Xiu, Beijing Jiaotong University, China.