[Opt-Net] INFORMS Optimization Society-- Call for Prize Nominations: Due July 15, 2016

[Burcu Keskin]

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Dear Colleagues:

The INFORMS Optimization Society awards *four prizes* annually at the
INFORMS annual meeting. We seek nominations (including self-nominations)
for each of them, due by *July 15**, 2016*. Each of the four awards
includes a cash amount of US$1,000 and a citation plaque. The award winners
will be invited to give a presentation in a special session sponsored by
the Optimization Society during the INFORMS annual meeting in Nashville, TN
in November 2016 (the winners will be responsible for their own travel
expenses to the meeting).  Award winners are also asked to contribute an
article about their award-winning work to the annual Optimization Society
newsletter.  The four awards are listed below. Additional information on
the awards can be found on the society website (
https://www.informs.org/Community/Optimization-Society/Optimization-Society-Prizes
).

Nominations and inquiries should be sent directly via email to the chair of
the corresponding prize committee.

*Khachiyan Prize*


   - Awarded for outstanding life-time contributions to the field of
   optimization by an individual or team.
   - *Committee Chair*: Tamas Terlaky (E-mail: terlaky at lehigh.edu)
   - *Committee members*: Philip Gill, Dorit Hochbaum and Werner Roemisch

*Farkas-Prize*

   - Awarded to a mid-career researcher for outstanding contributions to
   the field of optimization, over the course of their career.
   - The contribution may be a published paper, a submitted and accepted
   paper, a series of papers, a book, a monograph, or software.
   - Such contributions could include papers (published or submitted and
   accepted), books, monographs, and software.
   - The awardee will be within 25 years of their terminal degree as of January
   1 of the year of the award. The prize serves as an esteemed recognition
   of colleagues in the middle of their career.
   - *Committee Chair*: Ariela Sofer (E-mail: asofer at gmu.edu)
   - *Committee Members:* Ignacio Gorssman, Ted Ralphs, Alex Shapiro


*Young-Researchers*

   - Awarded to one or more young researcher(s) for an outstanding paper in
   optimization that is submitted to and accepted, or published in a refereed
   professional journal.
   - The paper must be published in, or submitted to and accepted by, a
   refereed professional journal within the four calendar years preceding the
   year of the award.
   - All authors must have been awarded their terminal degree within eight
   calendar years preceding the year of award.
   - *Committee Chair: *Sam Burer (E-mail: samuel-burer at uiowa.edu)
   - *Committee Members:* Jon Lee, Andrew Schaeffer, Cole Smith


*Student-Paper-Prize*

   - Awarded to one or more student(s) for an outstanding paper in
   optimization that is submitted to and received or published in a refereed
   professional journal within three calendar years preceding the year of the
   award.
   - Every nominee/applicant must be a student on the first of January of
   the year of the award.
   - Any coauthor(s) not nominated for the award should send a letter
   indicating that the majority of the nominated work was performed by the
   nominee(s).
   - *Committee Chair: *Jim Luedtke (E-mail: jrluedt1 at wisc.edu)
   - *Committee Members*: Guzin Bayraksan, Shiqian Ma, and Mohit Tawarmalani


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Burcu Keskin
Secretary/Treasurer INFORMS Optimization Society
Associate Professor
University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa AL
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