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<u>FINAL ANNOUNCEMENT</u></b><br>
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The Committee on Stochastic Programming is pleased to
announce the triennial Stochastic Programming Student
Paper Prize, which will be given in recognition of the
most outstanding student-authored paper in stochastic
programming. The prize will be awarded at the 14th
International Conference on Stochastic Programming to
be held in Buzios, Brazil, June 25-July 1, 2016. <br>
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The award committee consists of Nilay Noyan (Sabanci
University, chair), Andy Philpott (University of
Auckland), and Suvrajeet Sen (University of Southern
California). <br>
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Each submission must satisfy the following eligibility
criteria:<br>
<ul>
<li>The paper must present original research
results. <br>
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<li>The entrant must have been a student on, or
after, January 1, 2013. <br>
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<li>The research must have been conducted while the
entrant was a student. <br>
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<li>The paper must have been published in, or
submitted to, an English language journal. <br>
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<li>The paper must be written by the entrant with
only minor assistance. One or more advisors may
appear as co-authors, but the student must be the
'first author.' If multiple students appear as
co-authors of the winning paper, the prize will be
shared among them. <br>
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<li>The entrant can be a (co-)author on at most one
paper submitted to the competition.</li>
</ul>
<p>Entrants must submit the following material by <u><b>March
1, 2016</b></u>: <br>
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<li>An electronic copy (PDF file) of the paper. </li>
<li>Publication information. If the paper is still
under review, state the name of the journal and
the point in the review process. <br>
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<li>An email address and phone number where the
entrant can be contacted. <br>
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<li>A letter signed by both the faculty advisor and
the entrant attesting that the eligibility
conditions are met. <br>
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<li>In case the paper is co-authored by the advisor,
the latter should include a statement about the
contribution of the entrant.</li>
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<p> The submitted papers will be judged on the
following criteria: <br>
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<li>Magnitude of the contribution to the advancement
of the field of stochastic programming. <br>
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<li>Originality of ideas and methods. <br>
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<li>Clarity and excellence of exposition.</li>
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Submissions must be sent to the committee via <a
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by <b>March 1, 2016</b>. <br>
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For more information on the 14th International
Conference on Stochastic Programming, please see: <a
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href="http://icsp2016.sciencesconf.org/"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://icsp2016.sciencesconf.org/">http://icsp2016.sciencesconf.org/</a></a><br>
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Nilay Noyan, Ph.D.
Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences,
SABANCI University,
Orhanli, Tuzla, 34956 Istanbul, Turkey
Tel: +(90) 216 4839618
Fax: +(90) 216 4839550
URL: <a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://people.sabanciuniv.edu/nnoyan/">http://people.sabanciuniv.edu/nnoyan/</a></pre>
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