Call for submissions 2012

The Aviation Applications Section of INFORMS awards a prize for the best dissertation in any area related to aviation OR (air traffic management OR and airline OR). The winner will receive a plaque and an honorarium of $500. Other finalists will receive an honorable mention and a certificate. Doctoral dissertations meeting the following criteria are eligible for consideration:

• Dissertation must be completed and submitted between June 1, 2011 and May 31, 2012.
• The dissertation must be in an area relevant to aviation research or practice.

Application Process

Submit the following documents in portable document format (PDF) via email to Rajesh Ganesan (rganesan@gmu.edu) , the committee chair, before midnight Monday, July 16, 2012:

• the completed dissertation;
• an extended abstract (4 to 5 pages) describing the work and its relevance;
• a letter of nomination from the dissertation supervisor supporting the
  submission and highlighting the importance of the research;
• a short paper (20 to 25 pages, double spaced) that is based on the dissertation (if such a paper is available).

Prize Committee
Rajesh Ganesan, Chair
George Mason University

Terry Thompson
Metron Aviation

Sharon M. Jones
NASA

William A. Crossley
Purdue University

Past Winners

2012

Marcial Lapp, The University of Michigan

Methods for Improving Robustness and Recovery in Aviation Planning

2011

First Place

Douglas Fearing, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The Case for Coordination: Equity, Efficiency, and Passenger Impacts in Air Traffic Flow Management

Douglas Fearing receives the award from Prize Committee Member Dr. Karla Hoffman

2010

First Place
Poornima Balakrishna, George Mason University
Scalable Approximate Dynamic Programming Models

Poornima Balakrishna receives the award from the Prize Committee Chair, Diego Klabjan.

2009
First Place
Gizem Keysan, Georgia Institute of Technology
Tactical and Operational Planning for Per-Seat On-Demand Air Transportation

Gizem Keysan receives the award from the Prize Committee Chair, Amy Cohn.

2008
First Place
Mustafa Akan, Northwestern University
Essays on Revenue Management

Mustafa Akan receives the award from the Prize Committee Member, Mirela Stojkovic

2007
First Place
Anne Mercier, Universite de Montreal, Montreal, Canada
Decomposition Methods for the Integrated Aircraft Routing and Crew Scheduling Problem

Anne Mercier receives the award from the Prize Committee Chair, Barry Smith

2006
First Place
Mattias Grönkvist, Chalmers University of Technology, Goteborg, Sweden
The Tail Assignment Problem

Mattias Grönkvist receives the award from the Prize Committee Chair, Mark Hansen

2005
First Place
Gregory Coldren, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
Modeling the Competitive Dynamic Among Air-travel Itineraries with Generalized Extreme Value Models

Gregory Coldren receives the award from the Prize Committee Chair, Michael Ball

2004
First Place
Laurie Anne Garrow, Northwestern University
Comparison of Choice Models Representing Correlation and Random Taste Variation: An Application to Airline Passengers’ Rescheduling Behavior

Laurie Garrow receives the award from the Prize Committee Chair, Cindy Barnhart

2003
First Place
Milind G. Sohoni, Georgia Institute of Technology
A Robust Optimization Approach to Reserve Crew Manpower Planning in Airlines

Milind Sohoni receives the award from the Prize Committee Chair, John-Paul Clarke