Harvey J. Greenberg Award for Service
Overview
Awarded biannually at the ICS meeting. The award is a Certificate plus meeting registration fee waiver.
Criteria:
- Member of ICS for five years.
- Major contributor to ICS and its objectives.
- Not a previous recipient of this award.
The intent is that this be a "lifetime achievement," given at most once every two years. The nomination must make the case that the candidate achieved multiple results that benefited ICS (or its predecessor organizations, CSTS and CS SIG). Service, alone, is not enough; there must be achievement.
The ICS Chair will appoint a Service Award Committee composed of at least three ICS members. They will be charged with soliciting nominations from ICS members. Each nomination must be accompanied by a letter that presents a case based on the nominee's service. This must also be accompanied by three ICS member endorsements. No ICS member may endorse more than one nominee for the same year.
Call for Nominations 2011
The Harvey J. Greenberg Award for Service is given to an individual in recognition of their impact on the INFORMS Computing Society (ICS). The award is named in honor of Harvey J. Greenberg, whose service to the Society exemplifies the spirit of the award. The Award is intended to be a "lifetime achievement" award. It is given at most once every two years. The next award will be presented at the 12th ICS Conference in January 2011. A candidate nominated for the award must satisfy the following criteria:
- Member of ICS for five years.
- Major contributor to ICS and its objectives.
- Not a previous recipient of this award.
A nomination must make the case that the candidate achieved multiple results that benefited ICS or its predecessor organizations, CSTS and CS SIG. Service alone is not enough; there must be achievements that have expanded or enhanced ICS activities.
Each nomination must be accompanied by (1) a letter that presents a case based on the nominee's service and (2) by three ICS member endorsements. No ICS member may endorse more than one nominee for the same year.
Send nominations to hjgserviceaward@mail.informs.org. The nominations are due on September 8, 2010. The selection-committee members are Karla Hoffman (chair) and ...
2009 Award Recipient
Karla L. Hoffman
Karla Hoffman was instrumental in the evolution of the Operations Research Society of America's Special Interest Group on Computing into the Computer Science Technical Section of ORSA in 1980. The SIG on Computing and the CSTS were precursors of the INFORMS Computing Society. Among her many leadership roles, Karla served as the Secretary/Treasurer of the SIG on Computing in 1980 and the Chair of the CSTS in 1981. She helped to develop the strategic vision that Sections were central to the long-term viability of ORSA. In Karla's position as Chair of the ORSA Technical Sections Committee, she worked to establish direct and ongoing ORSA Board funding for Sections which enabled the continued growth of the CSTS. Karla helped organize the first CSTS symposium at the University of Colorado at Denver in 1985 and co-edited the first conference volume. The symposium was the forerunner to the INFORMS Computing Society's biennial conference. In 1986, she aided in the launch of the ORSA Journal on Computing, which subsequently became the INFORMS Journal on Computing. Through her involvement at all levels of INFORMS, Karla has been a forceful advocate for Computing and her contributions have had a significant and lasting impact on the Computing Society.
Karla's wisdom, common sense, and guidance have helped the INFORMS Computing Society navigate through critical moments in its history. Because of her vision and leadership, the Society is a thriving organization today and has a bright future ahead.
Prize Committee:
- Fred Murphy (Chair)
- Robin Lougee-Heimer
- David Woodruff
