From left to right: Zhang Si, Toni Sorrell, Peter Haas

The 2011 CUMW award winners are Toni Sorrell of the Virginia Commonwealth University, Zhang Si of the National University of Singapore, and Juan Li of Columnbia University.

In order to cultivate the interest and encourage the participation of underrepresented minorities and women in the field of simulation, the INFORMS Simulation Society is proud to award sponsorships to assist graduate students from these population groups in the costs of attending Winter Simulation Conference (WSC) each year. In 2010, each awardee received an honorarium of $500.00. The CUMW committee is looking forward for more high-quality applications for the coming 2012 WSC meeting.

Past Winners

2010 - Ola Batarseh (Georgia Institute of Technology) and Sachin P. Pendharkar (University of Calgary)

2009 - Dr. Gabriella Dellino (University of Siena), Canan Gunes (CMU), and Nugroho Pujowidianto (University of Singapore)

2008 - Dashi Singham (UC Berkeley)

2007 - Guadalupe Villarreal (Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon), Malak Al-Nory (George Mason University), Grisel Guerrero (University of Texas at El Paso), and Ahmed El Nashar (University of Central Florida).

2006 - Elham Yavari (UC Berkeley)

2005 - Jose Rojas and Desiree Tejada (Florida International University), Hongmei Chi (Florida State University), Kishau Rogers (small business owner in Maryland)