ICS Prize Application Process
Deadline for nominations: July 31, 2012
The INFORMS Computing Society (ICS) Prize is an annual award for the best English language paper or group of related papers dealing with the Operations Research/Computer Science interface. The award is accompanied by a certificate and a $1,000 honorarium. The award will be presented at the ICS Business Meeting that will take place during the INFORMS Annual Meeting in Phoenix, October 14--17, 2012.
The goals of the prize are:
- To promote the development of high-quality work advancing the state of the art in the operations research/computer science interface;
- To publicize and reward the contributions of those authors/researchers who have advanced the state of the art; and
- To increase the visibility of excellent work in the field.
Conditions for eligibility:
- Published in the open literature;
- Pertinent to the interface of operations research and computer science;
- Written in English.
Application Process:
The nomination package should consist of a cover letter and a copy of each nominated work. The cover letter should provide the title, author's name, place and date of publication as well as a justification for the nomination. Self-nominations are allowed but discouraged. All nominations should be made electronically to
All submissions will be acknowledged by the committee chair.
Hard-to-reproduce works, such as books, may be submitted in hard copy form to the mailing address below. In the case of hard copy submission, four copies of each item in the nomination packet should be submitted, and an e-mail indicating a hardcopy submission should be sent to icsprize@mail.informs.org.
INFORMS Computing Society:
The ICS exists to support research and practice activity on the interface of operations research and computer science. The congenial and active organization of over 500 members welcomes members and their involvement in all aspects of the organization. See http://www.informs.org/Community/ICS for more information.
2012 ICS Prize Committee:
- Daniel Bienstock (Columbia University)
- Dorit Hochbaum (University of California, Berkeley)
- Pascal Van Hentenryck, Chair (NICTA)