Optimization Society Student Paper Prize
Purpose of the Award
The INFORMS Optimization Society Student Paper Prize, established in 2006 and administered by the Optimization Society of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences, is awarded annually at the INFORMS National Meeting to one (or more) students for the most outstanding paper in optimization that is submitted to and received, or published in a refereed professional journal no more than three years before the closing date of nomination. The nominee/applicant must be a student on the first of January of the year of application/nomination The prize serves as an esteemed recognition of promising students who are looking for an academic or industrial career.
The award includes a cash amount of US$1,000 and a citation certificate. The award winners will be invited to give a fifteen minute presentation of the winning paper at the Optimization Society Business Meeting held during the INFORMS National Meeting in the year the award is made. It is expected that the winners will be responsible for the travel expenses to present the paper at the INFORMS meeting.
Past Awardees
| 2012 | Awardee Diego A. Morán R. |
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| 2011 | Awardee Daniel Dadush, Georgia Institute of Technology Santanu Dey, Purdue University Juan Pablo Vielma, University of Pittsburgh |
| 2010 | Awardee Shiqian Ma, Columbia University |
| 2009 | Awardee Dan Andrei Iancu, Operations Research Center, MIT |
