Dissertation Prize -- Application Process
The following criteria will be used in judging candidate dissertations.
- Fundamental contribution and originality of the ideas or methods.
- Practical importance or applicability in solving important real problems.
- Clarity and excellence of the exposition.
Eligible doctoral dissertations are those completed and submitted between June 1, 2010 and May 31, 2011 in the general area of transportation science and logistics.
To be considered, a dissertation must be nominated by the thesis supervisor, who should submit the following items, all electronically in Adobe PDF format:
- A copy of the dissertation,
- An extended abstract (3-5 pages), separate from thesis,
- A letter of nomination from the dissertation supervisor supporting the submission and stating his/her assessment of why the thesis is worthy of the award, and,
- An abstract of 300 words without formulas or mathematical notation.
Submissions should be sent electronically to Huseyin Topaloglu, Committee Chair, at ht88@cornell.edu. The deadline for receipt of submissions is July 10, 2011. The recommendations of the judges will be announced during the meeting of the Society at the INFORMS National conference in Charlotte, NC.
2011 Committee Chair
Huseyin Topaloglu
School of Operations Research and Information Engineering
Cornell University
223 Rhodes Hall
Ithaca, NY 14853
voice: +1 (607) 255-0698
e-mail: ht88@cornell.edu
2011 Committee Members
Diego Klabjan
Industrial Engineering and Management Science
Northwestern University
2145 Sheridan Road
Evanston, IL 60208
e-mail: d-klabjan@northwestern.edu
Martine Labbe
Computer Science Department
Universite Libre de Bruxelles
Boulevard du Triomphe CP 210 / 01
B-1050 Brussels
Belgium
e-mail: mlabbe@ulb.ac.be
Barrett Thomas
Management Sciences
The University of Iowa
W272 John Pappajohn Bus Bldg
Iowa City, IA 52242-1994
e-mail: barrett-thomas@uiowa.edu
Yanfeng Ouyang
Civil and Environmental Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1209 Newmark Civil Engineering Laboratory
205 N. Mathews Ave
Urbana, IL 61801
E-mail: yfouyang@illinois.ed