INFORMS Impact Prize - Application Process
Nominations will take place in two phases.
The initial nomination should be brief (no more than a page, and may be sent via e-mail), and should contain:
- the name of the person or group of people responsible for the contribution;
- a brief summary of the idea or technology that is the basis of the award;
- a description of the industry or practitioner population that uses the idea; and
- the nature of the contribution made by the person or group being nominated (creator of the idea or technology).
These initial (brief) nominations are due by Monday, April 30, 2012.
If a nomination is deemed promising, the nominator will be asked to provide additional information. Of particular importance will be documentation that a contribution is widely used. This can be in the form of testimonials of experts, estimates of the number of installations of a software package and possibly citations of a piece of research. Additional information may be requested to better understand the precise nature of an individual's contribution.
Complete nominations are due by Monday, June 30, 2012; e-mail applications are strongly encouraged.
Awarding of the prize will be at the INFORMS Annual Meeting in October.
2011-2012 Committee Chair
Geert-Jan Van Houtum
Professor
Eindhoven Univ. of Technology
Department of IE & IS
Po Box 513
5600 MB Eindhoven
Netherlands
Phone: +31 40 2475163/2473503
Fax: +31 40 2465949
Email: g.j.v.houtum@tue.nl