Past Awards
2025
Frederick W. Lanchester Prize:
Winner(s)
Winning material:
Variational Stability, and Control: Theory, Algorithms, Applications
Citation:
This monograph offers the first comprehensive treatment of second-order variational analysis and its broad applications to optimization, control, statistics, machine learning, and beyond. Blending deep theory with practical algorithms, the book introduces powerful second-order tools to address complex problems previously out of reach. The author presents challenging material with clarity and coherence, making advanced topics more accessible. Its breadth, depth, and unifying perspective make it a foundational reference in variational theory and numerical algorithms poised to shape future research and applications across operations research and related fields.