Egon Balas Prize

2025 Winner(s)

Purpose of the Award

The Egon Balas Prize of the INFORMS Optimization Society was established in 2020 and is awarded annually to an individual for a body of contributions in the area of optimization.

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Past Awardees

2025
Winner(s)
Mingyi Hong, University of Minnesota
2024
Winner(s)
Amir Ahmadi, Princeton University
2023
Winner(s)
Alberto Del Pia, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Stefan M. Wild, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
2022
Winner(s)
Amitabh Basu, Johns Hopkins University
2021
Winner(s)
Wotao Yin, Alibaba US
2020
Winner(s)
Santanu S. Dey, Georgia Institute of Technology