Deadline: June 2, 2023

2023 Winner(s)
- Yunbei Xu,
Columbia University
Purpose of the Award
2023 Committee Co-Chairs
Anton Braverman
Northwestern University
He Wang
Georgia Institute of Technology
The George Nicholson Committee competition is held each year to identify and honor outstanding papers in the field of operations research and the management sciences written by a student.
Prizes will be awarded and finalists will be invited to present their papers at the INFORMS Annual Meeting.
Application Process
This competition is held each year to identify and honor outstanding papers in the field of operations research and the management sciences written by a student.
About the Award/Namesake
George Nicholson, Jr. received his M.A, degree in mathematics from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina in 1941.While he was an Operations Analyst with the XXI Bomber Command in the Pacific during WWII, he received the Medal of Freedom. In 1965, he was awarded the Defense Department's Exceptional Civilian Service Medal for his work a special consultant to the Air Force and as a U.S. advisor on NATO matters from the Under Secretary of the Air Force.