Saul Gass Expository Writing Award
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2016 Winner(s)
- Paul Glasserman, Columbia University
The Saul Gass Expository Writing Award recognizes an author whose publications set an exemplary standard of exposition. The writing should possess an influence and accessibility enhanced by expository excellence. Criteria include lucidity, conciseness and interest of the writing. The author must have affected how something is done, studied, taught or thought about.
From a number of very strong nominations, I am pleased to announce that the award for 2016 goes to Professor Paul Glasserman of Columbia University.
Professor Glasserman has heavily influenced the Operations Research and Operations Management Community with his research contributions in simulation and applied probability and their applications in a variety of fields. His work has spanned simulation and gradient estimation, applied probability, production-inventory systems and operations management, and financial engineering and risk management. He has authored over 110 journal articles and 11 book chapters. He has written 3 books and edited 2 more.
Professor Glasserman’s first book, “Gradient Estimation via Perturbation Analysis” is a standard reference in simulation with over 700 citations. His book “Monte Carlo Methods in Financial Engineering” is a standard reference not just within financial engineering circles, but also in simulation. The book is widely known among practitioners, was recently translated into Chinese, and has over 3700 citations.
Professor Glasserman has striven to reach not just the research community, but also practitioners, as evidenced by his “research briefs” written for the Office of Financial Research in the Treasury Department, and by his article, co-authored with Professor Mike Giles for Risk Magazine, “Smoking Adjoints: Fast Monte Carlo Greeks.”
Professor Glasserman’s written work is invariably lucid, precise, illuminating and persuasive. It is no wonder that his work is heavily cited and extremely influential, not just within academic circles but also in practice.
Purpose of the Award
2017 Committee Chair
Noah Gans
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6340 U.S.A.
This award recognizes an author whose publications in operations research and management science have set an exemplary standard of exposition. The awardee's written work, published over a period of at least ten years, should indicate (in terms of breadth of readership) an influence and accessibility enhanced by expository excellence. Criteria include the lucidity, conciseness, logic and interest of the writing at all levels, from the general organization to the details. The author must have affected, through these publications, how something is done, studied, taught, or thought about by some group within the OR/MS community.
The written work can contain any combination of practical, theoretical and pedagogical subject matter, and may be original, synthetic or historical. The corpus as a whole must be substantial in content, not necessarily prize-worthy in itself, but not trivial.
Enough of the publications in question must have been singly authored to demonstrate the awardee’s expository skill. A team of authors writing together consistently over many years may also be considered for the award.
The winner will receive $2,000 and a framed certificate that includes a brief citation at the 2016 INFORMS Annual Meeting.
Application Process
Entries due July 1, 2017
About the Award/Namesake
Saul Gass was the 25th President of ORSA.
Dr. Gass first served as a mathematician for the Aberdeen Bombing Mission, U. S. Air Force, and then transferred to Air Force Headquarters where he began his career in operations research with the Directorate of Management Analysis, the organization in which linear programming was first developed. For IBM, he was an Applied Science Representative, Manager of the Project Mercury Man-in-Space Program, and Manager of IBM's Federal Civil Programs. He was a member of the Science and Technology Task Force of the President's Commission on Law Enforcement. He was Director of Operations Research for CEIR, Senior Vice-President of World Systems Laboratories, and Vice-President of Mathematica. He served as a consultant to the U. S. General Accounting Office, Congressional Budget Office, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and other operations research and systems analysis organizations.
Past Awardees
Northwestern University
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