[Iefac.list] Dantzig Dissertation Award: Call for nominations due by July 8, 2010

[Julie Swann]

Please distribute this announcement among the faculty and PhD students 
in your departments.

Call for Submissions - George B. Dantzig Dissertation Award

 

The George B. Dantzig Award is given for the best dissertation in any 
area of operations research and the management sciences that is 
innovative and relevant to practice. This award has been established to 
encourage academic research that combines theory and practice and 
stimulates greater interaction between doctoral students (and their 
advisors) and the world of practice. The award is given at the Fall 
National Meeting.

       

All certificates read as follows (1st & 2nd Prizes): for the best 
dissertation that is innovative and relevant to the practice of 
operations research and the management sciences.

 

Application Process  

http://www.informs.org/Recognize-Excellence/INFORMS-Prizes-Awards/George-B.-Dantzig-Dissertation-Award/George-B.-Dantzig-Dissertation-Award-Application-Process

The George B. Dantzig Dissertation Award Committee is now accepting 
entries for the 2010 award. The award for the best OR/MS dissertation 
serves to promote greater interaction between academia and industry by 
encouraging researchers to conduct innovative research that is relevant 
to practice in any area of operations research and management science. 
The first and second place winners will receive awards of $800 and $400 
respectively. Additional finalists will receive honorable mentions with 
$100 awards. Prizes will be awarded at the INFORMS Annual Meeting.

 

Each entry must:

1.      Consist of a doctoral dissertation written primarily by the 
entrant no more than 15 months prior to the submission deadline 
(completed between April 08, 2009 and July 08, 2010) and not previously 
submitted.

2.      Present original ideas obtained predominantly by the entrant.

3.      Clearly illustrate and demonstrate the relevance of the work in 
practice and the potential impact in industry.

 

Entrants should collect and submit the following items on or before July

08, 2010:

1.      A letter of recommendation from the entrant's thesis advisor 
that describes the significance of the research and comments on the 
originality of the work.

2.      A letter of recommendation from an industry associate that 
describes the relevance and the potential benefits of the research in 
their organization. This letter must be written by a manager familiar 
with the research who has served as an advisor to the research or as a 
coordinator to the on-site research project. The manager should be 
informed that they may be contacted by the committee members asking 
questions regarding the entrant's search.

3.      A summary of the dissertation (less than 5 double-spaced pages) 
highlighting the significance of the problem, the novelty of the 
methodological approach, the contribution of the research to industry, 
and the scope of the dissertation.

4.      A self-contained paper (less than 25 double-spaced pages) based 
on the thesis so that the award committee can evaluate the contribution 
of the work.

 

Entrants should send the above items in an email (subject line beginning 
with "Dantzig", and items as separate PDF files) to the Chair of the

George B. Dantzig Dissertation Award Committee:

Julie Swann

Georgia Institute of Technology

School of ISYE

755 Ferst Drive

Atlanta, GA 30332-0205

voice: +1 404-385-3054

fax: +1 404-894-2301

email: jswann at isye.gatech.edu <mailto:jswann at isye.gatech.edu>

 

In addition, the signed originals of the letters of recommendation 
should be mailed, postmarked on or before July 8, to:

INFORMS Office

Attention: Mark G. Doherty

7240 Parkway Drive, Suite 300

Hanover, MD 21076 U.S.A.

voice:  +1 800-446-3676

email: mark.doherty at informs.org <mailto:mark.doherty at informs.org>


Dantzig Dissertation Award, Committee Members:

Julie Swann (Chair, 2010)

Stephan Biller (2010-2011)
E. Andrew Boyd (2010-2011)
Charles Corbett (2010-2011)
Divya Mangotra (2009-2010)