[Iefac.list] Updates for 13 Annual AIMMS/MOPTA Competition Cash Prize and Logistics

[Karmel Shehadeh]

Dear friends and colleagues,

We are thrilled to share the following updates for the *13th Annual
AIMMS/MOPTA Optimization Modeling Competition:*

*Cash Prize*

AIMMS has increased cash prizes to reward all finalists:

   - *$1.200 for the winning team* (e.g., to be used for a new PS5, a set
   of games, and a great flat party once COVID allows us)+ *certificates
   for each team member *
   - *$600 for the second team* (e.g., to be used for a new PS5, a few
   games, and a small group party once COVID allows us) + *certificate for
   each team member *
   - *$300 for the third team *(e.g*.*, to be used for a classic mini-game
   console and a small group party once COVID allows us) + *certificate for
   each team member *

*Participation*

We hope that as vaccines and vaccination programs continued to ramp up, we
could have an in-person MOPTA conference. However, we will consider fully
virtual participation of teams in the competition. The competition* submission
deadline is May 21, 2021, 23:59 Eastern Time.*

*See Also*

   - Information about the competition, eligibility, and problem
   description are posted on the competition webpage.
   <https://coral.ise.lehigh.edu/~mopta/competition> The goal of the
   competition this year is to solve a Home Service Assignment, Routing, and
   Appointment Scheduling (H-SARA) problem under three key random factors:
   service duration, travel time, and customer cancellation.
   - General information on the MOPTA conference.
   <https://coral.ise.lehigh.edu/~mopta/> The *MOPTA conference will be
   held on August 2-4, 2021, at Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, USA.*
   - Interested teams should register as soon as they start working on the
   competition.

Please feel free to pass along this information to potentially interested
colleagues, students, and collaborators.

Thank you
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Dr. Karmel S. Shehadeh, MOPTA Competition Chair
Assistant Professor
Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering
Lehigh University
Bethlehem, PA
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