work in OR awarded by EURO, is JANUARY 31, 2010.
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EURO Excellence in Practice Award 2010 - EEPA 2010
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This is an invitation for Authors to submit work which they propose to
present at the EURO Conference 2010 for the above award.
PURPOSE
The purposes of the competition are to:
. recognise outstanding accomplishments in the practice of Operational
Research,
. attract more application-oriented papers to EURO Conferences,
. promote the practice of Operational Research in general.
GUIDELINES
All interested authors are invited to submit a detailed description of an
application of
Operational Research which has original features, whether in methodology,
application or
implementation. This may be in the form of a paper written for publication
(although not
necessarily published at the time of submission), a client report, or other
appropriate
documentation. The documentation must describe the work in a way which
illustrates how it
meets the criteria outlined below. The age limit for published papers is
four years. The work
must not have been submitted concurrently to another competition. The
application is open to
Operational Research specialists from any part of the world.
EVALUATION CRITERIA
The criteria for the evaluation of the work are:
. scientific quality,
. relevance to Operational Research,
. originality in methodology, implementations and/ or field of application,
. a real impact to practice,
. appreciation by the organisation involved with the application.
Letters of appreciation are important.
THE PROCESS
The jury selects a short-list of finalists who will present their work in a
special session of the
EURO Conference 2010 in Lisbon. There is no registration fee for one author
of each of the
finalist presentations. The winner will be determined by the jury at the end
of the special
session and will be announced by the chairman of the jury during the closing
session of the
EURO Conference.
THE PRIZE
The prize for the winners is a distinct honour that in material terms
consists of:
. a certificate of excellence in OR practice for each author of the paper
and for the
concerned organization,
. an amount of 3,000 EUR for the authors.
THE JURY
CHAIR
Prof. Dr. M.Grazia Speranza, University of Brescia, Italy
OTHER MEMBERS
Prof. Dr. Michel Bierlaire, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
Prof. Dr. Edmund Burke, University of Nottingham, UK
Prof. Richard Eglese, Lancaster University, UK
Prof. Dr. Oli B.G. Madsen, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
SUBMISSION
Please send the material of your submission to the chair of the jury by
email.
The deadline for the submission of applications is: JANUARY 31, 2010.
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