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*Call for submissions to the IFORS Prize for OR in Development 2020*
IFORS is pleased to announce that this long-standing Prize will be awarded
again during its 22nd triennial conference to be held in Seoul, Korea, on
21-26 June 2020. The competition aims at promoting the practice of OR in
developing countries. Past winners and finalists include works that have
improved health, wellness, education, public investments and other issues
in Africa, Asia and Latin America. The submission process consists of two
stages:
- First stage. Entries should be submitted by email to the Chair of Judges
by 1st October 2019. Each entry should comprise a maximum 5 page summary of
the work.
- Second stage. Entrants who are successful in the first evaluation will be
invited to submit, by 18th December 2019, a full-length manuscript.
After these two stages, the panel of judges will select the finalists who
will present their work in a special session of the competition at the 2020
IFORS Triennial conference. The winner will receive a grand prize of
US$4,000 and the runner-up a prize of US$2,000.
Submission guidelines and more information about the competition can be
found here: http://www.ifors2020.kr/sub05/sub01.php
Inquiries and submissions should be sent by email to the Prize Chair:
*Mario Guajardo*
Associate Professor Department of Business and Management Science
NHH Norwegian School of Economics, Bergen, Norway
E-mail: *mario.guajardo@nhh.no <mario.guajardo@nhh.no>*
* Important Dates*
*Submission deadline summary (first stage):* October 1, 2019
* Submission deadline full paper (second stage):* December 18, 2019
*Finalists will be notified by:* January 31, 2020
*Date of oral presentation:* June 22, 2020
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Rosiane de Freitas, CS Research Professor
Optimization, Algorithms, and Computational Complexity research group
Institute of Computing - Federal University of Amazonas (IComp/UFAM)
Manaus - Amazonas, Brazil
+55 92 9 8242-4088
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