Monday, October 10, 2011

[DMANET] COIN-OR INFORMS CUP -- call for submissions and nominations

COIN-OR INFORMS CUP
INFORMS Annual Meeting 2011

Announcing the seventh annual "COIN-OR INFORMS Cup" competition. Submissions
and nominations are now open for valuable contributions to COIN-OR and projects
that use COIN-OR software.

Rules:
o A submission or nomination must contain:
1. A synopsis of an effective use of COIN-OR or valuable contribution to COIN-OR (or both!).
2. An explanation of its significance.
o The winner must accept the prize in person at the 2010 INFORMS meeting---so we can all celebrate appropriately (see "Celebration" below).
o Submission deadline (EXTENDED): Monday, October 24, 2011.
o Self-nomination is welcomed.
o We especially encourage nominations of effective use of COIN-OR that the
community may not know about.

Submissions will be judged by a committee of members of the COIN-OR Foundation,
Inc.

Celebration: The COIN-OR INFORMS Cup will be awarded during the INFORMS Annual
meeting in Charlotte, NC. All entrants and their supporters are welcome to join
in the celebration and regale (rile) the prize winners. The celebration sponsor
will be IBM.

o Day: Sunday, November 13th 2011
o Time: 8:00 PM
o Location: TBD

The winning entry will be posted on the COIN-OR Website.

Please e-mail your submissions to coin-cup@coin-or.org

Enter, come, possibly win, and raise your cup with us!

--
Pietro Belotti Dept. of Mathematical Sciences
Clemson University
email: pbelott@clemson.edu
phone: 864-656-6765
web: myweb.clemson.edu/~pbelott
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