Monday, May 2, 2022

[DMANET] “Best AIROYoung Dissertation” 2022 – Call for Applications for a PhD thesis award

Call for Applications for the PhD thesis award

"BEST AIROYOUNG DISSERTATION" 2022


AIROYoung<https://www.airoyoung.org/> (AY) announces the "Best AIROYoung Dissertation" award, for the best doctoral thesis discussed in operations research (MAT/09) at any Italian university, during the period July 1, 2021 – June 30, 2022.


PROCESS OF SELECTION OF FINALIST THESES


AY will identify a jury external to its current and previous board, in order to evaluate the applications received. Jurors will be chosen among (former) members and/or collaborators of AY. The jury will have the task of identifying the winning thesis and at most three other finalist theses, for a total of at most four theses.


PRESENTATION OF THE FINALIST THESES


The corresponding finalists will be invited to present their work during the International Conference on Optimization and Decision Science – ODS 2022<http://www.airoconference.it/ods2022/>, which will be held at the University of Florence from August 30 to September 02, 2022. The winning thesis will be announced during ODS 2022. It will also be possible to attend this session only remotely.


AWARD


The winning person will receive a certificate and a cash prize of € 250.


PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENTS


To be able to participate, you must:

* have discussed a doctoral thesis in operations research (MAT/09) between 01/07/2021 and 30/06/2022 at an Italian university;

* be an AIRO member for the calendar year 2023 (if you participate in ODS 2022, the AIRO membership fee for 2023 is already included in the registration fee for the conference; otherwise, consult the dedicated AIRO page: https://www.airo.org/index.php/it/socio).


HOW TO APPLICATE


The application form must be submitted by filling in the following Google Form: https://forms.gle/RgABtpDFpxsgY6S6A


Deadline to participate: June 25, 2022.

Specifically, in addition to personal data and a contact address, anyone wishing to apply must attach the following documents (all in PDF format):

* a copy of the doctoral thesis;

* a summary of the thesis (in English; font size: 11 pt; maximum length: 5 pages, bibliographical references excluded);

* a copy of their curriculum vitae (in English; also indicate the date of the defence of the thesis, which has already taken place or in any case has been set by June 20, 2022).

For more information, contact the AY board: airo.young.researchers@gmail.com

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