Begin forwarded message: Date: 5 de Novembro de 2014 10:56:59 WET
Subject: EURO Doctoral Dissertation Award 2015
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The EDDA (EURO Doctoral Dissertation Award) is a EURO instrument. It consists of a prize that is awarded at each EURO-k conference. The purpose of the prize is to distinguish an outstanding PhD thesis in Operational Research defended in the countries having an OR society that is member of EURO. It will be awarded for the seventh time at the closing session of the EURO XXVII Conference in Glasgow.Eligibility of applicationsThe EDDA 2015 jury will only consider PhD theses in Operational Research defended between 15 January 2013 (i.e., the deadline for the preceding edition of the prize) and 15 January 2015. The dissertation must have been defended in a University located in a member country of EURO. The author of the dissertation must be a member of a member society of EURO.To be considered, a dissertation should be nominated by the supervisor of the thesis (one of them in case of multiple supervisors). The supervisor of the dissertation is asked to provide the jury with the following information:The text of the dissertation;An extended abstract (3 to 5 pages) of the dissertation; this abstract should be written in English and should include precise keywords;If the dissertation contains co-authored articles, be it published papers or unpublished manuscripts, the candidate's contribution has to be specified for each co-authored article;If the dissertation is not written in English, a paper in English authored (or co-authored) by the author of the dissertation and describing the core ideas of the thesis. This paper should preferably have been published in or submitted to an international journal;Nomination letters (or reports) from two referees selected by the dissertation supervisor, supporting the submission and stating their assessment of why the thesis should win the award;An up-to-date CV of the candidate, including a list of publications.No nomination will be considered without these items.Since many PhD theses in OR are defended each year, the jury would like to remind supervisors that only outstanding pieces of work have a reasonable chance of winning the award.JuryThe jury consists of:Hartmut Stadtler (Germany) - chairAhti Salo (Finland)Richard Hartl (Austria)Maria Antónia Carravilla (Portugal)Lidija Zadnik-Stirn (Slovenia)Selection processThe selection process consists of two phases.Phase 1:Each application is studied by several members of the jury. The jury selects a shortlist of three finalists. The jury evaluates the applications taking the following points into account:Originality and novelty of the subject;Pertinence of the subject for OR;Depth and breadth of the results;Contributions of the dissertation to the theory and practice of OR;Applications and/or potential applicability of the results;Impact on related fields;Quality of the related publications.Phase 2:These 3 finalists are invited to present their contribution in front of the jury and any other interested participants during a special EDDA session scheduled at the EURO 2015 conference. The jury selects the final laureate after the session.AwardThe prize consists of a certificate and reward of €1,000.The three finalists are granted the early registration fee at the EURO 2015 conference at which they participate as such. EURO will also contribute to their travel and accommodation expenses.DeadlinesPlease submit the material (zipped file) online on http://www.euro-online.org/awards/edda2015/registration.php before February 28, 2015.The nomination of the three finalists will be made public before 15 April 2015.ContactHartmut StadtlerInstitut für Logistik und TransportFakultät BetriebswirtschaftVon-Melle-Park 520146 Hamburgedda2015@uni-hamburg.de
-- Dr Sarah Fores Manager of EURO
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