The purposes of the competition are to:
* recognise outstanding contributions to addressing global challenges through the application of OR,
* raise awareness of the important role OR can play in contributing to global challenges such as the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
THE PRIZE
The prize consists of a certificate and reward of €3,000 shared between the representatives of the winning application.
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
All interested candidates are invited to submit a detailed description of an outstanding contribution to addressing global challenges through the application of OR. This application will demonstrate a real impact on society for the common good, which has original features, whether in methodology, field of application and/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 that 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 OR specialists from any part of the world. Please also check the guidelines.
The criteria for the evaluation of the papers are:
real impact on society for the common good,
scientific quality,
appreciation by the organisation involved with the application,
originality in methodology, implementations and/or field of application.
Letters of appreciation by the organization involved with the application are important.
The jury selects a short-list of finalists who will present their work in a special session at the 33rd European Conference on Operational Research in Copenhagen. There is no registration fee for one representative of each of the finalist presentations. The winner will be determined by the jury at the end of the special session(s) and will be announced by the chair of the jury during the closing session of the EURO 2024 Conference.
Applications should be submitted (as a zip file or equivalent single submission) online https://www.euro-online.org/awards/epocg2024/registration.php by the deadline of January 31, 2024.
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Dr Sarah Fores, FORS
Manager of EURO