EEPA 2012

This is an invitation for Authors to submit a paper for the above award.

PURPOSE

The purposes of the competition are to:

• recognise outstanding accomplishments in the practice of Operational Research,
• attract more application-oriented papers to EURO Conferences,
• promote the practice of Operational Research in general.

GUIDELINES

All interested authors are invited to submit a detailed description of an application of Operational Research which has original features, whether in methodology, application 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 which 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 Operational Research specialists from any part of the world.

EVALUATION CRITERIA

The criteria for the evaluation of the papers are:

• scientific quality,
• relevance to Operational Research,
• originality in methodology, implementations and/ or field of application,
• a real impact to practice,
• appreciation by the organisation involved with the application.

THE PROCESS

The jury selects a short-list of finalists who will present their work in a special session of the EURO Conference 2012 in Vilnius. There is no registration fee for one author of each of the finalist presentations. The winner will be determined by the jury at the end of the special session and will be announced by the chairman of the jury during the closing session of the EURO Conference.

THE PRIZE

The prize for the winners is a distinct honour, and in material terms consists of:

• a certificate of excellence in OR practice for each author of the paper and for the concerned organization,
• an amount of 3.000 EUR for the authors.

THE JURY

Chair

• Prof. Michel Bierlaire, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland

OTHER MEMBERS

• Prof. Luca Maria Gambardella, IDSIA Lugano, Switzerland
• Prof. Gautier Stauffer, University of Bordeaux, France
• Prof. Richard Hartl, University of Vienna, Austria
• Prof. Ana Viana, INESC Porto/Polytechnic Institute of Porto (School of Engineering), Portugal

SUBMISSION

Please submit the material online on //transp-or.epfl.ch /eepa2012/registration.php before January 31, 2012.