Practice Prize Competition
Description
The Practice Prize Competition recognizes the outstanding application of OR by practitioners in Canada and it attracts quality papers to the CORS Annual Conference.
Award
The Prize Committee will determine, at its discretion, First, Second and Honourable Mention awards and the distribution of up to $1800 in prize money according to the extent to which the finalists have reported on a completed, practical application with results that had a significant, verifiable and (preferably) quantifiable impact on the performance of the client organization. Every member of the winning teams receives a certificate.
Eligibility
The applicant must be a resident of Canada. The submission must include work completed over the last two years, but the entire project may have taken place over a longer period. The project may include published work, but it cannot have been previously submitted to this competition.
Application instructions
By March 8, 2021 submit e-copies of the following to Mikael Rönnqvist, Chair.
- An abstract, not exceeding 500 words, outlining the successful application of OR.
- A Letter from an executive of the client organization attesting that the application had an impact and giving permission for the project to be presented at the CORS Annual Conference.
- The names, titles, phone numbers and email addresses of all authors and of at least one executive of the client organization.
By March 29, 2021, the judging committee will select up to four finalists according to these criteria:
- The challenge of the application of OR and the significance of the problem.
- The quality of the analysis and modeling and the implementation of the results.
- The impact on the client organization.
By May 10, 2021, the finalists must:
- Submit a detailed written report, not exceeding 25 pages in the body, presenting a "case history" of the project describing its development from start to finish and focussing on the challenges and results.
- Submit a one-page project summary including key messages and best practices, suitable for publication in the CORS Bulletin and on the CORS website.
- Present the project at the Practice Prize Sessions at the CORS Annual Conference.
On the basis of the written report and the oral presentation the judges will determine the prizes to be awarded and announced at the banquet. The committee reserves the right not to award any prize.
Recipients
2020
2019
Francis Marleau-Donais, Irène Abi-Zeid, Edward Owen Douglas Waygood, Roxane Lavoie
Antoine Legrain, Jonathan Patrick
2018
Florian Grenouilleau, Antoine Legrain, Nadia Lahrichi, Louis-Martin Rousseau
2017
Philippe Grangier, Marc Brisson, Michel Gendreau, Fabien Lehuédé, Louis-Martin Rousseau, John Ye
Felipe Rodrigues, Greg Zaric, David Stanford
2016
Émilie Dufour (HEC Montréal), Gilbert Laporte (HEC Montréal), Julie Paquette (HEC Montréal), Marie-Ève Rancourt (Université du Québec à Montréal)
2015
Guoqing Zhang
Nooshin Nekoiemehr
Qiqi Zhang
Jérôme-Olivier Ouellet
Jean-François Pagé
Adam Dudar
Anqi Chen
2014
Fletcher Lu
Craig Trought
Daniel Karapetyan
Abraham Punnen
2013
Richard J. Caron
Esai Selvarajah
Sahand Ashtab
Carly Henshaw
Michael Higgins
Lily Wu
Dong Wang
Claire Ma
Annie Zhang
Mahesh Nagarajan
Hamid Mahmoudi
Catherine Barnardo
Stuart Donald
Derek Atkins
Emma Liu
Liping Liang
Derek Atkins
Chong Chen
Yue Zhang
Rachel Lewis
Jinjin Fu
2012
Peter Vanberkel
Richard J. Boucherie
Erwin W. Hans
Johann L. Hurink
Wineke A. M. van Lent
Wim H. van Harten
Derek Atkins
Vanessa Noonan
Marcel Dvorak
Argelio Santos
Rachel Lewis
James Gurling
Liping Liang
Andy Chen
2011
2010
Burcin Bozkaya
Erhan Erkut
Dan Haight
Gilbert Laporte
Kent J. Kostuk
Keith A. Willoughby
2009
Andrea Cameron
Corinne MacDonald
Eldon Gunn
Sonya Vanderby
Michael W. Carter
Christopher Feindel
Timothy Latham
2008
Vincent S. Chow
Derek Atkins
Wenhai Huang
Martin L. Puterman
Neda Salehirad
2007
Mustapha Ouhimmou
Sophie D'Amours
Daoud Ait-kadi
Robert Beauregard
Satyaveer Singh Chauhan
2006
Saeed Zolfaghari
Vinh Quan
Ahmed El-Bouri
Banafsheh Namiranian
Maryam Khashayardoust
Mehmet Aydinel
Ximena Cerda
Eric Cope
Mats Gerschman
Taraneh Sowlati
Bao Nguyen
David Hopkin
Dr. Handson Yip
Dr. John Fawcett
Eric Cope
Ian Fichtenbaum
Neda Salehirad
2005
Li Chen
Mats Gerschman
Fredrik Odegaard
David K. Puterman
Martin L. Puterman
Ryan Quee
2004
Bernard Gendron
2003
Derek Atkins
Mehmet A. Begen
Bailey Kluczny
Anita Parkinson
Brunilde Sansò
Frédéric Bodevin
2002
Ernest Urbanovich
Ella E.Young
Martin L. Puterman
Sidney O. Fattedad
Marko Blais
Sophie D.Lapierre
Gilbert Laporte
A. Ingolfsson
E. Erkut
S. Budge
2001
Jean-Marie Bourjolly
Leslie Dejoie
Ke Ding
Oumar Dioume
Michel Lominy
Erhan Erkut
Steve Kabanuk
Russ Fenske
Jerry Davis
2000
Bao Nguyen
Dr Kevin Ng
1999
Claude Berger
Fabien Chauny
André Langevin
Richard Loulou
Diane Riopel
Gilles Savard
Jean-Philippe Waaub
Agnès Wizere
1998
Erhan Erkut
Anthony Myroon
Kevin Strangway
1997
Paul Comeau
1996
Michel Gamache
François Soumis
Daniel Villeneuve
Jacques Desrosiers
Éric Gélinas
1995
Maurice Elliott
1994
John Blake
Mike Carter
1993
Michel Gamache
François Soumis
Gerald Marquis
Jacques Desrosiers
1992
Michael Carter
Gilbert Laporte
1991
Michael Scriabin
Jason Farlette
Dilip Kotak
Michael A. Matthews
1990
Jacques Ferland
Charles Fleurant
1989
Eldon A. Gunn
Glenn Allen
John C. Campbell
Barclay Cunningham
Peter Rutherford
1988
Michael Carter
Jacques A. Ferland
Gilles Guénette
1987
1986
Gilbert Laporte
1985
1984
Michel Goulet
Cary Swoveland
1983
Iain R. Grunwell