Call for Submissions

The INFORMS Transportation Science and Logistics Society Dissertation Prize is the oldest and most prestigious honor for doctoral dissertations in the transportation science and logistics area. The 2009 competition is underway. Eligible doctoral dissertations are those completed and submitted between June 1, 2008 and May 31, 2009 in the general area of transportation science and logistics.


Application Process

The following criteria will be used in judging candidate dissertations.

• Fundamental contribution and originality of the ideas or methods.
• Practical importance or applicability in solving important real problems.
• Clarity and excellence of the exposition.

To be considered, a dissertation must be nominated by the thesis supervisor, who should submit the following items, all electronically in Adobe PDF format:

• A copy of the dissertation,
• An extended abstract (3-5 pages), separate from thesis,
• A letter of nomination from the dissertation supervisor supporting the submission and stating his/her assessment of why the thesis is worthy of the award, and,
• An abstract of 300 words without formulas or mathematical notation.

Submissions should be sent electronically to Georgia Perakis, Committee Chair, at georgiap@mit.edu. The deadline for receipt of submissions is July 10, 2009. The recommendations of the judges will be announced during the meeting of the Society at the Fall 2009 INFORMS conference in San Diego CA.


2009 Committee Chair

Georgia Perakis
Sloan School of Management
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
E53-359

77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge MA 02139 U.S.A.
voice: +1 617-253-8277
georgiap@mit.edu


Other Committee Members

• Jay Jayakrishnan (UC-Irvine)
• Huseyin Topaloglu (Cornell University)
• Travis Waller (UT-Austin)
• Nicolas Stier-Moses (Columbia University)