Hi,
Could you please share the following paper competition with EWGLA members?
Thanks in advance and please let me know if you need any additional
information.
Regards,
Ismail
Society on Location Analysis (SOLA) Inaugural Student Paper Competition
The INFORMS Society on Location Analysis (SOLA) announces the inaugural
(2019) Student Paper Competition. The award is planned to be given
biennially for student papers judged to be the best in the broad field of
facility location. We encourage papers that promote the development of
analytical methods, techniques and tools in the tradition of operations
research/management science (OR/MS) as applied to the study of facility
location.
All finalists will be notified by September 1, 2019 and are expected to
present their paper in a SOLA Best Student Paper Competition session during
the INFORMS Annual Meeting in Seattle, WA. The SOLA Best Student Paper
Competition winner will receive a plague during the SOLA Business Meeting
at the annual conference.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicant must have been a student anytime between Jan. 1, 2017 -
December 31, 2018.
- The research was conducted during the time the applicant was a
student.
- The submitted paper must present original research conducted primarily
by the student applicant.
- The applicant does not need to be the first author, but the
applicant's contribution to the paper needs to be more than 50%
- The applicant or applicant's primary research advisor must be a member
of the SOLA on the date of submission
- The paper must not be a part of a dissertation that won the
first-place award in the SOLA Dissertation Award Competition.
Submission Requirements:
- A summary file containing the applicant's and applicant's primary
research advisor's contact information, abstract, appropriate keywords for
the submitted paper.
- A letter from the primary research advisor discussing the applicant's
contribution to the paper and whether the applicant meets the eligibility
criteria
- The paper in anonymous form with a length of at most 35 pages
including the appendix, tables, figures, and references, and compliant with
submission formatting standards similar to that of the leading INFORMS
journals. The file name should be the short title of the paper.
The above three documents (in pdf format) should be sent to
SOLApapercompetition(a)gmail.com. Complete applications should be received on
or before June 15, 2019. If you have any questions related to the
competition, please ask by emailing to SOLApapercompetition(a)gmail.com.
2019 SOLA Student Paper Competition
Ismail Capar (Chair)
Regards,
Ismail
Ismail Capar, PhD
Associate Professor & Honors Program Coordinator
Industrial Distribution Program
TAMU 3367
College Station, TX 77843
E-mail: capar(a)tamu.edu
Phone: 979-862-8312
Fax: 979-845-4980