ORBEL master thesis award

Dear colleagues,

The ORBEL Award is a prize for the best master thesis in Operations Research of the past academic year.  We invite you to encourage your students to apply for the award (1500 Euro sponsored by OMP).  The deadline for applying is November 1, 2024.

Selected finalists will be required to present their work during the Joint ORBEL - NGB conference on Operations Research held in Maastricht on January 29-31 (2025).

The criteria for judgement are based on the efficiency and effectivity of the scientific approach applied to solve the problem under study.  The author(s) should put emphasis on the application of existing methods in new areas or on the application of new solution methods for models recognized as useful for solving real-life management problems.  One of the criteria will be, therefore, the actual collaboration with industry during the thesis elaboration.

The paper can be written in Dutch, French or English.  It will be assessed by a jury mainly taking into account the effectiveness of the theoretical methods to solve practical problems.

Submission procedure: send, before November 1, 2024, a PDF file of your thesis to Roel Leus at [email protected] stating that you want to compete for the 2025 ORBEL Award.

Please forward this announcement to interested students and colleagues!

Roel Leus