EURO Gold Medal (EGM 2024)
The EURO Gold Medal (EGM) is the highest distinction within OR in Europe. The award is conferred on a prominent person or team or institution, for an outstanding contribution to the OR science. The award will be officially bestowed at the opening session.
Members of the 2024 Jury:
- Mirjam Duer (Germany) - chair
- Ivana Ljubic (France)
- Justo Puerto Albandoz (Spain)
- Ahti Salo (Finland)
- Silvano Martello (Italy)
EURO Distinguished Service Award (EDSA 2024)
The EURO Distinguished Service Award honours extraordinary efforts in recognition of distinguished service to EURO and to the profession of OR. The award will be officially presented at the opening session.
Members of the 2024 Jury:
- Michel Bierlaire (Switzerland) - chair
- Daniele Vigo (Italy)
- Sally Brailsford (UK)
- Josef Jablonský (Czech Republic)
- Metin Türkay (Turkey)
EURO Doctoral Dissertation Award (EDDA 2024)
The purpose of the EURO Doctoral Dissertation Award is to distinguish an outstanding doctoral dissertation in Operational Research, defended in the countries having an OR society that is a member of EURO. Five finalists will present their work at a special session during the conference.
2024 Finalists:
- Spyridon Pougkakiotis: Regularized Interior Point Methods for Convex Programming
- Matthias Soppert: Demand Management in Shared Mobility Systems
- Cristina Molero-Río: Enhancing classification and regression trees. A mathematical optimization approach
- Jan-Rasmus Kuennen: Advanced Demand-Capacity Balancing Mechanisms to Improve Performance of European Air Traffic Networks
- Henri Lefebvre: Adjustable Robust Optimization with Non-Linear Recourse
The award will be presented to the winner at the closing session.
Members of the 2024 Jury:
- Laura Palagi (Italy) - chair
- Marjan van den Akker (Netherlands)
- Violeta Cvetkoska (North Macedonia)
- Rym M'Halla (UK)
- Frédéric Semet (France)
EURO Excellence in Practice Award (EEPA 2024)
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The EURO Excellence in Practice award is for the best submission and presentation describing an application of Operational Research in practice. This year there are three finalists will who will present their work during special sessions during the conference.
2024 Finalists:
- Trung Hieu Tran, Thi, Thu Ba Nguyen, Thi Hoa Sen Le, Duc Chính Phùng, Hoai Chung Pham, Phuong Le Nguyen, Thi Anh Phuong Huynh: Optimal Planning Tool for Agricultural Waste Management in Vietnam (OPT-AWAMA)
- Louis Bouvier, Thaddeus Leonard, Guillaume Dalle, Axel Parmentier: Renault Group Packaging Return Logistics in Europe
- El Mehdi Er Raqabi, Issmail El Hallaoui, Nizar El Hachemi, François Soumis, Ahmed Beljadid, Mohammed Ali Bennouna, Nabil Si Hammou, Michel Fender, Anouar Jamali, Hicham Guellaf, Ilyas Rakhis: OCP Optimizes Its Supply Chain For Africa and The World
The award will be presented to the winner(s) at the closing session.
Members of the 2024 Jury:
- Ruth Kaufman (UK) - chair
- Carolin Trouet (Germany)
- Frédéric Gardi (France)
- Tobias Achterberg (Germany) [GUROBI rep]
- Mauro dell'Amico (Italy)
EURO Prize for OR for the Common Good (EPOCG 2024)
This is a new EURO Prize to honour outstanding accomplishments of OR for solving social-oriented problems. This year there are three finalists will who will present their work during special sessions during the conference.
2024 Finalists:
- Jan Boeckmann, Clemens Thielen: Rethinking Municipal Flood Mitigation: A Real-World Application of Operations Research Methods for Improving Climate Resilience
- Ohad Eisenhandler, Gur Mittleman, Moshe Tshuva, Ronen Eran, Lev Zhivin, Yossi Luzon: The potential of renewable electricity in isolated grids: The case of Israel in 2050
- Ashraf Labib, Dylan Jones: Formulation of Strategy Towards the ARCTIC in terms of Search and Rescue – Needs, Innovations, and AI/OR based solutions
The award will be presented to the winner(s) at the closing session.
Members of the 2024 Jury:
- Cathal Brugha (Ireland) – chair
- Claudia D'Ambrosio (France)
- Alec Morton (UK)
- Eeva Vilkkumaa (Finland)
- Ulrike Reisach (Germany)
EURO Award for the Best EJOR Paper (EABEP 2024)
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EURO has three annual awards available for papers published by EJOR: best survey paper; best application paper; and best theory/methodology paper. Winners for each category have been selected by a jury and these awards will be presented at the closing session.
Members of the 2024 Jury:
- Lars-Magnus Hvattum (Norway) – chair
- Bernardetta Addis (France)
- Valentin Bertsch (Germany)
- Emanuele Borgonovo (Italy) [EJOR rep]
- Agostinho Agra (Portugal)
