Monday, October 9, 2017

[DMANET] Dissertation Award of the INFORMS Technical Section on Telecommunications

*Dissertation Award*

2017 Doctoral Dissertation Award for

Operations Research in Network Analytics and Telecommunications


*Sponsored by the INFORMS Technical Section on Telecommunications*

Nominations are requested for the Doctoral Dissertation Award for
Operations Research in Network Analytics and Telecommunications awarded
by the INFORMS Technical Section on Telecommunications. The award aims
to recognize outstanding scholarly achievements of young people in the
field. The Award will be judged based upon three aspects: recommendation
by the nominee's dissertation advisor, presentation of the dissertation
at the 2018 INFORMS Telecommunications Conference in Hamburg, Germany
<https://www.bwl.uni-hamburg.de/en/iwi/forschung/konferenzen/informs2018.html>,
and the written dissertation itself.

Instructions to Nominees:

Each nominee must send by *January 15, 2018*

1.10 page extended abstract of the dissertation,

2.the dissertation itself, and

3.letter of recommendation by the dissertation advisor to :

*Associate Professor Eli Olinick*
Department of Engineering Management, Information, and Systems
Bobby B. Lyle School of Engineering
Southern Methodist University
PO Box 750123, Dallas, TX  75275-0123, USA

Electronic submissions to olinick@lyle.smu.edu
<mailto:olinick@lyle.smu.edu> are preferred. In case of hardcopy
submissions please make sure to send five copies of the extended
abstract and the letter of recommendation.

The letter of recommendation by the dissertation advisor should clearly
indicate the specific contribution(s) the dissertation has made in the
use of quantitative methods and analytical or Operations Research
techniques to address important problems in the fields of Network
Analytics and/or Telecommunications. The letter should discuss why the
dissertation is considered innovative, and why the research is relevant
and valuable for researchers and practitioners. The nominated
dissertation must have been accepted by the academic PhD committee of
the nominee no earlier than January 1, 2014 and no later than December
31, 2017. All items must reach the chair of the award selection
committee by *January 15, 2018*. Those who are selected as finalists
will receive notification in late February. To be eligible for the
award, each finalist must present a synopsis of his/her dissertation to
the Award Selection Committee at a special session at the 2018 INFORMS
Telecommunications Conference. The winner will be announced at the
meeting and receive $1,000 award at a later date.


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