OR/MS Tomorrow Paper Competition
Call for Papers
OR/MS Tomorrow invites undergraduate and graduate students in operations research and management science or any other related field to submit their paper for publication in the spring edition of OR/MS Tomorrow. Eligible papers must represent original work conducted by the student and may be from any operations research or management science related field.
Paper Submission Guidelines
Tll student members of INFORMS are eligible. Applications from the US and international members are welcome. Papers should be limited to 20 pages double-spaced using Times New Roman size 12. Please include a title and indicate the general field in which the project or research is conducted (i.e., applied probability, computing, information systems, decision analysis, manufacturing & service operations, military applications, organizational behavior, etc). Each paper should have an abstract not exceeding 200 words. The deadline for submission is October 1, 2008. Papers must be submitted in the form of a MS Word document or as a pdf file and should be accompanied by the application form. Please name your paper as follows: “yourlastname.doc/pdf”
mail your paper and application form to
Email: orms_tomorrow[at]mail.informs.org
Selection Criteria
A peer review panel from multiple universities will review the papers on the basis of quality of content, creativity, and readability. One undergraduate and one graduate paper will be awarded a $100 prize, however several papers may receive honorable mentions and publication in the spring issue of OR/MS Tomorrow.