<div dir="ltr"><p class="gmail-m_3733616685955283078MsoPlainText" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">CALL FOR NOMINATIONS: 15th annual "COIN-OR Cup" competition sponsored by the COIN-OR Foundation.</span><br></p><p class="gmail-m_3733616685955283078MsoPlainText" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="gmail-m_3733616685955283078MsoPlainText" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">The COIN-OR Cup recognizes and celebrates the best contributions to open source operations research software development and use associated with the COIN-OR software collection. To remind you, COIN-OR stands for "COmputational INfrastructure for OPerations Research". It is the definitive collection of free open source operations research software that lets you concentrate on your research instead of re-implementing software. See </span><a href="https://www.coin-or.org/" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US">https://www.coin-or.org</span></a><span lang="EN-US">. Get on board!<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="gmail-m_3733616685955283078MsoPlainText" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="gmail-m_3733616685955283078MsoPlainText" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">GUIDELINES FOR COIN-OR CUP SUBMISSIONS:<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="gmail-m_3733616685955283078MsoPlainText" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="gmail-m_3733616685955283078MsoPlainText" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">A submission or nomination must contain:<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="gmail-m_3733616685955283078MsoPlainText" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">1. A synopsis of an effective use of COIN-OR or valuable contribution to COIN-OR (or both!), including an explanation of its significance. Maximum 3 pages (pdf format).<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="gmail-m_3733616685955283078MsoPlainText" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">2. Copies of relevant papers or documents (pdf format).<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="gmail-m_3733616685955283078MsoPlainText" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="gmail-m_3733616685955283078MsoPlainText" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">We especially encourage nominations describing effective use of COIN-OR that the community may not know about.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="gmail-m_3733616685955283078MsoPlainText" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">Self-nominations are welcome and encouraged.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="gmail-m_3733616685955283078MsoPlainText" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="gmail-m_3733616685955283078MsoPlainText" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">Submission deadline: Friday, September 20, 2019.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="gmail-m_3733616685955283078MsoPlainText" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="gmail-m_3733616685955283078MsoPlainText" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">Please e-mail your submissions to </span><a href="mailto:coin-cup@coin-or.org" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US">coin-cup@coin-or.org</span></a><span lang="EN-US"> in a single zipped archive, containing a description of your submission and copies of all relevant papers/documents in pdf format.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="gmail-m_3733616685955283078MsoPlainText" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="gmail-m_3733616685955283078MsoPlainText" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">The winner should accept the prize in person at the 2019 INFORMS Annual Meeting in Seattle so we can all celebrate appropriately (see below).<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="gmail-m_3733616685955283078MsoPlainText" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="gmail-m_3733616685955283078MsoPlainText" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">CELEBRATION:<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="gmail-m_3733616685955283078MsoPlainText" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="gmail-m_3733616685955283078MsoPlainText" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">The 2019 COIN-OR Cup will be awarded at a celebration on Monday October 21 during the INFORMS Annual meeting in Seattle, WA, USA.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="gmail-m_3733616685955283078MsoPlainText" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">All entrants, supporters, and other interested parties are welcome to join the celebration! Details of the event will be announced later.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="gmail-m_3733616685955283078MsoPlainText" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="gmail-m_3733616685955283078MsoPlainText" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">The winning entry will be announced at this celebration event, and posted on the COIN-OR website </span><a href="https://www.coin-or.org/" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US">https://www.coin-or.org</span></a><span lang="EN-US">.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="gmail-m_3733616685955283078MsoPlainText" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="gmail-m_3733616685955283078MsoPlainText" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">2019 COIN-OR CUP COMMITTEE:<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="gmail-m_3733616685955283078MsoPlainText" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="gmail-m_3733616685955283078MsoPlainText" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">Andreas Lundell, Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="gmail-m_3733616685955283078MsoPlainText" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">Jan Kronqvist, Imperial College London, UK</span></p></div>