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Announcing the first "COIN-OR CORS Users Cup" competition!</font><font size=3>
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The most coveted prize in computational OR --- so coveted in fact that
we can't locate the person who took it --- so, we are going to award a
new one! </font><font size=3><br>
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Here are the rules:</font><font size=3> </font><font size=2 face="sans-serif"><br>
1) The submission must contain an argument that the submission is a good
use-case for COIN-OR. <br>
2) The submission must be an accepted paper at the 2005 CORS meeting,
</font><font size=2 color=blue face="sans-serif">http://myweb.dal.ca/jblake/cors2005/</font><font size=3>
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Submissions will be judged by a committee convened by the CORS Conference
program committee. Prize winners will be announced at the CORS 2005
conference.</font><font size=3> <br>
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The actual awarding of the COIN-OR CORS Users Cup will take place during
a long ceremony at a congenial locale where cups are needed. </font><font size=3>
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All entrants and their supporters are welcome to join in the celebration
and regal (rile) the prize winners. </font><font size=3> <br>
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/** Come on -- enter and try to win! **/</font><font size=3><br>
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Please send submissions to kingaj at us.ibm.com --- see you
at the cup-raising!</font><font size=3> </font><font size=2 face="sans-serif"><br>
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