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<span style="line-height:1.15;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial">We are now seeking submissions for the ninth annual "COIN-OR INFORMS Cup" competition.</span><br>
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<span style="line-height:1.15;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial">This is our second call for submissions and a one-week extension of the submission deadline.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">
<span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="text-decoration:underline;font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="http://www.coin-or.org/coinCup/coinCup.html" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none">Previous Winners</a></span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">Rules:</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:15px;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">A submission or nomination must contain:</span></p></li><ol style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;vertical-align:baseline;list-style-type:decimal;font-size:15px;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial">
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">A synopsis of an effective use of COIN-OR or valuable contribution to COIN-OR (or both!).</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:15px;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">An explanation of its significance.</span></p></li></ol><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;vertical-align:baseline;list-style-type:disc;font-size:15px;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial">
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The winner must accept the prize in person at the 2013 INFORMS meeting --- so we can all celebrate appropriately (see "Celebration" below).</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:15px;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Submission deadline (extended): </span><span style="font-size:15px;background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Monday, September 23, 2013</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:15px;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Please email submissions to: coin-cup at <a href="http://coin-or.org/" target="_blank">coin-or.org</a></span></p></li>
<li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;vertical-align:baseline;list-style-type:disc;font-size:15px;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Self-nomination is welcomed and encouraged.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:15px;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We especially encourage nominations of effective use of COIN-OR that the community may not know about.</span></p></li>
</ul><br><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial"></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial">Submissions will be judged by a committee including members of the COIN-OR Foundation, Inc.</span></p>
<br><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial"></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">Celebration</span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial">: The 2013 COIN-OR INFORMS Cup will be awarded during the INFORMS Annual meeting in Minneapolis, MN. All entrants and their supporters are welcome to join in the celebration and regale, rile, and roast the prize winners.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:15px;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Celebration sponsorship: MPL and GAMS.</span><span style="font-size:15px;background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:15px;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Date, time and location: to be announced, see</span><span style="font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><a href="http://www.coin-or.org/coinCup/coinCup13.html" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:15px;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://www.coin-or.org/coinCup/coinCup13.html</span></a><span style="font-size:15px;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></p>
</li></ul><br><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial"></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">Details of the <span class="" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">winning</span> entry will be announced at this celebration event</span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Arial">, and posted on the </span><a href="http://www.coin-or.org/coinCup/coinCup.html" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">COIN-OR Cup website</span></a><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Arial">.</span></p>
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<span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Arial">Please e-mail your submissions to coin-cup at <a href="http://coin-or.org/" target="_blank">coin-or.org</a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">
<span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Arial"><br></span></p><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Arial">Enter, come, </span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">possibly <span class="" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">win</span></span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Arial">, and raise your cup with us!</span></span><div class="" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">
</div><div><br></div>-- <br>Steven Dirkse, Ph.D. (on behalf of the COIN-OR Cup committee)<br>GAMS Development Corp., Washington DC<br>Voice: (202)342-0180 Fax: (202)342-0181<br><a href="mailto:sdirkse@gams.com">sdirkse@gams.com</a> <br>
<a href="http://www.gams.com">http://www.gams.com</a>
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