[Coin-announce] COIN-OR Pioneers win INFORMS Impact Prize

[Andrew Mason]

We are very proud to announce that the 2014 *INFORMS Impact Prize 
<https://www.informs.org/Recognize-Excellence/INFORMS-Prizes-Awards/Impact-Prize>* 
has been awarded to nine COIN-OR pioneers: Brenda Dietrich, JP Fasano, 
John Forrest, Lou Hafer, Brady Hunsaker, Laszlo Ladanyi, Robin Lougee, 
Ted Ralphs, and Matthew Saltzman. INFORMS's recognition of COIN-OR's 
impact is a tribute not only to these pioneers, but also to the wider 
community of contributors and users who have made COIN-OR the success it 
is today.

More details of this award are available at 
http://www.coin-or.org/news.html#impact

This prize will be awarded at the 2014 INFORMS Conference Awards 
Ceremony & Dessert Reception*:
*Sunday 9 Nov 2014 8:30pm-9:45pm (Doors close at 8:45pm)
Hilton -- Imperial Ballroom
http://meetings2.informs.org/sanfrancisco2014/social.html

More COIN-OR activities planned for this INFORMS conference are detailed at:
https://projects.coin-or.org/Events/wiki/InformsSanFrancisco

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Dr Andrew J Mason
Associate Professor
Acting Deputy Head of Department
Dept of Engineering Science
University of Auckland
New Zealand
+64 9 3737599 x87909
www.esc.auckland.ac.nz/Mason
a.mason at auckland.ac.nz

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