[Coin-announce] CALL FOR NOMINATIONS: 22nd COIN-OR Cup

[Burcin Bozkaya]

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS:
22nd annual "COIN-OR Cup" competition sponsored by the COIN-OR Foundation
The COIN-OR Cup recognizes outstanding contributions to the development and/or use of open-source operations research software associated with the COIN-OR software collection.
We invite you to nominate or submit an open-source project, either as a new contribution to the COIN-OR collection or as an application of an existing COIN-OR project in a real-world setting.
COIN-OR stands for "COmputational INfrastructure for Operations Research." We value the development and use of free, open-source operations research software made available to the optimization community through an easy-to-access repository. For more details, visit https://www.coin-or.org<https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.coin-or.org%2F&data=05%7C02%7Cmjs%40clemson.edu%7Ca11ecf4c0d264012232208dccd22e1c6%7C0c9bf8f6ccad4b87818d49026938aa97%7C0%7C0%7C638610796926638462%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=DLXjyNg0Hf7BYDWLV8ACClv8eXL2DRlu7SQI0R%2BEyVw%3D&reserved=0> and https://github.com/coin-or.

GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSIONS:
A submission or nomination must include:

  1.  A synopsis of an effective use of COIN-OR project(s), a valuable contribution to the COIN-OR collection, or both, including an explanation of its significance. The synopsis must be no more than 3 pages in PDF format.
  2.  Copies of relevant papers or documents in PDF format. We especially encourage nominations that describe effective uses of COIN-OR that may not be widely known in the community.
  3.  A submission of this Google form: Nominations for the 2026 COIN-OR Cup Competition<https://forms.gle/ShAijfRsYSZCpjEG9>
Please also note:

  *   Self-nominations are welcome and encouraged.
  *   Submission deadline: Wednesday, September 15th, 2026, 11:59pm ET.
  *   Please email your submission to coin-cup-2026 at coin-or.org<mailto:coin-cup-2026 at coin-or.org> as a single zipped archive containing a description of the submission and copies of all relevant papers or documents in PDF format.
  *   The winner will be announced and celebrated during the INFORMS Annual Meeting in San Francisco, November 1–4, 2026.

Committee members: Burcin Bozkaya (chair), Haihao Lu, Stefan Vigerske.

Thank you,

Burcin Bozkaya, Ph.D.
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