{"62894":{"#nid":"62894","#data":{"type":"news","title":"George Nemhauser Selected First Recipient of the INFORMS Optimization Society Khachiyan Prize","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorge Nemhauser, the A.\nRussell Chandler Chaired Professor in the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial\nand Systems Engineering at Georgia Tech, has been honored as the first\nrecipient of the newly established INFORMS Optimization Society Khachiyan\nPrize, created to recognize an individual or a team for life-time achievements\nin the area of optimization. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe award is named for Leonid Khachiyan, famous in the optimization\ncommunity for his use of the ellipsoid algorithm to demonstrate that linear\nprogramming, in the Turing machine model, has a polynomial-time algorithm. The Khachiyan Prize recognizes\na sustained career of scholarship from nominees who are still active at the\nyear of the nomination. The prize serves as an esteemed recognition of\ninnovativeness and impact in the area of optimization, including theory and\napplications.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003ENemhauser\u2019s remarkable\nacademic career spans nearly a half-century, during which time he has grown\ninto one of the world\u0027s foremost experts in discrete optimization and become\none of the most recognized members of the INFORMs community. The basis for\nNemhauser\u2019s outstanding position as an OR scientist is his fundamental contributions\nto the theory and practice of integer programming and combinatorial\noptimization. His integer programming books have guided the field for more than\nthirty years, each introducing a host of new techniques for handling IP models\nin theory and practice. As well, Nemhauser\u2019s nearly two hundred research papers\nin the field are unmatched in their breadth of coverage. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThough he has shown a\nunique ability to find, solve, and present applied work in Operations Research,\nNemhauser is first and foremost a superb contributor to the theory underlying\noptimization techniques. This is evident from his publications throughout his\nwhole career, starting with traveling-salesman-problem work in 1962 and\ncontinuing through his recent papers on piecewise-linear optimization.\nFundamental models and techniques covered by Nemhauser include Lagrangian\noptimization, dynamic programming, capital budgeting, set partitioning, cutting\nplanes, branch-and-price, transportation problems, graph coloring, vertex\npacking, submodular functions, facility location, cutting stock, and stochastic\nprogramming\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003ENemhauser is\na founding partner of the Sports Scheduling Group, a company that does\nscheduling for various college conferences and major league baseball. He has served ORSA as council member, president,\nand editor of \u003Cem\u003EOperations Research\u003C\/em\u003E,\nand he is past chair of the Mathematical Programming Society. Nemhauser is the\nfounding editor of \u003Cem\u003EOperations Research\nLetters\u003C\/em\u003E, and co-editor of \u003Cem\u003EHandbooks\nof Operations Research and Management Science\u003C\/em\u003E. \u0026nbsp;He has also served various governmental\nagencies, including the National Science Foundation, the National Institute of\nStandards and Technology, and the National Research Council.. His other honors\nand awards include the Kimball Medal, the Lanchester Prize (twice awarded),\nMorse lecturer of ORSA, and membership in the National Academy of Engineering. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022\/\/smartech.gatech.edu\/handle\/1853\/35925\u0022\u003EClick here\u003C\/a\u003E to view Nemhauser\u0027s acceptance speech. \u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorge Nemhauser, the A.\nRussell Chandler Chaired Professor in the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial\nand Systems Engineering at Georgia Tech, has been honored as the first\nrecipient of the newly established INFORMS Optimization Society Khachiyan\nPrize, created to recognize an individual or a team for life-time achievements\nin the area of optimization. \u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"George Nemhauser Selected First Recipient of the INFORMS Optimization Society Khachiyan Prize"}],"uid":"27328","created_gmt":"2010-11-22 11:15:21","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:07:50","author":"Edie Cohen","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2010-11-22T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2010-11-22T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"62896":{"id":"62896","type":"image","title":"George Nemhauser","body":null,"created":"1449176409","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:00:09","changed":"1475894549","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:29","alt":"George Nemhauser","file":{"fid":"191599","name":"Nemhauser_001.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Nemhauser_001_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Nemhauser_001_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1653316,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Nemhauser_001_0.jpg?itok=De3UiDk6"}}},"media_ids":["62896"],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4742","name":"George Nemhauser"},{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"},{"id":"6204","name":"INFORMS"},{"id":"426","name":"isye"},{"id":"11313","name":"Khachiyan Prize"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:barbara.christopher@isye.gatech.edu\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBarbara \nChristopher\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIndustrial and Systems Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404.385.3102\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}