Koopman Prize

2024 Winner(s)

Winning material: Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Information Collection Missions with Uncertain Characteristics

Purpose of the Award

This Prize was named after Bernard Koopman, a founding father of military operations research. It is awarded for the outstanding publication in military operations research of the previous year. The award is accompanied by a plaque and a $500 honorarium.

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About the Award/Namesake

Koopman Prize

Bernard Osgood Koopman was a founding member of ORSA and a featured speaker at the society's initial meeting in 1952. He was awarded the Kimball Medal in 1980 in recognition of his dedicated service to the OR profession. His special interest in military OR earned him the 1979 Wander Award of the Military Operations Research Society...

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Past Awardees

2024
Winner(s)
Erdi Dasdemir, Hacettepe University
Michael D. Moskal II, University at Buffalo
Rajan Batta, University of Buffalo
2023
Winner(s)
Nicholas C. Forrest, Air Force Institute of Technology
Phillip R. Jenkins, Air Force Institute of Technology
Raymond R Hill, Air Force Institute of Technology
2022
Winner(s)
Linan Huang, New York University
Quanyan Zhu, New York University
2021
Winner(s)
Jugal Garg, University of Illinois
Omkar Thakoor, University of Southern California
Rakesh Nagi, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
2020
Winner(s)
David Simchi-Levi , Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Nikolaos Trichakis, Massachussetts Institute of Technology
Peter Y. Zhang, Carnegie Mellon University
2019
Winner(s)
François Margot, Carnegie Mellon University
Miguel A. Lejeune, George Washington University
2018
Winner(s)
Rajan Batta, University of Buffalo
Rakesh Nagi, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Yan Xia, University of Buffalo
2017
Winner(s)
John Coles, Cubric
Jun Zhuang , University of Buffalo
2016
Awardee(s)
Nathaniel D. Bastian, The Pennsylvania State University
Paul M. Griffin, Georgia Institute of Technology, School of ISYE
2015
Awardee(s)
2013
Awardee(s)
Hong Wan, Northwestern University
Thomas W. Lucas, Naval Postgraduate School
2011
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2010
Awardee(s)
Edward H. Kaplan, Yale University
2009
Awardee(s)
Moshe Kress, Naval Postgraduate School
Roberto Szechtman, Naval Post Graduate School
2008
Awardee(s)
James W. Chrissis, Air Force Institute of Technology
Richard F. Deckro, Air Force Institute of Technology
2006
Awardee(s)
Paul L. Ewing, Jr., Naval Postgraduate School
William Tarantino, Confluent-Data Systems
2005
Awardee(s)
Edward H. Kaplan, Yale University
Moshe Kress, Naval Postgraduate School
2004
Awardee(s)
Stephen D. Biddle, Strategic Studies Institute
2003
Awardee(s)
Anduin E. Touw, The Boeing Corporation
Matthew S. Goldberg, National Security Division
2002
Awardee(s)
Edward H. Kaplan, Yale University
Lawrence M. Wein, Stanford University, Graduate School of Business
2001
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Israel David, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
2000
Awardee(s)
Alan R. Washburn, Naval Postgraduate School
Kirk Yost, Mitre Corporation
1999
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Dennis Dietz, Qwest (formerly U S WEST) Advanced Technologies, Boulder, Colorado.
1998
Awardee(s)
Katta G. Murty, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, Dept. of I/O Engineering
1995
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1994
Awardee(s)
Hanif D. Sherali, Virginia Tech