Description
The Award of Merit is presented annually to a current or past member of CORS in recognition of significant contributions to the profession of operational research.
Nomination instructions
Significant contributions to the profession of OR can include:
• being specially recognized as an operational research practitioner;
• the development of a methodology relevant to the use of operational research;
• the supervision and development of operational research competence in others;
• the promotion of operational research in Canada through talks, presentations, articles, books, or by other means.
• service to CORS at either the national or local level.
Please submit nominations by 3 March 2025 to CORS Award of Merit Chair Samira Abbasgholizadeh-Rahimi (pastpresident@cors.ca)
Recipients
2024
James Bookbinder
Management Science and Engineering, University of Waterloo
2023
Taraneh Sowlati
Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia
2022
Louis-Martin Rousseau
Département de mathématiques et de génie industriel, Polytechnique Montréal
2020
David Stanford
Statistical and Actuarial Sciences, Western University
2019
Mikael Rönnqvist
Natural Sciences and Engineering, Université Laval
2018
Mahmut Parlar
Operations Management, DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University
2017
John Chinneck
Department of Systems and Computer Engineering, Carleton University
2016
Jean-François Cordeau
Département dr gestion des opérations et de la logistique, HEC Montréal
2015
Tamás Terlaky
P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science, Lehigh University
2014
Pierre L'Écuyer
Département d'informatique et de recherche opérationnelle, Université de Montréal
2013
Derek Atkins
Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia
2012
Oded Berman
Joseph L. Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto
2011
Eldon A. Gunn
Department of Industrial Engineering, Dalhousie University
2010
Bernard Gendron
DIRO and Director of CIRRELT, Université de Montréal
"Pour ses nombreuses contributions à l’application et à la diffusion de la recherche opérationnelle au Canada ainsi que pour les multiples services rendus à la communauté de la recherche opérationnelle au Canada et à l’étranger."
2009
David Martell
Faculty of Forestry, University of Toronto
"For his outstanding contributions to the development and application of operational research in forest management in Canada and the world, and for his many contributions to the Canadian Operational Research Society."
2008
Alain Martel
Faculté des sciences de l'administration, Université Laval
"Pour ses nombreuses contributions à l’application et à la diffusion de la recherche opérationnelle au Canada ainsi que pour les multiples services rendus à la communauté de la recherche opérationnelle au Canada et à l’étranger."
2007
Peter C. Bell
Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario
"For his significant contributions to education and the practice of Operations Research in Canada, as well as his many years of dedicated service to the Canadian Operational Research Society and beyond."
2006
Teodor Gabriel Crainic
CRT, Université de Montréal
"For his many contributions to the application and dissemination of Operational Research in Canada, as well as for numerous services rendered to the Operational Research community in Canada and abroad."
2005
Martin L. Puterman
University of British Columbia
"For his significant contributions to the theory and practice of Operations Research and for his numerous contributions to the Canadian Operational Research Society."
2004
Erhan Erkut
University of Alberta
“For his contributions to the teaching, practice, and promotion of Operational Research in Canada, and service to the Canadian Operational Research Society.”
2003
Mohan Chaudhry
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science <br />
Royal Military College of Canada
Royal Military College of Canada
2002
Dr. Jean-Marc Rousseau
First Vice-President<br />
Centre for Interuniversity Research and Analysis on Organizations (CIRANO)<br />
Montreal, Quebec.
Centre for Interuniversity Research and Analysis on Organizations (CIRANO)<br />
Montreal, Quebec.
2001
Michel Gendreau
"For his numerous contributions to the theory and practice of Operations Research in Canada, and for his significant contributions to the Canadian Operational Resesarch Society."
2000
Michael Carter
"For his many contributions to the application and dissemination of Operational Research in Canada, and for his significant contributions to CORS activities."
1999
Winfried Grassmann
"For his many contributions to Queueing and Markov Chain Theory, Application, Analysis and Optimization in Academia and Industry, as well as for numerous services rendered to the O.R. community in
Canada and abroad."
Canada and abroad."
1998
Maurice Queyranne
"For his many contributions to the theory and application of Combinatorial Optimization in Academia and Industry, as well as for numerous services rendered to the O.R. community in Canada and abroad."
1997
Pierre Hansen
1996
Suresh Sethi
1995
Jim Templeton
1994
Gilbert Laporte
1993
Wilson Price
1992
Dave Deziel
1991
Cecil Law
1990
Ed Silver
"Made significant contributions to CORS as a founder of the South Western Ontario Section, Council Member, Vice-President 1979-80 and President 1980-81. Co-author of the book "Decision Systems for Inventory Management and Production Planning" which had a major impact through its organization and clarification of the state-of-the-art in the field. An outstanding teacher of the theory and applications of Operational Research at the University of Waterloo 1969-81 and the University of Calgary since 1981. Made major research contributions in the area of inventory and production, in particular through the development of reasonable and implementable solutions to difficult practical problems (e.g. the Silver Meal heuristic), thus contributing to improved practice in many organizations."
1989
John Buzacott
1988
Michael Florian
1987
K. J. Radford
1986
John Roberts
1985
John Gratwick
1984
George Lindsey
1983
Omond Solandt