Professor Pardalos Awarded the 2013 EURO Gold Medal
Panos M. Pardalos, the Academic Supervisor of the LATNA Laboratory, Laboratory of Algorithms and Technologies for Networks Analysis (HSE Branch in Nizhny Novgorod),
the Distinguished professor of the University of Florida, has been awarded the 2013 Euro Gold Medal prize, bestowed by the Association for European Operational Research Societies for his outstanding contribution to the science development.
This medal is the preeminent European award given to Operations Research (OR) professionals. The EURO association website describes the criteria used to select Gold Medal prize winners.
“The EURO Gold Medal is awarded for a body of work in operational research, preferably published over a period of several years. Although recent work is not excluded, care should be taken to allow the contribution to stand the test of time. The potential prize recipient should have a recognized stature in the European OR community. Significance, innovation, depth, and scientific excellence should be stressed.”
In his laureate lecture P.M. Pardalos talked about the lab work on the Network Market Analysis.
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