EURO Doctoral Dissertation Award
The EURO Doctoral Dissertation Award (EDDA) was introduced in 2003 and recognizes the OR contributions of PhD students or scientists having less than two years research experience since completing a PhD. The entries will consist of doctoral dissertations that were completed after the competition deadline of the previous EURO Doctoral Dissertation Award. The dissertation must have been defended at an European University and the author must be a member of an EURO member society. A short-list of finalists are invited to present their work in a special session of the EURO-k Conference or relevant Conference selected for a non-EURO-k year. The winner is determined by the jury at the end of the special session(s) and is announced by the chairman of the jury during the closing session of the Conference. Only one award may be made on each occasion.
Purpose
The purpose of the prize is to distinguish an outstanding doctoral dissertation in OR defended in the countries having an OR society that is a member of EURO.
THE PRIZE
- The prize consists of a certificate and reward of €1,000
EURO Doctoral Dissertation Winner 2025
The winner of the 2025 EURO Doctoral Dissertation Award is:
Yasmine Beck
ESSEC Business School
Mixed-Integer Optimization Techniques for Robust Bilevel Problems with Here-and-Now Followers
The EDDA 2025 jury consisted of Marjan van den Akker (Chair), Violeta Cvetkoska, Eduardo Pardo, Oliver Stein, Bahar Yetis Kara
The presentation was made at the closing session of the EURO 2025 Conference in Leeds (UK).
The period for nominations for the 2025 EDDA is closed.
Jury of the EURO Doctoral Dissertation Award 2025
- Marjan van den Akker (Netherlands) - chair
- Violeta Cvetkoska (North Macedonia)
- Eduardo Pardo (Spain)
- Oliver Stein (Germany)
- Bahar Yetis Kara (Turkey)
The period for applications for the 2026 EDDA is not yet open.
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