The Committee on Stochastic Programming is pleased to announce the triennial Dupačová-Prékopa Best Student Paper Prize in Stochastic Programming, which will be given in recognition of the most outstanding student-authored paper(s) in stochastic programming. The prize will be awarded at the 17th International Conference on Stochastic Programming (ICSP) to be held in Paris, July 28-August 1, 2025.

The prize committee consists of Jim Luedtke (University of Wisconsin-Madison, chair), MilošKopa (Charles University in Prague), and Karmel S. Shehadeh (Lehigh University).

Each submission must satisfy the following eligibility criteria:

• The paper must present original research results. 
• The entrant must have been a student on, or after, January 1, 2022. 
• The research must have been conducted while the entrant was a student.
• The paper must have been published in, or submitted to, an English language journal.
• The paper must be written by the entrant with only minor assistance. One or more advisors may appear as co-authors, but the student must be the “first author.” If multiple students appear as co-authors of the winning paper, the prize will be shared among them.
• The entrant can be a (co-)author on at most one paper submitted to the competition.

Entrants must submit the following material by March 25, 2025:

• An electronic copy (PDF file) of the paper. 
• Publication information. If the paper is still under review, state the name of the journal and the point in the review process.
• An email address and phone number where the entrant can be contacted. 
• A letter signed by both the faculty advisor and the entrant attesting that the eligibility conditions are met.
• In case the paper is co-authored by the advisor, the latter should include a statement about the contribution of the entrant.

The submitted papers will be judged on the following criteria:

• Magnitude of the contribution to the advancement of the field of stochastic programming.
• Originality of ideas and methods. 
• Clarity and excellence of exposition. 

Submissions must be sent to the committee chair at jim.luedtke@wisc.edu by March 25, 2025. If you do not receive a confirmation by March 30, please contact a committee member directly. 

The prize committee will select the finalists at least two months before ICSP 2025. Once the decision is made, the committee will inform the finalists; those students are expected to attend ICSP 2025 and present their papers at a special “award” session. During the SPS Business Meeting, the prize committee will announce the winners.

For more information on the 17th International Conference on Stochastic Programming, please see: https://icsp2025.org/

Sincerely,

Jim Luedtke (University of Wisconsin-Madison, chair)
Miloš Kopa (Charles University in Prague)
Karmel Shehadeh (Lehigh University)