The Tucker Prize for outstanding theses in the area of
optimization
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is sponsored by the
Mathematical Optimization Society
The Mathematical Optimization Society (MOS), known as the Mathematical Programming Society (MPS) until 2010,MOS. The winner will receive an award of $1000 and a certificate. The Albert W. Tucker Prize was approved by the Society in 1985, and was first awarded at the Thirteenth International Symposium on Mathematical Programming in 1988.
Winners and finalists
* 1988:
** Andrew V. Goldberg for "Efficient graph algorithms for sequential and parallel computers".
* 1991:
** Michel Goemans for "Analysis of Linear Programming Relaxations for a Class of Connectivity Problems".
** Other Finalists: Leslie Hall and Mark Hartmann
* 1994:
** David P. Williamson for "On the Design of Approximation Algorithms for a Class of Graph Problems".
** Other Finalists: Dick Den Hertog and Jiming Liu
* 1997:
** David Karger for "Random Sampling in Graph Optimization Problems".
** Other Finalists: Jim Geelen and
Luis Nunes Vicente
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Tim Roughgarden
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Roughgarden rec ...
for "Selfish Routing".
** Other Finalists:
Pablo Parrilo
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Daniel Dadush
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List of computer science awards
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