search

UMD     This Site





Associate Professor S. Raghavan (BGMT/ISR) and his former Ph.D. student Robert Day have won the INFORMS Computing Society Prize for the best paper in the operations research/computer science interface. The prize was awarded for their paper, "Fair Payments for Efficient Allocations in Public Sector Combinatorial Auctions," which was published in the journal Management Science in September 2007.

Day is currently an assistant professor in Operations and Information Management at the University of Connecticut's School of Business. It is the second time Raghavan has won the award; he is one of only two people to have done so.

The paper developed a methodology developed for determining the payments that winners in a combinatorial auction should make. This methodology is likely to be used in upcoming U.S. government auctions for airport landing slots, as well as U.K. and Dutch government spectrum auctions.

The pair were presented with the award at the annual INFORMS National Meeting in Washington, D.C. in October. INFORMS is the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences. It is the largest professional society in the world for those in the field of operations research.

October 22, 2008


«Previous Story  

 

 

Current Headlines

Maryland Engineers Recognized with Faculty Honors

After 56 Years, Professor William Levine is Ready for New Adventures

AI Robotics Research at UMD Puts Safety and Trust First

Clark School Welcomes New Faculty for 2025-26

Passing the Torch: Maryland Robotics Center’s Next Chapter

Pamela Abshire Named ECE Chair of Stony Brook University

NSF Awards Advances ISR Alum Research in Quantum and Brain-Inspired Computing

ECE Alum Vikram Manikonda Named Professor of the Practice

Clark School Seed Grant Awards Announced

New Research Helps Robots Grasp Situational Context

 
 
Back to top  
Home Clark School Home UMD Home