The von Neumann Theoretical Prize [1] is an award given by the Informs community ( Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences ) for their contributions to operations research and management theory . Named after John von Neumann . It is awarded annually since 1975. The prize includes $ 5,000, a medallion and a diploma.
Laureates
The medal was awarded to:
- 1975: George Danzig
- 1976: Richard Bellman
- 1977: Felix Polachek
- 1978: John Nash , Carleton Lemke ( German )
- 1979: David Blackwell
- 1980: David Gale , Harold Coon , Albert Tucker
- 1981: Lloyd Shapley
- 1982: Abraham Cairns , William Cooper ( English ), Richard Duffin ( English )
- 1983: Herbert Scarf
- 1984: Ralph Gomori
- 1985: Jack Edmonds
- 1986: Kenneth Arrow
- 1987: Samuel Carlin
- 1988: Herbert Simon
- 1989: Harry Markowitz
- 1990: Richard Carp
- 1991: Richard Barlow ( German ), Frank Proscan ( German )
- 1992: Alan Hoffman ( English ), Philip Wolfe ( English )
- 1993: Robert Herman
- 1994: Lajosh Takacs
- 1995: Egon Balas
- 1996: Peter Fishburn
- 1997: Peter Whittle
- 1998: Fred Glover
- 1999: Tarrell Rockafellar
- 2000: Ellis Johnson ( English ), Manfred Padberg ( German )
- 2001: Ward Witt
- 2002: Donald Eaglehart ( German ), Cyrus Derman ( English )
- 2003: Arkady Nemirovsky , Michael Todd ( German )
- 2004: Michael Harrison
- 2005: Robert Auman
- 2006: Martin GrΓΆtschel ( German ), Laszlo Lovas , Alexander Schraiver
- 2007: Arthur Weinott ( German )
- 2008: Frank Kelly
- 2009: Yuri Nesterov , Yiniyu Ye
- 2010: Peter Glynn ( German ), SΓΈren Amoussen ( German )
- 2011: Gerard Cornujeul ( German )
- 2012: George Nemhauser ( English ), Lawrence Walsy ( German )
- 2013: Michelle Balinsky
- 2014: Nimrod Megiddo
- 2015: Vaclav Hvatal ( Eng. ), Jean Lasserre ( German )
- 2016: Martin Reiman ( German ), Ruth Williams ( English )
- 2017: Donald Goldfarb ( Eng. ), Jorge Nosedal ( Eng. )
- 2018: Dimitris Bercekas , John Tsitsiklis
Notes
- β There is also the John von Neumann Medal awarded by the IEEE Community for outstanding theoretical, technological and business achievements in the field of information technology.