DSI Annual Meeting Competitions
| Elwood S. Buffa Doctoral Dissertation Award Competition |
The purpose of the Doctoral Dissertation Award Competition is to encourage and publicize outstanding dissertation research by selecting and recognizing the best dissertations written in the past year in the decision sciences. The Elwood S. Buffa Dissertation Award, accompanied by a $1,500 prize, will be presented at the annual meeting. Applicants for this award should submit their dissertation electronically in the required format directly to the Doctoral Dissertation Award Competition Coordinator by April 1, 2008. For more information concerning this competition, please contact the coordinator.
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| Instructional Innovation Award Competition |
The Instructional Innovation Award Competition seeks to recognize outstanding contributions that advance instructional approaches within the decision sciences. The focus of this award is on innovation in college- or university-level teaching. Three finalists will be chosen to make presentations at the conference competition. The winning entry receives an award of $1,500, and $750 will be divided among each of the other finalists. Applicants are required to submit all contributions electronically using instructions on the conference Web site. The due date for submissions is April 1, 2008. For information concerning this competition, please contact the coordinator.
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| Best Paper Awards Competition |
Best Paper Awards will be presented at the 2008 Annual Meeting. Categories include Best Theoretical/Empirical Research Paper, Best Application Paper, and Best Interdisciplinary Paper. At the discretion of the program chair and track chairs, outstanding scholarship may be recognized through a distinguished paper award in a given track. Reviewers will be asked to nominate competitive paper submissions for these awards. Nominations will then be reviewed by a best paper review committee, which will make award recommendations.
E. Powell Robinson
Texas A&M University
e-robinson@tamu.edu
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| Best Case Studies Award Competition |
The Case Studies Workshop serves an active role in the dissemination of new ideas with respect to case studies topics. Cases may be methodological in nature (i.e., crafted to support the learning of a specific technical skill) or integrative (i.e., designed to foster the integration of scientific approaches and analyses with real-world decision making).
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Ayman Abuhamdieh
Indiana State University
sdayman@isugw.indstate.edu
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| Best Student Paper Award |
An award for the best student paper will be presented at the 2008 Annual Meeting. Reviewers will be asked to nominate competitive paper submissions for this award. Nominations will then be reviewed by a Best Student Paper Award review committee that will make award recommendations. This is a great opportunity for students to receive recognition for their research.
STUDENTS: To have your paper considered for the 2008 DSI Best Student Paper Award, submit your paper to the DSI Annual Meeting Paper Submission website and email a copy to Kathy Zuckweiler, Competition Coordinator for the 2008 Best Student Paper Award ( zuckweilerkm@unk.edu ). The deadline for submitting papers is April 1, 2008. Papers submitted for award consideration will undergo a blind review process and the winner will be announced at the 2008 annual meeting in Baltimore.
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For a listing of past DSI award winners, see the
DSI Hall of Fame
