PhD AWARD 2026
The Gaspard Monge Program for Optimization, Operations Research and their Interactions with Data Science, with the participation and scientific patronage of ROADEF and SMAI (MODE group), is launching a call for applications for two thesis prizes (1000€ each).
- Criteria: PhD theses, defended in France in 2025, making significant contributions in the field of optimization and operations research. These contributions can be theoretical or applicative and can be related to mathematics or computer science.
- Awards ceremony and presentation of the winners' work at the next PGMODAYS conference (November 17&18, 2026)
Submissions should be uploaded to the easychair website: Easychair
Closing date of the call: 22 May 2026
- Additional information :
Documents to be provided: thesis manuscript, abstract of the thesis in English, pre-defense and defense reports, CV with list of publications. Optionally, any letter of support can be added to the file, or sent to Magali Le Chaponnier <magali.lechaponnier@fondation-hadamard.fr> who will communicate it to the jury.
The jury for the 2026 edition is chaired by Welington De Oliveira.
Members appointed by the PGMO Scientific Council
Emilie Kaufman - CNRS CRISTAL Lille
Charles Bertucci - CEREMADE Paris
Xavier Venel - LUISS Guido Carli Rome
Members appointed by the ROADEF
Bernard Penz - GSCOP Grenoble
Axel Parmentier - CERMICS Marne La Vallée
Sandra U. Ngueveu - LAAS Toulouse
Members appointed by the group MODE of SMAI
Emilie Chouzenoux - INRIA Saclay
Adrien Taylor - INRIA Paris
Welington de Oliveira - CMA, Mines Paris - PSL