Awards and Distinctions
2023 - Celebrating 30 years of International Transactions in Operational Research
One of the 30 representative and influential papers in the ITOR's history selected by the Editor-in-Chief in the 30th Anniversary Selected Articles Special Issue. The pallet loading problem: a review of solution methods and computational experiments Elsa Silva, José Fernando Oliveira and Gerhard Wäscher, International Transactions in Operational Research 23, pp,147–172 (2016).
Top5 IO2021 Award organized by Associação Portuguesa de Investigação Operacional (APDIO) - One of the five best posters with the work:
"The integrated 2D-CVRPTW with cargo loading and balance constraints"
Elsa Silva, Ana Moura, António G. Ramos
Diploma of Recognition of Pedagogical Merit for the academic year 2019/2020 Engineering School of the University of Minho, 2021 (1st Edition)
2019 IFORS/ITOR/Wiley Best Paper Awards - Runner up in surveys category with the paper:
"The pallet loading problem: a review of solution methods and computational experiments"
Elsa Silva, José Fernando Oliveira and Gerhard Wäscher, International Transactions in Operational Research 23, pp,147–172 (2016).
Honourable Mention in the Isabel Themido Award organized by the Portuguese Association for Operational Research (APDIO) with the paper:
"Allocating products on shelves under merchandising rules: Multi-level product families with display directions"
Teresa Bianchi-Aguiar, Elsa Silva, Luís Guimarães, Maria Antónia Carravilla, José F. Oliveira, Omega, Vol, 76, pp, 47-62 (2018).
Finalists for the 2015 Daniel H. Wagner Prize for Excellence in Operations Research Practice, organized by Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) with the work:
“Using Analytics to Enhance Shelf Space Management in a Food Retailer"
Teresa Bianchi-Aguiar, Elsa Silva, Luis Guimarães, Maria Antónia Carravilla, José F. Oliveira, João Günther Amaral, Jorge Liz, Sérgio Lapela, Interfaces, vol 46, pp 424-444 (2016)