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THE CECIL GRAHAM DOCTORAL DISSERTATION AWARD

OBJECTIVE
The award has been established by the Canadian Applied and Industrial Mathematics Society (CAIMS) to recognize and to publicize an outstanding PhD thesis in Applied Mathematics defended at a Canadian University during the calendar year prior to the year of the award.




THE AWARD
The award consists of a prize of $1000 and a commemorative plaque that will be presented at the CAIMS*SCMAI Annual Meeting. The recipient will be invited to give a lecture at the Annual Meetng in the year of the award. A travel allowance will be provided.

COMPETITION
Normally, the Award Coordinator must receive by January 31 of a given calendar year an electronic copy or four (4) hard copies of the thesis together with a covering letter from the thesis supervisor indicating why the thesis is suitable as an entry in the Competition. This letter should include a description of the problem, techniques and results, potential impact, etc. A complete nomination must also include a separate letter (from the supervisor or other appropriate person familiar with the thesis and the area of application) identifying the possible applications of the work and a letter (from the Graduate Chair, Faculty of Graduate Studies, University library, etc.) providing proof of the official date the thesis was accepted.




JUDGING
The submitted theses will be evaluated by a panel of judges appointed by the President of the Society. Their decision will be final. Judging will be on the basis of the level of originality in the ideas and techniques, the possible applications and their treatment, and the potential impact on science and engineering. The panel of judges may seek advice from other experts. The panel may arrive at the conclusion that more than one or none of the submissions merits the award or an honourable mention.


LE PRIX CECIL GRAHAM POUR THÈSE DE DOCTORAT

L'OBJECTIF
Le prix a été créé par la Société Canadienne de Mathématiques Appliquées et Industrielles (SCMAI) pour récompenser et faire connaître une thèse de doctorat exceptionnelle en mathématiques appliquées. Cette thèse devra avoir été soutenue par une université canadienne au cours de l'année civile qui précède celle de l'attribution du prix.

LE PRIX
Le prix consiste en une bourse de 1000 $ et une plaque commémorative qui sera présenté à la CAIMS * SCMAI assemblée annuelle. Le lauréat sera invité à donner une conférence à l'assemblée annuelle Meetng dans l'année de la bourse. Un travel indemnité sera fourni.

LE CONCOURS
Normalement, le coordonnateur d'attribution doivent recevoir en Janvier 31 d'une année civile donnée, une copie électronique ou quatre (4) copies papier de la thèse ainsi qu'une lettre d'accompagnement du directeur de thèse indiquant pourquoi la thèse est approprié comme une entrée dans la compétition. Cette lettre doit inclure une description du problème, les techniques et les résultats, l'impact potentiel, etc Une candidature complet doit aussi inclure une lettre distincte (du superviseur ou une autre personne familière avec la thèse et la zone d'application) d'identifier les applications possibles des travaux et une lettre (de la Chaire d'études supérieures, Faculté des études supérieures, Université de bibliothèque, etc) en fournissant la preuve de la date officielle de la thèse a été acceptée.

LE JURY
Les thèses soumises seront évaluées par un jury de juges nommés par le président de la Société. Leur décision sera sans appel. Les critères d'appréciation seront le niveau d'originalité des idées et des techniques, les possibilités d'application et leur traitement, l'impact possible sur le développement des sciences et de génie. Le jury pourrait consulter d'autres experts. Celui-ci pourrait décider d'attribuer le prix à une ou plusieurs personnes ou de ne pas l'attribuer de tout, il en serait de même pour les mentions honorables.

SUBMIT NOMINATION

Award Winners

2009

Gerardo Berbeglia (co-supervised by Prof. Gilbert Laporte and Prof. Jean-François Cordeau).  HEC, Universite de Montreal:
Complexity Analyses and Algorithms for Pickup and Delivery Problems

2008

Raluca Eftimie (Mark Lewis and Gerda de Vries), Centre for Mathematical Biology, University of Alberta:
Modeling group formation and activity patterns  in self-organizing communities of organisms

Colin Macdonald (Steve Ruuth), Department of Mathematics, Simon Fraser University:
The Closest Point Method for Time-dependent Processes on Surfaces

2007

Alysson M. Costa (Jean-François Cordeau and Gilbert Laporte)
HEC Montr´eal and Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Models and Algorithms for Two Network Design Problems

2006

Richard Pancer (Ken Jackson, with input from Paul Muir)
Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto
:
The Parallel Solution of ABD Systems Arising in Numerical Methods for BVPs for ODEs

2005

Isabelle Déchène (Henri Darmon and Claude Crépeau), Department of Mathematics and Statistics, McGill University:
Generalized Jacobians in Cryptography

Miguel Angel Moyers González (Ian Frigaard), Institute of Applied Mathematics and Department of Mathematics, University of British Columbia:
Transient Effects in Oilfield Cementing Flows

2004

Ovidiu Voitcu (Yau Shu Wong), Department of Mathematics, University of Alberta:
Neural Network Approach for Nonlinear Dynamics Prediction and Feature Extraction

Lindsay Anderson (Matt Davison), Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Western Ontario:
A Hybrid Model for Electricity Spot Prices

2003

Ramadan Akila (William Langford), Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Guelph:
Hopf Bifurcation of Coupled Oscillator Systems

2002

C. Connell McCluskey (James Muldowney), Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Alberta:
Global Stability in Epidemiological Models

Petter Wiberg (Ken Jackson), Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto:
Computation of value-at-risk: The fast convolution method, dimension reduction and perturbation theory

2001

David Iron (Michael Ward), Institute of Applied Mathematics, University of British Columbia:
The Stability and Dynamics of Spike-Type Solutions to the Gierer-Meinhardt Model

2000

No Award

1999

Stephen J. Gustafson, Department of Mathematics, University of Toronto:
Some Mathematical Problems in The Ginzburg-Landau Theory of Superconductivity

1998

Troy Day, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Queen's University:
Dynamic Evolutionary Games Between Relatives.

Jon-Paul Voroney (A. Lawniczak), Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Guelph:
Spatial and Temporal Patterns in Chemical Systems: Theoretical and Computational Approaches.

1997

John M. Stockie, Institute of Applied Mathematics, University of British Columbia:
Analysis and Computation of Immersed Boundaries, with Application to Pulp Fibres

1996

Steven J. Ruuth, Institute of Applied Mathematics, University of British Columbia:
Efficient algorithms for diffusion-generated motion by mean curvature

1995

Honglin Ye (P. Sullivan), Department of Appplied Mathematics, University of Western Ontario:
A New Statistic for the Contaminant Dilution Process in Turbulent Flows

1994

Qiang Lan, Applied and Computational Mathematics Program, Simon Fraser University:
Some Elastic Multi-Crack and Multi-Punch Problems

1993

Kenzu Abdella (H. Rasmussen), Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Western Ontario:
Hydrodynamic and Electrohydrodynamic Instability of Shear Flows and the Numerical Simulation of Viscous Droplets

Yuanping He (B. Moodie), Applied Mathematics Institute, University of Alberta:
Geometrical Optics for Nonlinear Conservation Laws and Shock Wave Dynamics

1992

Y. Qin, Department of Mathematics, University of Windsor:
Flow and Stability Studies in Porous Media Based on Some Non-Darcian Models.

1990

Rodolfo Bermejo, Institute of Applied Mathematics, University of British Columbia:
Analysis of a Galerkin-Characteristic Algorithm for the Potential Vorticity - Stream Function Equations

1989

Peter J. S. Young (S. C. R. Dennis), Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Western Ontario:
Steady Asymmetric Flow of a Viscous Fluid Past a Cylinder.

1988

Deming Zhuang (J. M. Borwein), Department of Mathematics, Statistics and Computing Science, Dalhousie University:
Regularity and Maximality Properties of Set Valued Structures in Optimization.

1986

Zi-Cai Li (G.F.D. Duff), Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, University of Toronto:
Numerical Methods for Elliptic Boundary Value Problems with Singularities.

1985

Wendy Seward (Wayne Enright), Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto:
Defect and Local Error Control in Codes for Solving Stiff Initial-Value Problems.

1984

Michael Foreman (J.M. Varah), Institute of Applied Mathematics, University of British Columbia:
Dispersion analyses of finite element solutions of the shallow water equations.

Paul Muir (Wayne Enright), Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto:
Implicit Runge-Kutta Methods for Two-Point Boundary Value Problems.