Jan Karel Lenstra
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Jan Karel Lenstra is a Dutch mathematician and operations researcher, known for his work on scheduling problems, the travelling salesman problem, complexity, approximation, and local search.
Jan Karel Lenstra (2017)
EURO Gold Medal
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The EURO Gold medal of the Association of European Operational Research Societies is the highest distinction within Operations Research in Europe. The prize was first awarded to Hans-Jürgen Zimmermann
Jan Karel Lenstra
…Research from 1993 to 1998, and of Operations Research Letters from 2002 to 2021. Lenstra became an INFORMS Fellow in 2004. In 1997, he was awarded the EURO Gold Medal, the highest distinction within Operations Research in Europe. In 2011, he was made a Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion, and the CWI organized…
GOLD MEDAL PHOTO
Prof. Laureano Escudero (left) receives the EURO Gold Medal 2025—the highest distinction in Operational Research in Europe—for his outstanding contribution to OR science. The award was presented by the Chair of the Jury, Ivana Ljubić (right), during the Opening Ceremony of the 34th European Conference on Operational Research, held in 2025 in Leeds.