IJAHP News and Events: Slowinski/2022 MCDM Junior Researcher Best Paper Award International Journal of the Analytic Hierarchy Process 1 Vol. 14 Issue 3 2022 ISSN 1936-6744 https://doi.org/10.13033/ijahp.v14i3.1068 2022 MCDM Junior Researcher Best Paper Award Roman Słowiński 2022 Jury Chair Poznań University of Technology, Poland Mohammad Ghaderi, Pompeu Fabra University, Spain (right) with Roman Słowiński, the 2022 Jury Chair, Poznań University of Technology, Poland (left) was selected as the winner by the Jury The MCDM Junior Research Best Paper Award is bestowed by the MCDM Section of INFORMS. It recognizes outstanding papers in the field of MCDM written by a junior researcher or a team of junior researchers. The judging criteria for this award are:  novelty in theoretical, methodological, or applied research in MCDM (50%),  relevance to real-life applications (30%),  potential impact of the obtained results on society (20%). IJAHP News and Events: Slowinski/2022 MCDM Junior Researcher Best Paper Award International Journal of the Analytic Hierarchy Process 2 Vol. 14 Issue 3 2022 ISSN 1936-6744 https://doi.org/10.13033/ijahp.v14i3.1068 This Award was first given in 2018. The rules in the 2022 edition state (https://connect.informs.org/multiple-criteria-decision-making/awards/new-item2):  A candidate must be the single author or the leading coauthor of an article. A team of candidates must consist of the leading coauthors of an article.  The article must be written in the English language and published electronically in a peer-reviewed journal between January 1, 2019 and January 1, 2022.  All candidates must be within seven years of graduation from their Ph.D. program by January 1, 2022.  All candidates must be members of the MCDM Section of INFORMS.  All candidates must be nominated by a MCDM Section member.  Executive Board members of INFORMS MCDM will serve as the judges.  Up to five finalists will present their papers in the award session.  The winner will receive a cash award of $500, while all finalists who are not selected as the winner will receive an honorable mention. The following ten researchers were Award candidates in 2022: Leading junior author Nominating MCDM member Merve Bodur Serpil Sayin Mohammad Dehghanimohammadabadi Violeta Cvetkoska Sune Lauth Gadegaard Serpil Sayin Mohammad Ghaderi Núria Agell Marc Juanpera Mohammad Dehghani Jiapeng Liu Sarah Ben Amor Seyedabdolhossein (Abdi) Mehvar Lisa Scholten Lucia Roselli Danielle Costa Morais Eleftherios Siskos Salvatore Corrente Michal Tomczyk Jyrki Wallenius https://connect.informs.org/multiple-criteria-decision-making/awards/new-item2 IJAHP News and Events: Slowinski/2022 MCDM Junior Researcher Best Paper Award International Journal of the Analytic Hierarchy Process 3 Vol. 14 Issue 3 2022 ISSN 1936-6744 https://doi.org/10.13033/ijahp.v14i3.1068 The 2022 Jury was composed of the following members of the Executive Board: Cristiano Cavalcante, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco Marco Cinelli, Leiden University Salvatore Greco, University of Catania Ozlem Karsu, Bilkent University Caroline Mota, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco Firdevs Ulus, Bilkent University Roman Słowiński, Poznań University of Technology (chair) The Jury carefully evaluated all ten papers and decided to invite the following five finalists to a special session of the MCDM Section at the 2022 INFORMS meeting in Indianapolis: Leading junior author Article reference Merve Bodur University of Toronto Canada David Bergman, Merve Bodur, Carlos Cardonha, Andre A. Cire (2021): Network models for multiobjective discrete optimization. INFORMS Journal on Computing 34(2): 990-1005. Sune Lauth Gadegaard Aarhus University Denmark Sune Lauth Gadegaard, Lars Relund Nielsen, Matthias Ehrgott (2019): Bi-objective branch-and-cut algorithms based on LP relaxation and bound sets. INFORMS Journal on Computing 31(4): 790-804. Mohammad Ghaderi Pompeu Fabra University, Spain Mohammad Ghaderi, Miłosz Kadziński (2021): Incorporating uncovered structural patterns in value functions construction. Omega 99: 102203. Jiapeng Liu Xi’an Jiaotong University, China Jiapeng Liu, Miłosz Kadziński, Xiuwu Liao, Xiaoxin Mao (2021): Data-driven preference learning methods for value- driven multiple criteria sorting with interacting criteria. INFORMS Journal on Computing 33(2): 586-606. Eleftherios Siskos Paul Scherrer Institut Switzerland Eleftherios Siskos, Peter Burgherr (2022): Multicriteria decision support for the evaluation of electricity supply resilience: Exploration of interacting criteria. European Journal of Operational Research 298: 611-626. IJAHP News and Events: Slowinski/2022 MCDM Junior Researcher Best Paper Award International Journal of the Analytic Hierarchy Process 4 Vol. 14 Issue 3 2022 ISSN 1936-6744 https://doi.org/10.13033/ijahp.v14i3.1068 Finalists with Roman Słowiński, the 2022 Jury Chair, Poznań University of Technology (on left), from left to right, Sune Lauth Gadegaard, Aarhus University, Denmark; Eleftherios Siskos, Paul Scherrer Institut Switzerland; Merve Bodur, University of Toronto, Canada; and Mohammad Ghaderi Pompeu Fabra University, Spain (the winner). Jiapeng Liu, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China could not attend the meeting. All five finalists received a diploma at the business meeting of the MCDM Section on October 16, 2022. The winner selected by the Jury was Mohammad Ghaderi, Pompeu Fabra University, Spain. This was a great success for the MCDM/A community to receive ten nominations and to have five finalists for this award!