Emeritus Professor is first UK recipient of prestigious award

Emeritus Professor Russell Cheng has become the first UK recipient of a Lifetime Professional Achievement Award – the highest honour given by the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) Simulation Society.

The award, presented annually, recognises major contributions to the field of simulation that are "sustained over most of a professional career, with the critical consideration being the total impact of those contributions on computer simulation".

One of the letters supporting his nomination for the award read: "Russell Cheng's contributions to the field of computer simulation are remarkable not only for their scope, depth and impact, but also for the extended period of time over which that impact has been sustained."

Russell was Professor and Head of Operational Research in Mathematical Sciences at the University of Southampton from 1999 to his retirement in 2008.  He is a Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society and a Fellow of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications.

For more information about the award and Russell Cheng's achievements, visit the INFORMS Simulation Society website.