FALERNA, ITALY: Professor Panos M. Pardalos was awarded a prize for outstanding scientific achievements in the field of optimization during the “Numerical Computations: Theory and Algorithms” International Conference and Summer School. Professor Pardalos also gave an invited plenary talk during this conference on the topic, “Global optimality conditions in non-convex optimization and related issues.” For more information and details on the award, visit the NUMTA2013 site, and view an abstract of his plenary presentation.