[Iefac.list] CALL FOR PAPERS: 2019 IISE Annual Conference Data Analytics & Information Systems Track Best Track Paper Competition

[Sinan Onal]

*CALL FOR PAPERS*

*2019 IISE Annual Conference Data Analytics & Information Systems Track*

*Best Track Paper Competition*

The Data Analytics & Information Systems (DAIS) Division of the Institute
of Industrial and Systems Engineering (IISE) announces the *DAIS Best Track
Paper Competition*. The purpose of this competition is to honor outstanding
papers in research and practice of data analytics and information systems.

Eligibility Requirements and Application Process:

·         The paper topic should fit the DAIS themes (see the CFP of DAIS
track).

·         Previous finalists who wish to compete again should submit an
entirely different paper. However, past winners are not eligible for the
competition.

·         The paper must present original research results and cannot be
accepted for publication elsewhere at the time of submission.

·         Paper considered for this competition MAY NOT be simultaneously
submitted to other competitions in the IISE Annual Conference.

·         The finalists will be announced before the conference and will
present their papers in the session of DAIS Best Track Paper Competition at
the 2019 IISE Annual Conference.

·         Paper format: Follow the paper guidelines and requirements of
IISE conference proceedings. The selected papers should be included in the
conference proceedings.

·         To enter, please submit your paper using the conference
submission system before the deadline of IISE annual conference. When
submitting your paper, *please indicate (check the box)* that you would
like to be considered for the Best Track Paper Award.

Evaluation Process:

Each eligible paper will be reviewed by two external referees, each of whom
will assign a numerical score using the following five criteria. For each
criterion, an integer score between 1 and 5 (1 = Paper meets none of the
elements described for the component, 5 = Paper meets all of the elements
described for the component) will be assigned.

·         Contribution to data analytics and information systems research
(25%);

·         Significance of the problem (25%);

·         Research methods/techniques is appropriate (25%);

·    Analyzes of results are interpreted correctly and conclusions are
reasonable (12.5%);

·         Organization and quality of writing (12.5%).

All eligible papers will be ranked by the sum of the two weighted scores of
the external referees. Four finalists for the Best Track Paper Award will
be selected based on the final ranking and discussion to make oral
presentations at the 2019 IISE Annual Conference to be held in Orlando, FL,
from May 18-21, 2019. *The committee will select the winner(s) based on the
review evaluation and oral presentation*. All finalists will receive an
award certificate. The winner will also receive a plaque. The Best Track
Paper Award will be presented at the town hall meeting of the DAIS Track
during the 2019 IISE Annual Conference.

If you have any questions, please send an email (with subject “DAIS Best
Track Paper Competition”) to the 2019 contest coordinators, Dr. Sinan Onal
sonal at siue.edu and Dr. Chen Kan chen.kan at uta.edu. Late submissions will not
be eligible for the contest.


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Sinan Onal, Ph.D., MSEM
Assistant Professor of Industrial Engineering
Director of the NSF-Funded Motion Capture and Analysis Laboratory (MOCAL)
STEM Center Faculty Research Fellow for 2017-2018
Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville
EB 2045- Box 1805, Edwardsville, IL, 62026
Tel: (618) 650-5889
Fax: (618) 650-3374
sonal at siue.edu
www.sinanonal.com
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