[Iefac.list] Call for Participation: QSR Student Introduction and Interaction Session & Best Student Poster Competition at INFORMS 2019

[ying lin]

 *Call for Participation*
*Student Introduction and Interaction Session *
*Best Student Poster Competition*


*Quality, Statistics, and Reliability (QSR) cluster *

 INFORMS Annual Meeting 2019
October 20-23, 2019, Seattle, WA
meetings2.informs.org/wordpress/seattle2019


The Quality, Statistics, and Reliability (QSR) cluster of Institute for
Operations Research and Management Sciences (INFORMS) is inviting QSR
student members to participate in the *Student Introduction and Interaction
session *and the *Best Student Poster Competition *at INFORMS Annual
Meeting 2019.

* 1. The Sessions*

*Student Introduction and Interaction Session *-The Student Introduction
and Interaction Session is designed for QSR student members to build their
professional network, show up their talents, and learn from invited guests.
In this session, each student will be given two minutes to deliver an
elevator speech about his/her research interests and accomplishments;
Senior QSR members, junior faculty members, and industry guests are invited
to interact with all attendees.

*Best Student Poster Competition - *A parallel Best Student Poster
Competition will be hold at the same room. Students are encouraged to
prepare poster presentations to have better exposure. All posters will
enter the competition automatically. A winner will be selected by a panel
of judges, announced at the QSR business meeting, and awarded a certificate.

All speakers and poster presenters will be included in printed brochures;
the brochures will be distributed to all attendees and among the QSR
community. Invitations to this session will be sent to department chairs
and employers that have interests in recruiting QSR students.

* 2. Registration*

Participation in these two sessions is free of charge. The session plans to
have 25 student speakers due to the limited capacity. Students who are on
job market and/or have poster presentations will be given higher priority.
If interested, please use the following link to register:

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/...
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeq_DdYwt-IhDsWbs9y87J-iFDV_DYXMEEimypO2ceabfAs7Q/viewform>

To complete the registration, please also send a high-resolution self
portrait photography to session co-chairs. The photo will be included in
the session brochure.



Best Regards,

Session Co-chairs:

Dongping Du

Assistant Professor

Department of Industrial, Manufacturing, and Systems Engineering, Texas
Tech University

Email: dongping.du at ttu.edu

Ying Lin

Assistant Professor

Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Houston

Email: ylin58 at uh.edu <alkontar at umich.edu>
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