[Iefac.list] Invitation to Attend the 1st INFORMS Workshop on Quality, Statistics and Reliability

Mon Aug 9 10:24:41 EDT 2021

Dear all,

You are invited to attend the 1st INFORMS workshop on QSR. The workshop
will be held on October 23, 2021. The workshop welcomes both virtual and
in-person attendees and speakers. The workshop will host the *data
challenge competition* and *best student paper competition*. *Prof. Jeff Wu*
will be our keynote speaker.

*The details of the workshop can be found online at*
http://meetings2.informs.org/wordpress/anaheim2021/1st-informs-workshop-on-quality-statistics-reliability/

*Registration link*:
http://meetings2.informs.org/wordpress/anaheim2021/registration/
You can register for the workshop at the last step of the INFORMS Annual
Meeting registration.

*The 1st INFORMS Workshop on Quality, Statistics & Reliability *

*2021 pre-INFORMS Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA*

*October 23, 2021*

*Organized by Quality, Statistics and Reliability (QSR) Section, INFORMS*

The Quality, Statistics & Reliability (QSR) Section of INFORMS is
organizing the *First QSR workshop at INFORMS Annual Meeting*. The workshop
will be held in person and virtually on *October 23*, prior to the 2021
INFORMS Annual Meeting.

You are invited to join us and present your recent research and experience
at the workshop. You will find more details about the activities below.

*Abstract Submission for Presentations:* Both virtual and in-person
presentations are welcome. The link for abstraction submission is
lnkd.in/g3QYbd8

*Data Challenge Competition:* Finalists will be invited for fast-track
submission to Informs Journal on Data Science (IJDS). The link for
additional information is lnkd.in/gE9mixt

*Best Student Poster Competition:* The registration link for this
competition is lnkd.in/gznwGRB

*Topics of Interest*

·         Bayesian Statistics

·         High-dimensional Data Analytics

·         Degradation Modeling

·         Additive Manufacturing

·         Healthcare Analytics

·         Cyber-physical Systems

·         Uncertainty Quantification

·         Reliability & Maintenance

·         Prognosis and Diagnosis

·         Quality Control & Statistical Process Control

·         Anomaly Detection

·         Deep Learning for Quality & Reliability

·         Sensing Systems

·         Other Applications Related to QSR

*Keynote Speaker **–* *Professor C.F. Jeff Wu**, the Coca-Cola Chair in
Engineering Statistics and Professor in the H. Milton Stewart School of
Industrial and Systems Engineering at Georgia Tech*, will be our keynote
speaker. Prof. Wu was elected a Member of the National Academy of
Engineering (2004), and a Member (Academician) of Academia Sinica (2000).
He is a fellow of American Society for Quality, of Institute of
Mathematical Statistics, of INFORMS, and of American Statistical
Association. He received the COPSS Presidents’ Award in 1987, COPSS Fisher
Lecture Award in 2011, and Deming Lecture in 2012. He has won other awards,
including Shewhart Medal (2008), and Pan Wenyuan Technology Award (2008).
He was the 1998 Mahalanobis Memorial Lecturer at the Indian Statistical
Institutes, received the inaugural Akaike Memorial Lecture Award in 2016,
the 2017 Box Medal from ENBIS, and an honorary doctor degree at the
University of Waterloo. Prof. Wu has published more than 185 research
articles and supervised 50 Ph.D.'s, out of which more than half are
teaching in major research departments in statistics/engineering/business.
Among them, there are 23 Fellows of ASA, IMS, ASQ, IAQ, and IISE.

*Technical Tutorial on Federated Learning *by Professor *Raed Al-Kontar*
from the University of Michigan. *Digital Twins and Industry 4.0* by Ford
Motor Company.

*Tentative Schedule*

*Time*

*Room 1*

*Room 2*

*08:00 – 08:20 AM*

Welcome Reception

*08:20 – 09:**20** AM*

Keynote Speaker

(Prof. *Jeff Wu*)

*09:20 – 09:45 AM*

Coffee break

*09:**45**– 11:00 AM*

General Invited Session

General Invited Session

*11:10 – 12:25 PM*

Best Student Poster Competition

*12:25 – 01:25 PM*

Lunch time

*01:25 – 02:25 PM*

Technical Session on Federated Learning

(Prof. *Raed Al-Kontar*)

Digital Twins & Smart Manufacturing

(*Ford Motor Company*)

*02:35 – 03:50 PM*

Data Challenge Competition

*03:50 – 04:15 PM*

Coffee break

*04:15 – 05:30 PM*

General Invited Session

General Invited Session

*Registration Fees*

$35 – Students and retirees

$75 – Professionals

Registration link:
http://meetings2.informs.org/wordpress/anaheim2021/registration/

*Sincerely,*

*QSR Workshop Co-Chairs*

Abdallah Chehade, achehade at umich.edu

Ran Jin, jran5 at vt.edu

Kaibo Liu, kliu8 at wisc.edu

*QSR Workshop Organizing Committee*

Eunshin Byon, ebyon at umich.edu

Abdallah Chehade, achehade at umich.edu

Ran Jin, jran5 at vt.edu

Kaibo Liu, kliu8 at wisc.edu

Ramin Moghaddas, rxm991 at miami.edu

Kamran Paynabar, kamran.paynabar at isye.gatech.edu

Kwok Tsui, kltsui at vt.edu

-- 
Abdallah Chehade
Assistant Professor
Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering
University of Michigan-Dearborn
HPEC 2280
(313) 593-5569
http://irda.club/
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