[IISE Faculty List] IISE-Quality Control and Reliability Engineering (QCRE) Best Track Paper Competition - Call for Papers

[Zimo Wang]

Greetings!

This is Zimo Wang from SUNY Binghamton. I would like to share the latest
updates on the IISE-QCRE track paper competition with the community. Thank
you in advance for your help!

regards,
Zimo
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*Call for Papers: QCRE Best Track Paper Competition*

*2024 IISE Annual Conference & Expo*

May 18-21, 2024, Montreal, Canada

*Quality Control and Reliability Engineering Track*





Dear Colleagues,

The Quality Control and Reliability Engineering (QCRE) Division of the
Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineering (IISE) announces the *QCRE
Best Track Paper Competition*. Four finalists for the Best Track Paper will
be selected to make oral presentations at the 2024 IISE Annual Conference
to be held in Montreal, Canada, May 18-21, 2024.

The purpose of this competition is to honor outstanding papers in research
and practice of quality control and reliability engineering. Topics of
interest include, but are not limited to, the following:



·      Big Data in Quality and Reliability

·      Deep Learning in Quality Control and Reliability Engineering

·      Data Streams and Online Data Analysis

·      Reliability, Availability, Maintainability

·      Reliability Prediction, Modeling and Analysis

·      Physical Reliability Modeling

·      Reliability Growth Modeling

·      Degradation and Lifetime Testing

·      Accelerated Life Testing

·      System Reliability and Optimization

·      Warranty Data Analysis

·      Distributed Sensing and Data Analysis

·      Decision Analysis and Risk Management

·      High-dimensional Data Analysis

·      IoT & Cyber Manufacturing

·      Systems Resilience Analysis

·      Quality Engineering and Applied Statistics

       ·      Quality Improvement in the Service Sector

·      Quality Planning and Management

·      Statistical Quality Control and Diagnosis

·      Six Sigma Methods and Process Capability

·      Statistical Process Control & Tolerancing

·      Design and Analysis of Experiments

·      Profiles and Multiple Responses

·      Multivariate Data Analysis

·      Bayesian Methods

·      Response Surface and Surrogate Modeling

·      Sampling and Inspection

·      Nonparametric Methods

·      Data Analytics in Cybersecurity





*Eligibility Requirements*

·         The paper topic should fit the QCRE themes. The paper must
present original research results and cannot be accepted for publication
elsewhere at the time of submission. (it can, however, be submitted and/or
under review for possible publication at the time of submission for this
competition).

·         The submitted paper MUST follow the paper formatting guidelines
and requirements of the IISE conference proceedings.

·         The paper must primarily be submitted to the QCRE track.

·         The authors should have an accepted oral abstract to be able to
submit full papers for the competition.

·         Previous finalists who wish to compete again should submit an
entirely different paper.

·         Papers considered for this competition may not be simultaneously
submitted to other competitions at the 2024 IISE Annual Conference.

·         Finalists must attend the IISE Annual Conference & Expo, May
18-21, 2024.

*Evaluation Process*

·         Each eligible paper will be reviewed by two or three external
referees, each of whom will assign a numerical score using the following
five criteria.

o   Contribution to quality control and reliability engineering research

o   Significance of the problem

o   Research methods/techniques are appropriate

o   Results are interpreted correctly, and conclusions are reasonable

o   Organization and quality of writing

·         Four finalists for the Best Track Paper will be selected by
ranking the review scores of all eligible papers. The winner(s) will be
selected during the 2024 IISE Annual Conference based on the review
evaluation and oral presentation. The winner(s) will be announced at the
town hall meeting of the QCRE Track during the 2024 IISE Annual Conference.



*Formatting and Submission Guidelines*

Paper format: follow the paper formatting guidelines and requirements (6
pages including title and author data, references, and figures and tables)
of IISE conference proceedings.

·         *Step 1 Abstract Submission: *The authors *must *have *an
accepted oral abstract *to be able to submit full papers for the
competition. Please directly submit your abstract using the conference
submission system before the abstract submission deadline (*November 17,
2023*). Please select the *primary *topic as Quality Control and
Reliability Engineering Track during your abstract submission.



Abstract Submission Link Available on
https://iise.confex.com/iise/2024/cfp.cgi

Conference Website: https://www.iise.org/Annual/



·         *Step 2 Full Paper Submission After the Abstract is Accepted*:
Submit your paper using the conference submission system before the paper
submission deadline (*February 9, 2024*). During the paper submission
process, please first select the primary topic as the Quality Control and
Reliability Engineering Track. Then, please check *A. I plan to submit a
full paper (6 pages) via the online portal to be reviewed for (i) potential
publication in IISE Conference Proceedings and (ii) a best-track paper
competition. *Next, please select *Yes, please consider my paper for the
Best Paper Competition*. Late or incomplete submissions will not be
eligible. The authors have the option to decide whether the papers will be
included in the conference proceedings and transfer the copyright to IISE
or not.



*Deadlines (may be updated accordingly based on the IISE main Conference
Submission Dates: *https://iise.confex.com/iise/2024/cfp.cgi*)*

·         Abstract Submission Deadline: *November 17, 2023*

·         Paper Submission Deadline: February 9, 2024

·         Notification of Decision on Paper: March 8, 2024

·         Notification of Finalists: March 31, 2024



If you have any questions, please send an email (with the subject "QCRE
Best Track Paper Competition") to the QCRE track chairs listed below.

Zimo Wang (zimowang at binghamton.edu)

Xiaolei Fang (xfang8 at ncsu.edu)

Syed Hasib Akhter Faruqui (shf006 at shsu.edu)
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Zimo Wang, Ph.D.,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Systems Science and Industrial Engineering (SSIE),
The State University of New York at Binghamton
Office: EB-J16
Tel.: 607-777-5012
E-mail: zimowang at binghamton.edu
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