[IISE Faculty List] Call for Papers: 2024 INFORMS QSR Best Student Paper Competition

[Bing Si]

*Call for Papers*

*INFORMS QSR Best Student Paper Competition*



*The Quality Statistics and Reliability (QSR) Section of INFORMS** announces
the Best Student Paper Award to recognize excellence among its student
members. The award program brings prestige to the QSR Section as well as to
the recipients honored.*



*Conference dates*: October 20-23, 2024

*Location*: Seattle, WA

*Conference website*: https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmeetings.informs.org%2Fwordpress%2Fseattle2024%2F&data=05%7C02%7CIEFac.list%40mailhost.ces.clemson.edu%7C22002964023545091fa108dc6d38df1c%7C0c9bf8f6ccad4b87818d49026938aa97%7C0%7C0%7C638505338748655953%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=lRYdXdruenkcPkzXJOHETfvv3MEAlsLErvPYG92eO0c%3D&reserved=0



Four finalists for the Best Student Paper Award will be selected to make
presentations at the 2024 INFORMS Annual Meeting. The winner will be
announced at the QSR business meeting at the conference. All finalists will
receive an award certificate. The winner will also receive a plaque of
recognition. The broad criteria for selecting the recipient of the QSR Best
Student Paper Award are: (a) Academic significance (originality, depth, and
completeness of the work and its potential impact on future research); (b)
Engineering or business relevance (importance of the problem and its impact
on engineering or business practice). Specifically, papers will be assessed
in six aspects: originality of ideas, depth of study, thoroughness of
literature review, importance of problem, expected impact on future
research, and potential impact on engineering or business practice. The
selected papers will be recommended to submit a full paper to a fast track
in the INFORMS Journal on Data Science (IJDS).

*Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:*


   - Complex Systems Sensing, Modeling, and Optimization
   - Complex Data Analytics and Data Fusion for Quality Assurance
   - Data Analytics for Reliability Evaluation and Maintenance Optimization
   - Data Analytics in Manufacturing and Service Industries
   - Data Analytics for Quality and Reliability Assurance
   - Design and Analysis of Modern-Day Scientific Experiments
   - Decision Theory and Predictive Modeling for Uncertainty Management
   - Graph Theory and Network Analysis for Quality and Reliability
   Applications
   - Image and Functional Data Analysis
   - Integrated Nanomanufacturing and Nano informatics
   - IoT-enabled Data Analytics for Manufacturing System Informatics and
   Control
   - Maintenance and Reliability Analysis of Complex Engineering Systems
   - Modeling and Analysis of Data with Complex Structures
   - Predictive Modeling and Control for Complex Systems
   - Quality Monitoring in Complex Manufacturing Processes
   - System and Process Informatics in Advanced Manufacturing
   - System Informatics for Operations Research and Operations Management
   - Multimodal Data Analysis for Manufacturing and Healthcare Systems
   - Federated and Distributed Learning for Complex Systems

*Eligibility Requirements and Application Process:*


   - The award nominee *must be a student member of the QSR Section* (Link
   <https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fconnect.informs.org%2Fqsr%2Fjoin-qsr%2Fmembership&data=05%7C02%7CIEFac.list%40mailhost.ces.clemson.edu%7C22002964023545091fa108dc6d38df1c%7C0c9bf8f6ccad4b87818d49026938aa97%7C0%7C0%7C638505338748655953%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=LpoKFXFjhGJDhhvCrTkKff5ThGELfTt6ZJWbO8yReAw%3D&reserved=0> to join QSR).
   - Previous finalists who wish to compete again should submit an
entirely different
   paper from their previous submissions.
   - Past winners are not eligible for the competition.
   - The submitted paper should not have been selected as a winner of any
   past competitions in conferences.
   - The submitted paper for the competition can be unpublished manuscript
   or published paper. If the paper has been published, the publication date
   (online) has to be on or after *Oct 23, 2024, which is after INFORMS
   2024.*
   - The student must be the first author. *A formal, signed statement by
   the student's advisor should be submitted along with the paper affirming
   that 1) the majority of the original results presented in the paper were
   produced by the student rather than the advisor or other collaborators
   involved in the work; 2) the paper has not been selected as a winner of any
   past competitions in conferences; 3) the publication status of the paper,
   whether it is unpublished or published with a specific publication date.*
   - The student must be committed to presenting the paper at a special QSR
   session of the 2024 INFORMS Annual Meeting.
   - Finalists may not be announced before other INFORMS sessions are
   organized. Thus, papers considered for this competition *MAY *be
   simultaneously submitted to other sessions of the INFORMS Annual Meeting.
   If a finalist is scheduled to present in another session, they need to
   present the paper twice: once in the QSR Best Student Paper Competition
   session, and once in their previously scheduled session.
   - The QSR Section does NOT own the copyright of the paper. However, the
   paper must be available to the QSR Section to be posted on their web
   page.
   - *Required Format for Submission*: The submitted paper should have a
   maximum length of 6 pages, including references. The paper should have a
   10-point Times Roman or Times New Roman typeface, be single-spaced, and
   have two columns with margins of 1 inch or more. The paper must begin
   with an abstract of at most 50 words. The paper must follow the required
   format, or it will be returned without review.
   - To enter the competition, *a blinded as well as an unblinded version *of
   the paper in MS WORD or PDF format should be emailed to *all Co-Chairs* of
   the QSR Best Student Paper Competition Session, with the email subject line
   “Name+University+2024 QSR Best Student Paper Competition” prior to the
   deadline of *July 14, 2024*. This deadline will not be extended. Late
   submissions will be ineligible for the competition, and not be reviewed.

*Timeline*:


Paper submission deadline (Submitter's local time): *July 14, 2024*

Decision notifications to authors: *September 24, 2024*



The Co-Chairs of the INFORMS QSR Best Student Paper Competition Session:



Bing Si, PhD (Co-Chair)

Assistant Professor

Department of Systems Science & Industrial Engineering

State University of New York at Binghamton

Email: bsi at binghamton.edu



Cesar Ruiz Torres, PhD (Co-Chair)

Assistant Professor

Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering

University of Oklahoma

Email: caruiz at ou.edu



    Chen Zhang, PhD (Co-Chair)

Assistant Professor

Department of Industrial Engineering

Tsinghua University

Email: zhangchen01 at tsinghua.edu.cn
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