[IISE Faculty List] Extending the deadline for QCRE Student Best Paper Competition (IISE Annual Conference 2025)

Sun Feb 2 14:00:54 EST 2025

Hello All,

The deadline for IISE Annual Conference QCRE Student Best Paper Competition has been extended from 02/09/2025 to 02/14/2025 (11:59 PM local time of the lead author). Forms and details can be found from the QCRE official website (link: https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.iise.org%2FDetails.aspx%3Fid%3D29058&data=05%7C02%7Ciefac.list%40mailman.clemson.edu%7C598475019979436c817b08dd43bbf59a%7C0c9bf8f6ccad4b87818d49026938aa97%7C0%7C0%7C638741196901044295%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C60000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=7B1oTtUvaXB%2B0Xh8anyOz7MEl99ic7frMpP8Wt7kOj0%3D&reserved=0). Please see the below message for full details.

Best,
Syed

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IISE QCRE Student Paper Competition (Deadline extended to Feb 14th, 2025)
For presentation at the 2025 IISE Annual Conference & Expo
May 31 – June 3, 2025, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

The Quality Control and Reliability Engineering (QCRE) division of the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE) is sponsoring a student paper competition as part of the IISE Annual Conference & Expo, May 31 – June 3, 2025, in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. The purpose of this competition is to honor outstanding papers in the field of quality and/or reliability engineering research and practice. Awards will be presented at the QCRE town hall meeting during IISE Annual Conference & Expo. The winners will be acknowledged in the QCRE newsletter and the website. 
Eligibility Criteria
Both undergraduate and graduate students are invited to submit papers. The following conditions apply to all submissions for this competition: 
1.     The paper topic must fit the QCRE themes.
The applicant must be a full-time student at the time of submission.
The student must be the first author and an IISE QCRE member.
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 paper must not have won or been considered for an award in another competition.
Previous finalists who wish to compete again should submit an entirely different paper. Past winners are not eligible for the competition.
Important Notes
1.     Papers submitted for this competition will NOT be published in the ISERC proceedings.
IISE and the QCRE division do NOT own the copyrights of the papers submitted for this competition. However, the papers must be available for the recommendation to IJDS.
Formatting and Submission Guidelines
1.     Entrants must submit (1) a blinded and unblinded version of the paper and (2) a formal signed statement from the student and the advisor (attached to the end of this document), affirming that the majority of the original results presented in the paper are due to the student’s efforts rather than the advisor or other collaborators involved in the work.
All submissions should be in electronic format (.PDF files ONLY) to both coordinators (in a single email), Dr. Zimo Wang ( <>zimowang at binghamton.edu <mailto:zimowang at binghamton.edu>) and Dr. Syed Hasib Akhter Faruqui (shf006 at shsu.edu <mailto:shf006 at shsu.edu>) by 02/09/2025 02/14/2025 (11:59 PM local time of the lead author). Late or incomplete submissions will be ineligible for the competition. All submitted papers will be reviewed and ranked by the reviewer committee, and the finalists will be announced in Late March 2025. 
Papers must be within 8 pages (the page limit does not include references but includes appendices; format with 1-inch margins, single column, single-spaced, 12-point font, in Times New Roman) and must begin with an abstract of 250 words maximum. The submitted paper must follow the format or will be returned without review.

Competition Coordinators
Syed Hasib Akhter Faruqui (shf006 at shsu.edu <mailto:shf006 at shsu.edu>), Sam Houston State University 
Zimo Wang (zimowang at binghamton.edu <mailto:zimowang at binghamton.edu>), The State University of New York at Binghamton

QCRE Student Paper Competition – Submission Statement Form

Please type or print all information.

Title of Paper ________________________________________________________

Name, affiliation, and email for each author
(Designate one person as the primary author. The primary author will make the oral presentation at the IISE Annual Conference and Expo QCRE Track)

Student Ethical Statement:  It is certified that this work is the original work of the author(s) and it was completed while the author(s) were students. It is also confirmed that the primary author is a member of IISE and he/she is a full time student. Finally, it is certified that this work has not been accepted for publication elsewhere at the time of submission.

Lead Author Name                 Signature                                      Date                                   

Advisor Statement: I confirm that the majority of the original results presented in the paper are due to the student’s efforts rather than the advisor or other collaborators involved in the work.

Advisor Name                       Signature                                        Date                       

No paper shall be received without this certification.  

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