[IISE Faculty List] Call for Papers – QCRE Best Student Paper Competition at IISE 2026

[Juan DU]

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Dear Colleagues,



We are pleased to announce the 2026 QCRE Best Student Paper Competition at the 2026 IISE Annual Conference & Expo, taking place May 16–19, 2026, in Arlington, TX.



Organized by the Quality Control & Reliability Engineering (QCRE) Division, this competition recognizes outstanding student research papers in the areas of quality control, reliability, and related fields. We warmly invite students to participate and showcase their work. As a note, papers submitted to this competition will not be published in the official conference proceedings. IISE and the QCRE Division do not retain copyright over submitted papers.



Key Deadlines:

-Full Paper Submission Deadline: January 23, 2026

-Notification of Finalists: February 27, 2026

-Speaker Registration Deadline: March 8, 2026



For additional information or submission guidelines, please check the CFP below or reach out to the competition coordinators Dr. Juan Du (juandu at ust.hk<mailto:juandu at ust.hk>) or Dr. Haifeng Wang (wang at ise.msstate.edu<mailto:wang at ise.msstate.edu>).

Best,
Juan Du, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor,
Smart Manufacturing Thrust, Data Science and Analytics Thrust
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou)
Affiliate Assistant Professor,
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
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