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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Colleagues:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">A few month ago, I reached out to the former EICs of <i>IISE Transactions</i> and invited them to share their thoughts and perspectives in a special section of the journal. Attached please find my invitation letter.
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<p class="MsoNormal">The first article of this nature, entitled "<i>Back to the future—IIE Transactions 1988</i>," is contributed by Dr. Al Soyster, the 6th EIC of
<i>IISE Transactions</i> (1989-1992). The article will be published in the February 2023 issue of
<i>IISE Transactions</i> (vol 55, No 2, pp. 107-110) and is now available online <a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/24725854.2022.2116508">
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/24725854.2022.2116508</a>. The publisher granted
<b>free access</b> of this article for 12 months.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hope that you find Dr. Soyster’s article interesting.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Yu Ding</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> | Mike & Sugar Barnes Professor |</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Editor in Chief, IISE Transactions |<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Associate Director for Research Engagement | Texas A&M Institute of Data Science |<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Professor | Wm Michael Barnes ’64 Dept of Industrial & Systems Engineering | Electrical & Computer Engineering |<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Office: ETB 4016 | Phone: 979.458.2343 |
<a href="mailto:yuding@tamu.edu">yuding@tamu.edu</a> | <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Personal:
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<u><a href="https://aml.engr.tamu.edu/book-dsnia/">https://aml.engr.tamu.edu/book-dsnia/</a></u><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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