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and Reliability (ICQSR) Best Paper Competition</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi"><o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
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Conference on Quality, Statistics, and Reliability (ICQSR) announces the Best Paper Award Competition to recognize excellence among the high-quality papers submitted to ICQSR. This<span style="letter-spacing:-.7pt" class="ContentPasted0">
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi" class="ContentPasted0">Conference dates</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi" class="ContentPasted0">:
June 06 – 08, 2023<o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
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Raleigh, North Carolina, United States<o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi" class="ContentPasted0">Conference we</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"" class="ContentPasted0">bsite</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"" class="ContentPasted0">:
</span><a href="https://informs-qsr.wordpress.ncsu.edu/" class="ContentPasted0"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">https://informs-qsr.wordpress.ncsu.edu/</span></a><o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi" class="ContentPasted0">The INFORMS Conference on Quality,
Statistics, and Reliability (ICQSR) is the flagship conference of the </span><a href="https://connect.informs.org/qsr/home" class="ContentPasted0" data-loopstyle="link"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi">Quality,
Statistics, and Reliability</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi" class="ContentPasted0"> (QSR) section
of the </span><a href="https://www.informs.org/" class="ContentPasted0"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi">Institute
for Operations Research and the Management Sciences</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi" class="ContentPasted0"> (INFORMS).
ICQSR aims to provide an international forum for exchanging research innovations and advancements that reinforce the scientific essentials – quality improvement, statistical learning, and reliability assurance – and embrace emerging practical challenges. The
theme of ICQSR 2023 is <b class="ContentPasted0">Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Analytics for Future Industry</b>.
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-font-kerning:18.0pt" class="ContentPasted0">Topics of
interest include, but are not limited to:<o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></b></p>
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<li><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi" class="ContentPasted0">AI for human-machine systems<o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></li><li><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi" class="ContentPasted0">Data analytics for energy systems<o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></li><li><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi" class="ContentPasted0">Process monitoring and control<o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></li><li><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi" class="ContentPasted0">Analytics for smart and advanced
manufacturing<o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></li><li><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi" class="ContentPasted0">Systems informatics and control<o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></li><li><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi" class="ContentPasted0">Design and analysis of computer
experiments<o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></li><li><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi" class="ContentPasted0">Reliability modeling<o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></li><li><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi" class="ContentPasted0">Maintenance decision-making<o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></li><li><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi" class="ContentPasted0">Data quality assurance and data
visualization<o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></li><li><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi" class="ContentPasted0">Quality and reliability analysis
in Industry 4.0<o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></li><li><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi" class="ContentPasted0">Data analytics in healthcare applications<o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></li><li><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi" class="ContentPasted0">Science/Physics informed machine
learning<o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></li><li><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi" class="ContentPasted0">Prognostics and health management<o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></li><li><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi" class="ContentPasted0">Machine learning and data mining<o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></li><li><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi" class="ContentPasted0">Explainable AI and interpretable
machine learning<o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi" class="ContentPasted0">On behalf of the organizing committee,
we would like to invite you to submit a paper for this competition. The primary authors of the selected papers will be invited to present their work in the best paper session at the 2023 ICQSR. All submitted papers and oral presentations will be reviewed and
ranked by multiple reviewers. The winner will be announced at the 2023 ICQSR Banquet. The broad criteria for<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt" class="ContentPasted0">
</span>selecting<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt" class="ContentPasted0"> </span>
the<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt" class="ContentPasted0"> </span>recipient<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt" class="ContentPasted0">
</span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt" class="ContentPasted0"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt" class="ContentPasted0"> IC</span>QSR<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt" class="ContentPasted0">
</span>Best<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt" class="ContentPasted0"> </span>Paper<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt" class="ContentPasted0">
</span>Award<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt" class="ContentPasted0"> </span>are:<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt" class="ContentPasted0">
</span>(a)<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt" class="ContentPasted0"> </span>Academic<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"></span>significance<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt" class="ContentPasted0">
</span>(originality, depth, and completeness of the work, and its potential impact on future research); (b) Engineering or business relevance (significance of the problem, and its impact on engineering or business practice); and (c) Quality of the written paper
and oral presentation.<o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi"><br class="ContentPasted0">
<b class="ContentPasted0">Eligibility Requirements and Application Process:<o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></b></span></p>
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<li><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi" class="ContentPasted0">At least one of the authors
<b class="ContentPasted0">must be a member of the QSR Section</b> (</span><a href="https://connect.informs.org/qsr/join-qsr" class="ContentPasted0" data-loopstyle="link"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi">Link</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi" class="ContentPasted0">
to join QSR)<o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></li></ul>
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<li><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi" class="ContentPasted0">The submitted paper should be unpublished<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt" class="ContentPasted0">
</span>work by the submission deadline of the competition. <o:p class="ContentPasted0">
</o:p></span></li><li><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi" class="ContentPasted0">The<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt" class="ContentPasted0">
</span>submitted<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt" class="ContentPasted0"> </span>
paper<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt" class="ContentPasted0"> </span>should<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt" class="ContentPasted0">
</span>not<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt" class="ContentPasted0"> have </span>
been<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt" class="ContentPasted0"> </span>selected<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt" class="ContentPasted0">
</span>as<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt" class="ContentPasted0"> a </span>winner<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt" class="ContentPasted0">
</span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt" class="ContentPasted0"> </span>past<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt" class="ContentPasted0">
</span>competitions<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt" class="ContentPasted0"> </span>
in<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt" class="ContentPasted0"> </span>other<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt" class="ContentPasted0">
</span>conferences.<o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></li><li><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi" class="ContentPasted0">The primary author or one of co-authors
must be committed to presenting the paper at a special session of the 2023 ICQSR.<o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></li><li><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi" class="ContentPasted0">Papers considered for this competition
<b class="ContentPasted0">MAY </b>be simultaneously submitted to other sessions of the ICQSR. If a finalist is scheduled to present in another session, they need to present the paper twice: once in the ICQSR Best Paper session, and once in their previously
scheduled<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt" class="ContentPasted0"> </span>session.<o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></li><li><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi" class="ContentPasted0">The ICQSR Section does NOT own
the copyright of the paper.<o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></li><li><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi" class="ContentPasted0">Required Format for Submission</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi" class="ContentPasted0">:
Please keep articles as brief as possible. The maximum length is 12 pages. Use 11 point font, 1 inch margins, and single-spacing for the manuscript including references, tables, figures and appendices.
<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt" class="ContentPasted0">The p</span>aper<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt" class="ContentPasted0"> must</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt" class="ContentPasted0">
</span>begin<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt" class="ContentPasted0"> </span>with<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt" class="ContentPasted0">
</span>an<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt" class="ContentPasted0"> </span>abstract of at most 150 words.<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt" class="ContentPasted0">
</span>The<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt" class="ContentPasted0"> </span>paper<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"></span>must follow the required format, or it will be returned without<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt" class="ContentPasted0">
</span>review.<o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></li><li><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi" class="ContentPasted0">The finalists of the best paper
award competition will be encouraged to submit to IISE Transactions on Data Science, Quality and Reliability. The editorial board of IISE Transactions on Data Science, Quality and Reliability will work closely with the subcommittee of the ICQSR Best Paper
Competition to shorten the first review cycle below 60 days</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:宋体;mso-bidi-font-family:宋体" class="ContentPasted0">.</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi"><o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi" class="ContentPasted0"> <o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi" class="ContentPasted0">To participate in this competition,
<b><span style="color:#E21D1D" class="ContentPasted0">a blinded as well as an unblinded version
</span></b>of the paper in MS WORD or PDF format should be emailed to <b class="ContentPasted0">
all Co-chairs</b> of the ICQSR Best Paper Competition, with the email subject line “Name+University+2023 ICQSR best paper competition” prior to the deadline
<span style="color:black;mso-themecolor:text1" class="ContentPasted0">of </span><b><span style="color:#E11D1D" class="ContentPasted0">March 26, 2023</span></b>. This deadline will not be extended. Late submissions will be ineligible for the competition, and
not reviewed.<o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi" class="ContentPasted0"> <o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
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<b><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi" class="ContentPasted0">Competition Timeline</span></u></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi" class="ContentPasted0">:<o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi" class="ContentPasted0">March<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt" class="ContentPasted0">
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<span style="mso-tab-count:1" class="ContentPasted0"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count:1" class="ContentPasted0">
</span>Paper submission<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt" class="ContentPasted0">
</span>deadline<o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi" class="ContentPasted0">May<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt" class="ContentPasted0">
</span>15: <span style="mso-tab-count:2" class="ContentPasted0">
</span>Finalists announced<o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi" class="ContentPasted0">June 6: <span style="mso-tab-count:2" class="ContentPasted0">
</span><span style="mso-tab-count:1" class="ContentPasted0"> </span>Presentation in the
<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt" class="ContentPasted0">ICQSR Best Paper </span>
session<o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi"><o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi" class="ContentPasted0">The
<a class="ContentPasted0">subcommittee of the ICQSR Best Paper </a>Competition:<o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi"><o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi" class="ContentPasted0">Kaibo Liu, PhD (Chair)<o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext" class="ContentPasted0">Associate
Professor<br class="ContentPasted0">
Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering<br class="ContentPasted0">
University of Wisconsin-Madison</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi"><o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi" class="ContentPasted0">Email:
</span><a class="ContentPasted0"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi">kliu8@wisc.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi"><o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"" class="ContentPasted0">Wenmeng Tian, PhD<o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"" class="ContentPasted0">Assistant Professor<o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext" class="ContentPasted0">Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext" class="ContentPasted0">Mississippi State University</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="FR" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:FR" class="ContentPasted0">Email :</span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ansi-language:FR" class="ContentPasted0">
</span><a class="ContentPasted0"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ansi-language:FR">tian@ise.msstate.edu</span></a><span lang="FR" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ansi-language:FR"><o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="FR" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-ansi-language:FR"><o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi" class="ContentPasted0">Ramin Moghaddas, PhD<o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi" class="ContentPasted0">Associate Professor<o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext" class="ContentPasted0">Department
of Industrial and Systems Engineering</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi"><o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi" class="ContentPasted0">University of Miami<o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi" class="ContentPasted0">Email:
</span><a class="ContentPasted0"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi">ramin@miami.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi"><o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34); font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:small">Kaibo Liu</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34); font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:small">
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34); font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:small">Associate Professor</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34); font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:small">
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34); font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:small">Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34); font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:small">
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34); font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:small">University of Wisconsin-Madison<br>
</span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:small; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Associate Director</span><br style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255); font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:small">
<span style="margin:0px; font-size:small; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">UW-Madison IoT Systems Research Center</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34); font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:small">
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<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34); font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:small">Madison, WI 53706-1572</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34); font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:small">
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34); font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:small">Phone: (608) 890-3546</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34); font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:small">
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34); font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:small">E-mail: </span><a href="mailto:kliu8@wisc.edu" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204); font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:small" data-loopstyle="link">kliu8@wisc.edu</a><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34); font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:small">
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