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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Due to the recent extension of IISE Annual Conference paper submission deadlines. This is a reminder about the extended deadline of the
<b>2023 IISE DAIS Best Track Paper Competition</b> submission. The extended due will be
<b>February 19, 2023 - 11:59 p.m. PST</b>. Please check the submission guidelines and details in the announcement below and the attached pdf file.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:14.55pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:13.6pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center">
<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Call for Papers: DAIS Best
<a name="OLE_LINK3">Track</a> Paper Competition<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<h1 align="left" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:.2in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:left">
<span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:14.55pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:13.6pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center">
<a name="OLE_LINK2"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">2023 IISE Annual Conference & Expo
<o:p></o:p></span></b></a></p>
<span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2"></span>
<h1 style="margin-right:.2in;text-indent:13.65pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;font-weight:normal">May 20-23, 2023,
<a name="OLE_LINK1">New Orleans</a>, LA<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<h1 style="margin-right:.2in;text-indent:13.65pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Data Analytics & Information Systems Track<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<h1 style="margin-right:.2in;text-indent:13.65pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;font-weight:normal"><o:p> </o:p></span></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The Data Analytics & Information Systems (DAIS) Division of the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineering (IISE) announces the
<b>DAIS Best Track Paper Competition</b>. The purpose of this competition is to honor outstanding papers in research and practice of data analytics and information systems.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h2 style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></h2>
<h2 style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%"><span style="color:black">Section 1. Eligibility Requirements and Application Process<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:15.8pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:41.05pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:115%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:"Noto Sans Symbols";color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">●<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The paper topic should fit the DAIS themes. The paper must present original research results and CAN NOT be accepted for publication elsewhere at the time of submission.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:5.8pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:41.05pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:115%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:"Noto Sans Symbols";color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">●<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The first author must be a member of IISE and the DAIS division.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:5.8pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:41.05pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:115%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:"Noto Sans Symbols";color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">●<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The submitted paper MUST follow the paper formatting guidelines and requirements of IISE conference proceedings.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:5.8pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:41.05pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:115%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:"Noto Sans Symbols";color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">●<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The paper must
<a name="OLE_LINK10">primarily </a>submit to Data Analytics and Information Systems track.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The authors should have <a name="OLE_LINK6">
an accepted oral abstract </a>to be able to submit full papers for the competition.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:5.75pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:41.05pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:115%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:"Noto Sans Symbols";color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">●<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Previous finalists who wish to compete again should submit an entirely different paper.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:5.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:41.05pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:115%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:"Noto Sans Symbols";color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">●<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Papers considered for this competition MAY NOT be simultaneously submitted to other competitions at the 2023 IISE Annual Conference.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:5.6pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:41.05pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:115%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Finalists must be able to attend the IISE Annual Conference & Expo, May 20- 23, 2023.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:5.6pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<h2 style="margin-top:0in;line-height:115%"><span style="color:black">Section 2. Evaluation Process<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:5.85pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:5.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:115%">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Each eligible paper will be reviewed by two-three external referees, each of whom will assign a numerical score using the following five criteria. For each criterion, an integer score between 1 and 5,
with 5 being the highest rating, will be assigned.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:22.95pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> - Contribution to data analytics and information systems research (25%)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:22.95pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> - Significance of the problem (25%)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:22.95pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> - Research methods/techniques are appropriate (25%)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:22.95pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> - Results are interpreted correctly and conclusions are reasonable (12.5%)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:22.95pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> - Organization and quality of writing (12.5%)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">All eligible papers will be ranked by the sum of the weighted scores of external referees. Four finalists for the Best Track Paper will be selected to make
oral presentations at the 2023 IISE Annual Conference May 20 - 23, 2023. The committee will select the winner(s) based on the review evaluation and oral presentation. The Best Track Paper Winner will be presented at the town hall meeting of the DAIS Track
during the 2023 IISE Annual Conference.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<h2 style="margin-top:0in;line-height:115%"><span style="color:black">Section 3. Formatting and Submission Guidelines<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;margin-right:5.6pt;margin-left:5.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:115%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Paper format: follow the paper formatting guidelines and requirements (6 pages including title and author data, references, and figures and tables) of IISE conference proceedings.
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;margin-right:5.6pt;margin-left:5.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:115%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">You can submit your paper through the following process.
<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:"Noto Sans Symbols";color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">●<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="color:black">Step 1 Abstract Submission:</span></b><span style="color:black">
<a name="OLE_LINK5">The authors <b><i><u>must</u></i></b> have <b><i><u>an accepted oral abstract</u></i></b> to be able to submit full papers for the competition. Please directly submit your abstract using the conference submission system before the abstract
submission deadline (Section 4 DATE 2). Please select the <b><i><u>primary</u></i></b> topic as Data Analytics and Information Systems Track during your abstract submission.</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:"Noto Sans Symbols";color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">●<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="color:black">Step 2 Full Paper Submission After the Abstract is Accepted</span></b><span style="color:black">: You can submit your paper through one of the two submission options below.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;margin-right:5.6pt;margin-left:12.8pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:115%;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2">
<b><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Option A</span></u></b><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">:
</span></b><a name="_Hlk116372134"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Submit your paper using the conference submission system.
</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">In this case, if the paper is accepted, it will be included in the conference proceedings. During the paper submission process, please
<u>first select</u> the primary topic as Data Analytics and Information Systems Track. Then, please check
<b>A. I plan to submit a full paper (6 pages) via the online portal to be reviewed for (i) potential publication in IISE Conference Proceedings and (ii) a best track paper competition.</b>
<u>Next</u>, please select <b>Yes, please consider my paper for the Best Paper Competition</b>. The paper submitted in the system should be blinded (with no authors information in the paper).
<u>After your submission</u>, please email, with the subject “DAIS Best Track Paper Competition”, your paper Title, Abstract ID, and Authors list (including affiliations) to the 2023 contest coordinator
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext"><a href="mailto:daisbtp2023@gmail.com">daisbtp2023@gmail.com</a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> and copy all committee chairs listed in Section 5 no later than Section
4 DATE 3 (conference paper submission deadline). Late or incomplete submissions will not be eligible. IISE Conference owns the copyright of the papers submitted in this option.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;margin-right:5.6pt;margin-left:12.8pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:115%;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2">
<b><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Option B</span></u></b><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">:
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Submit your paper through email. Please submit
<b>one blinded</b> and <b>one unblinded version</b> of the paper, all in electronic format (PDF files ONLY), with subject “DAIS Best Track Paper Competition” to the 2023 contest coordinator
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext"><a href="mailto:daisbtp2023@gmail.com">daisbtp2023@gmail.com</a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> and copy all committee chairs listed in Section 5 no later than Section
4 DATE 3 (conference paper submission deadline). Late or incomplete submissions will not be eligible. IISE Conference and DAIS division do NOT own the copyright of the papers submitted in this option.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<h2 align="left" style="margin-top:0in;text-align:left;line-height:115%"><span style="color:black">Section 4. Deadlines (DATEs 1-4 may be updated accordingly based on the IISE main Conference Submission Dates
</span><a href="https://iise.confex.com/iise/2023/cfp.cgi"><span style="color:black">https://iise.confex.com/iise/2023/cfp.cgi</span></a><span style="color:black">)<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:5.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">DATE 1: October 7, 2022 - Abstract submission system opens.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:5.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">DATE 2:
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">December 2, 2022 - 11:59 p.m. PST - Abstract Submission Deadline<span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:5.0pt;line-height:115%"><a name="OLE_LINK4"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">DATE 3:
</span></a><a name="_Hlk116372320"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK4"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">February
</span></b></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk116372320"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK4"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">19</span></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk116372320"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK4"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">,
2023 </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK4"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">- 11:59 p.m. PST - Paper Submission Deadline
</span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:5.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">DATE 4: March 1</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">7<span style="color:black">, 2023 - Notification of Decision on Paper<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:5.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">DATE 5: Notification of Finalists: March 1</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">7<span style="color:black">, 2023 (same as
DATE 4)<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:5.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:5.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Section 5. Committee Chairs<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:5.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">If you have any questions, please send an email (with the subject "DAIS Best Track Paper Competition") to the 2023 committee chairs or contest
coordinator </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:daisbtp2023@gmail.com">daisbtp2023@gmail.com</a><span style="color:black">
<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:5.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:5.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Nathan Gaw, Air Force Institute of Technology,
<a name="_Hlk116372277"></a><a href="mailto:Nathan.Gaw@afit.edu"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk116372277">Nathan.Gaw@afit.edu</span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk116372277"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk116372277">
<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk116372277"></span>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:5.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Kyle Hunt, University at Buffalo,
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:kylehunt@buffalo.edu">kylehunt@buffalo.edu</a><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:5.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Haifeng Wang, Mississippi State University,
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:wang@ise.msstate.edu">wang@ise.msstate.edu</a><span style="color:black">
<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Assistant Professor, Industrial and Systems Engineering</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#888888"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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