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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Lora;margin:0px">Dear Colleagues,</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Lora;margin:0px">I'd like to share some updates about the first INFORMS Conference on Quality, Statistics, and Reliability (ICQSR), which will be held in person at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, NC, June
6-8, 2023.</span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Lora;margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px;color:rgb(31, 116, 243)">Keynote speakers confirmed</span><span> </span></span></b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Lora;margin:0px">so far:</span></p>
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<li style="text-indent:-0.25in"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Lora;margin:0px"> Vijay Nair</span></b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Lora;margin:0px">, Wells Fargo, Managing Director and Head of Advanced Technologies for Modeling</span></li><li style="text-indent:-0.25in"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Symbol;margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px"> </span></span><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Lora;margin:0px">Cynthia Rudin</span></b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Lora;margin:0px">,
Duke University, Earl D. McLean, Jr. Professor</span></li><li style="text-indent:-0.25in"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Symbol;margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px"><span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman";margin:0px"> </span></span></span><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Lora;margin:0px">Jianjun
Shi</span></b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Lora;margin:0px">, Georgia Institute of Technology, Carolyn J. Stewart Chair and Professor</span></li></ul>
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<b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Lora;margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px;color:rgb(31, 116, 243)">Distinguished speakers confirmed</span><span> </span></span></b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Lora;margin:0px">so far</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Lora;margin:0px">:</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Lora;margin:0px"></span></p>
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<li style="text-indent:-0.25in"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Symbol;margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px"> </span></span><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Lora;margin:0px">Mikael Norrlof</span></b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Lora;margin:0px">,
ABB, Global Robotics Motion Control Technology Owner</span></li><li style="text-indent:-0.25in"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Symbol;margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px"> </span></span><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Lora;margin:0px">Peihua Qiu</span></b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Lora;margin:0px">,
University of Florida, Founding Chair and Dean's Professor</span></li><li style="text-indent:-0.25in"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Lora;margin:0px"> John Sall</span></b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Lora;margin:0px">, JMP, Founder and Chair</span></li></ul>
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<b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Lora;margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px;color:rgb(31, 116, 243)">Featured sessions<span> </span></span></span></b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Lora;margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px;color:rgb(31, 116, 243)"><span style="margin:0px;color:rgb(32, 34, 37)">s</span></span><span style="margin:0px;color:rgb(31, 116, 243)"><span style="margin:0px;color:rgb(32, 34, 37)">o
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<li style="text-indent: -0.25in; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Symbol;margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Lora; margin: 0px; color: rgb(32, 34, 37); background: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b style="">Leader
Forum – Value and Need for Industry and Academia Collaboration</b></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Lora;margin:0px">, aims at stimulating transdisciplinary discussions between high-profile academic and industry leaders</span></li><li style="text-indent: -0.25in; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Symbol;margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Lora; margin: 0px; color: rgb(32, 34, 37); background: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b style="">Preparing
Future Practitioners</b></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Lora;margin:0px">, a student-oriented panel discussion on essential skills needed for future practitioners in Quality, Statistics, and Reliability</span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Lora;margin:0px;color:black">Per the requests from many potential participants,<span> </span></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Lora;margin:0px;color:red">the ICQSR program committee is extending the session
& abstract submission deadline to</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Lora;margin:0px"> </span><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Lora;margin:0px;color:red">March 07, 2023</span></b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Lora;margin:0px">.
For more information, please visit the<span> </span><b>conference website</b><span> </span>at<span> </span><a href="https://informs-qsr.wordpress.ncsu.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" title="https://informs-qsr.wordpress.ncsu.edu" data-safelink="true" data-linkindex="10" style="margin:0px;color:rgb(0, 48, 135);text-decoration:underline" class="" data-loopstyle="link">https://informs-qsr.wordpress.ncsu.edu</a>. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Lora; font-size: 13.5pt;">ICQSR aims to provide an international forum for the exchange of 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 Artificial Intelligence (AI) & Analytics for Future Industry, with potential applications in manufacturing, energy, healthcare, human-machine systems, etc. By integrating the
efforts from both academia and industry, ICQSR intends to promote original, fundamental, and transdisciplinary research that potentially makes timely and long-lasting impacts in a broad range of applications.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Lora;margin:0px" class="elementToProof">The organizing committee invites you to organize technical sessions and/or submit abstracts of technical presentations. Please find the attached Call-for-Session & Abstract for
more detailed information. Please note:</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Lora;margin:0px" class="elementToProof"><b>Session proposal submission</b>: <a href="https://forms.gle/mqw2D8JNyMxCjfw27" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" title="https://forms.gle/mqw2D8JNyMxCjfw27" data-safelink="true" data-linkindex="12" style="margin:0px;color:rgb(0, 48, 135);text-decoration:underline"><span style="margin:0px">https://forms.gle/mqw2D8JNyMxCjfw27</span></a><br>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Lora;margin:0px" class="elementToProof"><b>Contributed abstract submission</b>: <a href="https://forms.gle/TCBknQ5Dyzm5ZRGaA" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" title="https://forms.gle/TCBknQ5Dyzm5ZRGaA" data-safelink="true" data-linkindex="13" style="margin:0px;color:rgb(0, 48, 135);text-decoration:underline"><span style="margin:0px">https://forms.gle/TCBknQ5Dyzm5ZRGaA</span></a></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Lora;margin:0px">Updated important dates</span></b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Lora;margin:0px">:<br>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Lora;margin:0px"> </span><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Lora;margin:0px;color:red">Mar. 07, 2023</span></b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Lora;margin:0px"> Deadline for
session proposal submission and abstract submission<br>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Lora;margin:0px" class="elementToProof"> Mar. 13, 2023 Notification of abstract acceptance<br>
Apr. 3, 2023 Registration commencement<br>
Jun. 6-8, 2023 ICQSR 2023</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Lora;margin:0px">For general questions about ICQSR 2023, please feel free to contact the conference secretariat at <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" title="mailto:infor.icqsr@gmail.com" data-safelink="true" data-linkindex="14" style="margin:0px;color:rgb(0, 48, 135);text-decoration:underline" class=""><span style="margin:0px">infor.icqsr@gmail.com</span></a>. Thank
you in advance for considering this request to serve the QSR community! I look forward to seeing you at ICQSR 2023!<br>
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Sincerely,<br>
Jian Liu, Ph.D.<br>
Chair, INFORMS Section of Quality, Statistics, and Reliability<br>
Co-Chair, ICQSR 2023 Program Committee</span></p>
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Jian Liu, Ph.D.
Associate Professor,
Engineering Building, Room 221
Department of Systems and Industrial Engineering
The University of Arizona
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1-520-621-6548 (Office)
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