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<a name="Call_for_Papers"></a><a name="Best_Paper_Competition"></a><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> Call for Papers</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">INFORMS QSR Best Paper Competition</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt">
</span>Quality,<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>Statistics,<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">
</span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>Reliability<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt">
</span>(QSR)<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>Section<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">
</span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> the </span>Institute<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt">
</span>for<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>Operations<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">
</span>Research<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>and Management Sciences (INFORMS) announces the Best Paper Award to recognize excellence among the high-quality papers submitted to INFORMS QSR refereed sessions. This<span style="letter-spacing:-.7pt">
</span>award<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>program<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt">
</span>brings<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"> </span>prestige<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt">
</span>to<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt">
</span>QSR<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>Section<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt">
</span>as<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"> </span>well<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt">
</span>as<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt">
</span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"> </span>recipients<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"> of this honor</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Conference dates</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">: October 15-18, 2023<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Location</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">: Phoenix, AZ<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Conference website</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">:
<a href="https://meetings.informs.org/wordpress/phoenix2023/">https://meetings.informs.org/wordpress/phoenix2023/</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The QSR section of INFORMS is organizing refereed sessions at the 2023 INFORMS Annual Meeting. The primary objective of organizing these refereed sessions is to present a collection of key research
papers on state-of-the-art methodological developments and applications in the area of Quality, Reliability, Statistics, and Data Science that cater to the next generation of intelligent systems for manufacturing, service, and healthcare.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-top:.85pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:left;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Complex Systems Sensing, Modeling, and<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">
</span>Optimization<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:.8pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:left;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Complex Data Analytics and Data Fusion for Quality Assurance<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:.8pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:left;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Data Analytics for Reliability Evaluation and Maintenance<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt">
</span>Optimization<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:.85pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:left;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Data Analytics in Manufacturing and Service<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">
</span>Industries<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:.25pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:left;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Data Analytics for Quality and Reliability<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt">
</span>Assurance<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-margin-top-alt:.85pt;margin-right:49.8pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:left;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Design and Analysis of Modern-Day Scientific Experiments
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-margin-top-alt:.85pt;margin-right:44.25pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:left;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Decision Theory and Predictive Modeling for Uncertainty Management<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:.8pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:left;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Graph Theory and Network Analysis for Quality and Reliability Applications
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:.85pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:left;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Image and Functional Data<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">
</span>Analysis<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:.85pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:left;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Integrated Nanomanufacturing and<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>Nano informatics<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:.8pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:left;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">IoT-enabled Data Analytics for Manufacturing System Informatics and<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt">
</span>Control<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:.8pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:left;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Maintenance and Reliability Analysis of Complex Engineering<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>Systems<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:.95pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:left;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Modeling and Analysis of Data with Complex<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>Structures<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:.85pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:left;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Predictive Modeling and Control for Complex Systems<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:.85pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:left;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Quality Monitoring in Complex Manufacturing<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt">
</span>Processes<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:.05pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:left;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">System and Process Informatics in Advanced<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>Manufacturing<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:.8pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:left;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">System Informatics for Operations Research and Operations<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">
</span>Management<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:.8pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:left;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Multimodal Data Analysis for Manufacturing and Healthcare Systems<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-top:.8pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:left;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Federated and Distributed Learning for Complex Systems<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">On behalf of the organizing committee, we would like to invite you to submit a short paper (<b>not exceeding six pages</b>) for this peer-review process. The primary authors of the selected papers
will be invited to present their work in a refereed session at the 2023 INFORMS Annual Meeting. All submitted papers and oral presentations will be reviewed and ranked by external referees. The winner will be announced during the QSR Business Meeting at the
conference. The broad criteria for<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>selecting<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt">
</span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>recipient<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">
</span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt">
</span>QSR<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>Best<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">
</span>Paper<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>Award<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt">
</span>are:<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>(a)<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt">
</span>Academic<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>significance<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt">
</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).
<a name="_Hlk129962638">The selected papers will be eligible to submit a full paper to a fast track in the
</a><a name="_Hlk130378134"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk129962638">INFORMS Journal on Data Science (IJDS)</span>.</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Eligibility Requirements and Application Process:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">At least one of the authors
<b>must be a member of the QSR Section</b> (</span><a href="https://connect.informs.org/qsr/join-qsr"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Link</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> to join QSR)<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Previous<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt">
</span>finalists<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>or<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">
</span>winners<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>who<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt">
</span>wish<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt">
</span>compete<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>again<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt">
</span>should<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>submit<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt">
</span>an<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>entirely<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt">
</span>different paper from their previous submissions.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:left;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The submitted paper should be unpublished<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">
</span>work.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-right:5.1pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt">
</span>submitted<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>paper<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt">
</span>should<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>not<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> have
</span>been<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>selected<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt">
</span>as<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> a </span>winner<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt">
</span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>past<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt">
</span>competitions (e.g.,<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt">
</span>IISE<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt">, </span>INFORMS, or other<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">
</span>conferences).<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-right:4.9pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The primary author or one of the co-authors must be committed to presenting the paper at a special QSR session of the 2023 INFORMS Annual Meeting.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-right:4.95pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Finalists <span style="letter-spacing:.1pt">
may </span>not be announced before other INFORMS sessions are organized. Thus, papers considered for this competition
<b>MAY </b>be simultaneously submitted to other sessions of the INFORMS Annual Meeting. If a finalist is scheduled to present in another session, they need to present the paper twice: once in the QSR Best Paper Competition session, and once in their previously
scheduled<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>session.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-right:4.9pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The QSR Section does NOT own the copyright of the paper. However, the paper must be available to the QSR Section to be posted on their web<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt">
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Required Format for Submission</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">: The submitted paper should be 4-6 pages long (including references, appendices, etc.),
single-spaced, with<span style="letter-spacing:-.7pt"> </span>two<span style="letter-spacing:-.7pt">
</span>columns<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing:-.7pt">
</span>10<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt">-point</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt">
</span>Times<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt"> </span>Roman<span style="letter-spacing:-.7pt">
</span>or<span style="letter-spacing:-.7pt"> </span>Times<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt">
</span>New<span style="letter-spacing:-.8pt"> </span>Roman<span style="letter-spacing:-.7pt">
</span>typeface.<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"> </span>Margins<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt">
</span>should be<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>1<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt">
</span>inch<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>or<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt">
</span>more.<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> The p</span>aper<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> must</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt">
</span>begin<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>with<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt">
</span>an<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>abstract of at most 50 words.<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt">
</span>The<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"> </span>paper<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt">
</span>must follow the required format, or it will be returned without<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt">
</span>review.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">To enter the competition,
<b><span style="color:#E21D1D">a blinded as well as an unblinded version </span></b>of the paper in MS WORD or PDF format should be emailed to
<b>all Co-chairs</b> of the QSR Refereed Session, with the email subject line “<i>2023 QSR best paper competition+Name+University</i>” prior to the deadline
<span style="color:black">of </span><b><span style="color:#E11D1D">July 1, 2023</span></b>. This deadline will not be extended. Late submissions will be ineligible for the competition, and not reviewed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Timeline</span></u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">July<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">
</span>1: Paper submission<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">
</span>deadline<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Sep<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">
</span>15: Decisions sent to<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">
</span>authors<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">October 15-18: Presentation in the refereed<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> QSR
</span>session<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> <a name="For_inquiries,_please_contact_co-chairs_"></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The subcommittee of the INFORMS QSR Refereed Session:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Mostafa Reisi Gahrooei, PhD (Co-Chair)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Assistant Professor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">University of Florida</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Email:</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
<a href="mailto:mreisigahrooei@ufl.edu">mreisigahrooei@ufl.edu</a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Xiaowei Yue, PhD (Co-Chair)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Assistant Professor</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Grado Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Virginia Tech</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="FR" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Email: </span>
<span lang="FR" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:xwy@vt.edu">xwy@vt.edu</a></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="FR"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Li Zeng, PhD (Co-Chair)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Associate Professor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">School of Data Science<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">City University of Hong Kong<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Email: <a href="mailto:li.zeng@cityu.edu.hk">
li.zeng@cityu.edu.hk</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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