<div dir="ltr">Dear Colleague,<br><div><p aria-hidden="true" style="color:rgb(36,36,36);font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;margin:0px"> </p><p style="color:rgb(36,36,36);font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;margin:0px">On behalf of the organizing committee of 18th INFORMS DMDA Workshop, I am writing to invite you to support the 18th INFORMS Data Mining & Decision Analytics (DMDA) workshop, organized by INFORMS Data Mining Society, by reviewing three (3) or four (4) applied track papers during August 29th – September 10th, given that we received a record high of submissions. </p><p style="color:rgb(36,36,36);font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;margin:0px">The review is a straightforward google form-based scoring system with an option to write a review summary or comments. </p><p aria-hidden="true" style="color:rgb(36,36,36);font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;margin:0px"> </p><p style="color:rgb(36,36,36);font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;margin:0px">This year, based on the reviews, five finalists will be selected for the DMDA best paper competition (applied track). The submissions include broad topics in data mining, machine learning, and optimization. The call for papers of the workshop can be found here: </p><p style="color:rgb(36,36,36);font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;margin:0px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1T4XcI6bOa9vfHv77ifgAvANzy6o_bZAl/view?usp=sharing">https://drive.google.com/file/d/1T4XcI6bOa9vfHv77ifgAvANzy6o_bZAl/view?usp=sharing</a></span></p><p aria-hidden="true" style="color:rgb(36,36,36);font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;margin:0px"><br></p><p style="color:rgb(36,36,36);font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;margin:0px"><b>If you agree and will be able to complete the review during August 29th – September 10th, please let us know</b>. Should you accept the invitation, please fill up the following google form (it takes less than 1 minute):</p><p style="color:rgb(36,36,36);font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;margin:0px"><br></p><p style="color:rgb(36,36,36);font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;margin:0px"><a href="https://forms.gle/etfeAbUtYqL7kZeW6">https://forms.gle/etfeAbUtYqL7kZeW6</a><br></p><p style="color:rgb(36,36,36);font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;margin:0px"><br></p><p style="color:rgb(36,36,36);font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;margin:0px">Thank you very much for your consideration. We look forward to hearing from you soon. </p><p style="color:rgb(36,36,36);font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;margin:0px"><br></p><p aria-hidden="true" style="color:rgb(36,36,36);font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;margin:0px"> </p><p style="color:rgb(36,36,36);font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;margin:0px">Best regards,</p><p style="color:rgb(36,36,36);font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;margin:0px">18th DMDA Workshop Co-Chairs: </p><p style="color:rgb(36,36,36);font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;margin:0px">Ying Lin, University of Houston, <a href="mailto:ylin58@uh.edu" style="border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">ylin58@uh.edu</a></p><p style="color:rgb(36,36,36);font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;margin:0px">Feng Liu, Stevens Institute of Technology, <a href="mailto:fliu22@stevens.edu" style="border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">fliu22@stevens.edu</a></p><p style="color:rgb(36,36,36);font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;margin:0px">Xiaochen Xian, University of Florida, <a href="mailto:xxian@ufl.edu" style="border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">xxian@ufl.edu</a></p><p style="color:rgb(36,36,36);font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;margin:0px">Michael Lash, University of Kansas, <a href="mailto:michael.lash@ku.edu" style="border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">michael.lash@ku.edu</a></p><p style="color:rgb(36,36,36);font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;margin:0px"><br></p><p style="color:rgb(36,36,36);font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;margin:0px"><br></p></div></div>