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<p class="Normal0" style="text-align:center" align="center"><span
style="font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Arial">IISE
Annual Conference & Expo 2024</span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt"><br>
</span><b><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:Arial">Call for Abstracts and
Presentation Summaries</span></b></p>
<p class="Normal0" style="text-align:center" align="center"><span
style="font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Arial">Montreal
Convention Centre | Montreal, Canada </span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt"><br>
</span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Arial">May
18-21, 2024</span></p>
<p class="Normal0" style="text-align:center" align="center"><b><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
Arial">Track: Quality Control and Reliability Engineering
(QCRE)</span></b></p>
<p class="Normal0" style="text-align:center" align="center"><span
style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial",
sans-serif;">Abstract Submission Link available on Conference
Website:
</span><font color="#0080c0"><a
href="https://www.iise.org/Annual/"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Arial">https://www.iise.org/Annual/</span></a><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
Arial"> <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></span></font></p>
<p class="Normal0" style="line-height:115%"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Arial">Dear
Colleagues, </span></p>
<p class="Normal0" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:Arial">The <b>Quality Control and
Reliability
Engineering Division</b> of the Institute of Industrial
& Systems Engineers
(IISE) is sponsoring the <b>QCRE Track</b> at the IISE Annual
Conference &
Expo 2024. The conference is a forum for exchanging knowledge
and discoveries
in the Industrial and Systems Engineering research and
practitioner
communities. The IISE Annual Conference & Expo 2024 will
continue to
integrate research and industry applications under one
conference. </span></p>
<p class="Normal0" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:Arial">As Track Chairs of the <b>QCRE
Track</b>, we
encourage you to contribute to the Conference and Track by
submitting a
250-word abstract or presentation summary. Authors will be
able to claim these
works as <i>refereed extended abstracts</i>, which will be
available on the
conference website and can be cited. They will not be
copyrighted or indexed in
the official conference proceedings, and therefore there is no
limitation on
reusing this material for other purposes (e.g., toward the
publication of
journal papers or subsequent conference proceedings).<span
style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>We highly encourage
Abstracts and Presentations
Summaries that demonstrate international collaboration and the
application of
emerging technologies and methods.<span
style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Key
areas include:</span></p>
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.5pt;mso-border-themecolor: text1;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in
5.4pt" width="348" valign="top">
<p class="Normal0"
style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:67.5pt;margin-bottom:
0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:
115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4"><span style="font-size:
9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;
mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt
"Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Arial">Big
Data in Quality and Reliability</span></p>
<p class="Normal0"
style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:67.5pt;margin-bottom:
0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:
115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4"><span style="font-size:
9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;
mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt
"Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Arial">Deep
Learning in Quality Control and Reliability
Engineering </span></p>
<p class="Normal0"
style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:67.5pt;margin-bottom:
0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:
115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4"><span style="font-size:
9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;
mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt
"Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Arial">Data
Streams and Online Data Analysis</span></p>
<p class="Normal0"
style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:67.5pt;margin-bottom:
0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:
115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4"><span style="font-size:
9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;
mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt
"Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Arial">Reliability,
Availability, Maintainability </span></p>
<p class="Normal0"
style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:67.5pt;margin-bottom:
0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:
115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4"><span style="font-size:
9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;
mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt
"Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Arial">Reliability
Prediction, Modeling and Analysis </span></p>
<p class="Normal0"
style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:67.5pt;margin-bottom:
0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:
115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4"><span style="font-size:
9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;
mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt
"Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Arial">Physical
Reliability Modeling </span></p>
<p class="Normal0"
style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:67.5pt;margin-bottom:
0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:
115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4"><span style="font-size:
9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;
mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt
"Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Arial">Reliability
Growth Modeling </span></p>
<p class="Normal0"
style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:67.5pt;margin-bottom:
0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:
115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4"><span style="font-size:
9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;
mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt
"Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Arial">Degradation
and Lifetime Testing </span></p>
<p class="Normal0"
style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:67.5pt;margin-bottom:
0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:
115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4"><span style="font-size:
9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;
mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt
"Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Arial">Accelerated
Life Testing </span></p>
<p class="Normal0"
style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:67.5pt;margin-bottom:
0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:
115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4"><span style="font-size:
9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;
mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt
"Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Arial">System
Reliability and Optimization </span></p>
<p class="Normal0"
style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:67.5pt;margin-bottom:
0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:
115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4"><span style="font-size:
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style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt
"Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Arial">Warranty
Data Analysis </span></p>
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style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:67.5pt;margin-bottom:
0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:
115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4"><span style="font-size:
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style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Arial">Distributed
Sensing and Data Analysis </span></p>
<p class="Normal0"
style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:67.5pt;margin-bottom:
0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:
115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4"><span style="font-size:
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style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt
"Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Arial">Decision
Analysis and Risk Management </span></p>
<p class="Normal0"
style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:67.5pt;margin-bottom:
0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:
115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4"><span style="font-size:
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mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt
"Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Arial">High-dimensional
Data Analysis</span></p>
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<p class="Normal0"
style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:67.5pt;margin-bottom:
0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:
115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4"><span style="font-size:
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mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt
"Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Arial">IoT
& Cyber Manufacturing</span></p>
<p class="Normal0"
style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:67.5pt;margin-bottom:
0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:
115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4"><span style="font-size:
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mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt
"Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Arial">Systems
Resilience Analysis </span></p>
<p class="Normal0"
style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:67.5pt;margin-bottom:
0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:
115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4"><span style="font-size:
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mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt
"Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Arial">Quality
Engineering and Applied Statistics </span></p>
<p class="Normal0"
style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:67.5pt;margin-bottom:
0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:
115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4"><span style="font-size:
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mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt
"Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Arial">Quality
Improvement in the Service Sector </span></p>
<p class="Normal0"
style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:67.5pt;margin-bottom:
0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:
115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4"><span style="font-size:
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mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt
"Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Arial">Quality
Planning and Management </span></p>
<p class="Normal0"
style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:67.5pt;margin-bottom:
0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:
115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4"><span style="font-size:
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mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt
"Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Arial">Statistical
Quality Control and Diagnosis </span></p>
<p class="Normal0"
style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:67.5pt;margin-bottom:
0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:
115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4"><span style="font-size:
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mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt
"Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Arial">Six
Sigma Methods and Process Capability </span></p>
<p class="Normal0"
style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:67.5pt;margin-bottom:
0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:
115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4"><span style="font-size:
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mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt
"Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Arial">Statistical
Process Control & Tolerancing </span></p>
<p class="Normal0"
style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:67.5pt;margin-bottom:
0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:
115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4"><span style="font-size:
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mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt
"Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Arial">Design
and Analysis of Experiments </span></p>
<p class="Normal0"
style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:67.5pt;margin-bottom:
0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:
115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4"><span style="font-size:
9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;
mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt
"Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Arial">Profiles
and Multiple Responses </span></p>
<p class="Normal0"
style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:67.5pt;margin-bottom:
0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:
115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4"><span style="font-size:
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mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt
"Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Arial">Multivariate
Data Analysis</span></p>
<p class="Normal0"
style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:67.5pt;margin-bottom:
0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:
115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4"><span style="font-size:
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style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt
"Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Arial">Bayesian
Methods </span></p>
<p class="Normal0"
style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:67.5pt;margin-bottom:
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115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4"><span style="font-size:
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mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt
"Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Arial">Response
Surface and Surrogate Modeling</span></p>
<p class="Normal0"
style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:67.5pt;margin-bottom:
0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:
115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4"><span style="font-size:
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mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt
"Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Arial">Sampling
and Inspection</span></p>
<p class="Normal0"
style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:67.5pt;margin-bottom:
0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:
115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4"><span style="font-size:
9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;
mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt
"Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Arial">Nonparametric
Methods</span></p>
<p class="Normal0"
style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:67.5pt;margin-bottom:
0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:
115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4"><span style="font-size:
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mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt
"Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Arial">Data
Analytics in Cybersecurity</span></p>
<p class="Normal0"
style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:Arial"> </span></p>
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</tbody>
</table>
<p class="Normal0"
style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;border:none;
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31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes"><span style="font-size: 12pt;
line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",
sans-serif;">Authors of
accepted abstracts and presentation summaries will be invited
to share their
work in a conference session. Regular sessions will be 80
minutes and have up
to four<b> </b>presentations. There will also be options
where authors can elect
to share their content in a “Poster Session”. In addition, <b>there
are
opportunities to organize and/or participate in Special
Sessions (Panels, Workshops,
etc.). If you are interested in a special session, please
contact us directly by
November 10, 2023. </b></span></p>
<p class="Normal0"
style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;border:none;
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31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes"><span style="font-size: 12pt;
line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",
sans-serif;">While not required, we strongly
encourage all presenters to submit a paper for publication so
discoveries can
be permanently documented.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>This
year,
two types of papers will be considered: Research Papers and
Case Study Papers.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></span></p>
<p class="Normal0"
style="margin-left:.25in;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;
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mso-border-shadow:yes"><span style="font-size: 12pt;
line-height: 115%; font-family: "Noto Sans
Symbols";"><span style="mso-list:
Ignore">●<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New
Roman"">
</span></span></span><b><i><span style="font-size: 12pt;
line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",
sans-serif;">Research
Papers</span></i></b><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;
line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",
sans-serif;">
(with a limit of six pages)</span></b><span
style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family:
"Arial", sans-serif;">
contain methods and results that are <i>significant</i> and
have <i>archival
value</i> to the industrial and systems engineering
community.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>They will
undergo a double-blind peer review
process and accepted papers will be copyrighted and indexed in
the Conference
Proceedings via ProQuest. </span></p>
<p class="Normal0"
style="margin-left:.25in;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;
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lfo1;border:none;mso-padding-alt:31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;
mso-border-shadow:yes"><span style="font-size: 12pt;
line-height: 115%; font-family: "Noto Sans
Symbols";"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">●<span
style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><b><i><span style="font-size: 12pt;
line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",
sans-serif;">Case
Study Papers</span></i></b><b><span style="font-size:
12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",
sans-serif;"> (two
to six pages) </span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;
line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",
sans-serif;">describe
the application of a method or technology that addresses an <i>important
industry-motivated issue</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>They will
be reviewed to ensure that the content focuses on the value
and lessons learned
for the Industrial and Systems Engineering community.<span
style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>The case study papers
should avoid
significant marketing material.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>Accepted
manuscripts will be published with access via the IISE
website.</span></p>
<p class="Normal0"
style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;border:none;
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31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes"><span style="font-size: 12pt;
line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",
sans-serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span></span><b><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Arial">Important
deadlines: </span></b></p>
<p class="Normal0"
style="margin-left:.25in;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;
line-height:115%;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo2"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times
New Roman""> </span></span></span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Arial">Submission
deadline for abstract/presentation
summary:</span><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span><span
style="mso-tab-count:
1"> </span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Arial">November
17, 2023</span></p>
<p class="Normal0"
style="margin-left:.25in;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;
line-height:115%;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo2"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times
New Roman""> </span></span></span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Arial">Notification
of decision on abstract/presentation
summary:</span><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:Arial">December 22, 2023 </span></p>
<p class="Normal0"
style="margin-left:.25in;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;
line-height:115%;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo2"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times
New Roman""> </span></span></span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Arial">Paper
submission deadline: </span><span style="mso-tab-count:5">
</span><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Arial">February
9, 2024</span></p>
<p class="Normal0"
style="text-align:justify;text-indent:.25in;line-height:115%"><i><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:Arial">(Paper submission is optional
but encouraged.)</span></i><span style="mso-tab-count:2">
</span><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Arial">
</span></i><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Arial"></span></p>
<p class="Normal0"
style="margin-left:.25in;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;
line-height:115%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times
New Roman""> </span></span></span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Arial">Notification
on full paper decision:<span style="mso-tab-count:5">
</span>March
8, 2024</span></p>
<p class="Normal0"
style="margin-left:.25in;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;
line-height:115%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times
New Roman""> </span></span></span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Arial">Speaker
registration deadline:</span><span style="mso-tab-count:5">
</span><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Arial">March
22, 2024</span></p>
<p class="Normal0"
style="margin-left:.25in;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;
line-height:115%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times
New Roman""> </span></span></span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Arial">Paper
final revision submission deadline: </span><span
style="mso-tab-count:3"> </span><span
style="mso-tab-count:
1"> </span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Arial">March
22, 2024</span></p>
<p class="Normal0"
style="margin-bottom:9.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height:
115%"><b><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Arial">Important
Note</span></b></p>
<p class="Normal0"
style="margin-bottom:9.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height:
115%"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Arial">Authors/Presenters
with approved abstracts must
register for the Conference by <b>March 22, 2024</b>.
Authors/Presenters that
do not register by this date will have their
presentations/papers withdrawn
from the program and the proceedings. The presenting author
must attend and
present the paper at the conference.</span></p>
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style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:Arial">We look forward to seeing you
in Montreal!</span></p>
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style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;
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style="line-height:115%;border:none;mso-padding-alt:31.0pt
31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;
mso-border-shadow:yes"><span style="font-size: 12pt;
line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",
sans-serif;">Best
Regards,</span></p>
<p class="Normal0" style="margin-right:-49.5pt;line-height:115%"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:Arial">Xiaolei Fang (</span><font
color="#0080c0"><a href="mailto:xfang8@ncsu.edu"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Arial">xfang8@ncsu.edu</span></a><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:Arial">)</span></font></p>
<p class="Normal0" style="line-height:115%"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Arial">Syed
Hasib Akhter Faruqui (</span><font color="#0080c0"><a
href="mailto:shf006@shsu.edu"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Arial">shf006@shsu.edu</span></a><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:Arial">)</span></font></p>
<p class="Normal0" style="margin-right:-49.5pt;line-height:115%"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:Arial">Zimo Wang (</span><font
color="#0080c0"><a href="mailto:zimowang@binghamton.edu"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:
115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Arial">zimowang@binghamton.edu</span></a><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:Arial">)<span
style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></span></font></p>
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style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:Arial">QCRE Track Chairs</span></p>
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Edward P. Fitts Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
North Carolina State University
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