<div dir="ltr">Dear Colleagues,<br>The Data Analytics & Information Systems (DAIS) Division of the Institute of Industrial & Systems Engineers (IISE) is organizing a DAIS Mobile/Web APP Competition at the IISE Annual Conference & Expo 2024. Please see the <b>attached Flyer</b> and encourage your colleagues, students and friends to participate in the competition if they are interested in. <div>Thank you very much for your support! </div><div>=============================</div><div><div style="border-top:none;border-right:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:2.25pt solid rgb(34,114,193);padding:0cm 0cm 4pt">
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0cm;text-align:center;line-height:normal;vertical-align:middle;border:none;padding:0cm"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);letter-spacing:-0.2pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="">IISE DATA ANALYTICS & INFORMATION
SYSTEMS (DAIS) MOBILE/WEB APP COMPETITION</font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:normal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);letter-spacing:-0.2pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif">The Data Analytics and Information Systems
(DAIS) Division of the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE)
announces the IISE DAIS Mobile/Web App Competition to recognize creativity and
excellence among its members and motivate them to commercialize their research
and learning outcomes to accelerate economic and societal benefits.</font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:normal;vertical-align:middle;border:none;padding:0cm"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);letter-spacing:-0.2pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><b>Scope of Mobile/Web App</b></font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:normal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);letter-spacing:-0.2pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Mobile/web apps that are based on concepts,
principles, techniques, or applications related to the field of industrial and
systems engineering will be accepted.</font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:normal;vertical-align:middle;border:none;padding:0cm"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);letter-spacing:-0.2pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><b>Eligibility of Participants</b></font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:normal"></p><ul><li><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);letter-spacing:-0.2pt">A
team can consist of a maximum of five members (1-3 student members and 1-2
faculty advisors). </span></font></li><li><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);letter-spacing:-0.2pt">Student
members can be undergraduate or graduate students from higher education
institutes in industrial & systems engineering (or related fields).</span></font></li><li><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);letter-spacing:-0.2pt">Student
members should be enrolled at the time of submission of the proposal.</span></font></li><li><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);letter-spacing:-0.2pt">At
least one of the students must be a member of DAIS.</span></font></li></ul><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:normal"></p><ul><li><font face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);letter-spacing:-0.2pt">Proposal
Submission:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> Teams
must submit a proposal (no more than 2 pages) describing their mobile/web app
via email with the subject "DAIS Mobile/Web App Competition" to the
chairs of the competition steering committee by</span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:red;letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt">December 15, 2023</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);letter-spacing:-0.2pt">. The proposal must include (1) a list
of team members and their affiliations, (2) a list of features of the
mobile/web app, and (3) the target market segment(s) of the mobile/web app.</span></font></li><li><font face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);letter-spacing:-0.2pt">Mobile/web
app submission:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> Teams
must submit (1) a prototype of their mobile/web app, (2) a software design
document, and (3) a demonstration video, via email to the chairs of the
competition steering committee by <b>February 10,</b> <b>2024</b>.
The competition steering committee will evaluate the submissions and select a
maximum of four teams as finalists.</span></font></li><li><font face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);letter-spacing:-0.2pt">Oral
presentation:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> The
finalist teams will attend the IISE Annual Conference & Expo 2024 to
present their mobile/web app. The presentation will include (1) technical
details of the mobile/web app, (2) a business plan to justify the need for
their mobile/web apps in the marketplace, and (3) a demonstration of the
prototype.</span></font></li><li><span lang="EN-US" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);letter-spacing:-0.2pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Evaluation Process</font></span></li></ul><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);letter-spacing:-0.2pt">Each team will be evaluated by the
following criteria:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);letter-spacing:-0.2pt"></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:normal"></p><ul><li><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);letter-spacing:-0.2pt">Originality</span></font></li><li><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);letter-spacing:-0.2pt">Technical
details of the mobile/web app</span></font></li><li><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);letter-spacing:-0.2pt">Business
plan to justify the need for the mobile/web app in the marketplace</span></font></li><li><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);letter-spacing:-0.2pt">Demonstration
of the prototype</span></font></li></ul><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt">December 15, 2023:<span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)"> </span></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);letter-spacing:-0.2pt">Deadline for proposal submission</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt">December 22, 2023: </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);letter-spacing:-0.2pt">Notification of proposal acceptance</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);letter-spacing:-0.2pt">February 10, 2024: </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);letter-spacing:-0.2pt">Deadline for submission of prototype
mobile/web app and documents</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);letter-spacing:-0.2pt">March 5, 2024: </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);letter-spacing:-0.2pt">Notification to finalist teams</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);letter-spacing:-0.2pt">May 18-21, 2024: </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);letter-spacing:-0.2pt">Oral presentations of finalist teams at the
IISE Annual Conference & Expo 2024 located in the Montréal Convention
Centre, Montreal, Canada</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:107%">Xiaowei Yue (</span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="mailto:yuex@tsinghua.edu.cn" style="color:blue"><span style="line-height:107%">yuex@tsinghua.edu.cn</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:107%">),
Tsinghua University</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style=""><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:107%">Adam Meyers (</span><span lang="EN-US" style=""><a href="mailto:axm8336@miami.edu" style="color:blue"><span style="line-height:107%">axm8336@miami.edu</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:107%">),
University of Miami</span></font></p><div><br></div></div></div>