<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10.5pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);letter-spacing:-0.2pt">Data Analytics and Information Systems (DAIS) Professional Achievement Award</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10.5pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);letter-spacing:-0.2pt">The purpose of this award is to recognize an exceptional individual working in a field (either academia or industry) who has made significant contributions to the field of data analytics and information systems over a period of at least 10 years of professional experience after the highest degree, with the cumulative impact of those contributions on data analytics and information systems being the deciding factor. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10.5pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);letter-spacing:-0.2pt">Individuals may make contributions to any or all of the following categories:</span></p><ul type="disc" style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:15pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;letter-spacing:-0.2pt">Efforts and contribution to data analytics and information systems education</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:15pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;letter-spacing:-0.2pt">Dissemination of knowledge,</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:15pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;letter-spacing:-0.2pt">Contributions to advance research,</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:15pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;letter-spacing:-0.2pt">Commitment to mentoring, and</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:15pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;letter-spacing:-0.2pt">Improvement of the field's position or visibility,</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:15pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;letter-spacing:-0.2pt">Contributions to practice.</span></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 3.75pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(26,40,87);letter-spacing:-0.2pt">Application Process</span></b></p><ul type="disc" style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:15pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;letter-spacing:-0.2pt">The candidate must be an IISE and a DAIS member.</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:15pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;letter-spacing:-0.2pt">The candidate must be nominated by the supervisor or director of the candidate.</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:15pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;letter-spacing:-0.2pt">Nominations may be made anonymously or by anybody including self-nominations.</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:15pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;letter-spacing:-0.2pt">The onus of demonstrating merit is on the nominator.</span></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 3.75pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(26,40,87);letter-spacing:-0.2pt">The nomination package must include the following elements</span></b></p><ul type="disc" style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:15pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;letter-spacing:-0.2pt">Cover letter</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:15pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;letter-spacing:-0.2pt">Curriculum Vitae of the nominee</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:15pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;letter-spacing:-0.2pt">A detailed description of the nominee's main achievements to the profession, supported by the necessary documents</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:15pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;letter-spacing:-0.2pt">At least two, but no more than four, letters of recommendation attesting to the nominee's relevance and extent of professional accomplishments. Each letter of recommendation must be written by a single individual.</span></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 3.75pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(26,40,87);letter-spacing:-0.2pt">Evaluation Process</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10.5pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);letter-spacing:-0.2pt">The nominee will be evaluated on the following criteria (weighting in parenthesis) on a five-point scale (1 being the minimum and 5 being the maximum):</span></p><ul type="disc" style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:15pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;letter-spacing:-0.2pt">Contributions to advance research and practice (30 percent)</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:15pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;letter-spacing:-0.2pt">Dissemination of knowledge, improvement of the field's standing, or increased visibility (30 percent)</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:15pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;letter-spacing:-0.2pt">Mentorship commitment (20 percent)</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:15pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;letter-spacing:-0.2pt">Efforts and contribution to data analytics education (20 percent)</span></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 3.75pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(26,40,87);letter-spacing:-0.2pt">Conflict of Interest Policy</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Societies and divisions must follow standard conflict of interest guidelines. Those guidelines include, but are not limited to:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><ul type="disc" style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:15pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;letter-spacing:-0.2pt">Officers and Board members of the S/D should be ineligible for awards during the period of their service, without approval by the Senior VP for Technical Operations (SVP).  Exceptions may only be made by the SVP when awards are time sensitive (i.e., a Student Best Paper Award for a Student Board Member, when the student is graduating), and the impacted board member(s) or officer(s) must recuse themselves from the award process.  For awards that are not time-sensitive, the nominee should wait until their Officer or Board service is complete to be nominated.</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:15pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;letter-spacing:-0.2pt">The awards committee (or judging committee) should not include members who have either a personal or professional relationship with the nominees.  For example, a faculty member should not be judging a paper competition where a student from the same university is a nominee for best student paper award.</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:15pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;letter-spacing:-0.2pt">The awards committee (or judging committee) should actively change its membership on a rotating basis from year to year to ensure fairness, equity, and diversity.  That is, some members of the judging committee should roll off the committee and new members should roll on.</span></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Note, it is a best practice to document the procedures and policies of the award committee(s) for transparency.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 3.75pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(26,40,87);letter-spacing:-0.2pt">Recognition</span></b></p><ul type="disc" style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:15pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;letter-spacing:-0.2pt">Recognition at the Annual Conference:</span></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 1.5in;line-height:15pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(51,51,51);letter-spacing:-0.2pt">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">       </span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);letter-spacing:-0.2pt">at DAIS Town Hall Meeting</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 1.5in;line-height:15pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(51,51,51);letter-spacing:-0.2pt">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">       </span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);letter-spacing:-0.2pt">in Honors and Awards program</span></p><ul type="disc" style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:15pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;letter-spacing:-0.2pt">Certificate provided by IISE (either mailed or given at the town hall meeting).</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:15pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;letter-spacing:-0.2pt">Recognition in ISE magazine</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:15pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;letter-spacing:-0.2pt">Recognition on </span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://www.iise.org/Details.aspx?id=52433" style="color:blue"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(35,68,178);letter-spacing:-0.2pt">DAIS webpage</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> and in the newsletter</span></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 3.75pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(26,40,87);letter-spacing:-0.2pt">Deadlines</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);letter-spacing:-0.2pt">All supporting documents in the nomination package must be submitted in a single PDF format. Please email applications to the committee chair, </span><span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:nzou1@tamu.edu" title="Xiao Liu" style="color:blue"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;letter-spacing:-0.2pt">Na Zou</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);letter-spacing:-0.2pt">, president of the IISE- DAIS.</span></p><ul type="disc" style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:15pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;letter-spacing:-0.2pt">Nominations deadline: <b>Feb. 12, 2024</b></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:15pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;letter-spacing:-0.2pt">Winner will be notified: <b>Mar. 8, 2024</b></span></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10.5pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Na Zou<div>Assistant Professor </div>Corrie & Jim Furber '64 Faculty Fellow<div>Department of Engineering Technology & Industrial Distribution</div><div>Texas A&M University</div><div><br></div><div>President, Data Analytics and Information Systems</div><div>Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers</div><div><a href="https://nzou1.github.io/" target="_blank">https://nzou1.github.io/</a><br></div><div><pre cols="72" style="white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><i></i></pre></div></div></div></div></div>