<div dir="ltr">Greetings! <div><br></div><div>This is Zimo Wang from SUNY Binghamton University. I would like to share the following information for the best track paper competition of the IISE-QCRE division. </div><div><br></div><div>Thanks so much for helping share this information with the community!</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div>Zimo</div><div>======================</div><div><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(32,34,37)">Call for Papers: QCRE Best Track Paper Competition</span></b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(32,34,37)"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Colleagues,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Quality Control and Reliability Engineering (QCRE) Division of the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineering (IISE) announces the <b>QCRE Best Track Paper Competition</b>. Four finalists for the Best Track Paper will be selected to make oral presentations at the 2024 IISE Annual Conference to be held in Montreal, Canada, May 18-21, 2024.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The purpose of this competition is to honor outstanding papers in research and practice of quality control and reliability engineering. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(32,34,37)">Eligibility Requirements</span></b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(32,34,37)"></span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style=""><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<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>The paper topic should fit the QCRE themes. The paper must present original research results and cannot be accepted for publication elsewhere at the time of submission. (it can, however, be submitted and/or under review for possible publication at the time of submission for this competition).</p>
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<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style=""><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<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>Previous finalists who wish to compete again should submit an entirely different paper.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(32,34,37)">Evaluation Process</span></b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(32,34,37)"></span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style=""><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<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>Each eligible paper will be reviewed by two or three external referees, each of whom will assign a numerical score using the following five criteria.</p>
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<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:1in"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">o<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>Results are interpreted correctly, and conclusions are reasonable</p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:1in"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">o<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>Organization and quality of writing</p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style=""><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<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>Four finalists for the Best Track Paper will be selected by ranking the review scores of all eligible papers. The winner(s) will be selected during the 2024 IISE Annual Conference based on the review evaluation and oral presentation. The winner(s) will be announced at the town hall meeting of the QCRE Track during the 2024 IISE Annual Conference.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(32,34,37)">Formatting and Submission Guidelines</span></b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(32,34,37)"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Paper format: follow the paper formatting guidelines and requirements (6 pages including title and author data, references, and figures and tables) of IISE conference proceedings.</p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style=""><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<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="color:rgb(126,140,141)"><b>Step 1 Abstract Submission <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">(Presume that this is already done in November 2023)</span>: </b>The authors <b><i>must </i></b>have <b><i>an accepted oral abstract </i></b>to be able to submit full papers for the competition. Please directly submit your abstract using the conference submission system before the abstract submission <span style="line-height:107%">deadline (<b>November 17, 2023</b>). Please select the <b><i>primary </i></b>topic as Quality Control and Reliability Engineering Track during your abstract submission.</span></span><span style="line-height:107%;color:rgb(126,140,141)"> </span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span style="color:rgb(126,140,141)"><span style="line-height:107%">Abstract Submission Link Available </span><span style="line-height:107%">on </span><a href="https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fiise.confex.com%2Fiise%2F2024%2Fcfp.cgi&data=05%7C02%7Ciefac.list%40mailman.clemson.edu%7Ce2fc72801df34b2a754108dc214998e8%7C0c9bf8f6ccad4b87818d49026938aa97%7C0%7C0%7C638421847567652887%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=RsnomNlmSjphoTQnopTkjqgnz3I435MuTu93VAwZAik%3D&reserved=0" originalSrc="https://iise.confex.com/iise/2024/cfp.cgi" shash="feoMlXz1UDOh71T/dz35+0tXqAN3Se++xvWt8HsWCCxZ4ghUmHi4IFe6E3U+HLFDXt4XFqQfhEKqX7GE34UdnheXFttO4lrNIYQUZDPeteozyPFzqlZZD0sxoONW+tURVpxIPbGRkggGVYtU21Brb2T3pfusRjOpKmCe71WFjWI=" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="color:rgb(126,140,141)"><span style="line-height:107%">https://iise.confex.com/iise/2024/cfp.cgi</span></a><span style="line-height:107%"></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span style="color:rgb(126,140,141)"><span style="line-height:107%">Conference Website: </span><a href="https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.iise.org%2FAnnual%2F&data=05%7C02%7Ciefac.list%40mailman.clemson.edu%7Ce2fc72801df34b2a754108dc214998e8%7C0c9bf8f6ccad4b87818d49026938aa97%7C0%7C0%7C638421847567652887%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=fbRKrV3VgzypQVuVu8aP2Iw1WSUDMi9d%2FQNxNWsodM4%3D&reserved=0" originalSrc="https://www.iise.org/Annual/" shash="eoE6zg46YvJEKLXI2bTbND9cUWJ2IFj+JaMfMxCRMbYwyMQjLo++5UL8LTRpvgzUx1PMRldEBmoOs++gp/Wancjq7pwwwBCUFQy2d2MBTrN6K0IOFBct7uL4mavNFGxFictOiClvyxpWI0xToh19LsJe3FWwWC71Bp83G1KxUOA=" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="color:rgb(126,140,141)"><span style="line-height:107%;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">https://www.iise.org/Annual/</span></a></span><span style="line-height:107%"></span></p>
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<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style=""><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<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><b>Step 2 Full Paper Submission After the Abstract is Accepted</b>: Submit your paper using the conference submission system before the paper submission deadline (<b><i>February 9, 2024</i></b>). During the paper submission process, please first select the primary topic as the Quality Control and Reliability Engineering Track. Then, please check <b>A. I plan to submit a full paper (6 pages) via the online portal to be reviewed for (i) potential publication in IISE Conference Proceedings and (ii) a best-track paper competition. </b>Next, please select <b>Yes, please consider my paper for the Best Paper Competition</b>. Late or incomplete submissions will not be eligible. The authors have the option to decide whether the papers will be included in the conference proceedings and transfer the copyright to IISE or not.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(32,34,37)">Deadlines (may be updated accordingly based on the IISE main Conference Submission Dates: </span></b><a href="https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fiise.confex.com%2Fiise%2F2024%2Fcfp.cgi&data=05%7C02%7Ciefac.list%40mailman.clemson.edu%7Ce2fc72801df34b2a754108dc214998e8%7C0c9bf8f6ccad4b87818d49026938aa97%7C0%7C0%7C638421847567652887%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=RsnomNlmSjphoTQnopTkjqgnz3I435MuTu93VAwZAik%3D&reserved=0" originalSrc="https://iise.confex.com/iise/2024/cfp.cgi" shash="feoMlXz1UDOh71T/dz35+0tXqAN3Se++xvWt8HsWCCxZ4ghUmHi4IFe6E3U+HLFDXt4XFqQfhEKqX7GE34UdnheXFttO4lrNIYQUZDPeteozyPFzqlZZD0sxoONW+tURVpxIPbGRkggGVYtU21Brb2T3pfusRjOpKmCe71WFjWI=" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="line-height:107%">https://iise.confex.com/iise/2024/cfp.cgi</span></a><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(32,34,37)">)</span></b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(32,34,37)"></span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style=""><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<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>Paper Submission Deadline: <strong>February 9, 2024</strong></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style=""><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<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>Notification of Decision on Paper: March 8, 2024</p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style=""><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<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>Notification of Finalists: March 31, 2024</p></div><div>======================<br></div><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><font face="georgia, serif">Zimo Wang, Ph.D.,</font></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><font size="2" face="georgia, serif">Assistant Professor,</font></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><font size="2" face="georgia, serif">Department of Systems Science and Industrial Engineering (SSIE),<br></font></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><font face="georgia, serif"><font size="2">The State University of New York at </font><font size="2"><font color="#888888"><font color="#888888"><font size="2">Binghamton</font></font></font></font><font size="2"><br></font></font></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><font size="2" face="georgia, serif">Office: EB-J16</font></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><font face="georgia, serif">Tel.: 607-777-5012</font></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><font size="2"><font face="georgia, serif">E-mail: <font color="#888888"><a href="mailto:zimowang@binghamton.edu" target="_blank">zimowang@binghamton.edu</a></font></font><br></font></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><br></div></div></div></div>