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Dear ISE Colleagues, </div>
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I would like to bring to your attention our paper competitions in the IISE Energy Systems Track at the 2024 IISE Annual Conference, which will be held in Montreal, Canada, in May. We are currently accepting paper submissions that are at the intersection of
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Best Track Paper Competition, Deadline: February 18th, 2024. </div>
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Best Student Paper Competition, Deadline: February 18th, 2024. </div>
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A paper can be entered in both competitions. Publication in conference proceedings is encouraged but not required for participation. If you have specific questions about the competitions, please reach out directly to Drs. Kibaek Kim (ANL) and Dr. Bo Zeng (UPitt). </div>
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Aziz. </div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, Georgia, serif; font-size: 10pt;">Ahmed Aziz Ezzat, Ph.D.</span><span style="font-family: Constantia, "Hoefler Text", serif;"><br>
</span><span style="font-family: Cambria, Georgia, serif; font-size: 10pt;">Assistant Professor | Director of the Renewables and Industrial Analytics (RIA) Research Group</span><span style="font-family: Constantia, "Hoefler Text", serif;"><br>
</span><span style="font-family: Cambria, Georgia, serif; font-size: 10pt;">Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering (<a href="https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fise.rutgers.edu%2F&data=05%7C02%7Ciefac.list%40mailman.clemson.edu%7C20711e7dc92d4eca181a08dc2d99ac06%7C0c9bf8f6ccad4b87818d49026938aa97%7C0%7C0%7C638435385256983824%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=ZjkXZ%2FcmOs1jnxDh%2BLY1kQ7zbDtjL1Jc1Urzd%2FiLKgM%3D&reserved=0" originalSrc="https://ise.rutgers.edu/" shash="j/9FXuN4bUe9aGNZ+EM7gbwbdeauOedu2W+TuIb1XgtqvwRH/tg3bPSj9oqOVt29WAAcU53dY3cPQREMmCmxwLfTn/B8Pz68UFTGA+G1xHHrR3hpuoDHOtTK2P0z7Psh4r/hnMbKQynFUUGOVmkSfG4WuoR0ag4kfCE5tDFgfjs=" title="https://ise.rutgers.edu/">RU-ISE Website</a> |
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