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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:11.75pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Dear All,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:11.75pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:11.75pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">The<span> </span><span>INFORMS</span><span> </span>Data Mining Society (DMS) is delighted to invite you to organize and chair<span> </span><span><span class="gmail-il">sessions</span></span><span> </span>at the<span> </span></span><span style="color:rgb(149,79,114);font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmeetings.informs.org%2Fwordpress%2Fseattle2024%2F&data=05%7C02%7Ciefac.list%40mailman.clemson.edu%7C4326192e4ea84a7c69f008dc49be0613%7C0c9bf8f6ccad4b87818d49026938aa97%7C0%7C0%7C638466328512160149%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=I%2F%2BvTrGccPlBnyFdjgyqqkTrZiavToM28lTuita2IW4%3D&reserved=0" originalSrc="https://meetings.informs.org/wordpress/seattle2024/" shash="E6UAtSkFv+gqnOW+Y2mEsrURqeeWyBYdk3N9ooiJDcQK7pWHqj4N0EhcZKOLSx8Rtw+47+H/s4LLnlF4mCiXymoZ6MNHDRv4vR46nJkmpokvz5Pe6Qg9AvytQzA9ZbU03mKR+nSheYMT0Of6+BSewXIjjJ7++7HoAv5hG4yv4Is=" style="color:rgb(149,79,114)" target="_blank">2024</a><u> </u></span><a href="https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmeetings.informs.org%2Fwordpress%2Fseattle2024%2F&data=05%7C02%7Ciefac.list%40mailman.clemson.edu%7C4326192e4ea84a7c69f008dc49be0613%7C0c9bf8f6ccad4b87818d49026938aa97%7C0%7C0%7C638466328512160149%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=I%2F%2BvTrGccPlBnyFdjgyqqkTrZiavToM28lTuita2IW4%3D&reserved=0" originalSrc="https://meetings.informs.org/wordpress/seattle2024/" shash="E6UAtSkFv+gqnOW+Y2mEsrURqeeWyBYdk3N9ooiJDcQK7pWHqj4N0EhcZKOLSx8Rtw+47+H/s4LLnlF4mCiXymoZ6MNHDRv4vR46nJkmpokvz5Pe6Qg9AvytQzA9ZbU03mKR+nSheYMT0Of6+BSewXIjjJ7++7HoAv5hG4yv4Is=" style="color:rgb(149,79,114)" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">INFORMS Annual Meeting</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">! The meeting will be held on October 20-23, 2024 at Seattle, WA, USA.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:11.75pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-image:none;background-position:0% center;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box">We
 welcome individuals from diverse backgrounds, including students, 
faculty, and industry/nonprofit professionals, who share an interest in 
chairing regular-talk/flash-talk/panel discussion <span class="gmail-il">sessions</span></span><span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span> </span>focused on the<span> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">applications and methodologies of data analytics and decision making<span style="background-image:none;background-position:0% center;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box">. As</span><span><span> </span>chairs of regular-talk <span class="gmail-il">sessions</span></span><span style="background-image:none;background-position:0% center;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box">, you will be responsible for inviting 4-5 speakers to give a 15-minute presentation each, in a 75-minute<span> </span></span><span><span class="gmail-il">session</span></span><span style="background-image:none;background-position:0% center;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box">. Note that </span><span>INFORMS</span><span><span style="background-image:none;background-position:0% center;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"> </span></span><span style="background-image:none;background-position:0% center;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box">restricts each speaker to only ONE presentation.</span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">If you are interested in organizing a<span> </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-image:none;background-position:0% center;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box">regular-talk/flash-talk/panel discussion<span> </span></span><span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span class="gmail-il">session</span> </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">at the 2024 <span>INFORMS</span><span> </span>Annual Meeting, please fill this form </span><a href="https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fforms.office.com%2Fr%2F3uSeB9NGv0&data=05%7C02%7Ciefac.list%40mailman.clemson.edu%7C4326192e4ea84a7c69f008dc49be0613%7C0c9bf8f6ccad4b87818d49026938aa97%7C0%7C0%7C638466328512160149%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=d%2BwD8TXgPfzYaFuJEl5K7IQtwTEk%2Fn79stH8rKJ6Baw%3D&reserved=0" originalSrc="https://forms.office.com/r/3uSeB9NGv0" shash="LT9ynUQbueM+hbM/PmrJubya0P8f3nr63xymFbSNqCo9P9AD6SFhqbrb3HJhN0su3jmFN+/U5CZN08HeG50MxSNCo3aX9F9wYeNsTplxZc8NRBzJXd6aLCogeVzFYMhYYfXPNyxwEZyIewMIGralYFJOF6tlU6r3N0RUNt+l5os=" style="color:rgb(149,79,114)" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">https://forms.office.com/r/3uSeB9NGv0</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span> </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">by<span> </span><b>April 15, 2024</b>.</span><span> </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">We will review your<span> </span><span><span class="gmail-il">session</span></span><span> </span>request and create a<span> </span><span><span class="gmail-il">session</span></span><span> </span>for you in the system. You will then receive an email with detailed instructions to invite and enter presenters in your<span> </span><span><span class="gmail-il">session</span></span>.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Important Dates</span></b></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 55pt;line-height:11.75pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Symbol;color:red">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:norm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pan style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:11.75pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:11.75pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Best regards,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:11.75pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:11.75pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Ying Lin</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:11.75pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Associate Professor</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:11.75pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Department of Industrial Engineering</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:11.75pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">University of Houston</span></p>

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