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<pre><div class="elementToProof" align="center" style="text-indent: 0px; white-space: normal; margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">IISE
Annual Conference & Expo 2025</div><div class="elementToProof" align="center" style="text-indent: 0px; white-space: normal; margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>Call for Abstracts and Presentation Summaries</b></div><div align="center" style="white-space: normal; margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Renaissance
Atlanta Waverly Hotel & Convention Center,</div><div align="center" style="white-space: normal; margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Cobb
Galleria Centre, Atlanta, Georgia<br>
May 31-June 3, 2025</div><div align="center" style="white-space: normal; margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b> </b></div><div align="center" style="white-space: normal; margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>Track: Energy Systems</b><br>
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</div><div align="center" style="white-space: normal; margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </div><div align="center" style="white-space: normal; margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Abstract Submission Link available on Conference Website:
</span><span style="color: blue;"><u><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%7C45cb073776594a73e87708dcf51947a4%7C0c9bf8f6ccad4b87818d49026938aa97%7C0%7C0%7C638654736138753950%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=DX0pmIgyFi6%2BZrsRENM5KU%2Bj%2Fguoa5ZyV9rvhkLNK7Y%3D&reserved=0" originalSrc="https://www.iise.org/Annual/" shash="QKjIzn/h0f3y9gtXBFgyyS5rWN1XYG0aLXyMPak4ptZGob3sZAz1kb2xxYKUpZGtDGF9MI0+hXHFtc9RP5FhzlbzBuxTZ4YplvEr7EU7ufNopgCWxoNp8Sy86SH1zUTKFRw+dva9zVv5WDqZHeyYryF5MYQNCQq87MtdwlOgI08=" id="OWA9ee4ebf3-ac16-c631-bc31-6c3aa0ec9e28" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: blue;">https://www.iise.org/Annual/</a></u></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span></div><div align="center" style="white-space: normal; margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b> </b></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; white-space: normal; margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Dear
Colleagues,</div><div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 1.38; white-space: normal; margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </div><div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 1.38; white-space: normal; margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The <b>Energy Systems Division</b> of the
Institute of Industrial & Systems Engineers (IISE) is sponsoring the <b>Energy
Systems Track</b> at the IISE Annual Conference & Expo 2025. The conference
is a forum for exchanging knowledge and discoveries in the Industrial and Systems
Engineering research and practitioner communities. The IISE Annual Conference
& Expo 2025 will continue to integrate research and industry applications
under one conference.</div><div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 1.38; white-space: normal; margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </div><div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 1.38; white-space: normal; margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">As Track Chairs of the <b>Energy Systems Track</b>,
we encourage you to contribute to the Conference and Track by submitting a
250-word abstract or presentation summary. Authors will be able to claim these
works as <i>refereed extended abstracts</i>, which will be available on the
conference website and can be cited. They will not be copyrighted or indexed in
the official conference proceedings, and therefore there is no limitation on
reusing this material for other purposes (e.g., toward the publication of
journal papers or subsequent conference proceedings). We highly encourage Abstracts and Presentations
Summaries that demonstrate international collaboration and the application of
emerging technologies and methods. Key
areas include:</div><div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 1.38; white-space: normal; margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </div><ul style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; padding-left: 0px;"><li style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in;"><i>Optimization of operations, planning and design of energy systems</i></li><li style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in;"><i>Data analytics for evaluation, forecasting, control, and operation of energy systems</i></li><li style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in;"><i>Policy or regulatory evaluation of energy systems</i></li><li style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in;"><i>Resilience characterization and modeling of energy systems</i></li><li style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in;"><i>Reliability, resource adequacy and safety of energy systems</i></li><li style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in;"><i>Economic aspects of energy systems design and operation</i></li><li style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in;"><i>Interdependent modeling of energy and other systems</i></li><li style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in;"><i>Changing business models of energy supply and demand</i></li><li style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in;"><i>Artificial intelligence and machine learning modeling related to energy systems</i></li><li style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in;"><i>Computational performance and data privacy related studies in energy systems</i></li></ul><div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 1.38; white-space: normal; margin: 0in 67.5pt 0.0001pt 31.5pt; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i> </i></div><div class="elementToProof" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 1.38; white-space: normal; margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>Submissions
that demonstrate results from university-industry collaborations and
applications of emerging technologies and methods are especially encouraged.</i></div><div class="elementToProof" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 1.38; white-space: normal; margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i><br></i></div><div style="white-space: normal; margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Authors of accepted abstracts and presentation summaries will be invited
to share their work in a conference session. Regular sessions will be 80
minutes and have up to four<b> </b>presentations. There will also be options where
authors can elect to share their content in a “Poster Session”. In addition, <b>there
are opportunities to organize and/or participate in Special Sessions (Panels, Workshops,
etc.). If you are interested in a special session, please contact us directly by
November 15, 2024.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 1.38; white-space: normal; margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </div><div class="elementToProof" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 1.38; white-space: normal; margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">While not required, we strongly
encourage all presenters to submit a paper for publication so discoveries can
be permanently documented. This year,
two types of papers will be considered: Research Papers and Case Study Papers. </div><div class="elementToProof" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 1.38; white-space: normal; margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br></div><ul style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; padding-left: 0px;"><li style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 115%; white-space: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.25in;"><div style="white-space: normal;"><i>Research Papers</i> (with a limit of six pages) contain methods and results that are <i>significant</i> and have <i>archival value</i> to the industrial and systems engineering community. They will undergo a double-blind peer review
process and accepted papers will be copyrighted and indexed in the Conference Proceedings via ProQuest.</div></li><li style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: normal;"><div class="elementToProof" style="white-space: normal;"><br></div></li><li style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 115%; white-space: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.25in;"><div style="white-space: normal;"><i>Case
Study Papers</i> (two to six pages) describe the application of a method or technology that addresses an <i>important industry-motivated issue</i>.
They will be reviewed to ensure that the content focuses on the value and lessons learned for the Industrial and Systems Engineering community. The case study papers should avoid
significant marketing material. </div></li><li style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: normal;"><div class="elementToProof" style="white-space: normal;"> Accepted
manuscripts will be published with access via the IISE website.</div></li></ul><div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 1.38; white-space: normal; margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b> </b></div><div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 1.38; white-space: normal; margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
<b>Important deadlines:</b></div><ul style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; padding-left: 0px;"><li style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.25in;">Submission deadline for abstract/presentation summary: November 10, 2024</li></ul><div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 1.38; white-space: normal; margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </div><div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 1.38; white-space: normal; margin: 0in 0in 9pt; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>Important Note</b></div><div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 1.38; white-space: normal; margin: 0in 0in 9pt; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Authors/Presenters with approved abstracts must
register for the Conference by March 23, 2025. Authors/Presenters that do not
register by this date will have their presentations/papers withdrawn from the
program and the proceedings. The presenting author must attend and present the
paper at the conference.</div><div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 1.38; white-space: normal; margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">We look forward to seeing you in Atlanta!</div><div style="line-height: 1.38; white-space: normal; margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </div><div style="line-height: 1.38; white-space: normal; margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Best Regards,</div><div style="line-height: 1.38; white-space: normal; margin: 0in -49pt 0in 0in; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Lei Fen (<span style="color: blue;"><u><a href="mailto:lfan8@Central.uh.edu" id="OWAe7e4e51f-3efa-95ea-42a1-4269e77b8a90" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: blue;">lfan8@Central.uh.edu</a></u></span>), University
of Houston</div><div style="line-height: 1.38; white-space: normal; margin: 0in -49pt 0in 0in; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Paritosh
Ramanan (<span style="color: blue;"><u><a href="mailto:paritosh.ramanan@okstate.edu" id="OWAe59653d6-cec9-c8b3-be43-ccb3f443f663" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: blue;">paritosh.ramanan@okstate.edu</a></u></span>), Oklahoma State University</div><div class="elementToProof" style="line-height: 1.38; white-space: normal; margin: 0in -49.5pt 0in 0in; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Energy Systems Track Chairs</div></pre>
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