<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">IISE DAIS Best Student Paper Competition</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">The Data Analytics & Information Systems (DAIS) Division of the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineering (IISE) announces the <b>DAIS Track Best Student Paper Award</b> to recognize the excellence of its student members. The award brings prestige to the DAIS Division as well as to the recipients honored.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Four finalists for the Best Student Paper Award will be selected to present their work at the 2025 IISE Annual Conference from May 31-June 3, 2025. All finalists will receive an award certificate. The Best Student Paper Award will be presented at the town hall meeting of the DAIS Track during the 2025 IISE Annual Conference & Expo in Atlanta, GA.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Eligibility Requirements</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">The award nominee must be a student member of IISE and the DAIS division.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">The student should be the first author of the submitted paper. Moreover, a formal, signed statement by the student's advisor should be submitted along with the paper affirming that majority of the original results presented in the paper are due to the student rather than the advisor or other collaborators involved in the work.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">The paper topic should fit the DAIS themes. The paper must present original research results and <b>CANNOT</b> be accepted for publication elsewhere at the time of submission.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">The submitted paper MUST follow the paper formatting guidelines and requirements of IISE conference proceedings.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Previous finalists who wish to compete again should submit an entirely different paper. However, past winners are not eligible for the competition as the first author.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">The finalists will be announced before the conference and will present their work in the DAIS Best Student Paper Competition session at the 2025 IISE Annual Conference & Expo.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Papers considered for this competition MAY NOT be simultaneously submitted to other competitions at the 2025 IISE Annual Conference & Expo.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><a name="_Toc120458866"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><font color="#000000">Application/Submission Process</font></span></b></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Paper format: follow the paper formatting guidelines and requirements of IISE conference proceedings. The submitted papers must follow the format or will be returned without review.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Submission: To enter, please submit one blinded and one unblinded version of the paper and a formal signed statement by the student’s advisor, all in electronic format (PDF files ONLY), with subject “DAIS Best Student Paper Competition” to the 2025 contest coordinator Dr. Xiaoyu Chen (</span><a href="mailto:xchen325@buffalo.edu" style="color: rgb(150, 96, 125);"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">xchen325@buffalo.edu</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">), Dr. Hyeong Suk Na (</span><a href="mailto:hyeongsuk.na@missouri.edu" style="color: rgb(150, 96, 125);"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">hyeongsuk.na@missouri.edu</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">), and Dr. Yinan Wang (</span><a href="mailto:wangy88@rpi.edu" style="color: rgb(150, 96, 125);"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">wangy88@rpi.edu</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">), and copy </span><a href="mailto:daisbsp@gmail.com" style="color: rgb(150, 96, 125);"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">daisbsp@gmail.com</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> no later than <b>February 9, 2025</b> (11:59 PM Eastern Time). Late or incomplete submissions will not be eligible. IISE Conference and DAIS division do NOT own the copyright of the papers submitted to this competition through this option.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">If you have any questions, please send an email (with subject “DAIS Best Student Paper Competition 2025”) to the coordinators.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Important Notes</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Papers submitted for this competition will NOT be published in the IISE conference proceedings.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">IISE and the DAIS division do NOT own the copyrights of the papers submitted for this competition. <o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Evaluation Process</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Originality<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Depth and completeness of the work<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Significance<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Organization and quality of writing<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Relevance to DAIS (importance of the problem and its impact on the practice of DAIS)<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Conflict of Interest Policy</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Societies and divisions must follow standard conflict of interest guidelines. Those guidelines include, but are not limited to:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Symbol;">·<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: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.25in; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Symbol;">·<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: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 8pt 0.25in; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Symbol;">·<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: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; 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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Recognition Process</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">The first, second, and third-place winners will receive a certificate provided by IISE and will be recognized at the DAIS division town hall meeting.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">The first, second, and third-place winners will be acknowledged in the DAIS Division newsletter.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">If the award is sponsored, then it needs to follow the IISE policies and procedures for that process.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Committee Chairs<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Symbol;">·<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: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Dr. Xiaoyu Chen (</span><a href="mailto:xchen325@buffalo.edu" style="color: rgb(150, 96, 125);"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">xchen325@buffalo.edu</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Symbol;">·<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: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Dr. Hyeong Suk Na (</span><a href="mailto:hyeongsuk.na@missouri.edu" style="color: rgb(150, 96, 125);"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">hyeongsuk.na@missouri.edu</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 8pt 0.5in; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Symbol;">·<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: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Dr. Yinan Wang (</span><a href="mailto:wangy88@rpi.edu" style="color: rgb(150, 96, 125);"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">wangy88@rpi.edu</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">)</span></p><div>
<meta charset="UTF-8"><div>===========================================================<br>Yinan Wang, Ph.D.; Assistant Professor<br>Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering<br>Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 5213 Center of Industrial Innovations (CII)<br>Web: yinanw-rpi.com; Phone: 518-276-6837<br>Email: wangy88@rpi.edu; Backup Email: yinanw.rpi@gmail.com<br><br>Board Director, Data Analytics and Information Systems<br>Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers<br><br>Program Chair, Automatic Controls and Robotics Division<br>International Society of Automation<br></div><div><br></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">
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