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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dear IE colleagues:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I hope your semester is ending well. Before breaking for the holidays, can you please encourage your talented students to consider participating in
the IISE DAIS Student Mobile/Web App Competition. Each team is required to submit
</span><span style="color:black">a proposal (no more than 2 pages) describing their mobile/web app design by Jan 3, 2025. Note that the deadline has been extended from
<span style="background:yellow">Dec. 13, 2024 to Jan 3, 2025</span> to give more time to the students who are interested. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:black">Happy holidays!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:black">Nan </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:center">
<b>Encourage your talented students to Participate in</b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>IISE <span style="color:black">DAIS Student Mobile/Web App Competition</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="color:black">2025 IISE Annual Conference & Expo</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="color:black">May 31- June 3, 2025, Atlanta, Georgia</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="color:black">Dear Colleagues,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="color:black">Please encourage your talented students to participate in this exciting competition. The Data Analytics and Information Systems (DAIS) Division of the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE) announces the IISE DAIS Mobile/Web
App Competition to recognize creativity and excellence among its members and motivate them to translate or commercialize their research and learning outcomes to accelerate economic and societal benefits.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="color:black">Scope of Mobile/Web App</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="color:black">Mobile/web apps that are based on concepts, principles, techniques, or applications related to the field of industrial and systems engineering will be accepted. Mobile/web apps that can effectively demonstrate those in the subfields
related to data analytics and information systems are encouraged. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="color:black">Eligibility of Participants</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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A team can consist of a maximum of five members (1~4 student members and 1~2 faculty advisors). <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:8.0pt;text-align:justify;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo1">
Student members can be undergraduate or graduate students from higher education institutes in industrial & systems engineering (or related fields).<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:8.0pt;text-align:justify;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo1">
Student members should be enrolled at the time of submission of the proposal.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:8.0pt;text-align:justify;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo1">
At least one of the students must be a member of DAIS.<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<b><span style="color:black">Competition Process</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>Proposal Submission:</b> Teams must submit a proposal (no more than 2 pages) describing their mobile/web app via email with the subject "DAIS Mobile/Web App Competition" to the chairs of the competition steering committee by <b><span style="color:windowtext">Jan</span></b><b>.
</b><b><span style="color:windowtext">3</span></b><b>, 202</b><b><span style="color:windowtext">5</span></b>. The proposal should include: (1) a clear statement outlining the need for the mobile/web app and its intended goals, (2) a detailed list of the app’s
features, and (3) an identification of the target markets and communities.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:8.0pt;text-align:justify;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo2">
<b>Mobile/web app submission:</b> Teams must submit (1) a demonstration video of their mobile/web app, (2) a document that describes their solution and relevant technology (1000 world or less) (3) a software design document (no more than 10 pages), (4) a document
that states the real-world technology translation/deployment plan and the anticipated impacts to the target markets and communities (no more than 2 pages), via email to the chairs of the competition steering committee by <b>Feb. 2</b><b><span style="color:windowtext">8</span></b><b>,
2025.</b> The competition steering committee will evaluate the submissions and select a maximum of four teams as finalists<span style="color:windowtext"> by
</span><b>Mar. 14, 2025</b>.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:8.0pt;text-align:justify;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo2">
<b>Oral presentation:</b> The finalist teams will attend the IISE Annual Conference & Expo 2025 to present their mobile/web app. The presentation will include (1) a demonstration of the prototype; (2) technical details of the mobile/web app, and (3) a business
plan or community integration plan (including technology implementation and pilot study) to further justify the translation potential for their mobile/web app.<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<b><span style="color:black">Evaluation Process</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="color:black">Each team will be evaluated by the following criteria:</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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Real-world Impact<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:8.0pt;text-align:justify;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3">
Technology originality<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:8.0pt;text-align:justify;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3">
Software development details of their mobile/web app<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:8.0pt;text-align:justify;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3">
Translation (implementation, integration, and business) plan for their mobile/web app<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:8.0pt;text-align:justify;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3">
Demonstration of the prototype<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<b><span style="color:black">Recognition</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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Recognition at the DAIS Town Hall Meeting at Annual Conference<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:8.0pt;text-align:justify;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4">
Recognition in ISE magazine<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:8.0pt;text-align:justify;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4">
Recognition on <a href="https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.iise.org%2Fdetails.aspx%3Fid%3D872&data=05%7C02%7Ciefac.list%40mailman.clemson.edu%7C926694b570fe48526f3608dd17c7378f%7C0c9bf8f6ccad4b87818d49026938aa97%7C0%7C0%7C638692866587632388%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=7xoePYSDoPrF3YfhUY%2F8HpRSqKYa%2BVSYcDEq3LTMIkE%3D&reserved=0" originalSrc="https://www.iise.org/details.aspx?id=872" shash="OHlSorsAsaJrFxLIAgVX2ZPwx7MyY9FUGGurogTIPJT/nw2zYholvY6lkzv6kA8C+MaHhnILq+XGHtYdZx7B/ppsfvPG/1eUNm3tPGpPm5muRheUaWg1GiG/jsiO++wW/tfc3EVZjgfIssuq4EbluQ9KoW+TTS6OsB/fbmRzNVc=" target="_blank">DAIS webpage</a> and in the newsletter<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<b><span style="color:black">Important Dates</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>Jan. 3, 2025:</b> Deadline for proposal submission<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:8.0pt;text-align:justify;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo5">
<b>Jan. 10, 2025:</b> Notification of proposal acceptance<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:8.0pt;text-align:justify;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo5">
<b>Feb. 28, 2025:</b> Deadline for submission of prototype mobile/web app and documents
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<b>Mar. 14, 2025</b>: Notification to finalist teams.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:8.0pt;text-align:justify;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo5">
<b><span style="color:black">May 31- Jun 3, 2025:</span></b><span style="color:black"> Oral presentations of finalist teams at the IISE Annual Conference & Expo 202</span>5,<span style="color:black">
</span><span style="color:black">May 31- June 3, 2025, Atlanta, Georgia</span>.<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<b><span style="color:black">Competition Steering Committee Chair</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Nan Kong, <a href="mailto:nkong@purdue.edu" target="_blank">
nkong@purdue.edu</a>, Purdue University<br>
Xueping Li, <a href="mailto:xueping.li@utk.edu" target="_blank">xueping.li@utk.edu</a>, University of Tennessee, Knoxville</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Nan Kong, PhD</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Professor</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Edwardson School of Industrial Engineering</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Purdue University</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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