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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dear Colleague,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">I hope you all had a wonderful holiday season. Please encourage your talented students to participate in this exciting competition. To many institutions you are affiliated
with, the spring semester is about to start. You may consider publicizing this opportunity in the first class of any relevant course you are about to teach. This is a friendly reminder. The deadline of submitting the Letter of Intent is
<u>Jan 17, 2025</u>. </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">IISE Data Analytics and Information Systems Division (DAIS) Student Data Analytics Competition – Nursing Home Time-Series Data Prediction Triathlon
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">The Data Analytics Competition is an annual student competition organized by the Data Analytics and Information Systems (DAIS) Division of the Institute of Industrial and
Systems Engineers (IISE). The main objective of the competition is to provide the students with the opportunity to learn, showcase, and enhance their data analysis and visualization skills through working on real-world problems with real-sized data sets.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><a name="_Hlk182045055"></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk182045055"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk182045055"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Problem Description – Nursing home staffing hour prediction triathlon</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk182045055"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk182045055"></span>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Nursing homes in the United States provide the most comprehensive set of professional care a person can receive outside hospital. The care includes a range of coordinated
medical, personal, and social services to meet the needs of residents who are chronically ill or disabled. Staffing adequately in a cost-benefit manner is vital to nursing home management in the United States. Since staffing cannot be adjusted in real-time,
it is critical for each nursing home facility to make accurate half-a-month to one-month-ahead prediction on the staffing level from the existing staff, which can help them make intelligent hiring and HR decisions.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) provides public data sets, known as Payroll Based Journal Public Use Files (PBJ PUFs), containing daily nursing home
staffing levels (often measured by staffing hours) and resident census data. Nursing homes must submit accurate staffing information, including agency and contract staff, through the PBJ system, based on verifiable payroll data, in a format specified by CMS.
Facilities report the number of hours each staff member is paid to work each day. The quarterly PBJ data files are available beginning with data from the first calendar quarter of 2017. New data files will be uploaded to data.cms.gov on a quarterly basis.
The public use files report information on staffing hours for each day in the quarter. The staffing data in the PBJ PUFs is aggregated to the facility-day. This means that all included facilities have one record (or row of data) for each day in a quarterly
file. For more information, please visit <a href="https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdata.cms.gov%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2F2023-06%2FPBJ_PUF_Documentation_July_2023.pdf&data=05%7C02%7Ciefac.list%40mailman.clemson.edu%7Cfd06dc2002914d2a299c08dd2fae5a5c%7C0c9bf8f6ccad4b87818d49026938aa97%7C0%7C0%7C638719148075866524%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=NqIkyqU5iyxoqtJhvvrC%2B5XH2frRMkgR9aZcoeLVow8%3D&reserved=0" originalSrc="https://data.cms.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/PBJ_PUF_Documentation_July_2023.pdf" shash="ZKCbPUQIp7QRii99fOrNOIsGMCl181t4V20VNEhH6UM6w4X4jPR3lykfD9qsUjZNLYH/XlYtLwrjTHtqHcTxW24gON9UfU877yW39s1tvUI7Mao1RiIVIh4QIZ6UgYe0ihK6m6GuFdxmEKI4xPWKk438BdSZf9tlJGARqsJJP7I=">
https://data.cms.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/PBJ_PUF_Documentation_July_2023.pdf</a>.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Rules for this competition:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Training data set</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">. Nursing staff (e.g., CNA, LPN, RN) data files belonging to 100 nursing
homes in Indiana and Florida, US (where the two institutions the competition steering committee chairs are affiliated with are located at) will be released to the participating teams by
<b>Jan. 24, 2024</b>. These files will contain data collected in the second quarter of 2024 (i.e.,
<b>Q2 2024), </b>the latest period with data available by the time of this announcement. The names of the selected nursing homes will not be released.
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Prediction events.</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"> Three staffing hour quantities that can be derived from the data files
will be announced as the three prediction targets (i.e., “induvial race in a triathlon”) together with
<u>several prediction performance metrics for each target</u>. This is meant to give teams the leads to decide if they want to participate in this competition and perhaps a jump start as well.
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Two-Phase Competition</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">. The competition will contain two phases of judging based on the
prediction results submitted. From phase 1, we will select four finalists. From phase 2, we will determine among the four finalists a
<b>first-prize winner</b>, a <b>second-prize winner</b>, and two <b>honorable mentions</b>.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Phase-1 Judging</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">. After participating teams submit their results for the phase-1 competition,
the competition committee chairs will schedule a virtual meeting with each team to run their model/algorithm trained with the 100 nursing homes on the data of the same period collected from 20 other nursing homes in Indiana and Florida. Those 20 additional
nursing homes will not be released to the teams ahead of time. However, the two chairs will ensure a relative unbiased selection of the 20 nursing homes as test data against the original 100 ones. Phase 1 is about spatial transferability of the prediction
tool.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Phase-1 Scoring</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">. All teams will be sorted based on the performance metrics. The team that
has the worst prediction will be given 1 point. Then every team ranked one spot ahead will be given 1 more point until the top 3 high-performing teams, they will be given 2 more points than the team ranked one spot lower.
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Phase-2 Judging</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">. We assume a new data set will be released after the four finalists make
their final submission together with the nursing home names. The two steering committee chairs will schedule a meeting with each finalist team at the conference to run their model/algorithm trained with the
<b>same</b> 100 nursing homes on the newly available data. Phase 2 is about temporal transferability of the prediction tool.
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Phase-2 Scoring</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">. The four semi-finalist teams will be sorted based on the performance
metrics. The four teams will be given 10, 7, 4, 1 based on their ranking in each category of performance metrics. The total score of each team will be the sum of their scores over all categories. The ranking based on the total score will carry 60% of the weight.
The other two items will be the final report (20%) and the final presentation (20%).
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Eligibility</span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l5 level1 lfo2;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Individuals or teams of a maximum of four members (no post-doc/faculty allowed).</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l5 level1 lfo2;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Student members must be either undergraduate or graduate students from higher education institutes in the field of Industrial & Systems Engineering
or related fields.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l5 level1 lfo2;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Student members should be enrolled at the time of the submission of the proposal.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l5 level1 lfo2;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">At least one of the team members must be an active member of the Data Analytics and Information System (DAIS) division of IISE.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l5 level1 lfo2;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">A team must submit a notice of intent to be eligible for the competition participation.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Competition Process</span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Notice of Intent</span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">A team must submit a notice of intent to participate in the competition via email to the chairs of the competition steering committee by <b>Friday, Jan. 17, 2025.</b> The
notice of intent needs to include:</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ol style="margin-top:0in" start="1" type="1">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">The list of names of team members, their affiliations, and contact information (email and phone).</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">One team member is identified as the main contact.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">The competition steering committee chairs will share the
<b>initial data sets of 100 nursing homes</b> through email to the main contact provided by each team on <b>Friday, Jan. 24, 2025.</b></span><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Submission and Judging of the Results for Phase 1</span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">For Phase 1, participating teams or individuals are required to submit their source codes and scripts via email to the chairs of the competition steering committee by <b>Friday,
Feb. 28, 2025.</b> The competition steering committee will evaluate the submissions, and a maximum of top four teams will be selected as finalists. More details about the submission guidelines and review criteria will be released along with the initial data
set. The committee chairs will judge each team in the first week of March. The four finalist teams will be notified by
<b>Friday, Mar. 7, 2025</b>.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Submission and Judging of the Results for Phase 2</span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">For Phase 2, the finalist teams will be given the full list of the 100 nursing homes on
<b>Monday, Mar. 10, 2025</b>. This will give them more flexibility to adapt and refine their time-series prediction tool for the demand forecasting. The finalist teams or individuals are required to submit 1) source code and scripts and 2) final report via
email to the committee chairs by <b>Friday, May 2, 2025 </b>(this date may be changed once we have an update on the release date of the data by CMS).
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Final Presentation</span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">The selected finalist teams and individuals will present the model motivation, model approach, and results at the 2025 IISE Annual Conference & Expo, May 31 – June 3, 2025,
Atlanta, USA. More information on the final report and presentation contents will be provided to the finalist teams.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Evaluation Process</span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Approval of the Notice of Intent</span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">The competition steering committee will review and approve or reject the submitted notices of intent to participate based on the eligibility criteria. Approval emails will
be sent together with the dataset by the chair of the committee by <b>Friday, Jan. 24, 2025.</b></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Selection of Top Finalist Teams</span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">The competition steering committee will select a maximum of four finalist teams. Finalist teams will be notified by email by the chair of the committee by <b>Friday, March
7, 2025.</b> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Selection of Winners</span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">The selected finalist teams will run their codes, produce their results, present their products in 2025 IISE Annual Conference & Expo, <b>May 31 – June 3, 2025, Atlanta,
USA.</b> A blind vote cast by invited judges will decide the winner after the presentations.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Recognition</span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Recognition at the Annual Conference:</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="circle">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level2 lfo4;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">at the DAIS Town Hall Meeting</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
</ul>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l3 level1 lfo5;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Certificate provided by IISE (either mailed or given at the town hall meeting) for the 1st prize winners.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l3 level1 lfo5;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">2nd and 3rd prize winners will receive a digital certificate.<br>
Recognition in ISE magazine</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l3 level1 lfo5;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">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%7Cfd06dc2002914d2a299c08dd2fae5a5c%7C0c9bf8f6ccad4b87818d49026938aa97%7C0%7C0%7C638719148075877625%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=wJV8v5S0kRbaUjIXlgg7pRx021MQ2mXkzFqrl7ppJhw%3D&reserved=0" originalSrc="https://www.iise.org/details.aspx?id=872" shash="Pt1knFiE+dv1xWFABGc9Y6rbxKq4tXyV8NVLGkjk2zA/ZSEGltn4zXv0AUsHw3iPwgOvmGtMa30SCHeAEezC1BviPIQwSHg8pUby9q2nGGmRwMj/QjDPYx8IapaX2Mt+PJdKdZGC+mTZU5OdOQGGpa0Ui0OlL/vpNonxc7g+j30=">DAIS webpage</a> and in the newsletter</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Important dates/deadlines</span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l4 level1 lfo6;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Notice of Intent: <b>January 17, 2025</b> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l4 level1 lfo6;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Competition challenge dataset for phase 1 made available: <b>January 24, 2025</b> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l4 level1 lfo6;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Deadline for submission for Phase-I judging: <b>Feb. 28, 2025</b></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l4 level1 lfo6;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Notification to the finalist teams: <b>March 7, 2025</b></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l4 level1 lfo6;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Competition challenge dataset for phase 2 made available to the finalist teams:
<b>March 10, 2025</b></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l4 level1 lfo6;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Deadline for submission for Phase-II judging:
<b>May 2, 2025</b></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l4 level1 lfo6;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">IISE Annual Conference & Expo: <b>May 31 – June 3, 2025</b></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Competition Steering Committee Chairs</span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><a href="mailto:xchen325@buffalo.edu" title="Xiaoyu Chen">Nan Kong,</a> Purdue University<br>
<a href="mailto:wangy88@rpi.edu" title="Yinan Wang">Mingyang </a><u>Li</u>, University of South Florida</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><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>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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