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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">Hi,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">I would like to share the following updated message to the iefac list. Thank you so much.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">-------</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">On behalf of the Quality Control & Reliability Engineering (QCRE) community, we would like to invite you to participate in the 2025 QCRE Data Challenge Competition at the
IISE Annual Conference. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;letter-spacing:-.2pt">In this data challenge, a research problem of Vertebral Fracture Detection is posed to participants.
<span style="color:black">The organizing committee will hold a Q&A session through an online Teams meeting from
</span><b>11A<span style="color:black">M to </span>12<span style="color:black">PM CST on February 21st, 2025</span></b><span style="color:black">. The Q&A session will be recorded and posted on
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<p class="xxmsonormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;letter-spacing:-.2pt">Meeting link:
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/ap/t-59584e83/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fteams.microsoft.com%2Fl%2Fmeetup-join%2F19%253ameeting_ZWExOWRjZWItM2FkNS00NjZlLTk1MWEtMjdiZWYwYjdhZTdh%2540thread.v2%2F0%3Fcontext%3D%257b%2522Tid%2522%253a%25221bf21f59-ba3f-4757-8a65-44b4acb89f42%2522%252c%2522Oid%2522%253a%2522b85794af-4f32-408b-86d2-ce2d13c8e09a%2522%257d&data=05%7C02%7Ciefac.list%40mailman.clemson.edu%7Cf395ab8ece7c47c9b9d308dd52223586%7C0c9bf8f6ccad4b87818d49026938aa97%7C0%7C0%7C638757029090995632%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=Cj1r5psyAo7AQSrmvPyvhoVHaM8V33C0gOGUT8VLRtI%3D&reserved=0" originalSrc="https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_ZWExOWRjZWItM2FkNS00NjZlLTk1MWEtMjdiZWYwYjdhZTdh%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%221bf21f59-ba3f-4757-8a65-44b4acb89f42%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22b85794af-4f32-408b-86d2-ce2d13c8e09a%22%7d">link.iise.org/QCREData2025</a><b><span style="color:black;letter-spacing:-.2pt">,
</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">11A<span style="color:black">M to </span>
12<span style="color:black">PM CST on February 21st, 2025.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;letter-spacing:-.2pt;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1A2857;letter-spacing:-.2pt">Eligibility<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;letter-spacing:-.2pt">Individuals or teams of a maximum of four members. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;letter-spacing:-.2pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3;background:white">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;letter-spacing:-.2pt">At least one of the team members must be an active member of the Institute of Industrial & Systems Engineers (IISE) and Quality Control & Reliability Engineering
(QCRE) division.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;letter-spacing:-.2pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3;background:white">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;letter-spacing:-.2pt">Each team can only participate once.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;letter-spacing:-.2pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3;background:white">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;letter-spacing:-.2pt">Each team should submit a Notice of Intent Form to enter the competition (check details in the
<b>Notice of Intent</b> section).</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;letter-spacing:-.2pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3;background:white">
<a name="_Hlk189820326"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;letter-spacing:-.2pt">Completing Steps 1-3 in the
<b>Submission</b> section is required for any team to be eligible as a finalist. (Please visit the official website for more details
</span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk189820326"></span><a href="https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.iise.org%2FDetails.aspx%3Fid%3D52424&data=05%7C02%7Ciefac.list%40mailman.clemson.edu%7Cf395ab8ece7c47c9b9d308dd52223586%7C0c9bf8f6ccad4b87818d49026938aa97%7C0%7C0%7C638757029091011398%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=fhqLYpD6dW%2FmDz%2BgvD2s75xFr4MbfQdP5fLiGYB%2FWLI%3D&reserved=0" originalSrc="https://www.iise.org/Details.aspx?id=52424"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk189820326"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;letter-spacing:-.2pt">https://www.iise.org/Details.aspx?id=52424</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk189820326"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk189820326"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;letter-spacing:-.2pt">)</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk189820326"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;letter-spacing:-.2pt"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3;background:white">
<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk189820326"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;letter-spacing:-.2pt">Participating teams are required to publicly release their solutions, including source code and trained model weights,
on open-source platforms under the MIT license.</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk189820326"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;letter-spacing:-.2pt"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3;background:white">
<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk189820326"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;letter-spacing:-.2pt">Finalist teams acknowledge that the competition organizers will publish their technical papers, solutions, source code,
and trained model weights on the official competition GitHub page.</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk189820326"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;letter-spacing:-.2pt"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3;background:white">
<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk189820326"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;letter-spacing:-.2pt">Participants must not share the challenge data publicly. Instead, they should refer to the original data request link
provided by the competition organizers for access and distribution guidelines. </span>
</span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk189820326"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;letter-spacing:-.2pt"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li></ul>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk189820326"></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk189820326"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;letter-spacing:-.2pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1A2857;letter-spacing:-.2pt">Notice of Intent<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-align:justify;background:white">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;letter-spacing:-.2pt">Each team must submit a Notice of Intent Form by
<b>March 7th, 2025</b>, through </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><a href="https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fforms.office.com%2Fr%2Fics3Lx9y6V&data=05%7C02%7Ciefac.list%40mailman.clemson.edu%7Cf395ab8ece7c47c9b9d308dd52223586%7C0c9bf8f6ccad4b87818d49026938aa97%7C0%7C0%7C638757029091023699%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=ckyj6z8palvndl3L0q2mFlH71QxDLRR6sBu%2B5wuPCoc%3D&reserved=0" originalSrc="https://forms.office.com/r/ics3Lx9y6V"><span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">https://forms.office.com/r/ics3Lx9y6V</span></a><span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">
to express their interest in entering the competition. The data will start to be released to each team on a First Come First Serve. The form requires the following information: Team members, Institution, Main point of contact (name and email address), and
Copyright release agreement.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1A2857;letter-spacing:-.2pt">Award</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1A2857;letter-spacing:-.2pt;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:.4in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">A maximum of the top four teams will be selected as finalists and will receive both a certificate and a monetary award based on their ranking.<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">
All the eligible finalists will also be recognized in the QCRE town hall meeting. If a team is unable to meet any item in the Eligibility section, the team may be excluded from the finalist selection. In this case, fewer than four teams may be awarded.
<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="color:black;margin-right:.4in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo6;text-autospace:none">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">The 1st prize comprises a certificate and a cash prize of $1,000.
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="color:black;margin-right:.4in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo6;text-autospace:none">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">The 2nd prize comprises a certificate and a cash prize of $500.
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="color:black;margin-right:.4in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo6;text-autospace:none">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">The 3rd prize comprises a certificate and a cash prize of $200.
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="color:black;margin-right:.4in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo6;text-autospace:none">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">The 4th prize comprises a certificate and a cash prize of $100.
<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1A2857;letter-spacing:-.2pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1A2857;letter-spacing:-.2pt">Important dates/deadlines<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="color:black;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo9">
<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">Notice of Intent: <b>
March 7th, 2025</b> <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo9">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">Data will be released upon receiving the Notice of Intent and no later than
<b>March 1</b></span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="letter-spacing:-.2pt;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">4</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">th</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">.</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="color:black;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo9">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">Deadline for submission of the results: <b>April 1</b></span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="letter-spacing:-.2pt;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">4</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">th, 2025</span></b><span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="color:black;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo9">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">Notification to the finalist teams: <b>April 2</b></span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="letter-spacing:-.2pt;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">1</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">st, 2025</span></b><span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="color:black;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo9">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">IISE Annual Conference & Expo, <b>May 31 – June 3, 2025</b></span><span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Please visit the official website for more details
<a href="https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.iise.org%2FDetails.aspx%3Fid%3D52424&data=05%7C02%7Ciefac.list%40mailman.clemson.edu%7Cf395ab8ece7c47c9b9d308dd52223586%7C0c9bf8f6ccad4b87818d49026938aa97%7C0%7C0%7C638757029091035938%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=agWbuQtbiiV0j61k1YIcZ%2Bx6h4ZFeYWFB0SC9Limgto%3D&reserved=0" originalSrc="https://www.iise.org/Details.aspx?id=52424"><span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">https://www.iise.org/Details.aspx?id=52424</span></a><span style="color:black;letter-spacing:-.2pt">
<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Competition Chairs<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Syed Hasib Akhter Faruqui, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Assistant Professor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Department of Engineering Technology<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Sam Houston State University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="mailto:shf006@shsu.edu">shf006@shsu.edu</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Qing Li, Ph.D. in Statistics<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Assistant Professor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Iowa State University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="mailto:qlijane@iastate.edu">qlijane@iastate.edu</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Haifeng Wang, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Assistant Professor
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Mississippi State University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="mailto:wang@ise.msstate.edu">wang@ise.msstate.edu</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">--<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F4E79;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">Haifeng Wang, Ph.D.</span></b><b><span style="color:#1F4E79;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:10.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F4E79;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">Assistant Professor | Co-Graduate Coordinator</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:10.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F4E79;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">Industrial and Systems Engineering, Mississippi State University</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Hardy Road, Mississippi State, MS 39762</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#171717;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:#171717;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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