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<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>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:28.95pt;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;letter-spacing:-.2pt">In this data challenge, a research problem of Vertebral Fracture Detection is posed to participants. The
<span style="color:black">Notice of Intent is due on <b>March 7<sup>th</sup>.</b></span> Detailed information can be found on the official website
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><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%7C9d33e799992c4f4a445e08dd57ffddcc%7C0c9bf8f6ccad4b87818d49026938aa97%7C0%7C0%7C638763478929631521%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=HkgX6h%2BWLJ6OckQcVpQjc6KPRbN4qLf%2FTUmB1yT08oE%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>
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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>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3;background:white">
<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:l2 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:l2 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:l2 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:l2 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%7C9d33e799992c4f4a445e08dd57ffddcc%7C0c9bf8f6ccad4b87818d49026938aa97%7C0%7C0%7C638763478929648744%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=pnNNM%2FI1g4eaT2%2FZPQWxTAr9aQ2694fwY1zXgQem8ZM%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:l2 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:l2 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:l2 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>
<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk189820326"></span>
<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%7C9d33e799992c4f4a445e08dd57ffddcc%7C0c9bf8f6ccad4b87818d49026938aa97%7C0%7C0%7C638763478929660915%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=IERxz%2BmidhMaFl4Pn5fbpMudiS70sg7Whta8AjPYwDA%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>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:2.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:2.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify">
<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">Submission Guidelines<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<h2 style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:4.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify">
<strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:normal">Step 1: Initial Submission</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:4.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify">
Participating teams or individuals must submit the following files to <a href="mailto:iiseqcredcc@gmail.com">
iiseqcredcc@gmail.com</a> and copy all the Chairs of the Competition Steering Committee no later than
<strong>April 1</strong><strong>4, 2025</strong>:<o:p></o:p></p>
<ol style="margin-top:0in" start="1" type="1">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:4.0pt;text-align:justify;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo10">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The source code for model development and training.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:4.0pt;text-align:justify;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo10">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The source code for model prediction (<strong>“predictions.py”</strong>).<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:4.0pt;text-align:justify;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo10">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The trained model weights.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
<h3 style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:4.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify">
<strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif;color:windowtext">File Structure</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></h3>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:4.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify">
The submitted files should follow the structure below:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;letter-spacing:-.2pt"> |- DataFile</span></i><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;letter-spacing:-.2pt"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:4.0pt;text-align:justify;background:white">
<i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;letter-spacing:-.2pt"> |- train_data</span></i><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;letter-spacing:-.2pt"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:4.0pt;text-align:justify;background:white">
<i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;letter-spacing:-.2pt"> |- test_data</span></i><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;letter-spacing:-.2pt"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:4.0pt;text-align:justify;background:white">
<i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;letter-spacing:-.2pt"> |- trained_weights</span></i><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;letter-spacing:-.2pt"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:4.0pt;text-align:justify;background:white">
<i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;letter-spacing:-.2pt"> |- train.py</span></i><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;letter-spacing:-.2pt"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:4.0pt;text-align:justify;background:white">
<i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;letter-spacing:-.2pt"> |- predictions.py</span></i><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;letter-spacing:-.2pt"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:4.0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">The primary script for generating predictions must be named
<b>“predictions.py”</b>. This script should be capable of directly loading the trained model weights, reading DICOM files from the
<i>test_data</i> folder or any other designated held-out test dataset, and producing the corresponding predictions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:4.0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">It is imperative that the prediction script
<b>“predictions.py”</b> runs without requiring any modifications. Any necessary software dependencies should be explicitly stated in the submission. Additionally, a
<b>ReadMe file</b> must be included, providing clear instructions on how to execute the code.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:4.0pt;text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Step 2: Technical Report Submission<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:4.0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">All
<b>finalists</b> will be required to submit a <b>technical report</b> (not exceeding five pages, excluding references) by
<b>May 15, 2025</b>. The report should include the following sections:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:4.0pt;text-align:justify;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo11">
<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Team Members</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">: Names, affiliations, and roles.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:4.0pt;text-align:justify;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo11">
<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Introduction</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">: Overview of the problem and motivation.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:4.0pt;text-align:justify;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo11">
<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Methodology</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">: Description of the approach, models, and techniques
used.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:4.0pt;text-align:justify;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo11">
<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Data Analysis/Result Discussion</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">: Insights derived from
the data and model performance.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:4.0pt;text-align:justify;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo11">
<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Conclusions</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">: Summary of findings and implications.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:4.0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Additionally, the submission email must include:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:4.0pt;text-align:justify;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo12">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">A
<b>list of team members</b>, including their full <b>affiliations</b> and <b>contact information</b> (email and phone number).<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:4.0pt;text-align:justify;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo12">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Identification of
<b>one team member</b> as the <b>primary contact</b> for the team.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:4.0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Email your submission Data Competition steering committee.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:4.0pt;text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Step 3: Finalist Presentation at the IISE Annual Meeting<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:4.0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Finalist teams must showcase their work at the
<b>2025 IISE Annual Conference & Expo</b>. At least <b>one team member</b> from each finalist team is required to register for the conference and present their technical details during the
<b>QCRE Data Challenge Competition showcase session</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:4.0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">For any further inquiries, please contact the Chair of the Competition Steering Committee.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:4.0pt;text-align:justify"><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">Evaluation and Selection of Winner<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:2.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:2.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;background:white">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">The
<strong>Competition Steering Committee</strong> will assess submissions based on the files specified in
<strong>Step 1</strong> of the <strong>Submission</strong> section. <strong>Only teams that have submitted all the required files</strong> in Step 1 will be considered for evaluation. The evaluation committee will include at least one representative from the
<strong>data sponsor partner</strong> with domain expertise.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:2.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:2.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;background:white">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">The model performance will be measured based on
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="mso-margin-top-alt:2.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:2.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:center;background:white">
<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Score</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> = Mean Average Precision (mAP)@0.5
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:2.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:2.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;background:white">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:2.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:2.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;background:white">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><a href="mailto:mAP@0.5">mAP@0.5</a> indicates mean average precision at IoU threshold of 50% for the object detection tasks.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:2.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:2.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;background:white">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><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:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Selection Process</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:2.0pt;margin-bottom:2.0pt;text-align:justify;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo13">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">A
<b>maximum of four teams</b> with the highest <b>Score</b> will be selected as <b>
candidate finalists</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:2.0pt;margin-bottom:2.0pt;text-align:justify;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo13">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Finalists will be invited to proceed with
<b>Steps 2 and 3</b> outlined in the <b>Submission</b> section.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:2.0pt;margin-bottom:2.0pt;text-align:justify;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo13">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Among the finalist teams, those who successfully complete
<b>all three steps</b> will be ranked based on their <b>Score</b>, and the top four teams will be awarded
<b>1st to 4th place prizes</b> accordingly.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:2.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:2.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">For any further questions, participants may reach out to the
<b>Competition Steering Committee</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:2.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:2.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify">
<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<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><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;letter-spacing:-.2pt">
All the eligible finalists will also be recognized in the QCRE town hall meeting.
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;letter-spacing:-.2pt">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></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:l4 level1 lfo6;text-autospace:none">
<span 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:l4 level1 lfo6;text-autospace:none">
<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">The </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">2nd</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> prize comprises a certificate and a cash prize of $</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">5</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">00.
<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:l4 level1 lfo6;text-autospace:none">
<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">The </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">3rd</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> prize comprises a certificate and a cash prize of $</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">20</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">0.
<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:l4 level1 lfo6;text-autospace:none">
<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">The </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">4th</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> prize comprises a certificate and a cash prize of $</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">10</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">0.
<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>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="color:black;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l8 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:l8 level1 lfo9">
<span 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 style="letter-spacing:-.2pt;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">4</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">th</span></b><span 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:l8 level1 lfo9">
<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">Deadline for submission of the results: </span><b><span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">April 1</span></b><b><span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">4</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">th</span></b><b><span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">,
202</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">5</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:l8 level1 lfo9">
<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">Notification to the finalist teams: <b>April 2</b></span><b><span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">1</span></b><b><span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">st, 202</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">5</span></b><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"><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>
<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;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">
<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>
<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;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">Address:</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#767171;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN"> </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#413D3D;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">479-2
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>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:10.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F4E79;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">Office:</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#747474;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN"> </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#413D3D;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">260P
McCain Hall</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:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#747474;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN"> </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F4E79;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">Phone:</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#747474;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">
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