The INFORMS Service Science Section announces 2017 IBM Best Student Paper Award to recognize excellence among its student members and bring prestige to the Service Science Section. The INFORMS Service Science Section promotes and disseminates research and applications among professionals interested in theory, methodologies, and applications in Service Science. The Section provides a forum to exchange new ideas and disseminate new findings in Service Science. From among nominated student research papers, a panel of Service Science Section leaders will choose a pool of student finalists for the Best Student Paper Award. These finalist students will be invited to present their research findings in front of a panel of judges at the Annual INFORMS Conference in Houston, TX, Oct 22-25, 2017. Note that students must present their research in this session to qualify for an award. The judging panel will then decide the order of winners, which will be announced during the business meeting of the Service Science Section. Deadline for Submission: August 20, 2017. Please email your full paper to the Service Science Chair Dr. Robin Qiu at robinqiu@psu.edu. More details are included in the attached file, which will also be posted on the Service Science Section home page (http://connect.informs.org/service-science/home ).
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Robin Qiu
Professor
Penn State (The Pennsylvania State University)
robinqiu@psu.edu------------------------------