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MIF Student Poster Competition Call

  • 1.  MIF Student Poster Competition Call

    Posted 04-23-2018 15:27

    Seventh Annual Minority Issues Forum (MIF)
    Student Poster Competition Call For Posters


    The INFORMS MIF is pleased to announce a call for posters to be presented during the MIF reception at the INFORMS 2018 conference. The competition is open to students who are MIF members. First place winner will receive an honorarium of $250 and a certificate. Honorable Mentions will each receive a certificate.

    Important Dates:

    1. August 10, 2018: Abstract due 
    2. August 24, 2018: Abstract acceptance notification and additional poster submission information
    3. October 19, 2018: Poster PDF submission. Submissions received prior to October 12th may request preliminary feedback on their submission
    4. November 4, 2018: Poster session and judging

    Details:

    • Abstracts are limited to 500 characters (approximately 50 words), and the title of the abstract is limited to 100 characters.
    • The abstract may be an original abstract or the same abstract submitted for the INFORMS General or Focused Interactive sessions.
    • Eligibility requirements
      • Submissions may be made by student INFORMS members. The student must be the lead author and a MIF member; the submitted poster must not have won any award at any previous INFORMS competitions.
    • In the event that capacity is reached, poster presenters may be limited to one submission.
    • To enter, please email a document with the following information to mif.informs@gmail.com:
      • The entrant and all co-authors' names, current affiliations, email addresses and phone numbers
      • Poster title and Abstract
      • A statement that all eligibility requirements have been met
    • A limited number of travel scholarships to the INFORMS conference will be available for participants of the MIF poster session. Eligibility for travel grants is restricted to US Citizens from underrepresented groups. Please contact Dr. Illya Hicks (ivhicks@rice.edu) directly for more information on this.


    For Additional Information, please feel free to contact the MIF Poster Session Co-Chairs:

    Shannon Harris, Assistant Professor, Ohio State University,
    Email: harris.2572@osu.edu

    Ruben Proano, Associate Professor, Rochester Institute of Technology,
    Email: rpmeie@rit.edu


    About MIF
    The purpose of the Minority Issues Forum (www.informs.org/Community/Minority-Issues-Forum) is to foster under-represented minority participation in Operations Research and Management Science (ORMS); to develop close ties among those interested in increasing the number of minority participants in ORMS and to disseminate information about the issues facing minority researchers and practitioners. Any INFORMS member may become a Forum member by paying the Forum dues. Non-members of the Institute may become Forum members by paying the special fee for non-members of the Institute. For more information go to: informs.org and search for 'Join INFORMS and/or INFORMS Communities'.



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    Ruben Proano
    Associate Professor
    Rochester Institute of Technology
    Rochester NY
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