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CFP: 2018 INFORMS Conference on Service Science (Nov. 3, 2018)

  • 1.  CFP: 2018 INFORMS Conference on Service Science (Nov. 3, 2018)

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    2018 INFORMS Conference on Service Science is a preconference of INFORMS 2018 (http://meetings2.informs.org/wordpress/phoenix2018/), to be held right before the annual meeting in Phoenix. Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings by Springer. A list of selected papers will be invited to submit to a special issue of INFORMS Service Science.

    Please mark your calendar and plan to contribute a paper and attend the pre-conference. 

    If you would like to serve on our program committee, please let Weiwei Chen (wchen@business.rutgers.edu), Hui Yang (huy25@engr.psu.edu) or myself (robinqiu@psu.edu) know. Please help disseminate the CFP information into your networks. Your support and help will surely contribute to the growth of Service Science Section. I have a PDF CFP file attached for your convenience. 

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    CALL FOR PAPERS

    2018 INFORMS Conference on Service Science 

    (https://easychair.org/cfp/INFORMS-CSS2018)

    November 3, 2018, Phoenix, Arizona, USA

     

    Conference Scope and Theme

    2018 INFORMS Conference Service Science (CSS2018) program committee is committed to organizing a quality program with diverse participants sharing their vision, knowledge and experience in Service Science Research, Education, and Applications. This program is a preconference of INFORMS 2018 (http://meetings2.informs.org/wordpress/phoenix2018/), to be held right before the annual meeting.

    This conference presents excellent opportunities for you to present your Service Science related research, education, and implementation work, to learn about the emerging technology and applications, and to network with international leaders of the profession in the field. We invite you to submit a paper, which will be published in a proceedings by Springer if accepted.

    Paper Submission/Areas of Interest

    Papers are welcome in any area of Service Science Research, Education, and Applications including but not limited to:

    • Service Theories and Development
    • Service Research, Education, and Practice
    • Service Management, Operations, Engineering, Design, and Marketing
    • Service System, Modeling, and Simulation
    • Smart Cities and Public Services
    • Big Data, Machine Learning, and Artificial Intelligence in Service
    • Service Analytics and Applications in Healthcare, Education, Energy, Finance, Information Technology, Transportation, Sports, Logistics, and Public Services

    Submission & Publication

    Manuscripts must be written in English, be at most eight pages long (including figures, tables, and references), formatted in the INFORMS journal paper format (https://pubsonline.informs.org/authorportal), and submitted as a PDF through the conference website: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=css20181. All paper submissions are peer reviewed. Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings by Springer. A list of selected papers will be invited to submit to a special issue of INFORMS Service Science.

    Important Dates

    • 1 June, 2018         Deadline for submission of full papers
    • 1 July, 2018          Acceptance/Rejection notification
    • 1 Aug., 2008        Final camera-ready papers due

    Information and Enquiry

    Website: https://easychair.org/cfp/INFORMS-CSS2018

    Conference Co-chairs: Robin Qiu and Hui Yang

    Program Chair: Weiwei Chen, wchen@business.rutgers.edu

    Publication Chair: Hui Yang, huy25@engr.psu.edu

    Publicity Chair: Chiehyeon Lim, chlim@unist.ac.kr

     

    Committee: Ozgur Araz(Nebraska-Lincoln, USA), Ralph Badinelli (Virginia Tech, USA), Youakim Badr (INSA, France), Weiwei Chen (Rutgers, USA), Gregory Heim (Texas A&M, USA), Ming-Hui Huang (NTU, Taiwan), Kwang-Jae Kim (POSTECH, Korea), Richard Larson (MIT, USA), Ying Tat Leung (Noodle.AI, USA), Chiehyeon Lim (UNIST, Korea), Yingdong Lu (IBM, USA), Julie Ma and Xin Ma (Turner Broadcasting System, USA), Paul Maglio (UC Merced, USA), Paul Messinger (UAlberta, Canada), Aly Megahed (IBM, USA), Ashkan Negahban (Penn State, USA), Michael Pinedo (NYU, USA), Robin Qiu (Penn State, USA), Changrui Ren (IBM Beijing, China), Roland Rust (Maryland, USA), Hui Yang (Penn State, USA), Qi Xu (Donghua, China), more to be invited

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    Robin Qiu
    Professor
    Penn State (The Pennsylvania State University)
    robinqiu@psu.edu
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