Hi,
2018 INFORMS International 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 journal 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. I have a PDF CFP file attached for your convenience.
It is free for students to join Service Science Section. Student members can participate in all events organized by the Section, including IBM Best Student Paper competition.
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CALL FOR PAPERS
2018 INFORMS International Conference on Service Science
(https://easychair.org/cfp/INFORMS-CSS2018)
November 3, 2018, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Conference Scope and Theme
2018 INFORMS International 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: Ralph Badinelli (Virginia Tech, USA), Youakim Badr (INSA, France), Weiwei Chen (Rutgers, USA), Gregory Heim (Texas A&M, USA), Ming-Hui Huang (NTU, Taiwan), Richard Larson (MIT, USA), Ying Tat Leung (Noodle.AI, USA), Chiehyeon Lim (UNIST, Korea), Yingdong Lu (IBM, USA), Aly Megahed (IBM, USA), Ashkan Negahban (Penn State, USA), Julie Ma (Turner Borastcasting System, USA), Paul Maglio (UC Merced, USA), Paul Messinger (UAlberta, Canada), Michael Pinedo (NYU, USA), Robin Qiu (Penn State, USA), Changrui Ren (IBM Beijing, China), 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------------------------------