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Annual Minority Issues Forum (MIF) Student Poster Competition

  • 1.  Annual Minority Issues Forum (MIF) Student Poster Competition

    Posted 06-11-2021 10:49
    Annual Minority Issues Forum (MIF) 
    2021 Virtual Student Poster Competition Call for Posters 

     

    The INFORMS MIF is pleased to announce a call for posters to be presented during the INFORMS 2021 conference. The competition is open to students who are MIF members. First place winner will receive an honorarium of $500 and a certificate. Honorable Mentions will each receive a certificate. 

    Important Dates: 

    • July 1, 2021: Abstract due; 
    • July 15, 2021: Abstract acceptance notification and further information will be distributed; 
    • August 31, 2021: Poster PDF submission. Submissions received prior August 15 may request to receive preliminary feedback on their submission; and 
    • October 24-27, 2021 (to be confirmed): Virtual poster session and winner announcement.  

    Details: 

    1. The abstract should be 500 characters maximum (approximately 50 words), the title of the abstract - 100 characters maximum. This may be an original abstract or the same abstract as submitted for the INFORMS General or Focused Interactive sessions. 
    2. Eligibility requirements: Submissions may be made by student INFORMS members, the student must be the lead author and a MIF member, and the submitted poster must not have won an award at any previous INFORMS competitions. 
    3. If capacity is reached, poster presenters may be limited to one submission. 
    4. 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.  
    5. A limited number of registration scholarships to the INFORMS conference will be available for participants of the MIF poster session. For Additional Information, please feel free to contact the MIF Poster Session Chair: 

            About MIF 

            The purpose of the 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 in disseminating 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. 

            More about MIF and the poster competition: https://connect.informs.org/minorityissuesforum/home 



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            Eduardo Perez
            Associate Professor
            Texas State University
            San Marcos TX
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