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Last CfP - CHOW Workshop and Best Paper Competition

  • 1.  Last CfP - CHOW Workshop and Best Paper Competition

    Posted 02-17-2020 15:55

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    Last Call for Papers - CHOW Workshop and Best-Paper Competition

    Deadline:
    February 28th, 2020

    The Health Care Operational Research Special Interest Group (HCOR SIG) of the Canadian Operational Research Society (CORS) is pleased to host the 4th annual Canadian Healthcare Optimization Workshop (CHOW) on Sunday June 7, 2020 in Toronto, Canada.

    The workshop connects academics from disciplines such as operations management, operations research, and artificial intelligence/machine learning with healthcare practitioners to discuss innovative solutions, data-driven decision support tools, and best practices to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of healthcare systems.
     It also promotes the research of young scholars with a common interest in healthcare optimization. For additional information, please see the conference website at

    https://uwaterloo.ca/canadian-operational-research-society-conference/canadian-healthcare-optimization-workshop-2020.

    This year the workshop will feature three plenary and six technical talks. All papers accepted for a technical session will be automatically entered into the inaugural CHOW best paper competition. The winner will be announced at the CHOW reception. The competition is open to faculty (pre-tenure), graduate and undergraduate students, and post-doctoral fellows.

     
    The plenary workshops cover the three leading areas of healthcare operations:

    • Operations Research Plenary Speaker: Professor Oguzhan Alagoz
    • Operations Management Plenary Speaker: Professor Diwas KC
    • Machine Learning Plenary Speaker: Professor Frank Rudzicz

     

    To submit a paper to present in a technical session, please use the following email address:

    chow2020toronto@gmail.com

    Manuscripts, including the abstract and all references, should be less than 38 pages double-spaced (this is defined as having at most 33 lines per page) with size-11 font and one-inch margins on all sides. The deadline for submission is February 28, 2020. For additional information, please feel free to contact the workshop chairs at the following emails:


    Adam Diamant <adiamant@schulich.yorku.ca>

    Andre A. Cire <andre.cire@rotman.utoronto.ca>

    Looking forward to your submissions!



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    Andre Augusto Cire
    Assistant Professor In Operations Management
    University of Toronto Scarborough and Rotman School of Management
    Toronto ON
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