Annual Minority Issues Forum (MIF)
Student Poster Competition Call For Abstracts
The INFORMS MIF is pleased to announce a call for posters for the 2023 MIF Student Poster Competition. This year, judging will occur before the conference, and students will present their posters during a poster session at the 2023 Annual Conference. Winners will be announced during the poster session and during the MIF reception. The competition is open to students who are MIF members. The first place winner will receive an honorarium of $500 and a certificate, while Honorable Mentions will each receive a certificate.
Important Dates:
1. May 5, 2023: Abstracts due;
2. May 12, 2023: Abstract acceptance notification and further information will be distributed;
3. July 7, 2023: Final poster PDF submission. Submissions received prior to June 23rd may request preliminary feedback on their submission; and
4. October 15-18, 2023: Poster session and winner announcement during the Annual Conference.
Details:
1. Length requirements: The abstract should be 500 characters maximum (approximately 50 words), and the title of the abstract should be 100 characters maximum. This may be an original abstract, or the same abstract submitted for an INFORMS General session.
2. Eligibility requirements: Submissions must be made by students who are INFORMS members. The student must be the lead author, a MIF member, and the submitted poster must not have won an award at any previous INFORMS competitions.
3. To enter: Please email a document with the following information to mif.informs@gmail.com:
1. The entrant and all co-authors' names, current affiliations, email addresses, and phone numbers;
2. Poster title and Abstract;
3. A statement that all eligibility requirements have been met.
4. If capacity is reached, poster presenters may be limited to one submission.
5. Travel assistance: 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.
6. For additional information, please feel free to contact the MIF Poster Session Chair: Shannon L. Harris, harriss10@vcu.edu.
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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Shannon Harris
Assistant Professor
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond VA
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