Dear Members of the IISE Data Analytics & Information Systems (DAIS) Division,

I wish you a successful conclusion to your fall term. It gives me great pleasure to be able to update you on the recent activities of the IISE DAIS Division. The COVID-19 pandemic has had and will continue to have far-reaching consequences as we work our way out of it. However, despite the numerous hurdles and difficulties posed by COVID-19, DAIS has demonstrated resilience and continued to provide quality services to the community through both established programs and ground-breaking new initiatives.

I would want to express my gratitude to our current board members, Zimo Wang (SUNY Binghamton), Hyunsoo Yoon (Yonsei University), Cheng-Bang Chen (University of Miami), Ziteng Wang (Northern Illinois University), Nathan Gaw (U.S Air Force Institute of Technology), Chenang Liu (Oklahoma State University), Haifeng Wang (Mississippi State University), and Fei Gao (Cruise), as well as student board members Yanqing Kuang (University of South Florida), Adam Meyers (Pennsylvania State University), and Lujia Wang (Georgia Institute of Technology) and TVP Joseph Wilck (William & Mary). We are really appreciative of their selfless contribution to the division! I also want to express my gratitude to our previous president, Changqing Cheng (SUNY Binghamton), and past board members. We chose Xiao Liu (University of Arkansas) as president-elect for the 2022-2023 school year. I wish the team the best of luck in their endeavors, and I am convinced that 2021-2022 will be another fantastic year.

Some of the strongest scientific talents remain at universities, where some researchers question the impact of their work. On the other side, businesses are more in tune with their customers' issues. We firmly think that bridging the divide between academics and industry benefits all parties involved to the greatest extent. Professionals in the data analytics field, please do not hesitate to contact DAIS and become involved in DAIS activities.

The IISE DAIS Division announces the DAIS Best Track Paper Competition. The purpose of this competition is to honor outstanding papers in research and practice of data analytics and information systems. The submission deadline is Jan 20, 2022.

More details about the eligibility requirements, application process, and evaluation process, are posted on IISE connect DAIS communities and here.

If you have any further questions, please send an email with subject "DAIS Best Track Paper Competition" to the 2022 committee chairs:

Dr. Zimo Wang, State University of New York at Binghamton

Dr. Hyunsoo Yoon, Yonsei University 

Four finalists for the Best Student Paper Award will be selected to make oral presentations at the 2022 IISE Annual Conference May 21-24, 2022. All finalists will receive an award certificate. The Best Student Paper Award will be presented at the town hall meeting of the DAIS Track during the 2022 IISE Annual Conference. More details about the eligibility requirements, application process, and evaluation process, available here.

If you have any questions, please send an email (with subject “DAIS Best Student Paper Competition”) to the coordinator Dr. Haifeng Wang. All submitted papers will be reviewed and ranked by external referees and finalists will be announced on March 1, 2022. The winner of the competition will be decided based on the review evaluations and oral presentations.

More details about the eligibility requirements, competition process, evaluation process, and important dates, are available at here. If you have questions, please contact the competition steering committee chair Dr. Cheng-Bang Chen.

The Data Analytics Competition is an annual student competition held by the Data Analytics and Information Systems (DAIS) division. The main objective of the competition is to provide the students with the opportunity to learn and improve their data analysis and visualization skills through working with real-world-sized data sets. The detailed information and competition timeline will be announced soon. If you have questions, please contact the competition organizer Dr. Haifeng Wang .

The nominations deadline is Feb. 28, 2022, and the winner will be notified: March 31, 2022. More details about the nomination process and evaluation process are available here. If you have questions, please contact the committee chairs Dr. Fei Gao and the president of IISE-DAIS Dr. Sinan Onal.

The nomination package must be submitted in a single PDF format. The deadline for nominations is February 28, 2022. Please email the application to Dr. Xiao Liu. The winner will be notified by March 31, 2021. The detailed announcement will be posted and available on the IISE’s Societies and Divisions Awards webpage soon. 

The IISE Annual Conference & Expo 2022 will be held at the Hyatt Regence Hotel in Seattle, WA, on May 21 – 24, 2022. The IISE DAIS Division is sponsoring the DAIS Track at the 2022 IISE Annual Conference & Expo. We strongly encourage all presenters to submit a paper for publication so discoveries can be permanently documented. This year, two types of papers will be considered: research papers and case study papers. 

Contact Doug Long IISE Global Director for Strategic Alliances for more details.