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HOCHBAUM</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:black'>Professor of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:black'>University of California, Berkeley<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none'><a href="http://www.ieor.berkeley.edu/~hochbaum/"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"'>http://www.ieor.berkeley.edu/~hochbaum/</span></a><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:black'>On behalf of the INFORMS DM-HI 2013 Organizing Committee, we would like to invite you to submit an abstract for review. Authors of accepted abstracts will be expected to give a presentation at the workshop and submit a short paper for the workshop proceedings. The published proceedings will be available on a CD at the workshop.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2;text-autospace:none'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>Ø<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:black'>The abstract should not exceed 200 words. <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpLast style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2;text-autospace:none'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>Ø<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:black'>The related paper should not be more than 6 pages. <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:1.5pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:black'>Topics of interest </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:black'>include, but are not limited to:<o:p></o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=715 style='width:7.45in;border-collapse:collapse'><tr style='height:77.35pt'><td width=379 valign=top style='width:3.95in;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:77.35pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:black'> Data Mining (DM) <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4;text-autospace:none'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>§<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:black'>AI/DM in Op. Research and Op. Management<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4;text-autospace:none'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>§<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:black'>Foundations of Data Mining and Machine Learning <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4;text-autospace:none'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>§<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Palatino 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<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4;text-autospace:none'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>§<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:black'>Healthcare Decision Support Systems<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpLast style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4;text-autospace:none'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>§<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:black'>Healthcare Logistics<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:black'>Timeline<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6;text-autospace:none'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>Ø<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:black'>July 29</span></i></b><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:black'>: Abstracts due (EXTENDED)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6;text-autospace:none'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>Ø<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:black'>August 5</span></i></b><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:black'>: Acceptance decisions announced<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6;text-autospace:none'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>Ø<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:black'>September 16</span></i></b><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:black'>: Proceedings papers due (final date to make changes)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpLast style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6;text-autospace:none'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>Ø<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:black'>October 5</span></i></b><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:black'>: DM-HI Workshop<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none'><b><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:#231F20'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none'><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:#231F20'>Submit </span></i></b><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:black'>abstracts and papers </span></i></b><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:#231F20'>online at:</span></i></b><b><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:#231F20'> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none'><a href="http://meetings2.informs.org/minneapolis2013/dmhi.html"><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"'>http://meetings2.informs.org/minneapolis2013/dmhi.html</span></a><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:black'>Submission Policy<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:black'>Submissions can describe work at any stage of publication (unpublished, submitted, accepted or published). If the work has already been published it is essential to check with the publisher to be certain that a submission to INFORMS does not violate the publisher’s policy.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-4.5pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td width=334 valign=top style='width:250.65pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:black'>Program Co-Chairs<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none'><b><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:black'>Onur Seref</span></i></b><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:black'> (Virginia Tech)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:black'>E-mail: </span></i><a href="mailto:seref@vt.edu"><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"'>seref@vt.edu</span></i></a><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none'><b><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:black'>Nicoleta Serban</span></i></b><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:black'> (Georgia Institute of Technology)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:black'>E-mail: </span></i><a href="mailto:nserban@isye.gatech.edu"><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"'>nserban@isye.gatech.edu</span></i></a><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:black'> <span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none'><b><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:black'>Daniel Zeng</span></i></b><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:black'> (University of Arizona)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:black'>E-mail: </span></i><a href="mailto:zeng@email.arizona.edu"><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"'>zeng@email.arizona.edu</span></i></a><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=334 valign=top style='width:250.65pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:black'>Management Committee<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none'><b><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:black'>Victoria Chen </span></i></b><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:black'>(University of Texas at Arlington)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none'><b><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:black'>Dolores Romero Morales </span></i></b><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:black'>(University of Oxford)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none'><b><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:black'>Kwok-Leung Tsui </span></i></b><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:black'>(City University of Hong Kong)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none'><b><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:black'>Helen Hao Zhang </span></i></b><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:black'>(University of Arizona)</span></i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>