General Donald R. Keith Memorial Capstone Conference Conference Information Brief 8 February 2017
Bottom Line Up Front (BLUF) Purpose The purpose of this briefing is to provide Capstone Teams with pertinent information regarding requirements for participation in the annual General Donald R. Keith Memorial Capstone Conference. Agenda Conference Overview Webpage Navigation Registration Paper Format Easy Chair Instructions
Conference Points of Contact Conference Overview Summary The General Donald R. Keith Memorial Conference is a student-focused forum for applied research in Systems Engineering, Engineering Management, and Operations Research. This is a refereed conference with published proceedings. Regional conference for the Society for Industrial and Systems Engineering (SISE). Critical Milestones Papers/abstracts due: 10 March 2017 Reviews back to authors: 24 March 2017 Final papers and abstracts due: 31 March 2017 Conference: 4 May 2017 Purpose & Agenda Overview Webpage Registration Paper Format Easy Chair Discussion Conference Tracks Decision Analysis Problem Solving Modeling & Sim Modeling & Sim (Defense) Process Modeling and Analysis Process Optimization (Lean Systems) Systems Design Systems Design (Defense) Project/Engineering Management Honors Projects (USMA Only) Hollis Award (USMA Only) Conference Points of Contact Capstone Director: Dr. Roger Burk roger.burk@usma.edu Conference OIC: MAJ Jasmine Motupalli jasmine.motupalli@usma.edu
Conference Webpage http://www.usma.edu/grkmcc/SitePages/Home.aspx Purpose & Agenda Overview Webpage Registration Paper Format Easy Chair Discussion
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