IISE Data analytics & information systems (dais) student Mobile/Web App Competition

The Data Analytics and Information Systems (DAIS) Division of the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE) announces the IISE DAIS Mobile/Web App Competition to recognize creativity and excellence among its members and motivate them to translate or commercialize their research and learning outcomes to accelerate economic and societal benefits.

Scope of Mobile/Web App

Mobile/web apps that are based on concepts, principles, techniques, or applications related to the field of industrial and systems engineering will be accepted. Mobile/web apps that can effectively demonstrate those in the subfields related to data analytics and information systems are encouraged.

Eligibility of Participants

  • A team can consist of a maximum of five members (1~4 student members and 1~2 faculty advisors).
  • Student members can be undergraduate or graduate students from higher education institutes in industrial & systems engineering (or related fields).
  • Student members should be enrolled at the time of submission of the proposal.
  • At least one of the students must be a member of DAIS.

Competition Process

  • Proposal Submission: Teams must submit a proposal (no more than 2 pages) describing their mobile/web app via email with the subject "DAIS Mobile/Web App Competition" to the chairs of the competition steering committee by January 3, 2025. The proposal should include:
    (1) A clear statement outlining the need for the mobile/web app and its intended goals.
    (2) A detailed list of the app’s features.
    (3) An identification of the target markets and communities.

  • Mobile/web app submission: Teams must submit
    (1) A demonstration video of their mobile/web app.
    (2) A document that describes their solution and relevant technology (1000 world or less).
    (3) A software design document (no more than 10 pages).
    (4) A document that states the real-world technology translation/deployment plan and the anticipated impacts to the target markets and communities (no more than 2 pages), via email to the chairs of the competition steering committee by February 21, 2025. The competition steering committee will evaluate the submissions and select a maximum of four teams as finalists.

  • Oral presentation: The finalist teams will attend the 2025 IISE Annual Conference & Expo to present their mobile/web app. The presentation will include
    (1) A demonstration of the prototype.
    (2) Technical details of the mobile/web app.
    (3) A business plan or community integration plan (including technology implementation and pilot study) to further justify the translation potential for their mobile/web app.

Evaluation Process

Each team will be evaluated by the following criteria:

  • Real-world Impact
  • Technology originality
  • Software development details of their mobile/web app
  • Translation (implementation, integration, and business) plan for their mobile/web app
  • Demonstration of the prototype

Important Dates (Deadlines)

  • January 3, 2025 Deadline for proposal submission
  • January 10, 2025: Notification of proposal acceptance
  • February 28, 2025: Deadline for submission of prototype mobile/web app and documents
  • March 14, 2025: Notification to finalist teams.
  • May 31 - June 3, 2025: Oral presentations of finalist teams at the 2025 IISE Annual Conference & Expo in Atlanta, GA

Recognition

  • Recognition at the DAIS Town Hall Meeting at Annual Conference
  • Recognition in ISE magazine
  • Recognition on DAIS webpage and in the newsletter

Competition Steering Committee Chairs

Nan Kong, Purdue University
Xueping Li, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

For more information, please contact Amy Straub.

Conflict of Interest Policy

Societies and divisions must follow standard conflict of interest guidelines. Those guidelines include, but are not limited to:

  • Officers and Board members of the Division should be ineligible for awards during the period of their service, without approval by the Senior VP for Technical Operations (SVP). Exceptions may only be made by the SVP when awards are time sensitive, and the impacted board member(s) or officer(s) must recuse themselves from the award process. For awards that are not time-sensitive, the nominee should wait until their Officer or Board service is complete to be nominated.
  • The awards committee (or judging committee) should not include members who have either a personal or professional relationship with the nominees. For example, a faculty member should not be judging a paper competition where a participant from the same university is a nominee for best paper award.
  • The awards committee (or judging committee) should actively change its membership on a rotating basis from year to year to ensure fairness, equity, and diversity. That is, some members of the judging committee should roll off the committee and new members should roll on.

2024 Winners

Angineh Keshishian, Xiaoyu (Lareina) Liu, Lingchao Mao, Wenting Zheng
University of Pennsylvania

Aliza Sharmin, Jose Tupayachi, Xudong Wang, Xueping Li, and Victoria Niederhouser
University of Tennessee, Knoxville

2023 Winners

Rongxuan Wang (Virginia Tech) and Yinan Wang (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
Sonam Devadiga (Tindall Co) and Issac Perkins (Fluence Energy)

Past Winners

DAIS Division page 

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