Doctoral Dissertation Competition
Sponsored by Airbus

Submission Link: https://www.xcdsystem.com/IEOM/abstract/index.cfm?ID=z2ODlfN
Registration Link: https://www.xcdsystem.com/IEOM/attendee/index.cfm?ID=sejdN9d

The IEOM Doctoral Dissertation Competition sponsored by Airbus recognizes outstanding research in industrial engineering, manufacturing engineering, systems engineering, operations research, engineering management and operations management. All submissions must be presented at the IEOM Panama 2026 Conference. Awards will be given based on the technical content and presentation. These awards are presented at the IEOM Panama 2026 Awards Ceremony on August 5, 2026.

Eligibility Criteria

• The submitter must enroll in a doctoral program or be a recent graduate from a doctoral program
• An abstract with power point presentation should be submitted
• The doctoral research must be presented at the IEOM Panama 2026 Conference.

IEOM Competition Rubrics

• Overall content: 1-5 points
• Data analysis and results: 1-5 points
• Presentation skills: 1-5 points
• Knowledge of the topic / confident: 1-5 points
• Answering questions: 1-5 points

Publication and Indexing – Proceedings

• Papers will be published in the proceedings with DOI at IEOM Index. Your papers will be in open access with ISSN and ISBN.

Submission

Paper must be submitted online: https://www.xcdsystem.com/IEOM/abstract/index.cfm?ID=z2ODlfN

Judging

A group of academics/professionals will serve as judges and evaluate the papers and presentations. Scoring rubrics will be used for both parts of the judging.

Winners

1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners will be selected based on judging.5

If you have any questions for the IEOM Student Competition, please contact: info@ieomsociety.org.