Undergraduate Student Paper Competition

Sponsored by: SIEMENS

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 Student Paper Competition sponsored by SIEMENS will recognize outstanding papers in the field of industrial engineering and operations management written by student(s). Selected papers will be considered for the competition and must be presented at the IEOM Panama 2026 Conference. The paper will be judged based on the technical content and presentation during August 4-6, 2026. Winners will receive award certificates. The winning awards will be given at the IEOM Panama 2026 conference awards ceremony on August 5, 2026.

Eligibility Criteria:

The submitter must me student or a recent graduate
Papers can be industry projects as part of a course or co-op/internship, or research projects done at the academic institution.
Faculty and/or an industry member may serve as an advisor on a project, but the work should primarily be done by the student(s).
The paper must be written by the student(s) with only minor outside editorial assistance. One or more advisors may appear as co-authors of a paper, but the student must be the ‘first author’.
The paper 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.

Paper Guidelines:
Authors must follow the IEOM Panama 2026 paper guidelines (under Authors menu) since the winning papers will be published in the conference proceedings.

For any question, please contact undergraduate student paper competition committee chairs: Dr. Abbas Mahmoudabadi (mahmoudabadi@mehrastan.ac.ir)

Judging:
A group of academics / professionals will serve as judge. Scoring rubrics will be used for both parts of the judging.

Winners:
1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners will receive award certificates.