Best Paper Competition

Competition Announcement (02/2007)

Updated Rules (02/2007)

• The finalists of the 2007 QSR Best Student Paper Competition are( in alphabetic order):

   

  Alaa Elwany, Georgia Institute of Technology, Sensor-Based Models for Maintenance Management Decisions

  Ying Hung, Georgia Institute of Technology, Design and Analysis of Computer Experiments with Branching and Nested Factors

  Xuemei Shan, Northwestern University, Blind Identification of Manufacturing Variation Patterns by Combining Source Separation Criteria

  Haifeng (Heidi) Xia, Texas A&M University, Bayesian Hierarchical Model for Integrating Multi-resolution Metrology Data. WINNER

   

• The finalists of the 2006 QSR Best Student Paper Competition are( in alphabetic order):

Tirthankar Dasgupta, Georgia Institute of Technology, Robust Synthesis of Nanostructures

Lingyan Ruan, Georgia Institute of Technology, Robust Parameter Design for Quality Variables and Reliability Measures
Tao Yuan, The University of Tennessee, Defect Pattern Recognition in Semiconductor Fabrication using Model-based Clustering and Bayesian Inference
Jing Zhong, The University of Michigan, Design of DOE-based Automatic Process Controller with Consideration of Model Uncertainties (WINNER)
 

• The finalists of the 2005 QSR Best Student Paper Competition are( in alphabetic order):

Jung Jin Cho, Texas A&M, Redundancy Analysis of Linear Sensor Systems and Its Applications
Xuelei (Sherry) Ni, Georgia Institute of Technology, Enhanced Leaps-And-Bounds Method in Subset Selections with Additional Optimality Tests
Zhiguang Qian, Georgia Institute of Technology, Bayesian Surrogate Models for Integrating Low-accuracy and High-accuracy Experiments (WINNER)
Sarintip Satitsatian, University of Washington, Seattle, An Algorithm for Reliability Bounds Computation to Evaluate Supply Chain Networks

• The finalists of the 2004 QSR Best Student Paper Competition are( in alphabetic order):

Chang-Ho Chin, Texas A&M, Optimal Filter Design Approach to Statistical Process Control
Shwu-Tzy Jiang, University of Oklahoma, Proportional intensity model robustness for right-censored failure data
Z. Lian, The Pennsylvania State University, Setup Error Adjustment of Multiple Lots using a Sequential Monte Carlo Method
Abhyuday Mandal, Georgia Tech, SELC : Sequential Elimination of Level Combinations by Means of Modified Genetic Algorithms (WINNER)
 

• The finalists and the winner of the 2003 QSR Best Student Paper Competition are:

1. Hong Wan, Northwestern University, Controlled Sequential Bifurcation: A New Factor-Screening Method (WINNER)
2. Myong K. Jeong, Georgia Tech, Wavelet-Based SPC Procedure for Complicated Functional Data
3. Pansoo Kim, Texas A&M University, Optimal Engineering System Design Guided by Data-Mining Methods
4. Haitao Liao, Rutgers University, Customer-Oriented Reliability Verification and Robust Design Optimization for Highly Reliable Products under Stochastic Use Conditions
 

• The finalists and the winner of the 2002 QSR Best Student Paper Competition are:
  
  1. Wenzhen Huang, University of Wisconsin-Madison, for the paper, Mode-Based Decomposition of Part Form Error by Discrete-Cosine-Transform with Implementation to Assembly and Stamping System with Compliant Parts.(WINNER)
  2. Carla Vivacqua, University of Wisconsin-Madison, for the paper, Using Strip-Block Designs as an Alternative to Reduce Costs of Experimentation in Robust Product Design.
  3. Hyun-Woo Cho, Pohang University of Science and Technology, for the paper, Fault Diagnosis of Batch Processes: A New Statistical Approach Using Discriminant Model
  4. Jun Bai, Rutgers University, for the paper, Warranty Cost Models of Renewable Risk-Free Policy for Multi-Component Systems.
   

• The finalists and the winner of the 2001 QSR Best Student Paper Competition are:
  
  1. Yong Chen, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, for the paper Quality and Reliability Chain Modeling for System Reliability Analysis of Multi-station Manufacturing Processes (WINNER)
  2. Rong Pan, Penn State University, for the paper Comparison of Some Process Adjustment Methods and their Integration with SPC Charts
  3. Charles Ribardo, Ohio State University, for the paper An Alternative Desirability Function for Achieving Six Sigma Quality
  4. Roshan Joseph Vengazhiyil, University of Michigan, for the paper Robust Parameter Design of Multiple Target Systems
  5. Wenbiao Zhao, Rutgers University, for the paper Modeling Accelerated Life Testing Based on Mean Residual Life