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  • FTC 2013 Call for Papers

    We invite you to submit papers for presentation at the 57th Fall Technical Conference to be held October 17-18, 2013 in San Antonio, TX. The Fall Technical Conference has long been a forum for both statistics and quality, with the goal of engaging researchers and practitioners in a dialogue that leads to more effective use of statistics to improve quality. If you are interested in presenting an applied or expository paper in any of three parallel sessions (Statistics, Quality Control or Tutorial/Case Studies) contact any of the committee members listed below, preferably by e-mail. If you are submitting an abstract, please follow the format below. Abstract Submission Deadline is February 28, 2013 Program Committee ASQ STAT: Peter Parker (Chair) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (757) 864-4709 peter.a.parker@nasa.gov ASA Q&P: Willis Jensen W.L. Gore & Associates (928) 864-3041 wjensen@wlgore.com ASQ CPID: Flor Castillo The Dow Chemical Company (979) 238-7554 facastillo@dow.com ASA SPES: Robert Wilkinson The Lubrizol Corporation (440) 347-4423 Robert.Wilkinson@lubrizol.com Abstract Format Please follow the provided abstract format. Papers are selected based on subject matter, technical correctness, usefulness, interest, clarity, and readability. Use one page only. Title of Presentation First author Affiliation Daytime phone number Paper mail address Email address (For up to 2 more additional authors, provide information as above in a separate column for each person to the right of the first author). Presenter: Name of presenter Keywords: Include three to five keywords or phrases Purpose: One sentence. To derive, prove, synthesize, review, present, inform, encourage, motivate, enlighten, exemplify, highlight, etc. Abstract The abstract should include the following 3 components: 1. Motivation or Background 2. Description of work done 3. Significance. Are there improvements, applications, new abilities, new points of view, etc.? How will the status quo be changed? Session Preference (Choose One) ____ Statistics ____ Quality Control ____ Case Study/Tutorial Target Audience (Choose One) ____ Introductory/Practitioner ____ Intermediate ____Advanced/Theoretical