<div dir="ltr"><div><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;color:rgb(32,34,37);font-family:Lora,Georgia,"Times New Roman",Times,serif;font-size:18px">Dear all:</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;color:rgb(32,34,37);font-family:Lora,Georgia,"Times New Roman",Times,serif;font-size:18px"><span lang="EN" style="box-sizing:border-box">After three highly successful and engaging years, we invite you to submit an abstract to the<span style="box-sizing:border-box"><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space" style="font-weight:bold"> </span>fourth annual<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space" style="font-weight:bold"> </span><a href="https://www.rhsmith.umd.edu/departments/decision-operations-information-technologies/impact-workshop" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="font-weight:bold;box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,48,135)">Workshop on AI & Analytics for Social Good</a></span><a href="https://www.rhsmith.umd.edu/departments/decision-operations-information-technologies/impact-workshop" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,48,135)"><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></a>to be held at the Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland on<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong style="box-sizing:border-box">May 2, 2025</strong>. This workshop brings together academics, thought leaders and stakeholders to discuss how analytics can support organizations, including government entities, non-profits, and social impact organizations, in improving their reach and impact through innovative use of data and models. The overarching theme is analytics for good.</span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;color:rgb(32,34,37);font-family:Lora,Georgia,"Times New Roman",Times,serif;font-size:18px"><span lang="EN" style="box-sizing:border-box">We are agnostic about the topic of research provided it fits into the workshop theme. We particularly encourage young scholars, junior faculty and PhD students to submit papers. </span><span lang="EN" style="box-sizing:border-box"></span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;color:rgb(32,34,37);font-family:Lora,Georgia,"Times New Roman",Times,serif;font-size:18px"><span lang="EN" style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box">The deadline for a 2-3 page extended abstract submission is this Friday, February 14 and decisions will be sent by March 1, 2025. Please<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN" style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box">highlight the research questions/goals, novelty, methodological approach, main results, and impact or potential for impact.</span></span><span lang="EN" style="box-sizing:border-box"><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span>Submit abstracts by email to </span><span lang="EN" style="box-sizing:border-box"><a href="mailto:socialimpactanalytics@umd.edu" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,48,135)">socialimpactanalytics@umd.edu</a></span><span lang="EN" style="box-sizing:border-box">.</span><span style="box-sizing:border-box">   </span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;color:rgb(32,34,37);font-family:Lora,Georgia,"Times New Roman",Times,serif;font-size:18px"><span lang="EN" style="box-sizing:border-box">We look forward to receiving your best work and seeing you in College Park on May 2!</span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;color:rgb(32,34,37);font-family:Lora,Georgia,"Times New Roman",Times,serif;font-size:18px"><span lang="EN" style="box-sizing:border-box">All the best,</span><span lang="EN" style="box-sizing:border-box"></span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;color:rgb(32,34,37);font-family:Lora,Georgia,"Times New Roman",Times,serif;font-size:18px"><span lang="EN" style="box-sizing:border-box">Jui (on behalf of the team: Hamsa, Margret, Jessica, and John)</span></p></div><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Jui Ramaprasad<br>Associate Professor, Information Systems, DOIT<div>Faculty Director, Interdisciplinary Business Honors (IBH) Program</div><div>Robert H. Smith School of Business<br>4305 Van Munching Hall<br>University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742<div>o: <span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">301.405.0100</span></div><div><font color="#222222"><span><br></span></font></div><div><font color="#222222"><span>Check out the <a href="https://www.paperturn-view.com/?pid=ODg8857771" target="_blank">2024 IBH Annual Report</a>!<br></span></font><br></div></div></div></div></div>