Supervised learning

Reinforcement Learning

Large Language Models

Quantum Machine Learning

Applications in Networking, Transportation, Robotics, Manufacturing, Healthcare, Biomedical, and Climate

Carbon, water and material footprint of digitalization

Supply chain sustainability and resilience

Life cycle environmental impacts of emerging technology/system/service

System of systems (industry-agriculture-transportation-water-energy nexus)

Integrated system modeling at different scales

Manufacturing

Materials Processing

Microsystems Technology

Nanostructured Materials

Laser materials processing

Hybrid manufacturing systems

Rapid manufacturing of 3D bulk structural nanomaterials

Manipulation and processing of biomaterials

Multilayer functional coating

Mechanical/physical property enhancement of metals

Construction safety

Risk management

Decision making

Modeling, Monitoring & Diagnosis of Multistage Manufacturing Processes Collecting High-dimensional Streaming Data: Adaptive Sampling Strategies for Online Monitoring

Directed Graphical Models for Root Cause Analysis

Cyber-Physical Systems and Industry 4.0

IoT touch-screen devices, smart sensors and Cloud services

Management of industrial monitoring systems and AI/ML data analytics

Innovations in Experiential Learning & Professional Development

Global Technology Product Management

Operations & Supply Chain Strategy

Smart Manufacturing & Process Optimization

Digital Twin & Predictive Simulation (Discrete Events & System Dynamics)

Engineering Learning Innovation & Pedagogy

Methods for simulation optimization (objective functions via Monte Carlo simulation with stochastic error)

Multi-objective simulation optimization

Two-stage multi-objective linear programs

Cost-effectiveness analysis

Logistics Systems Planning & Design: optimization-based dynamic decision making

real-time analytics

planner-in-the-loop human-AI interaction

Resilient & Sustainable Supply Chains (risk analysis of critical networks, e.g. defense food chains

multi-criteria transportation design)

Methodology: System Modeling, Robust & Stochastic Optimization, ML for Optimization

Logistics –

dispatching, relocation, collaboration

Vehicle routing with non-routineness of trips & warehouse

Optimization for plant design, workflows & layout

Interactions of optimization

Game theory & industrial organization (energy markets & environmental policy applications)

Collaborative robotics, e-Work & e-Business systems

Decision support networks for integrated production/service systems

Automation of nano/micro sensor networks

Systems security, integrity & assurance

Nonlinear optimization & applications

Eigenvalue computation of large sparse matrices

Computational oncology

Soliton physics

Supply Chain Network Design & Management

Logistics via drones & automated vehicles

Public transportation network design & operations

Disaster Management research

Collaboration on “

Resilient Community to Disruptions”

Distributed & large-scale optimization

Computational Game Theory

Variational Inequalities

Machine Learning

Big Data Analytics

Applications in Communications, Networking, Signal Processing & Sensor Networks

Control systems

Machine learning

Networks

Energy

Transportation

Cyber-physical systems

Real-time Control of Smart Factory & Extended Enterprises via Digital-Twin

Modeling Human Decision-Making (Belief-Desire-Intention Model)

Multi-paradigm Simulations (agent, discrete-event, system dynamics, VR)

Control of Emerging Applications (Evacuation, Healthcare, UAV/UGV Coordination, Social Network)

Spread of pandemic diseases (e.g. Zika, COVID-19)

Spread of antigenically variable pathogens (e.g. Influenza H3N2)

Vaccination distribution strategy/policy optimization (equity factors)

Influence of social media on health policy acceptance

ML-enabled policy discovery

Network science for healthcare trust

fMRI network-science methodologies for cognitive decline detection

Strengths in network science, OR, stochastic modeling, ML, algorithm design

Skilled Robots: Multimodal robotic co-workers in OR

Autonomous medical robots

Robotics for skill augmentation

HRI & AI mentoring

Assistive robotics

Nanomanufacturing

Self-powered nanosystems

Renewable energy

Human-integrated technologies

Smart sensors & electronics

Real-time decision-making in semiconductor operations

Supply chain management for healthcare & humanitarian operations

Human-technology interaction

System design & integration

Interoperable data platforms

Simulation & predictive modeling

Robust, sustainable supply chain design

Stakeholder mapping & engagement

Pilot development, evaluation & scaling

Tech transfer & research translation processes

Quantifying intraoperative workload

Patient-factor-based workload modeling

Medical device design & usability testing

Wearable sensor integration for intelligent health systems