Prof. Jianjun (Jan) Shi
Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
Bio: Dr. Jianjun Shi is the Carolyn J.
Stewart Chair and Professor at H. Milton Stewart School of
Industrial and Systems Engineering and George W. Woodruff School
of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology.
Prior to joining Georgia Tech in 2008, he was the G. Lawton and
Louise G. Johnson Chair Professor of Engineering, Professor of
the Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering, and
Professor of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the
University of Michigan. He received his B.S. and M.S. in
Electrical Engineering at the Beijing Institute of Technology in
1984 and 1987, and his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at the
University of Michigan in 1992.
Professor Shi's research interests focus on system informatics
and control for the design and operational improvements of
manufacturing and service systems. He is one of the early
pioneers in the field. He has produced 26 Ph.D. graduates (18 of
them have joined IE department as faculty members, 7 received
NSF CAREER Awards, and one received the PECASE award, 3 serve as
executive/directors in industrial companies). He has published
one book and more than 150 papers (95 Journal papers, and
collectively received about 5000+ paper citations). He has also
been closely working with industrial companies and has served as
PI and co-PI for more than 19 million dollars of research
grants. He has led various research projects funded by National
Science Foundation, NIST Advanced Technology Program, Department
of Energy, General Motors, Daimler-Chrysler, Ford,
Lockheed-Martin, Honeywell, Pfizer, and various other industrial
companies and funding agencies. The technologies developed in
his research group have been implemented in various production
systems with significant economic impacts.
Professor Shi is the founding chairperson of the Quality,
Statistics and Reliability (QSR) Subdivision at the Institute
for Operations Research and Management Science (INFORMS). He
currently leads the System Informatics and Control Group of ISyE
at Georgia Institute of Technology. He also served as the
Director of Program in Manufacturing, co-Director of Global
Automotive and Manufacturing Engineering, and Director of
Laboratory for In-Process Quality Improvement Research (IPQI) at
the University of Michigan. He also served as an Associate
Director of a NSF Industrial/University Corporative Research
Center (IUCRC) and a thrust leader at NSF Engineering Research
Center at UM. He is the founding Director of the Quality Science
Center at the Chinese Academy of Science in China. He is
currently serving as the Focus Issue Editor of IIE Transactions
on Quality and Reliability Engineering, Editor, Journal of
Systems Science and Complexity, Associate Editor, ASME
Transactions, Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering,
Senior Editor of Chinese Journal of Institute of Industrial
Engineering, and Associate Editor for the International Journal
of Flexible Manufacturing Systems. He is a Fellow of the
Institute of Industrial Engineering (IIE), a Fellow of American
Society of Mechanical Engineering (ASME), a Fellow of Institute
of Operations Research and the Management Science (INFORMS), an
Academician of the International Academy for Quality, Elected
Member of the International Statistical Institute (ISI), and
also a member of American Statistics Association (ASA).
Prof. Kwang-Jae Kim
Pohang University of Science and Technology, Korea
Bio:
Dr. Kwang-Jae Kim is a Professor in the Department of Industrial
and Management Engineering and the Head of the Graduate Program
in Industrial Data Science at Pohang University of Science and
Technology (POSTECH), Korea. His research focuses on quality
assurance in product and service design and analytics-driven new
service development.
His work has been applied to various fields, including
semiconductor manufacturing, steel manufacturing, automobile
design and manufacturing, healthcare and wellness, smart energy,
smart transport, telematics, and ICT services. His research has
been supported by organizations such as the National Research
Foundation, the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Ministry
of Knowledge Economy, the Ministry of Health and Welfare, the
Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, and the Ministry of ICT
of Korea, as well as leading companies including Samsung, LG,
POSCO, Hyundai, SK Hynix, KT, IBM, and Microsoft.
He has received several prestigious awards, including the Proud
POSTECHian Award, the Literati Award for Excellence, the KIIE
Jung-Hun Academic Excellence Award, and the KSQM Academic
Excellence Award. He is a member of the National Academy of
Engineering of Korea and currently serves as the President of
the Korean Institute of Industrial Engineers (2023–2024). More
details can be found at http://quality.postech.ac.kr/.
Prof. Bopaya Bidanda
University of Pittsburgh, USA
Speech Title: AI and Sustainability: Emerging
Roles for Industrial Engineers
Abstract: This talk will share
insights on how industrial engineering is evolving with the help
of AI and how it is helping us balance efficiency and
sustainability. Industrial engineering is at the forefront of
process optimization and system efficiency. But with rising
global challenges such as climate change and resource
limitations, the role of industrial engineers is expanding. AI
has become a crucial tool in tackling these challenges, helping
industries become more sustainable while improving their
operational efficiency.
The talk with begin with discussing how industrial engineering
can evolve to meet today’s challenges. Then it will detail how
innovation is driving new efficiencies and how sustainability is
becoming a major focus. The next part will dive into how AI is
being applied to industrial engineering. We’ll explore specific
ways AI is improving both efficiency and sustainability, using
real- world examples from leading industries. Finally, it will
detail the emerging roles industrial engineers are taking on in
this AI- driven landscape with a focus how industrial engineers
can bridge the gap between technology and operations.
Bio:
Dr. Bopaya Bidanda is currently the Ernest E. Roth Professor at
the Department of Industrial Engineering at the University of
Pittsburgh. He also serves as the Director of the Center for
Industry Studies. He returned to the faculty in 2021 after 21+
years as Department Chair. He also serves as Director of the
Manufacturing Assistance Center Initiative that helps
underserved communities develop manufacturing skills. His most
recent book includes the Maynard Industrial & Systems
Engineering Handbook, Sixth Edition that serves as the
definitive body of knowledge for industrial engineering. His
research focuses on different dimensions of manufacturing from
reverse engineering to manufacturing modernization.
He is also the Past President of the Institute of Industrial &
Systems Engineers (IISE), the largest and oldest professional
society representing the discipline. Dr. Bidanda has also served
on the ABET Board (of Delegates) and is an active accreditation
visitor for the past 20+ years and has led ABET teams to many
countries. Dr. Bidanda has received many international awards -
last year alone, he received the Frank & Lillian Gilbreth Award
by IISE and also the Lillian Gilbreth award by the Indian
Institution of Industrial Engineering.
Bidanda is also a dual Fulbrighter, first appointed in 2004, as
Fulbright Senior Specialist to Uruguay, and more recently as a
Fulbright-Nehru Senior Scholar to India, by the J. William
Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board and the U.S. Department of
State. Over the past decade, he has delivered keynote and
plenary addresses at conferences in Brazil, Israel, Spain,
Turkey, and India.
to be announced soon.......