Panel Sessions

“The Future of SMC: Research Domains and Methods”

	Environmental and Energy Systems Keith W. Hipel, Ph.D., University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada
	Defense and Space Systems Mo Jamshidi, Ph.D., University of Texas, San Antonio, Texas, USA
	Service Systems and Services Innovation James M. Tien, Ph.D., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, USA
	Infrastructure and Transportation Systems Chelsea C. White, Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

 

 

Brief Bios

Dr. Keith W. Hipel is Professor of Systems Design Engineering at the University of Waterloo where he is the Coordinator of the Conflict Analysis Group. His major research interests are the development of conflict resolution and time series analysis techniques from a systems design engineering perspective with applications to water resources management, hydrology, environmental engineering and sustainable development. Dr. Hipel is Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (FRSC), Canadian Academy of Engineering (FCAE), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (FIEEE), Engineering Institute of Canada (FEIC), and the American Water Resources Association (FAWRA). He is also a recipient of many other awards including the Norbert Wiener Award from the IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics (SMC) Society, and the Canada Council Killam Research Fellowship.

Dr. Mo Jamshidi is the Lutcher Brown Endowed Chaired professor at the University of Texas, San Antonio, TX, USA. He has also been the founding Director of Center for Autonomous Control Engineering (ACE) at the University of New Mexico, and moved the Center to University of Texas, San Antonio in 2006. He is also the Regents Professor Emeritus of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and the AT&T Professor Emeritus of Manufacturing Engineering at UNM. He was IEEE SMC VP for Conferences, EIC, IEEE Control Systems Magazine (198084), and EIC of the IEEE Systems Journal (to be inaugurated for IEEE Systems Council). Dr. Jamshidi holds 3 honorary doctoral degrees from Canada, Greece and Azerbaijan and has been honored by other organizations, including being elected a Fellow of the IEEE, ASME, AAAS and TWAS.

Dr. James M. Tien, currently the Yamada Corporation Professor, joined the Department of Electrical, Computer and Systems Engineering at Rensselaer in 1977, served as Acting Chair of the department, became the founding Chair of a unique interdisciplinary Department of Decision Sciences and Engineering Systems, and twice served as the Acting Dean of Engineering. The 1990-1991 IEEE SMC Society President, Dr. Tien has been honored with both teaching and research awards, including being elected a Fellow in IEEE, INFORMS and AAAS and a member of the U. S. National Academy of Engineering.

Dr. Chelsea C. White is the H. Milton and Carolyn J. Stewart School Chair of the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial & Systems Engineering and holds the Schneider National Chair of Transportation and Logistics at the Georgia Institute of Technology, where he is the Director of the Trucking Industry Program (TIP) and the former Executive Director of The Logistics Institute. He has previously served as department chair of Systems Engineering at the University of Virginia, department chair of Industrial and Operations Engineering at the UM, and Senior Associate Dean at the UM. His former involvement within the IEEE includes serving as President of the SMC Society from 1992 through 1993. He received the Norbert Wiener Award in 1999 and the Joseph G. Wohl Outstanding Career Award in 2005, both from the IEEE SMC Society, and an IEEE Third Millennium Medal. The Norbert Wiener Award is the SMC’s highest award recognizing lifetime contributions in research. He is a Fellow of the IEEE, a former member of the Executive Board of CIEADH (Council of Industrial Engineering Department Heads), and the founding chair of the IEEE TAB Committee on ITS.