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Announcements
We are happy to announce that Jiayu Liu, a current PhD student, recently had his first journal article published. Jiayu is first author in an article published in Expert Systems with Applications. The article, entitled "Uni-3DAD: GAN-Inversion Aided Universal 3D Anomaly Detection on Model-free Products” was collaborated on with Dr. Yinan Wang, and two others.
Professor Bopaya Bidanda from the Department of Industrial Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh will present a talk on "Innovation & AI: Balancing Efficiency, Sustainability and Developing Emerging Roles for IE, and Implications for IE Education." This colloquium will be in DCC 324 from 11:00 - 11:50, followed by a reception until 12:45. Everyone is welcome.
The Industrial & Systems Engineering Dept. and IISE student chapter, along with Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE) Headquarters, present a short course on Lean Green Belt at RPI (2/21-23). Taught by Dr. Asish Ghosh. Register by 2/7/2025 to receive a discounted rate. Last day to register for the course is 2/17/2025.
Vanessa Lewis and her husband, Matthew recently welcomed a baby girl - Lauren. Congratulations!
The Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY, is seeking applications for the prestigious Frank and Lillian Gilbreth Endowed Chaired Professorship in Industrial and Systems Engineering. We are actively recruiting faculty at the Assistant, Associate, and Full Professor levels and we welcome applications for both the Career Development Chair (junior faculty) and the tenured full Chair professor levels.
Dr. Yinan Wang’s proposal, “Model Optimization and Hardware-aware Neural Architecture Search for Spatiotemporal Data Mining” was selected as a Future of Computing Research Collaboration (FCRC) project, a partnership between RPI and IBM. This research program is focused on developing a comprehensive framework for hardware-aware neural architecture search and model optimization for on-edge spatiotemporal data mining.
Students, alumni, faculty and staff attended the IISE Holiday Party held on campus December 4, organized by the RPI IISE Student Chapter. Pictured far left is Alli Fitzpatrick welcoming everyone to the event. Current undergrad and grad students, alumni, faculty and staff enjoyed a delicious meal and sharing the holiday spirit as the Fall semester winds down. Even Santa took time out of his busy schedule to pay a visit.
Richard Little, Visiting Research Scholar, recently had a Letter to the Editor published in the New York Times regarding how much more heat can humans stand.
We are pleased to announce that three of our faculty members received a 2024 School of Engineering Faculty Excellence Award! There were only ten such awards given this year. Pictured here at the awards reception:
The Industrial and Systems Engineering Department and Institute Advancement recently hosted an Alumni Night in Seattle, WA at the INFORMS Annual Meeting (Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences). Thanks to all that could attend. It was wonderful to bring our faculty, students and alumni together to catch up on their lives, careers and what’s happening at RPI as we celebrate our bicentennial year.
RPI News
Ge Wang, the Clark-Crossan Chaired Professor and director of the Biomedical Imaging Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), has been appointed as the editor-in-chief of the IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging journal. With nearly 3,000 submissions per year, it is the flagship journal in the tomographic medical imaging field and among the most highly cited of all biomedical engineering journals. Wang’s initial term is for three years and is renewable for a second term.
Clint Ballinger, Ph.D., professor of practice in the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering (MANE) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, is among 170 inventors elected by the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) to its 2024 Class of Fellows.
TROY, N.Y. — Building on several ongoing collaborations, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) and GlobalFoundries (GF) are working together to further grow and strengthen the semiconductor workforce in the region.
TROY, N.Y. — Thomas R. Farino Jr. ’67 and his wife Patricia Farino have made a $5 million gift to the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) School of Engineering to establish the university’s first endowed deanship. Their gift marks another milestone in RPI’s yearlong Bicentennial celebration of the Institute’s past, present, and future.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) researchers are part of a multi-institution team working to bring rubber production to the United States and better secure the supply chain for this critical material.
