PROGRAM
Days: Monday, November 6th Tuesday, November 7th
Monday, November 6th
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07:45-08:45
Breakfast and Registration
All activities except reception and dinner will take place at: Norris University Center (1999 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL 60208)
Location: Louis Room (205)
09:00-10:30 Session 2
Panel 1: Designing Complex Systems for Uncertainty, Sustainability, and Resilience: The Case for Flexibility
Moderator: Michel Cardin (Associate Professor in Computational Aided Engineering at the Dyson School of Design Engineering, Imperial College London)
Panelists:
- David Broniatowski (Associate Professor of Engineering Management & Systems Engineering, The George Washington University)
- Michel-Alexandre Cardin (Associate Professor of Computational Aided Engineering, Dyson School of Design Engineering, Imperial College London)
- Richard de Neufville (Professor of Engineering Systems, Institute for Data, Systems and Society, MIT)
- Tina Comes (Professor of Technology, Policy and Management, TU Delft)
- Zoe Szajnfarber (Professor of Engineering Management & Systems Engineering, The George Washington University)
Location: Louis Room (205)
10:30-11:00
Coffee Break
11:00-12:30 Session 3A
Systems and Modularity
Chair:
Location: Louis Room (205)
| 11:00 | Pushing the limits: Changing Organizational Structures in IFRC’s Humanitarian Response Operations (abstract) PRESENTER: Lauren Bateman |
| 11:18 | Navigating Cost, Schedule, and Performance Trade-offs through Co-Design of Modules and Interfaces (abstract) PRESENTER: Taylan Topcu |
| 11:36 | Theory-Grounded Guidelines for Solver-Aware System Architecting (SASA) (abstract) PRESENTER: Zoe Szajnfarber |
| 11:54 | Multidisciplinary engineering coordination through collective artifacts (abstract) PRESENTER: John Meluso |
11:00-12:30 Session 3B
Systems and Networks
Chair:
Location: Big Ten Room (104)
| 11:00 | Platform-Driven Collaboration Patterns: Structural Evolution Over Time and Scale (abstract) PRESENTER: Negin Maddah |
| 11:18 | Design for Market Systems Using Network-Based Product Competition Analysis (abstract) PRESENTER: Yinshuang Xiao |
| 11:36 | Measuring the Emergent Informal Social Networks of Military Units with Varying Permanent Changes of Station: An Agent-Based Approach (abstract) PRESENTER: John Caddell |
| 11:54 | Social Influence and Customer Preferences: A Case Study in the U.S. New Car Buyer Market (abstract) PRESENTER: Neelam Modi |
13:45-15:15 Session 4A
Systems Engineering and Design
Chair:
Location: Louis Room (205)
| 13:45 | Intervention in Collaborative System Design for Mitigating Coordination Failure (abstract) PRESENTER: Alkim Avsar |
| 14:03 | Quantify Project Rework to Improve Planning Efficiency in Project Scheduling (abstract) PRESENTER: Chenwei Gui |
| 14:21 | Understanding the Tradeoffs Behind Using Margin for Changeability (abstract) PRESENTER: Aditya Singh |
| 14:39 | A Requirements Verification Ontology Stack to Support Semantic Systems Engineering (abstract) PRESENTER: Joe Gregory |
13:45-15:15 Session 4B
Artificial Intelligence in Systems
Chair:
Location: Big Ten Room (104)
| 13:45 | Towards Designing Empathetic and Trustworthy AI Chatbots: An Exploratory Study (abstract) PRESENTER: Ting Liao |
| 14:03 | AI Driven Governance of Complex Systems Through Network Intervention: A Hierarchical RL Approach with Graph Neural Network (abstract) PRESENTER: Qiliang Chen |
| 14:21 | Can Requirements Engineering Be Used to Manage Systemic Bias in AI Systems? (abstract) |
| 14:39 | Generative Agent-Based Modeling: Simulating Social Dynamics With Large Language Models (abstract) |
| 14:57 | All Models Fail, But Some Are Useful: Enabling Informed Decision-Making by Non-Expert Acquirers of AI-Embedded Systems (abstract) PRESENTER: Chris Krueger |
15:15-16:15 Session 5
Posters and Coffee
Location: Louis Room (205)
Mission Engineering and Acquisition Modernization for Joint Al-Domain Command and Control (abstract) PRESENTER: Beatrice Lambert |
A Function Selection-Based Framework for Representing Extreme Novelty in Models of Design Processes (abstract) PRESENTER: Athul Chakkithara Dharmarajan |
Embedding Physical Knowledge in Deep Neural Networks for Predicting Metamaterial Phononic Properties (abstract) PRESENTER: Hongyi Xu |
Disaster Information processing and extraction using ChatGPT (abstract) PRESENTER: Zaid Kbah |
A Proposal of Multi-agent Modeling Approach in SPS Line Simulation Considering Human Centered Design (abstract) PRESENTER: Lei Shen |
THE UTILITY OF AI AND ML TOOLS TO DESIGN SUSTAINABLE PRODUCT AND PRODUCTION SYSTEMS: REVIEW, APPLICATIONS AND LIMITATIONS (abstract) PRESENTER: Harrison Kim |
An agent-based model for energy justice and technology adoption in the residential building sector (abstract) PRESENTER: Danielle Preziuso |
Investigation of External Shock on Science System: A Case Study on German Science System (abstract) PRESENTER: Huaxia Zhou |
Desertification: An Agent-Based Model (abstract) PRESENTER: Christine King |
Preference Detection Harnessing Low-Cost Portable Electroencephalography and Facial Behavior Markers (abstract) PRESENTER: Sang Won Bae |
Revolutionizing Computer-Aided Design Systems: CAD Sequence Inference from Product Image (abstract) PRESENTER: Xingang Li |
Fuzzy Associative Memory and Deep Learning Network Model Interface with Transplant Surgeon in Assessing Hard-to-Place Kidneys for Use in Digital Twin Model (abstract) PRESENTER: Rachel Dzieran |
A game theoretic agent-based framework for distributed space systems planning (abstract) PRESENTER: Qian Shi |
How Should Technical Measures Be Selected? An Investigation Into Published Guidance (abstract) PRESENTER: Casey Eaton |
Developing a digital mission engineering framework: Bridging the gap between current practices and digital-enabled mission engineering solutions (abstract) PRESENTER: Dalia Bekdache |
Integrating Aerospace Structural Mechanics Problems into System-of-Systems Engineering Education: Fostering Interdisciplinary Learning (abstract) PRESENTER: Waterloo Tsutsui |
Using Ensemble Explanations to Model and Understand System Interactions (abstract) PRESENTER: Prajwal Balasubramani |
Category theory concepts for systems engineering (abstract) PRESENTER: David Perner |
Heuristics for Solver Aware Systems Architecting (SASA): A Reinforcement Learning Approach (abstract) PRESENTER: Vikranth S. Gadi |
MicroFlow: Advancing Affective States Detection in Learning through Micro-expressions (abstract) PRESENTER: Mohammad Rahul Islam |
A Multi-Tiered Methodology for Systems Engineering Graduate Research (abstract) |
Assessment of mobility decarbonization with low-carbon policies and EV incentives in the US (abstract) PRESENTER: Weijie Pan |
Can the Inflation Reduction Act Inflate the Effectiveness of Electric Vehicle Incentives? (abstract) PRESENTER: Tianye Wang |
A State-based Probabilistic Risk Assessment Framework for System-of-Systems Operations (abstract) PRESENTER: Sonali Sinha Roy |
16:15-17:15 Session 6
Keynote I: Optimizing Production for New Energy Products
Jason Crusan (VP New Energy Solutions, Woodside Energy)
Location: Louis Room (205)
17:30-20:30
Reception and Dinner at James L. Allen Center
Address: 2169 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL, 60208
Cocktail hour: EMP 24 25 Lounge 1st Fl North
Dinner: Atrium Dining Room
Tuesday, November 7th
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08:45-09:45 Session 7
Keynote II: Conditions favoring the effective generation and communication of new ideas in science
Brian Uzzi (Richard L. Thomas Professor of Leadership at the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University)
and
Daniel Abrams (Professor of Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics in Northwestern University's McCormick School of Engineering and co-director of NICO)
Location: Louis Room (205)
09:45-11:15 Session 8A
Decision Making in Systems
Chair:
Location: Louis Room (205)
| 09:45 | The Echo Chamber of Complexity: An Experimental Study on the Influence of Design Complexity on Groupthink and Innovation (abstract) PRESENTER: Soumyakant Padhee |
| 10:03 | Exploring Expectations and Probabilities of Superiority in Low Repetition Problems (abstract) PRESENTER: Christopher White |
| 10:21 | Proposal of Vehicle-Mounted Driving and Disaster (D2) Recorder System for Enhancing Post-Disaster Situational Awareness (abstract) PRESENTER: Yu Ohno |
| 10:39 | The Strategy Dynamics of Collective Systems (abstract) PRESENTER: Ambrosio Valencia-Romero |
09:45-11:15 Session 8B
Infrastructure and Resilience
Chair:
Location: Big Ten Room (104)
| 09:45 | Tracking and Predicting System Resilience (abstract) PRESENTER: Priscila Silva |
| 10:03 | Evaluating Strategies and Organization Designs for Humanitarian Information Management (abstract) PRESENTER: Kathryn Gilligan |
| 10:21 | A System Dynamics Model on STEM Retention (abstract) PRESENTER: Qian Shi |
| 10:39 | Optimizing Charging Infrastructure for Electric Vehicles at Maritime Ports (abstract) PRESENTER: James H. Lambert |
| 10:57 | Systems Modeling of Electric Vehicle Energy Demand and Regional Electricity Generation for New York and New England (abstract) PRESENTER: Lisa Aultman-Hall |
11:15-11:30
Coffee break
11:30-12:45 Session 9
Panel 2: Network Methods for Multi-Agent Sociotechnical Systems
Moderator: Babak Heydari (Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Northeastern University)
Panelists:
- Noshir Contractor (Jane S. & William J. White Professor of Behavioral Sciences, McCormick School of Engineering, Northwestern University)
- Paul Grogan (Associate Professor, School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence, Arizona State University)
- John Meluso (Sloan VERSO Postdoctoral Fellow for Systems, Organizations, and Inclusion at the Vermont Complex Systems Center, The University of Vermont)
Location: Louis Room (205)
14:00-15:30
[Optional] Tour of the Segal Design Institute and Atlas Lab (pre-registration required)
Leaves from Norris University Center.