SEMINAR: Towards Hybrid Intelligence for Systems Design

Abstract:

Engineers have access to unprecedented information regarding the systems they create, analyze, and develop. This information is available from a number of emerging sources including digital twin simulations, embedded sensors, and consumer feedback platforms. In this talk, I discuss our recent efforts in converting information about the operation, use, and perception of systems into design intelligence to enable improved reasoning in the development of engineered solutions. The design of smart products, rescue drone swarms, and additive manufacturing recommender systems provide motivation for the developed methods and exemplars to illustrate their application.    

Bio:

Kemper Lewis is the Moog Professor of Innovation and the Chair of the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University at Buffalo (UB). He is also the Director of the Sustainable Manufacturing and Advanced Robotic Technologies (SMART) Institute. His research expertise is in the areas of design analytics, decision networks, and additive manufacturing. He is a Fellow of ASME, an Associate Fellow of AIAA, and his research has resulted in over 200 peer-reviewed journal and conference papers, and over $18M in research funding from NSF, NASA, NIH, DoD, ONR, and private industry.