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Saif Benjaafar (University of Minnesota) – Labor Platforms for On-Demand Services: Implications for Profit, Consumer Surplus, and Labor Welfare
There has been rapid growth in online platforms that connect workers, acting as free agents, with [...]
Emeritus Shailesh Tipnis (Illinois State University) – On P4 Decomposition of Graphs and Multigraphs
For graphs G and H, graph G is said to admit an H-decomposition if the edges of G can be [...]
Sybil Derrible (University of Illinois at Chicago) – Leveraging Data Science to Uncover Patterns in Energy and Resource Consumption
Data Science is witnessing an unprecedented growth and is now being used profusely in many academic [...]
ESD Summer Newsletter 2017
June 16th, 2017
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We are excited to launch the new ESD core curriculum in September 2017 for all new students entering the ESD pillar! [...]
Vishal Ahuja (Southern Methodist University) – Approximation Methods for Markov Decision Processes With Application to Clinical Trial Design
March 27th, 2017
Multi-armed bandit (MAB) problems, typically modeled as Markov decision processes (MDPs), exemplify the exploration vs. exploitation tradeoff. An area that has motivated theoretical research in MABs is clinical trials, where the application of MAB designs has the potential to improve patient outcomes and reduce drug development costs. [...]
Stefan Siegmund (Technische Universitaet Dresden) – A Dynamical Systems Approach to Bone Remodeling
March 16th, 2017
Bone remodeling is a lifelong process where mature bone tissue is removed from the skeleton and new bone tissue is formed. These processes also control the reshaping or replacement of bone following injuries like fractures but also micro-damage, which occurs during normal activity. [...]
Featured on The Straits Times – Inventor duo have fingers in many pies
February 19th, 2017
Straits Times featured ESD alumni, Andrew Toh and what his work at Hope Technik entails. [...]
Engineering Systems and Design deals broadly with large-scale systems and the design, the planning and the management of these systems.
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Undergraduate Program
The ESD undergraduate curriculum is concerned with the design, analysis, and management of large scale complex engineering systems such as supply chains, financial services, health care delivery systems, transportation systems, security and defense systems, energy production and distribution systems. [...]
PhD Program
The ESD PhD program aims to produce the next generation of leading engineering systems researchers and thinkers. [...]
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In ESD, we engage actively with industry to ensure the relevance of our programmes, and contribute to industry needs, such as providing expertise and building the talent pool. [...]
About ESD
Engineering Systems and Design (ESD) is one of four academic pillars at SUTD. [...]
Careers
Our ESD graduates are equipped with core skills in probability, optimisation, statistics, modelling, analytics and economics. [...]
ESD – A Gateway Pillar to an Exciting Career
We have put together a video to share the experiences and future opportunities that SUTD ESD students are exposed to. [...]
Research Projects
A selection of current ESD research projects. [...]
Focus Tracks
The ESD undergraduate program has been designed with flexibility in mind, so that students can customize their courses to suit their interests and future careers. [...]