Industrial and Technology Statistics Group at the School of Industrial and Systems Engineering of the Georgia Institute of Technology

• Mission:

  To teach students known useful concepts and methods as well as problem solving skills that will allow the students to be productive in any setting. This basic mission is accomplished through quality academic education and by student involvement in practical technological and industrial outreach projects which promote problem solving skills as well as stimulate new research.

• Goals:
  1. Provide the best training to students to insure their successful future career development.

  2. Establish a channel for faculty, staff and students to communicate with researchers in companies, in federal or state agencies, in non-profit organizations and in universities.

  3. Explore research frontiers in statistical methods and in interdisciplinary studies.

• Relationship with Sponsors:

  There are several ways that a sponsor can work with our faculty and students in the program. Our faculty has expertise in engineering, bioengineeringl, environmental, business and many other statistical application fields. We also work with faculty in other programs such as Electrical and Computer Engineering and Computer Science, to organize interdisciplinary teams to support sponsor's project activities. The following gives a few examples of various models of relationship with sponsors.

  1. Industrial Statistics Traineeship With Faculty Supervision: Sponsor provides a grant or contract to our program with a defined project mission which is accomplished by allowing our students to work part-time (0 - 20 hours per week) at the sponsor's organization. We formulate a supervisory committee, which consists of a contact person from sponsor's organization and a faculty member from our program who has expertise in the application field. The committee directs and monitors student activities, allocates resources needed for the project, and answers student questions. A final report of the successful project accomplishment will be prepared for project review. Past experience shows that several student Ph.D. thesis research problems were identified from this program and several outstanding papers were published from project findings. Finally, this type of relationship allows us to win awards from the National Science Foundation for supporting our university-industry corporate research. Please see the attached list of past projects for examples.

  2. Industrial Statistics Traineeship Without Faculty Supervision: Sometimes program faculty will not be involved in the Traineeship program. In this case, our students work closely with sponsor's associates on various projects. The sponsor is responsible for monitoring the students' progress.

  3. Research or Service Contracts: A sponsor can contract our program to conduct research or to provide service for a specific duration. Our program is responsible to recruit faculty, research associates or students to finish project contracts.

  4. Fellowship: Sponsor provides fellowship to students. However, we usually organize a committee to monitor student progress towards their degrees and inform sponsors about student accomplishments.

  5. Donation: Sponsor can support our program with gift-like donation.

• Student background:

  The students in our program are from undergraduate and graduate (Master and Ph.D.) programs in the School of Industrial and Systems Engineering. If it is needed, we can also recruit students in other disciplines to join the project team. We also occasionally use postdoctoral fellows for research projects.

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