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Seminar Series

The Department of Systems Engineering Seminar Series at Stevens Institute of Technology is a vibrant platform for exploring the evolution of complex systems and enterprises. Reflecting the department’s leadership in systems science and engineering, the series features innovative research and real-world insights from distinguished faculty, industry experts and thought leaders that foster interdisciplinary dialogue and inspire critical systems thinking.

Schedule of Upcoming Seminars

Explore this semester's lineup. Click on a seminar title to view details and register.

Fall 2025

November 11

Martin Gjoreski, Senior Researcher and Lecturer | Università della Svizzera italiana (USI) in Lugano, Switzerland

Responsible AI for Human Well-Being: From Wearables to Digital Healthcare

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For a complete overview of upcoming seminars, lectures, and academic events across all departments, please visit the Schaefer School's full event calendar.

Past Seminar Series Speakers

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Spring 2025 Seminar Series

Hyeokhyen Kwon, Ph.D., Emory University School of Medicine
Patient-Oriented Artificial Intelligence and Behavior Sensing: A New Frontier in Brain Health

Fall 2024 Seminar Series

Jukrin Moon, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Houston Methodist Hospital | Incoming Assistant Professor, University of Iowa
Human-Centered Systems to Inform the Future Work

Shannon C. Roberts, Ph.D. Associate Professor of the Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department at UMass-Amherst and the Associate Director of the New England University Transportation Center
Driving Automation: Investigating and Improving Upon How Drivers Learn and Interact with Vehicle Automation

Spring 2021 Seminar Series

Yi (Max) Ren, Stevens Institute of Technology
The Role of First Principles in Solving Engineering Problems in the ‘AI’ Era

Dr. Carlo Lipizzi, Stevens Institute of Technology
Data/Text-Driven System Modeling. Leveraging on Natural Language Processing to Build Decision Support Systems and Digital Twins

Zhongyuan (Annie) Yu, Stevens Institute of Technology
Data Intensive Model-Based Knowledge Representation for Healthcare Decision Support Systems

Fall 2020 Seminar Series

Jose Emmanuel Ramirez-Marquez, Stevens Institute of Technology
Towards Engineering Paradigms of Social/Community Resilience and Well-Being

Ye Yang, Stevens Institute of Technology
Context-Aware In-Process Crowdworker Recommendation (ICSE 2020)

A. Emrah Bayrak, Stevens Institute of Technology
Predicting Human Design Decisions Under Competition: Integrating Machine Learning with Game Theory

Oluwafemi Richie Oyeleke, Stevens Institute of Technology
Situation-Driven Context-Aware Safety Model for Risk Mitigation in IADLs in Smart Home Environments

Steven Hoffenson, Stevens Institute of Technology
Product Design in the Face of Complexity and Sustainability Challenges

Feng Liu, Stevens Institute of Technology
Graph Structure Learning With Application to Brain Source Imaging

Changyue Song, Stevens Institute of Technology
Data Science for Status Inference and Prediction in Smart and Connected Systems

Summer 2020 Seminar Series

Philip Odonkor, Stevens Institute of Technology
Making Dumb Homes Smarter

Lu Xiao, Stevens Institute of Technology
Automatically Identifying Performance Issue Reports with Heuristic Linguistic Patterns

Dr. Paul Grogan, Stevens Institute of Technology
Future of Earth Science Space Missions

Onur Asan, Stevens Institute of Technology
Human Factors in Healthcare

Yeganeh Hayeri, Stevens Institute of Technology
The Role of Transportation in Improving America’s Health

Sang-Won Bae, Stevens Institute of Technology
Human-AI Systems for Health: Detecting Marijuana Intoxication in the Natural Environment Using Smartphones, Wearables and Machine Learning

Ting Liao, Stevens Institute of Technology
Building Trust in Tech Products: Incorporating Emotions in the Engineering Design Process