First Global Conference on Systems & Enterprises at new Stevens Institute of Technology location in Washington, DC,
Dec. 3-4
Conference on Critical Urban Infrastructure Systems organized by Stevens and Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
HOBOKEN, N.J. ― The inaugural Global Conference on Systems & Enterprises (GCSE), to be held December 3-4, 2009, in Washington, DC, focuses on the convergence of complex large-scale systems and enterprises of critical importance to society.
The goal of the conference is to build a community of research activity around targeted complex systems, examined by domain, each successive year. This year’s topics include Critical Infrastructure Systems, including Intelligent/Smart Infrastructure Systems; Resilience and Adaptation in Infrastructure Systems; Crisis and Emergency Management for Infrastructure Systems; Interoperable Infrastructure Systems; Sustainable Infrastructure Systems Design and Management; Risk-based Design and Management; Virtual Enterprises and Infrastructure Governance; Infrastructure Policy and Decision-making; Infrastructures and Complexity: Self-Organization, Emergence and Leadership for Complex Systems; Infrastructure System of Systems Architecture; Infrastructure Analysis and Modeling Methodologies; and Systems and Enterprise Engineering Methodologies, Frameworks and Applications.
The joint organizers, Stevens and Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore, are offering a group of sessions addressing the needs of industries ranging from financial services, to transportation networks, with researchers from wide range of top international universities, as well as practitioner expertise.
Sessions include:
I. Infrastructure Resilience and Security
II. Infrastructure Systems and Governance
III. Networked and Cognition-Centric Infrastructure
IV. Infrastructure Management
V. Infrastructure Systems Design
VI. Enterprise Architecture, Infrastructure and Complexity
To review the complete conference agenda, click here.
Participating Universities & Organizations include:
Stevens Institute of Technology ( USA)
Nanyang Technological University ( Singapore)
Massachussetts Institute of Technology ( USA)
Johns Hopkins University ( USA)
Technical University of Munich ( Germany)
Federal Poytechnic University of Lausanne ( Switzerland)
Northwestern Polytechnical University ( China)
Kyungpook National University ( Korea)
University of Arkansas - Little Rock ( USA)
University of Cape Town ( South Africa)
University of Saint Thomas ( USA)
IBM ( USA)
ANSER ( USA)
The Organizing Committee of the GCSE includes Dr. Ali Mostashari (Conference Co-Chair) , Director, Infrastructure Systems Program, Associate Professor, School of Systems and Enterprises, Stevens Institute of Technology (U.S.A) ; Dr. Khim-Teck Yeo ( Conference Co-Chair), Associate Professor, School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University (Singapore) ; and Dr. Rajesh Piplani (Organizing Committee Chair) , Associate Professor, School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University (Singapore).
Location and Contact Information:
Ronald Reagan Building & International Trade Center
Woodrow Wilson Plaza - Berlin Wall Entrance
1300 Pennsylvania Ave NW Suite G-17
Contact: 202-567-6380
About Stevens Institute of Technology
Founded in 1870 and celebrating 140 Years of Innovation, Stevens Institute of Technology, The Innovation University, is one of the leading technological universities in the world dedicated to learning and research. Through its broad-based curricula, nurturing of creative inventiveness, and cross disciplinary research, the Institute is at the forefront of global challenges in engineering, science, and technology management. Partnerships and collaboration between, and among, business, industry, government and other universities contribute to the enriched environment of the Institute. A new model for technology commercialization in academe, known as Technogenesis®, involves external partners in launching business enterprises to create broad opportunities and shared value.
Stevens offers baccalaureates, master’s and doctoral degrees in engineering, science, computer science and management, in addition to a baccalaureate degree in the humanities and liberal arts, and in business and technology. The university has a total enrollment of 2,234 undergraduate and 3,700 graduate students with more than 400 faculty. Stevens’ graduate programs have attracted international participation from China, India, Southeast Asia, Europe and Latin America. Additional information may be obtained from its web page at www.stevens.edu.
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