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#3. Laura Albert: Thinking Big and Educating Differently
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We live in a world filled where our lives and livelihoods increasingly depend on complex systems. In this episode, Professor Laura Albert from the University of Wisconsin discusses a recent paper on the “Grand Challenges in Industrial and Systems Engineering” and offers some suggestions on how educational programs must evolve in the age of Artificial Intelligence.
Timestamps
0:00 - Preview & Introduction
3:20 - Definition & Importance of Resiliency
5:38 - The Need for Big Thinking in the Field
6:45 - Significance of case studies in bridging academia and industry needs9:00 - Rethinking educational approaches in light of GenAI advancements
11:23 - The Threat of Irrelevance for Industrial & Systems Engineering
12:55 - Challenges of Teaching with GenAI
13:55 - Lessons from COVID-19: Supply Chain Resiliency
16:32 - AI in Decision-Making and Governance
18:15 - Identifying and managing trade-offs
21:24 - Barriers to Impact in Data Science and OR Fields
23:45 - Cybersecurity as an Opportunity for Industrial and Systems Engineering & Operational Research
26:10 - The 'Equifax Breach Story'
29:10 - Laura Albert’s blog
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Laura Albert: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lauraalbertphd
Laura's Blog: https://punkrockor.com/
Connect with hosts
Prof. Vijay Mehrotra (University of San Francisco): https://www.linkedin.com/in/vijay-mehrotra-ba9498/
Prof. Michael Watson (Northwestern University): https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-watson-07600a1
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Keywords:
Industrial Engineering, Grand Challenges, Resiliency, Education, AI, Cybersecurity, Supply Chain, Governance, Decision-Making, Operations Research, Industrial and Systems Engineering, Operations Research, Resiliency, Complex Systems, Cybersecurity, Supply Chain, Education, Case Studies, Artificial Intelligence, Generative AI (GenAI), AI Governance, Engineering Curriculum, AI Ethics, Human-AI Teaming, Systems Thinking, Optimality, AI Audits, Workforce Training, Trade-offs, Data Science Projects, Impact Measurement, Public Outreach, Software Supply Chains, Power Systems, Digital Transformation, Decision-Making, Risk Management, Academic Blogging
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