Fall 2011 Seminar Series

DATE: October 6th
LOCATION: E62-550
TIME: 4:15pm
Reception immediately following

SPEAKER:
Russell Barton

TITLE
From Online Matching to Online Advertising

ABSTRACT
This talk will provide a broad survey of research areas supported by the Manufacturing Enterprise Systems (MES) and Service Enterprise Systems (SES) programs at NSF, with brief remarks on related programs in Engineering Design and Innovation, Operations Research, and Civil Infrastructure Systems. It will also cover a number of NSF-wide initiatives related to systems engineering issues in health care and manufacturing that are also important for prospective proposers, and present a crystal-ball view of possible future initiatives. The talk will conclude with a characterization of winning and losing strategies for proposal writing for the MES and SES programs.