Our team
Northeastern University Faculty:
Ozlem Ergun, PI
COE Distinguished Professor and Associate Chair for Graduate Affairs, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Affiliated Faculty, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Affiliated Faculty, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Affiliated Faculty, Global Resilience Institute
Disciplines:
Collaborative transportation and logistics, public sector operations
David Kaeli, Co-PI
COE Distinguished Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Program Director, Data Science
Affiliated Faculty, Bioengineering
Affiliated Faculty, Khoury College of Computer Sciences
Disciplines:
Computer arch, cloud computing, cybersecurity, and analytics
Alicia Modestino, Co-PI
Associate Professor, Public Policy and Urban Affairs
Associate Professor, Department of Economics
Research Director, Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy
Disciplines:
Labor economics including changing skill requirements; Health economics including assessment of new medical intervention
Yakov Bart, Core Faculty
Associate Professor, Marketing
Joseph G. Riesman Research Professor, D’Amore-McKim School of Business
Disciplines:
Business/marketing implications of digital tech and social media
Babak Heydari, Core Faculty
Associate Professor, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Co-Program Director, Engineering Management
Affiliated Faculty, School for Public Policy and Urban Affairs
Affiliated Faculty, Network Science Institute
Disciplines:
Multi-agent systems, network science, comp. social sciences
Saiph Savage, Core Faculty
Assistant Professor, Khoury College of Computer Sciences
Disciplines:
Digital labor platforms, gig work, disinformation
Jennie Stephens, Core Faculty
Dean’s Professor of Sustainability Science and Policy and Director, School for Public for Public Policy and Urban Affairs
Affiliated Faculty, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Disciplines:
Energy system change, climate change, sustainability, resilience
Matthew Eckelman, Core Faculty
Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Affiliated Faculty, Chemical Engineering
Affiliated Faculty, Marine and Environmental Sciences
Affiliated Faculty, School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs
Disciplines:
Lifecycle assessment, energy effic, emissions modeling
Michael Kane, Core Faculty
Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Disciplines:
Human-in-the-loop control of civil infrastructure
Haris Koutsopoulos, Core Faculty
Professor and Associate Chair, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Affiliated Faculty, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Disciplines:
Public transport, urban mobility, travel behavior
Daniel O’Brien, Core Faculty
Associate Professor, Public Policy and Urban Affairs
Associate Professor, Criminology and Criminal Justice
Disciplines:
Urban Informatics, policy & practice
Hilary Robinson, Core Faculty
Associate Professor, Law and Sociology
Disciplines:
Tech-law interaction in construction of social order
Ronald Sandler, Core Faculty
Professor, Philosophy
Director, Ethics Institute
Disciplines:
Director Ethics Institute, ethics and emerging tech
Hampton University:
Joyce Shirazi, Co-PI
Dean, School of Engineering and Technology
Disciplines:
Engineering and Technology
Yohannes Bekele, Core Faculty
Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Disciplines:
Engineering and Computing
University of Houston:
Gino Lim, Co-PI
Professor, Industrial Engineering
Chair of the Department, Industrial Engineering
Disciplines:
Resilience, Energy, Healthcare, Transportation
Yisha Xiang, Core Faculty
Associate Professor, Industrial Engineering
Disciplines:
Data-driven decision-making under uncertainty, Statistical machine learning, Manufacturing system control, Energy, Healthcare
Matthew Hu, Core Faculty
Lecturer; Engineering Management Program Director
Disciplines:
Artificial Intelligence, Robust Engineering/Quality Engineering, Smart Manufacturing, Supply Chain Management
Evaluator:
Russell Faux
Evaluator
Disciplines:
Evaluation Specialist
Program Coordinator:
Amanda Foley
Program Coordinator, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Disciplines:
Coordinator Specialist