The great engineering achievements of recent decades have led to the development of systems that are so complex that they create problems unlike those with which engineers have traditionally grappled.
Engineering Systems has emerged over the last few decades as an interdisciplinary field of study to address these unexpected challenges in complex systems such as energy, communications, transportation, health care, and many others. CESUN (Council of Engineering Systems Universities) aims to address the great challenges posed by large-scale, interconnected, and therefore highly complex and dynamic, socio-technical systems, bringing to bear methods and theory from engineering and the social sciences, and leveraging the increased availability of data.
The Tenth International Engineering Systems symposium (CESUN 2025) seeks to bring together researchers from multiple domains and methodological backgrounds who share a common interest in tackling complex sociotechnical systems problems.
June 9-11, 2025
George Mason University - Mason Square Campus, Arlington, Virginia
Submission deadline: December 15, 2024 January 25, 2025
If you have any further questions, please contact:
Program Chairs: Alejandro Salado and Taylan Topcu
Local Chairs: John Shortle
Review critical issues affecting the development of engineering systems.
Undertake joint projects of mutual interest in the engineering systems field of study.
Create and share needed educational material for member universities.
Conduct meetings, symposia and conferences.
Provide a job board to match PhD students with faculty opportunities.
Build relationships with related professional societies and journals.
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