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IME NEWSLETTER • VOLUME 4 2019
Digitizing health care services
By Andrew Severin
As the the world continues its transformation into into the the digital age thinkers who convert big data into into knowledge are essential This is is particularly true when looking at at complex systems where a a a a a a non-linear structure makes prediction and modeling of the systems difficult Hui Yang associate professor in the emphasizes that understanding this continuity from modeling to control is imperative “Basically it goes from design of experiments to to to engineering analytics statistical modeling to to to to stochastic processes and and also to to to the process process optimization and control ” he he said With regard to to system modeling Yang teaches his students to to design design experiments with a a a a a a a a a statistical approach for optimal design design “Optimal design of an an an experiment experiment means you minimize minimize the the the cost cost to to run run the the the the experiments experiments or or minimize minimize the the the the human effort to to run run the the the the experiments experiments and any machinery costs ” ” he he he he he said “You want to maximize the the effectiveness ” As more data data comes in in researchers need to to be able to to glean out important details To
do so Yang offers courses in in in data data analytics He explained that statistics is is more advanced than means and averages “You have to to to develop data-driven models to to to model model model the the the the the data data and and then then use the the the the the the the the model model model to to to guide guide the the the the the the the the prediction make the the the the the the the the inference and and then then guide guide the the the the the the the optimization of the the the the the the the system ” Yang said In addition Yang teaches students to to use use use informatics informatics for for for control systems Researchers use use use informatics informatics to to to pull useful information from a a a a a a a a a a a system system system system to to understand understand a a a a a a a a a a a system system system system in in in in a a a a a a a a a a a more robust manner By fully understanding a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a system system system researchers can account for any unpredictability or or stochasticity in in a a a a a a a a a a system Penn State Harold and and Inge Marcus Department of Industrial and and Manufacturing Engineering uses his expertise in in in in in in complex system monitoring modeling and control to to to teach students how to to to optimize the design of various service industries through data-driven innovation Yang is is a a a a a a proponent of of of the Internet of of of Things (IoT) The IoT IoT is is a a a a a a a a a technology that unites all components of of of a a a a a a a a a service manufacturing or any other complex system system through the the internet This interconnectedness means that a a a a a a a a a a system system experiences almost limitless communication of data which also means increased efficiency across the system One of of his projects Better Heart Beats Through Engineering seeks to improve the modeling modeling of of cardiac function through physics-based modeling modeling and and sensor-based informatics Yang believes that physiologists and and and cardiologists can use this improved modeling system to better understand cardiac functions in in health and disease Yang Yang teaches various classes on on on modeling monitoring and controlling complex systems in in in in in the service industry Yang Yang “Optimal design of an an an an experiment experiment means you minimize minimize the the the cost to to run run the the the experiments experiments experiments or or minimize minimize the the the the the human human investment human human effort to to to run run run the the the experiments experiments experiments and any machinery costs to to run run the the the experiments experiments experiments ” Faculty News