Ph.D. Student Position, The University of Tennessee Knoxville (Industrial Eng)

Title: Ph.D. Student Position @ The University of Tennessee Knoxville (Industrial and Systems
Engineering)
Dr. Bing Yao with the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE) at the University
of Tennessee Knoxville (UTK) is seeking Ph.D. students starting from Spring 2023/ Fall 2023.
The prospective students will receive full doctoral-level financial support with a tuition waiver.
Dr. Bing Yao is an Assistant Professor at UTK. Her research focuses on the development of
innovative interdisciplinary data-driven models for smart health and advanced manufacturing.
Specifically, her research interests include:
1. Big data analytics for spatiotemporal complex systems
2. Physics-informed machine learning
3. Computer simulation and optimization
4. Biomedical and health informatics
5. Data mining and signal processing
6. Markov decision process and sequential decision making
7. Sensor-based modeling and control of additive manufacturing
For more information about her research, please visit her website:
https://sites.google.com/view/yaobing/home. Please also find more information about the
University of Tennessee Knoxville and the ISE department at https://www.utk.edu and
https://ise.utk.edu.
The prospective students are expected to have a strong background in programming, statistics,
optimization, and mathematics, with a major in statistics, computer science, mathematics,
physics, industrial engineering, or other related engineering majors.
To apply:
If interested, please contact Bing Yao (byao3@utk.edu) with a detailed CV and college
education transcript.