Dear faculty members and fellow students,

You are cordially invited to my thesis defense on April 13th.

Title: Novel Learning Methods for High-dimensional Data with Applications in Process Modeling and Monitoring

Date: April 13th 2023

Time: 10am-12pm EST

Location: Remote, meeting link: https://gatech.zoom.us/j/91398564103?pwd=bTk5U2h6UjJlM1c1ZHdpN0JGVG05Zz09

Qian Wang

Machine Learning PhD Candidate

School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE)
Georgia Institute of Technology

Committee

1 Dr. Kamran Paynabar (Advisor, ISyE)

2 Dr. Jianjun Shi (ISyE)

3 Dr. Yao Xie (ISyE)

4 Dr. Jing Li (ISyE)

5 Dr. Massimo Pacella (Department of Engineering for Innovation, University of Salento)

Abstract

High-dimensional (HD) data emerge in various scenarios in the manufacturing area, such as machining, rolling or lithographic processes. HD data include signals/profiles, images and point clouds, and they play an indispensable part in the modeling and monitoring of manufacturing processes. Statistical models based on these data are used in the monitoring, control, and optimization of the underlying systems. The overall objective of my thesis is to advance the development of process modeling and monitoring methods in the literature, with specific concentration on the challenges faced by the new types of HD data emerging in the real-world applications, like unstructured images/point clouds, HD data possessing complex non-linear relationship, and aerial thermography imaging, where the methods have not been well developed. We proposed novel learning algorithms to tackle these challenges.