【报告摘要】On Dec 5, 2022, researchers of the National Ignition Facility at Lawrence Livermore National Lab conducted a first-time-ever controlled inertial confinement fusion experiment in which the fusion-energy output was 1.5 times greater than the laser energy input. The success of this landmark experiment made headlines in all major news outlets and was hailed as a step forward in the development of clean, fusion-powered generators which may one day meet the world's energy needs without producing harmful waste and emissions. Important to the success of this fusion experiment is to polish the fuel capsule to nanometer precision.  This talk, based on three published journal articles, recounts how engineering data science contributes to decision making in the ultraprecision polishing process at the National Ignition Facility. One of the journal articles was recognized by the 2024 ASME’s Blackall Machine Tool and Gage Award and the team’s effort was recognized by the 2024 SME’s S. M. Wu Research Implementation Award.

【报告人简介】Dr. Yu Ding is the Anderson-Interface Chair and Professor in the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Georgia Tech. Prior to joining Georgia Tech, he was the Mike and Sugar Barnes Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Texas A&M University.  Dr. Ding's research focuses on engineering data science.  He is the author of the CRC Press book, Data Science for Wind Energy, and a co-author of the Springer Nature book, Data Science for Nano Image Analysis.  In addition to the Blackall Award and the S. M. Wu Award, his research work was also recognized by the 2018 Texas A&M Engineering Impact Award, 2019 IISE’s Technical Innovation Award, 2022 INFORMS’ Impact Prize, and the 2024 IISE Energy System Division’s Career Achievement Award. Dr. Ding served as the Editor-in-Chief of IISE Transactions for the term of 2021-2024 and Program Chair for IEEE CASE 2025. Dr. Ding is currently serving as the Editor-in-Chief of INFORMS Journal on Data Science and IISE’s Senior Vice President for International Operations. He is a Fellow of IISE, INFORMS, and ASME.