About

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 in 2023, he was the Mike and Sugar Barnes Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Texas A&M University.  While at Texas A&M, he also served as Associate Department Head for Graduate Affairs of the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering between 2012 and 2016 and Associate Director for Research Engagement of Texas A&M Institute of Data Science between 2020 and 2023. He received his B.S. in Precision Engineering from the University of Science and technology of China in 1993, a M.S. in Precision Engineering from Tsinghua University in 1996, a second M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Penn State in 1998, and his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan in 2001.

Dr. Ding 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.  His research work is recognized by, among others,

• 2019 IISE Technical Innovation Award
• 2022 INFORMS Impact Prize
• 2024 IISE Energy Systems Division's Career Achievement Award
• 2024 ASME Blackall Machine Tool and Gage Award
• 2024 SME S. M. Wu Research Implementation Award  

Dr. Ding served as the Program Chair for the 21th IEEE Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE 2025) and the 14th Editor-in-Chief of IISE Transactions (2021-2024). He is currently serving as the Editor-in-Chief for INFORMS Journal on Data Science and Senior Vice President for International Operations of IISE.  Dr. Ding is a Fellow of IISE, INFORMS, and ASME.