DSSI Lab

1040B I-STEM Complex, Bldg 1

302 East Campus Road

Athens, GA 30602

Welcome to the Data Science and System Informatics (DSSI) Lab!

We are located in the College of Engineering at the University of Georgia (UGA). The lab is directed by Dr. Hongyue Sun, an Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering.

Our research focuses on data analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) in advanced manufacturing, occupational safety, and healthcare systems. Our work addresses hands-on, simulation, and computational research, including human-robot collaboration, digital twin development, and AI for process modeling and control.

About the Principal Investigator

Prior to joining the University of Georgia, Dr. Sun served as an assistant professor in Industrial Engineering at the University at Buffalo. He holds a highly multidisciplinary background, having earned a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from Virginia Tech (2017), an M.S. in Statistics from Virginia Tech (2015), and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the Beijing Institute of Technology (2012).

Dr. Sun’s research has been broadly supported by the NSF, NIOSH, the U.S. Navy, and MxD. His work has been recognized with several best paper awards from INFORMS and IISE, as well as the Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award from SME. He is an active member of IISE, INFORMS, IEEE, and ASME.

Prospective Students: We are actively looking for self-motivated undergraduate and graduate students to join our lab. If you are interested in AI-enabled smart manufacturing, process analytics, or human-robot collaboration, please reach out!

selected publications

PhysRev

Can Quantum-Mechanical Description of Physical Reality Be Considered Complete?

A. Einstein^*†, B. Podolsky^*, and N. Rosen^*

Phys. Rev., New Jersey. More Information can be found here , May 1935

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In a complete theory there is an element corresponding to each element of reality. A sufficient condition for the reality of a physical quantity is the possibility of predicting it with certainty, without disturbing the system. In quantum mechanics in the case of two physical quantities described by non-commuting operators, the knowledge of one precludes the knowledge of the other. Then either (1) the description of reality given by the wave function in quantum mechanics is not complete or (2) these two quantities cannot have simultaneous reality. Consideration of the problem of making predictions concerning a system on the basis of measurements made on another system that had previously interacted with it leads to the result that if (1) is false then (2) is also false. One is thus led to conclude that the description of reality as given by a wave function is not complete.