Industrial Data Analytics: Models, Forecasts, and AI Tools

Day 1: Analytics Foundations with R

Day 2: Advanced Analytics & Applications with Python

Registration Date/Time:
6/16/2026 8:0am Central Time

Event Dates/Times:

• 6/16/2026  8:00am - 12:00pm Central Time
• 6/19/2026  8:00am - 12:00pm Central Time

• Instructor

  Kaibo Liu

  Dr. Kaibo Liu (Grainger STAR Professor, Industrial and Systems Engineering)

   

  Dr. Kaibo Liu is currently the Grainger STAR Professor in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and serves as the Associate Director of the UW-Madison IoT Systems Research Center. He earned his B.S. degree in Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, an M.S. degree in Statistics, and a Ph.D. degree in Industrial Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. Dr. Kaibo Liu’s research is in system informatics and big data analytics, with an emphasis on the data fusion approach for system modeling, monitoring, diagnosis, prognostics, and decision making. His research has been successfully funded by NSF, ONR, AFOSR, ERDC, DOE, NIH, and Industry. 

   

  He is the recipient of three prestigious early career awards, including the 2019 Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award by SME, the 2019 Feigenbaum Medal Award by ASQ, and the 2019 Dr. Hamed K. Eldin Outstanding Early Career IE in Academia Award by IISE. He is also the winner of the Innovations in Education Award from IISE in 2020 and the Award for Technical Innovation in Industrial Engineering from IISE in 2021. He received the honor of the Georgia Tech Alumni Association’s 40 Under 40 and Ragnar E. Onstad Service to Society Award from UW-Madison. 

   

  In 2024, he received the prestigious Hromi Medal Award from ASQ. Dr. Kaibo Liu is currently serving as a senior editor of IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering and as the focus issue editor of IISE Transactions on Data Science, Quality, and Reliability

• Program Director

  James Rink

When eight or more sign up from same employer, your course discount is $254.25.
When three or more sign up from same employer, your course discount is $169.5.

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