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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH

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Selected Research Profiles

• IT helps industry optimize their operations. . .
  
  Information technology is of strategic importance to manufacturers and service providers alike, as it can be used to improve their bottom line by helping companies cut lead-times, improve on-time delivery of orders, reduce inventory, and better coordinate with suppliers and customers. Dr. Peter Luh has spent more than a decade collaborating with industry to develop near-optimal and computationally efficient approaches for the planning, scheduling, and coordination of design, manufacturing, and service activities to improve delivery performance and inventory measures. Dr. Luh and his cohorts have helped to improve the manufacture of Cannondale bicycles, Toshiba gas-insulate switchgears, Sikorsky helicopters, Pratt & Whitney engines, and Delta engine/generator components. They have also helped to enhance the planning and scheduling of Northeast Utilities' generators, General Electric's HVAC equipment, Global Project Design's design activities, and more. Current efforts include scheduling, inventory optimization, and coordination of overhaul and repair networks; supply chain modeling, simulation, and analysis; demand forecasting and optimization-based portfolio management; and the analysis and optimization of auctions.
  
  
• Protection from hackers: cryptographic techniques offer identity security. . .
• Consistent, survivable data for mission-critical systems. . .