- Complex System Design Lab.
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Faculty


Taesik Lee (The department head)
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering,
MIT, 2003

Education
- 1997 . 02 Seoul National University Mechanical Engineering B.S.
- 1999 . 06 MIT Mechanical Engineering M.S.
- 2003 . 06 MIT Mechanical Engineering Ph.D.
Research experience
- 2004 ∼ 2007 : Assistant Director, MIT Park Center for Complex Systems
- 2007 ∼ 2012 : Assistant Professor, Dept of Industrial & System Engineering, KAIST
- 2012.09 ∼ : Tenured Professor, Dept of Industrial & System Engineering, KAIST
- 2017.09 ∼: Chairman, Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering, KAIST.
Research area
Healthcare analytics

Advances in healthcare evolve in three phases – discovery, development, and delivery. Many evidences from the history of medicine suggest that the delivery phase is in fact the bottleneck in this process. We use a broad spectrum of techniques and methods to solve problems in healthcare service delivery
Sample paper: “Combining syndromic surveillance and ILI data using particle filter for epidemic state estimation” [Link]
EMS system design and operations

Emergency Medical Service systems is one of the major ports of entry to healthcare systems, and plays an important role as a safety net for a society. We conduct various research on EMS system design and operations with emphasis on real world implementation .
Sample paper: “Simultaneous location of Trauma Centers and helicopters for emergency medical service planning” [Link]
Modeling & Simulation for Disaster Response

We conduct research on disaster response system. Specifically, we study the EMS system’s response to a disaster event to improve decision making in disaster response system. We collaborate with EMS practitioners and NEMA to implement into their future response system.
Sample paper: “Emergency Medical Service System Design Evaluator”[Link]
Modeling & Simulation in Defense Applications

We also conduct research in the domain of defense applications including network centric warfare simulation. We develop a modeling framework to simulate combat effectiveness arising from situational awareness and information superiority.
Sample paper: “Network-based metric for measuring combat effectiveness”[Link]

Advances in healthcare evolve in three phases – discovery, development, and delivery. Many evidences from the history of medicine suggest that the delivery phase is in fact the bottleneck in this process. We use a broad spectrum of techniques and methods to solve problems in healthcare service delivery
Sample paper: “Combining syndromic surveillance and ILI data using particle filter for epidemic state estimation” [Link]
EMS system design and operations

Emergency Medical Service systems is one of the major ports of entry to healthcare systems, and plays an important role as a safety net for a society. We conduct various research on EMS system design and operations with emphasis on real world implementation .
Sample paper: “Simultaneous location of Trauma Centers and helicopters for emergency medical service planning” [Link]
Modeling & Simulation for Disaster Response

We conduct research on disaster response system. Specifically, we study the EMS system’s response to a disaster event to improve decision making in disaster response system. We collaborate with EMS practitioners and NEMA to implement into their future response system.
Sample paper: “Emergency Medical Service System Design Evaluator”[Link]
Modeling & Simulation in Defense Applications

We also conduct research in the domain of defense applications including network centric warfare simulation. We develop a modeling framework to simulate combat effectiveness arising from situational awareness and information superiority.
Sample paper: “Network-based metric for measuring combat effectiveness”[Link]
Selected publications
- Cho, S.H., Jang, H., Lee, T., and Turner, J.G., “Simultaneous Location of Trauma Centers and Helicopters for Emergency Medical Service Planning,” Operations Research, http://dx.doi.org/10.1287/opre.2014.1287, June 13, 2014
- H. Nam, T. Lee, J. Lee, J. Lee, H. Chung, “Design of carrier-based offshore CCS system: Plant location and fleet assignment”, International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, Volume 12, January 2013, pp. 220-230/
- Shin, K. and Lee, T., “Container Loading and Unloading Scheduling for a Mobile Harbor System: A Global and Local Search Method,” Flexible Services and Manufacturing Journal, Vol.25, No.4, pp 557-575, 2013
- Lee, Y. and Lee, T., “Network-based Metric for Measuring Combat Effectiveness”, Defense Science Journal, Vol. 64, no. 2, pp.115-122, 2014
- Lee, T. and Shin, H.Y., “Epidemic State Estimation with Syndromic Surveillance and ILI data using Particle Filter,” Proceeding for the 2013 International Conference on Health Care Systems Engineering, Milan, Italy
- Lee, Y., Lee, T., “A measure to assess combat effectiveness using network representation,” Proceeding for the 2013 Summer Simulation Conference, Toronto, Canada
- Sung, I. and Lee, T., “Modeling requirements for an emergency medical service system design evaluator,” Proceeding for the 2012 Winter Simulation Conference, Berlin, Germany
- Lee, T., Jang, H., Cho, S-H., and Turner, J.G., “A Simulation-Based Iterative Method for a Trauma Center: Air Ambulance Location Problem,” Proceeding for the 2012 Winter Simulation Conference, Berlin, Germany
Professional activities
- INFORMS Pierskalla Award, Health Applicaitons Society, INFORMS, 2014
- Best Academic Achievement Award, Industrial and Systems Engineering, KAIST, 2013
- Honorable mention (Hochang Nam, Kyuhyeon Shin, Taesik Lee, “Communication and target acquisition modeling for a combat simulation in a network centric warfare environment”), International Military Science and Technology Fair, 2013
- Best Session Paper Award (Hoon Jand, Taesik Lee, “A data aggregation method for capacitated covering problems with gradual coverage”), 2012 KIIE Annual Conference, Ansan, Korea
- Best Session Paper Award (Youngwoo Lee, Taesik Lee, “A metric to measure NCW effect by using Lanchester model
- Best Session Paper Award (Hoon Jand, Yijin Kim, Taesik Lee, “A framework for building a simulation model to study overcrowding in ED
- Recognition of Excellence, Ministry of Science and Education, 2012
- Best Research Award, Industrial and Systems Engineering, KAIST, 2011
- Best Lecturer Award, Industrial and Systems Engineering, KAIST, 2010
- Creative Lecture Award, KAIST, 2009
Teaching
- IE577: System Design and Engineering
- ED100: Introduction to Design and Communication
- IE573: Healthcare Service Delivery System
- IE251: Manufacturing Process Innovation
- IE453: Conceptual Design for Engineering Products
- IE481: Introduction to Venture Capital Investment
Patent
- “System Integration based on Time-dependent Complexity”, 등록년도: 2004, 등록번호: US6701205 B2