Research - COMPASS
The Center for Complex Adaptive Socio-technical Systems (COMPASS) at Stevens Institute of Technology is a research center focusing on the study of complex socio-technical (human-engineered) systems and organizations, where humans and technology interact in a multi-stakeholder environment. The vision of COMPASS is to advance the state of knowledge in complex socio-technical systems through contributions to the fundamental science of adaptive complexity and to emerge as one of the top centers nationally and internationally for complex systems research. The establishment of COMPASS at the School of Systems and Enterprises (SSE) is a logical extension of the vision of the school to take its research activities in systems sciences to the next level. In addition to its research activities, the center is involved in course development and community outreach related to its mission. As an interdisciplinary the center brings together faculty with expertise throughout all aspects of complex systems research and education and aims at exploring issues of critical interest to the nation and the world. Additionally, COMPASS faculty engage in extensive collaborations with complex systems scholars at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Virginia Tech on a continuous basis.
Director:
Dr. Mo Mansouri
Assistant Professor
School of Systems and Enterprises
Stevens Institute of Technology
201-216-8644
mo.mansouri@stevens.edu
Research Clusters: There are four principal research clusters in COMPASS:
I) Complex Infrastructure Systems Resiliency and Sustainability
a. Resilient and Sustainable Critical Infrastructure Systems
b. Local and Regional Energy Systems Design and Architecture
c. Regional Transportation Networks and Architecture
II) Risk-Based Systems Design and Management
a. Flexible and Adaptive Engineering Systems Design
b. Resilient Systems Design
c. Decision-making under Uncertainty
III) Complexity, Networks and Organizations
a. Complex Hierarchical and Decentralized Social Networks Analysis
b. Complex Information Dynamics in Social Networks
c. Complex Adaptive Systems Fundamentals
IV) Complexity and Sustainability
a. Environmental Systems Design and Management
b. Environmental Impact of Energy Technologies
c. Sustainability Metrics for Systems Design
d. Complex Systems Modeling for Sustainability
e. Stakeholder-Assisted Modeling of Energy and Environmental Systems
V) Governance and Governing Frameworks
a. Analysis of Dynamics of Collaboration and Competition in Complex Networks
b. Designing Rules and Regulations Decision-rights and Resource Sharing
c. Influence the Dynamics of Interactions within Social Networks
d. Agent-based Approach to Influence Patterns of Behavior in Complex System
e. Modeling and Simulation of Governing Approaches in Complex Systems
To learn more about COMPASS, please visit the Center for Complex Adaptive Socio-technical Systems (COMPASS) webpage at www.socio-technical.org