Ivo Adan

I am a Full Professor, holding the Manufacturing networks chair, and chairing the section Operations, Planning, Accounting and Control of the department of Industrial Engineering & Innovation Science at Eindhoven University of Technology. My expertise and tuition areas include probability theory, statistics, operations research, manufacturing networks, stochastic operations research and queueing models. My current research interests focusses on the modeling, design and control of manufacturing systems,

I am leading a strong research team that is known for its close ties with the high-tech industry and its ground breaking work on data-driven modeling, analysis, design and control of manufacturing systems. My group is active in various manufacturing domains, including the semi-conductor industry, low-volume high-mix high-complexity manufacturing, food processing industry, bio-manufacturing and warehousing. As a leading scientist in manufacturing networks, my aim for the upcoming years is to contribute to bringing Industry 4.0 and 5.0 into reality.