On Friday, july 8th, SEMS Lab had a brief visit from Professor Katayama of Waseda University (Japan). Before giving a public lecture on Operation Management and Kaizen at Multimedia Room of Industrial Engineering Department, Prof Yuri (IE UI head of department) took him on a tour of IE UI laboratory.

Prof Katayama is a Professor in Operation Management and Production System.

Meanwhile, on july 12, another international guest had a visit to our lab. Being accompanied by Bu Ana (IE UI Department Secretary), Professor Pekka from VTT Finland took a brief visit to our lab and share many experience regarding his research interest in urban transportation system, which coincides with our current research focus.