Intelligent Systems Laboratory
Lab Overview

The Intelligent Systems Lab (ISL) at Center for Logistics and Digital Strategy provides an experimental environment for research and education in intelligent technologies for extended enterprise applications.

In the lab's simulation environment we are able to:

• assess the feasibility of new intelligent technologies, processes and systems
• estimate their benefits
• offer a roadmap for enterprise implementation

Specific activities within the laboratory include:

Simulation And Modeling Of Complex Networks

We have developed a software environment for peer-to-peer distributed systems using commercially available agent platforms. This software environment has been built to support research in the area of agent-enabled systems and spatially-informed decision processes, especially logistics and transportation.

Demonstration And Testing Of New Intelligent Software And Sensor Technologies

The CLDS obtains through license from its partners, intelligent software tools and transformational technologies, as well as identification technologies such as RFID. These technologies are integrated into prototypes and demonstrations for CLDS industry partners.

Collaborative Learning And Virtual Teaming

The Intelligent Systems Lab is also the portal for the Virtual Teaming Project and the NSF-funded Collaborative Learning Environment. These environments provide opportunities for teaming and collaboration, linking participants at universities and industry worldwide.

The ISL is linked to the logistics labs of other GLORI (Global Logistics Research Initiative) universities. GLORI, founded by CLDS in 1996 to encourage "virtual" collaborative research in global logistics, includes 12 universities in North America, Europe and Asia with reputations of excellence in logistics, transportation and information technology.