We’re excited to announce a new technical elective course in Industrial Engineering at Clemson:
IE 4910/6910 – Cognitive Systems
Launching in Fall 2025, this course is designed for undergraduate and graduate students interested in exploring how data analytics supports performance in complex, real-world systems.
With a strong emphasis on data-driven insight, Cognitive Systems prepares students to work across domains where decision-making, adaptability, and system resilience are key.
What Students Will Learn
In Cognitive Systems, student will explore concepts such as:
- Systems resilience
- Adaptive performance
- Distribution cognition in complex socio-technical systems
These ideas will be applied to high-impact industries like healthcare, nuclear power, and aviation, where safety, efficiency, and human factors play critical roles.
Students will use methods of knowledge elicitation-such as interviews and real-world observations-to uncover how people and systems adapt under pressure, and how data can be used to design for resilient performance.
Course Format:
This course blends technical and applied learning through:
- Lectures
- Topical discussions
- Case studies
- A hands-on research project
Students will come away with both conceptual understanding and practical tools for analyzing, modeling, and improving performance in data-rich environments.
What’s Next
The launch of Cognitive Systems (IE 4910/6910) reflects Clemson IE’s commitment to prepare students for the evolving demands of modern industry. Offered as a technical elective with no prerequisites, this course is open to all students eager to deepen their understanding of data analytics in complex systems.
For questions or to learn more about the course, contact your advisor or the Department of Industrial Engineering at ie@clemson.edu.
