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CARING, Connected, Automated, Resilient, and Intelligent Networks Group, develops scalable optimization algorithms, simulation models, and data analytics to address grand engineering challenges focusing on societal needs. We are motivated to understand how decision-makers’ behavior, coupled with exogenous and endogenous uncertainties, impacts the design and operations of complex and adaptive systems. Research interests include game theory (non-cooperative and cooperative), simulation (agent-based, system dynamics, discrete events), network optimization, and machine learning with applications in resilient cyber-physical systems, sustainable water systems, and smart and connected communities. We often collaborate across disciplines including computer science, civil and environmental engineering, social science, and geoinformation science.

The CARING is affiliated with the Department of Systems Engineering and Operations Research, Department of Computer Science, Department of Civil, Environmental, and Infrastructure Engineering, and Center for Resilient and Sustainable Communities (C-RASC) at George Mason University.

News

  • Dr. Mohebbi is the recipient of the 2025 ASEE Engineering for One Planet Mini-Grant.
  • Dr. Mohebbi received the 2025 College of Engineering and Computing Faculty Excellence Award for Teaching at George Mason University.
  • Dr. Mohebbi has joined the Editorial Board of Sustainable Cities and Society, published by Elsevier. [Read more]
  • PhD student Pavithra Sripathanallur Murali received the 2024 ACM-SIGSIM Best PhD Student Paper Award at the Winter Simulation Conference for “Resilient Infrastructure Network Scheduling: A Hybrid Simulation and Reinforcement Learning Approach”. Congratulations!
  • Dr. Mohebbi was invited to present a webinar for the Digital Manufacturing Team of the Air Force Research Laboratory.
  • PhD student Pavithra Sripathanallur Murali and Dr. Mohebbi are selected as a Finalist for the 2024 Best Applied Paper Award of WSC (Winter Simulation Conference) for “Hybrid Simulation and Reinforcement Learning-Based Scheduling for Resilient Infrastructure Networks”. Congratulations to the team!
  • Undergraduate Researcher Shakira Mangrio received an NSF-funded travel award to participate in the 2024 MIF Undergraduate Students Workshop at the INFORMS Annual Meeting in Seattle. Congratulations!
  • PhD candidate Babak Aslani successfully defended his dissertation. Congratulations Dr. Aslani!
  • MSc student Nischal Newar successfully defended his thesis. Congratulations!
  • PhD student Pavithra Sripathanallur Murali and Dr. Mohebbi won the First Place in Poster Competition at the 9th North American Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management (IEOM) for “Resilience-driven Scheduling in Infrastructure Networks: A Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning Approach”. Congratulations to the team! [Learn more]
  • MSc student Nischal Newar along with Dr. Mohebbi and PhD student Pavithra Sripathanallur Murali are selected as a Finalist for the 2024 IISE Mobile/Web App Competition “Go-Repair: Resilient Infrastructure Learning Game to Evaluate Restoration Decisions”. Congratulations to the team!
  • PhD candidate Babak Aslani and Dr. Mohebbi received the 2024 Best Track Paper Award of IISE Operations Research Division for “Nested Learn-to-branch-and-price Framework for Large-scale Network Optimization Problems”. Congratulations to the team!
  • Dr. Mohebbi received the 2024 Air Force Summer Faculty Fellowship.
  • Dr. Mohebbi received a new collaborative AFRL/AFCENT grant.
  • Dr. Mohebbi is recognized as an INFORMS Senior Member. [Read more]
  • Dr. Mohebbi continues to be the co-chair of the “Environment, Sustainability & Resilience” track at the Winter Simulation Conference. [Read more]
  • Dr. Mohebbi was invited to present in the PhD Seminar Series at the WPI Business School. [Read more]
  • Dr. Mohebbi and her collaborators received a Curriculum Impact Grant, Converging Sustainability, Social Justice, Systems Engineering, and Community Engagement (S3&C), from the Office of the Provost and Executive Vice President at George Mason University. [Read more]
  • PhD Student Pavithra Sripathanallur Murali successfully finished an internship with Amazon on discrete-event simulation modeling.
  • MSc student Nischal Newar received C-RASC’s Transdisciplinary Graduate Research Fellowship (2023-2024) at George Mason University. Congratulations!
  • Dr. Mohebbi along with PhD student Babak Aslani and MSc student Mark Herman Dsouza received the 2023 Best Track Paper Award of IISE Modeling and Simulation Division for “A New Graph-empowered Agent-based Simulation to Assess Impacts of Coordination Schemes on Infrastructure Networks Resilience”. Congratulations to the team! [Read more]
  • PhD student Babak Aslani received the IISE Fellows William Biles, Hamid Parsaei, and Victor Zaloom Endowed Scholarship for the 2023-2024 academic year. Congratulations!
  • Dr. Mohebbi discussed infrastructure and organizational resilience on the INFORMS Resoundingly Human Podcast. [Learn more]
  • Dr. Mohebbi has been elected as President-elect / President for the IISE Modeling & Simulation Division.
  • Dr. Mohebbi is the co-chair of the “Environment, Sustainability & Resilience” track at the 2023 Winter Simulation Conference. [Read more]
  • MSc student Mark Herman Dsouza successfully defended his thesis. Congratulations!
  • PhD student Babak Aslani received C-RASC Transdisciplinary Graduate Research Fellowship (2022-2023) at George Mason University. Congratulations!
  • Dr. Mohebbi is co-organizing the 5th ACM SIGSPATIAL International Workshop on Advances in Resilient and Intelligent Cities (ARIC). [Read more]
  • Dr. Mohebbi and MSc student Mark Herman Dsouza were invited to present their work, as the featured research project, for the quarterly ABC-UTC research seminar series. [Read more]
  • Dr. Mohebbi received a new collaborative NSF grant. [Read more]
  • Dr. Mohebbi was invited to present in the IE Seminar Series at Lamar University.
  • Dr. Mohebbi was invited to present in the IE Seminar Series at University of Pittsburgh. [Read more]
  • Dr. Mohebbi was featured in IISE Modeling and Simulation Division’s newsletter. [Read more]
  • PhD student Babak Aslani received C-RASC’s Transdisciplinary Graduate Research Fellowship (2021-2022) at George Mason University. Congratulations! [Read more]
  • Dr. Mohebbi presented our research on game theory and infrastructures resilience in an invited session at the 22nd Conference of the International Federation of Operational Research Societies. [Read more]
  • Research paper on enhancing coordination in consolidated hospital systems is selected by the editor-in-chief to be featured in the Aug. 2020 issue of IISE magazine. [Read more]
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