1. Decision Analysis and Risk Management in Sustainable and Resilient Complex Systems including Technological, Financial, Economic, Energy & Environmental, and Biomedical Systems. Research in this area seeks to develop all aspects of the mathematics and methodologies of decision making and risk management in sustainable and resilient complex systems be they technological, business, finance, economic, energy & environmental, or biomedical. The program examines decision making and risk from various perspectives, including operational and strategic; development of techniques for sustainable decision making in conditions of uncertainty, conflict, and time critical; making sense of many sources of information, etc.

2. Intelligent and Adaptive Decision Support Systems: Research in this area seeks to understand and enhance the intelligent problem solving capabilities of humans and human-computer systems. It focuses on the design and development of computer-based decision systems that aid human decision makers in structuring and solving complex problems.