Welcome to Sarah S. Lam's Homepage!
Research Focus:
System modeling, analysis, and optimization using computational intelligence (neural networks, meta-heuristics, and fuzzy logic), stochastic simulation, and techniques from operations research, and probability and statistics.
Application areas of interests include data science and analytics, medical informatics, decision support systems, health systems, information system design, and engineering system design.
Teaching
Experience:
- I have previously taught:
- Graduate Courses:
- Applied Probability
and Statistics (SSIE 505)
- Modeling and
Simulation (SSIE 520)
- Advanced Decision
Modeling (SSIE 522)
- Heuristic Optimization
(SSIE 544)
- Advanced Simulation
(SSIE 621)
- Foundations of Neural
Networks (SSIE 631)
- Foundations of
Adaptive Optimization (SSIE 644)
- Undergraduate Courses:
- Probabilistic Systems
I (ISE 261)
- Modeling and
Simulation (ISE 421)
- Advanced Decision Modeling (ISE
422)
Education:
- Ph.D., Industrial Engineering, University of Pittsburgh
- M.S., Operations Research, University
of Delaware
Professional
Affiliations:
- Institute of Industrial & Systems Engineers (IISE)
- Society of Women Engineers (SWE)
- Institute for Operations Research and Management Science (INFORMS)
- Alpha Pi Mu Industrial Engineering Honor Society
Personal
Information:
- The three musketeers
- Some "visitors"
of Chester
Contact
Information:
Sarah
S. Lam, Ph.D.
SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor
School of Systems Science and Industrial Engineering
Graduate Director of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Region I Vice President - Executive Council of Alpha Pi Mu Industrial Engineering Honor Society
Past President (2018-2020) - Executive Council of Alpha Pi Mu Industrial Engineering Honor Society
Binghamton University (S.U.N.Y.)
P.O. Box 6000
Binghamton, NY 13902-6000
Fax: (607)777-4094
sarahlam@binghamton.edu
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This page was last updated on May 14, 2026.