Daniel G. Cole is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science in the Swanson School of Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh. He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Virginia Tech. His research has focused on advanced control-theoretic techniques to improve operation, maintenance, and control of nuclear power plants. This work has focused on methods of condition monitoring of plant components, and has used AI and machine learning for decision making and asset management of the low-volume, high-value systems in power plant. This work on nuclear power has led his research to the security of our critical infrastructure, in particular our networked industrial control systems. In these efforts, Dr. Cole is investigating how to choose strategies to protect our infrastructure, determine avenues of attack, detect and mitigate threats, and secure cyber-physical systems.
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