ICES Mission Statement
ICES pursues multidisciplinary research opportunities and synergies within the College of Engineering
and across colleges at Carnegie Mellon. ICES seeds and fosters multidisciplinary research, education and outreach that are related to the design and operation of complex engineered systems. ICES works collaboratively with industry partners and provides an
industry-responsive environment to enhance technology transfer.
Solutions to our most serious challenges in improving modern society require multidisciplinary
research approaches to the creation of increasingly complex engineered systems. The ICES vision
is to develop enabling technologies and systems that seamlessly connect people with their physical
and information environments. To accomplish this vision, research within ICES is based on integrated
approaches to synthesis, acquisition, storage, dissemination and manipulation of information.
ICES research empowers individuals to harness the potential of complex engineered systems to greatly
improve productivity and enhance the quality of life.