Welcome to BYU’s Information and Decision Laboratories (IDeA Labs). IDeA Labs
is a network of laboratories operated by a single, interdisciplinary
research group. This group uses systems and control theory
(and related tools) to analyze and design a variety of
complex systems and information processing techniques.
Each laboratory in the network houses projects that are related by a common application
area. This focus allows students to investigate concrete
problems, work with industrial partners, and collaborate
with academic application experts.
By unifying these laboratories with a common group, we concentrate our research
on fundamental issues of processing information in complex,
uncertain environments. Students working on a project in
one lab often discover that the nature of their problem
is very similar to an entirely different problem in a completely
different area. This focus on the theoretical foundation
unifying different application domains helps students to
think more deeply about their research.
