Babak Heydari

Babak Heydari is Associate Professor in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at Northeastern University, with joint appointments in the College of Engineering and School of Public Policy. He directs the Multi-AGent Intelligent Complex Systems (MAGICS) Lab and serves as Co-Director of the Engineering Management program.

Education: PhD in EECS from UC Berkeley, with graduate certificate in Management of Technology.

Research interests: Focuses on socio-technical systems, complex networks, and resilience engineering. Develops computational frameworks for understanding platform ecosystems, sharing economy models, and network resilience using AI and game theory approaches.

Publications demonstrate consistent innovation in network modeling, with recent applications to AI governance and resilient infrastructure. Work combines computational methods with policy insights.

• National Science Foundation CAREER Award
• Wiley Systems Engineering Journal Best Paper Award
• Best Paper Award, Journal of Systems Engineering (2016)

Leadership includes chairing the Executive Committee of the Council of Engineering Systems Universities and serving on advisory boards for international resilience initiatives.