Topical Research Areas to Establish Theoretical Foundations for Accuracy Control in AM

The challenges in accuracy control in additive manufacturing call for new research to establish theoretical foundation enabling complexity-free quality control. The major research areas are identified as

1. Three-dimensional shape deformation/accuracy representation
2. Casual Modeling, Inference and Learning with External Validity
3. Shape Complexity Uncertainty Quantification and Mitigation
4. Metrology for 3D Shape Deformation
5. Optimal Control of Three-dimensional shape deformation