People

Members of CORI can be found within the College of Business, the College of Science, and the College of Engineering, Computing and Applied Sciences.

Faculty Members

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M. SERKAN AKTURK

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Management

Ph.D., Texas A&M University

Research Interests:

MASHRUR CHOWDHURY

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Civil Engineering

Ph.D., University of Virginia

Research Interests:

BRIAN DEAN

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Computing

Ph.D., M.I.T.

Research Interests: Algorithms, Combinatorial Optimization, Data Science

GEORGES FADEL

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Mechanical Engineering

Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology

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BILL FERRELL

Bio

Industrial Engineering

Ph.D., North Carolina State University

Research Interests:  Applied Optimization in Supply Chain Logistics

BRIAN FRALIX
CORI Co-Director

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Mathematical and Statistical Sciences

Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology

Research Interests: Applied Probability, Queueing Systems, Markov Chains

LAWRENCE FREDENDALL

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Management

Ph.D., Michigan State University

Research Interests:

ARCHIS GHATE

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Industrial Engineering

Ph.D., University of Michigan

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WAYNE GODDARD

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Computing;  Mathematical and Statistical Sciences

Ph.D., M.I.T.

Research Interests:  Graph Theory, Discrete Mathematics

BENJAMIN GRANT

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Management

Ph.D., Northwestern University

Research Interests:  Healthcare Operations Management, Stochastic Optimization, Network Design and Control

CHENG GUO

Bio

Mathematical and Statistical Sciences

Ph.D., University of Toronto

Research Interests:  Energy Markets; Integer Programming; Stochastic Programming

HAO HU

Bio

Mathematical and Statistical Sciences

Ph.D., Tilburg University

Research Interests:  Semidefinite Optimization; Mathematical Programming

TUĞÇE IŞIK

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Industrial Engineering

Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology

Research Interests: Markov Decision Processes, Queueing Systems

AMIN KHADEMI

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Industrial Engineering

Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh

Research Interests:  Approximate Dynamic Programming, Optimal Learning, Stochastic Modeling

JEFFREY KHAROUFEH
CORI Co-Director

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Industrial Engineering

Ph.D., Penn State University

Research Interests:   Applied Probability and Stochastic Processes; Modeling and analysis of renewable energy systems; Reliability theory and maintenance optimization; Service systems modeling and optimization

PETER KIESSLER

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Mathematical and Statistical Sciences

Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Research Interests: Stochastic Processes, Queueing Systems

MARY BETH KURZ

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Industrial Engineering

Ph.D., University of Arizona

Research Interests: Applications in Assembly Planning, Design and Evaluation of Metaheuristics for Combinatorial Problems

QI LUO

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Industrial Engineering

Ph.D., University of Michigan

Research Interests:  Stochastic Optimization, Game Theory, Reinforcement Learning

LANCE OUYANG

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Mathematical and Statistical Sciences

Ph.D., University of Florida

Research Interests: Nonlinear Optimization, Stochastic Approximation, Big Data Analytics

HAMED RAHIMIAN

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Industrial Engineering

Ph.D., Ohio State University

Research Interests:  Mathematical modeling under uncertainty, stochastic and robust optimization, learning-enabled optimization

ALEDA ROTH

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Management

Ph.D., Ohio State University

Research Interests:  Service Operations Strategy, Global Operations and Technology Strategy, Health Care Strategy

MATTHEW SALTZMAN

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Mathematical and Statistical Sciences

Ph.D., Carnegie-Mellon University

Research Interests: Computational Optimization, High-Performance Computing

THOMAS SHARKEY

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Industrial Engineering

Ph.D., University of Florida

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YONGJIA SONG

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Industrial Engineering

Ph.D., University of Wisconsin

Research Interests:  Optimization under uncertainty, network optimization, transportation and logistics

SRI SRIDHARAN

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Management

Ph.D., University of Iowa

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KEVIN TAAFFE

Bio

Industrial Engineering

Ph.D., University of Florida

Research Interests:  Simulation, Value-at-Risk, Applications in Healthcare, Production, and Transportation

EMILY TUCKER

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Industrial Engineering

Ph.D., University of Michigan

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CAMERON TURNER

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Mechanical Engineering

Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin

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ARDALAN VAHIDI

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Mechanical Engineering

Ph.D., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Research Interests: Optimal Control, Applied Optimization, Mixed Integer Programming

MARGARET WIECEK

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Mathematical and Statistical Sciences

Ph.D., AGH University of Science and Technology, Krakow, Poland

Research Interests: Multiobjective Optimization and Decision Making, Complex Systems Optimization, Preference Modeling

PAUL WILSON

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Economics

Ph.D., Brown University

Research Interests:  Mathematical and Computational Statistics, Nonparametric Estimation and Inference, Productivity and Efficiency Analysis

YIBO XU

Bio

Mathematical and Statistical Sciences

Ph.D., Clemson University

Research Interests:  Continuous Optimization; Mixed-discrete and Continuous Nonconvex Programming

BOSHI YANG

Bio

Mathematical and Statistical Sciences

Ph.D., University of Iowa

Research Interests: Quadratically Constrained Quadratic Programming, Mixed Integer Programming, Conic Programming

QIONG ZHANG

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Mathematical and Statistical Sciences

Ph.D., University of Wisconsin

Research Interests:  Experimental Design
and Statistical Modeling for Computer Experiments,
Uncertainty Quantification, Simulation Optimization