TIBERIUS O. BONATES Curriculum Vitae February, 2007 PERSONAL INFORMATION ==================== E-mail: tbonates [_AT_] rutcor [_DOT_] rutgers [_DOT_] edu Phone number: (732) 878-9662 Address: Rutgers Center for Operations Research Rutgers University 640 Bartholomew Road Piscataway, NJ 08854-8003 INTERESTS ========= Mathematical programming, combinatorial optimization, data mining, machine learning, discrete mathematics, algorithms. EDUCATION ========= Rutgers University - Rutgers Center for Operations Research (RUTCOR) PhD in Operations Research, 2002-2007 (expected graduation date: July, 2007) Dissertation advisors: Peter L. Hammer and Alexander Kogan Federal University of Rio de Janeiro MSc in Systems Engineering and Computer Science, 1999-2001. Thesis advisor: Nelson Maculan State University of Ceara BSc in Computer Science, 1995-1998. EMPLOYMENT ========== Research/Teaching Assistant (2002-2007) Rutgers University Center for Operations Research, Piscataway, NJ Duties: - Theoretical research and application programming in the fields of mathematical programming and machine learning. - Organization of the department's research seminars. Summer Intern (June-August, 2003) Dash Optimization, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ Duties: - Development of a benchmarking tool for the Xpress solver. - Implementation of algorithms for linear programming and for a vehicle routing application. Systems Analyst (2001-2002) Eletrobras Research Center, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Duties: - Development of a graphical interface for an electrical market planning application. - Development of drivers for integrating heterogeneous systems for electrical market planning. Teaching Assistant (1999-2001) Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Duties: - Undergraduate Teaching: Linear Optimization. SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS ======================= Research/Teaching Assistant (2002-2007) Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ DIMACS Summer/Winter Graduate Student Research Award (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006) Center for Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science, Piscataway,NJ DIMACS/LAMSADE Exchange Program (2005) Universite Paris IX Dauphine, Paris, France Teaching Assistant (1999-2001) Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil PUBLICATIONS ============ REFEREED JOURNALS: Logical Analysis of Data: From Combinatorial Optimization to Medical Applications Annals of Operations Research, 148:203-225, 2006 (with P.L. Hammer) (Available online at http://www.springerlink.com/content/n7382660l6540t80/ .) Breast Cancer Prognosis by Combinatorial Analysis of Gene Expression Data Breast Cancer Research, 2006, 8:R41 (with G. Alexe, S. Alexe, D.E. Axelrod, I.I. Lozina, M. Reiss, P.L. Hammer) (Available online at http://breast-cancer-research.com/content/8/4/R41 .) Performance Evaluation of a Family of Criss-Cross Algorithms for Linear Programming International Transactions on Operational Research, 10(1), pp. 53-64, 2003 (with N. Maculan) (Available online at http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/1475-3995.00392 .) CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS: Optimization Models for Logical Analysis of Data Conference on Data Mining and Mathematical Programming, 2006, Universite de Montreal, Canada (with Peter L. Hammer) (forthcoming) SUBMITTED: Maximum Patterns in Datasets Discrete Applied Mathematics, submitted (with P.L. Hammer, A. Kogan) Available as RUTCOR Research Report RRR 9-2006 at (http://rutcor.rutgers.edu/pub/rrr/reports2006/9_2006.pdf) WORKING PAPERS: Pseudo-Boolean Regression (with P.L. Hammer). Available as RUTCOR Research Report RRR 3-2007 (http://rutcor.rutgers.edu/pub/rrr/reports2007/3_2007.pdf) Logical Analysis of Data for Predicting Combinatorial Cancer Therapy Based on Inhibition of Protein Kinase Gene Expression (with D.E. Axelrod, P.L. Hammer, I.I. Lozina) A Criss-Cross Algorithm for Minimum Cost Network Flow (with J. Figueira, N. Maculan) PRESENTATIONS ============= CONFERENCES: Discriminants and Risk Scores in Logical Analysis of Data (LAD) INFORMS Annual Meeting, 2006, Pittsburgh, PA (with P.L. Hammer) Pseudo-Boolean Regression International Symposium on Mathematical Programming, 2006 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (with P.L. Hammer). (Also presented at the 2006 INFORMS Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA.) Feature Selection with the Logical Analysis of Data INFORMS Annual Meeting, 2005, San Francisco, CA (with P.L. Hammer, P. Lemaire) (incorrectly listed in proceedings) Maximum Patterns in Logical Analysis of Data INFORMS Annual Meeting, 2004, Denver, CO (with P.L. Hammer, A. Kogan) Identification of Plausibly Misclassified Observations INFORMS Annual Meeting, 2004, Denver, CO (with P.L. Hammer, A. Kogan, I. Lozina) From Diagnosis to Therapy via LAD INFORMS Annual Meeting, 2004, Denver, CO (with D. Axelrod, P.L. Hammer, I. Lozina) Maximum Patterns and Outliers in the Logical Analysis of Data (LAD) INFORMS Annual Meeting, 2003, Atlanta, GA (with P.L. Hammer, A. Kogan, I. Lozina) Design and Implementation of a Branch-and-Cut Toolbox for Matlab Annals of the Brazilian Society for the Advancement of Science, 1998 Natal, Brazil (with P.R. Pinheiro, M.M. Rodrigues). Design and Implementation of a Linear Integer Programming Solver for Matlab Annals of the Brazilian Society for the Advancement of Science, 1997 Belo Horizonte, Brazil (with P.R. Pinheiro, M.M. Rodrigues) SEMINARS: Optimization Problems in Logical Analysis of Data LAMSADE Seminar, 2005, Universite Paris IX Dauphine, Paris, France Maximum Patterns in Datasets RUTCOR Seminar, 2004, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES =================== - Session chair for the Second Mathematical Programming Society International Conference on Continuous Optimization (ICCOPT) and Modeling and Optimization: Theory and Applications Conference (MOPTA-07), in Hamilton, Canada, August 2007 - Referee for the Annals of Operations Research - Member of INFORMS, The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences COMPUTER SKILLS =============== - Programming languages: C/C++, Prolog, Visual Basic, Delphi - Software packages: CPLEX, Xpress-MP, COIN-OR, Matlab/Octave, SPSS, SAS - Operating systems: Windows, Linux/Unix, Mac OS X REFERENCES ========== Alexander Kogan (PhD dissertation advisor) Rutgers Business School / Rutgers Center for Operations Research (RUTCOR) Phone: (973) 353-1064 E-mail: kogan [_AT_] rutgers [_DOT_] edu Webpage: http://kogan.rutgers.edu Address: Rutgers Business School Rutgers University 180 University Avenue Newark, NJ 07102 Endre Boros (Member of PhD committee) Rutgers Center for Operations Research (RUTCOR) Phone: (732) 445-3235 E-mail: boros [_AT_] rutcor [_DOT_] rutgers [_DOT_] edu Webpage: http://rutcor.rutgers.edu/~boros Address: Rutgers Center for Operations Research Rutgers University 640 Bartholomew Road Piscataway, NJ 08854-8003 Nelson Maculan (MSc thesis advisor) Dept of Systems Engineering and Computing, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro Phone: +55-21-2562-8708 E-mail: maculan [_AT_] cos [_DOT_] ufrj [_DOT_] br Address: Cidade Universitaria, Centro de Tecnologia, Bloco H, Sala 319 Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Caixa Postal: 68511 CEP: 21941-972 Rio de Janeiro - RJ, Brazil David E. Axelrod (Research collaborator) Department of Genetics, Rutgers University Phone: (732) 445-2011 E-mail: axelrod [_AT_] biology [_DOT_] rutgers [_DOT_] edu Address: Department of Genetics, Rutgers University Nelson Biolabs 604 Allison Road Piscataway, NJ 08854-8082