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RUTCOR Faculty and Membership

James Abello, Research Professor, DIMACS; Ph.D., University of California at San Diego.
Optimization methods for massive data analysis, synthesis and visualization; synthetic computational geometry, combinatorics and complexity

Susan L. Albin, Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering, SE; D.E.Sc., Columbia.
Queuing; simulation; quality control and reliability

Farid Alizadeh, Associate Professor of Management Science and Information Systems, RBS; Ph.D., Minnesota
Combinatorial optimization; convex programming; computational biology

Benjamin Avi-Itzhak, Professor of Management and Operations Research, RBS/RUTCOR; D.Sc., Israel Institute of Technology.
Stochastic models in operations research

Adi Ben-Israel, Professor of Operations Research, RBS/RUTCOR; Ph.D., Northwestern.
Matrix theory; convexity and optimization; mathematical programming; mathematical economics

Melike Baykal-Gursoy, Professor of Systems Engineering, ISE; Ph.D., Univ. of Pennsylvania.
Stochastic Modeling, Optimization and Control: Markov Decision Processes; Stochastic Games, Queueing Theory, and their applications to Telecommunication, Supply Chain, and Transportation Systems.

Douglas H. Blair, Professor of Economics, SAS-NB; Ph.D., Yale.
Microeconomic theory; social choice theory

Endre Boros, Professor of Operations Research, RUTCOR/RBS; Ph.D., Budapest.
Discrete and combinatorial optimization; integer programming

Michael Lee Bushnell, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon.
VLSI design; testing of logic circuits; computer-aided design

Jonathan Eckstein, Professor of Management Science and Information Systems, RBS/RUTCOR; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Mathematical programming; parallel computing; convex analysis; proximal methods; applied combinatorial optimization; information systems

Michael R. Greenberg, Professor of Urban Planning and Public Health, EJBSPPP; Ph.D., Columbia.
Environmental planning; public health

Michael D. Grigoriadis, Professor of Computer Science, SAS-NB; Ph.D., Wisconsin.
Algorithms for network optimization

Vladimir Gurvich, RUTCOR; Ph.D., Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology.
Game theory; graph theory; complexity

Alan Hoffman, Visiting Professor of RUTCOR; Ph.D., Columbia.
Combinatorics and optimization; linear algebra

Marianthi Ierapetritou, Professor of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering; Ph.D., Imperial College.
Process Systems Engineering; Process Design, Planning and Scheduling; Uncertainty and Environmental Considerations; Nonlinear and Mixed Integer Optimization; Metabolic Engineering; Pharmaceutical Process Optimization

Myong K. (MK) Jeong, Associate Professor of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering, RUTCOR/ ISE; Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology
Data mining, pattern recognition, optimization techniques for machine learning, process monitoring

Douglas H. Jones, Associate Professor of Management, RBS; Ph.D., Florida State.
Psychometrics; integer programming applications to test construction; optimal experimental design; Bayesian methods; optimal financial portfolios

Jeffry N. Kahn, Professor of Mathematics, SAS-NB; Ph.D., Ohio State.
Matroids; extremal problems in set theory and graph theory; finite geometries

Bahman Kalantari, Professor of Computer Science, SAS-NB; Ph.D., University of Minnesota.
Mathematical Programming and Matrix Scaling, Discrete and Combinatorial Optimization, Computational Geometry, Polynomial Root-Finding, and Polynomiography

Paul Kantor, Professor of Library and Information Science SC&I; Graduate Faculty of Computer Science, Ph.D., Princeton.
Information, sensor and decision systems; information economics; information systems evaluation; text classification

Michael N. Katehakis, Professor of Management Science, RBS; Ph.D., Columbia.
Dynamic programming reliability; queuing; sequential statistics; operations management

Kenneth Kendall, Professor II of Management, RSBC; Ph. D., SUNY (Buffalo).
Methods for systems analysis and design; adoption of emerging information technologies, design of strategic information systems ( http://www.aitp-edsig.org/educator/eoy2010.htm )

Alexander Kogan, Professor of Accounting and Information Systems, RBS/RUTCOR; Ph.D., USSR Academy of Sciences.
Expert systems; logical analysis of data; Boolean functions; combinatorial optimization; information systems

Cheng-few Lee, Professor of Finance, RBS; Ph.D., SUNY (Buffalo).
Applying econometrics and economic theory in finance and accounting research

Lei Lei, Associate Professor of Management Science, RBS; Ph.D., Wisconsin (Madison).
Vehicle scheduling and cyclic scheduling; convex resource allocation and production planning algorithms; supply chain management

Richard McLean, Associate Professor of Economics, SAS-NB; Ph.D., SUNY (Stony Brook).
Game theory and its applications

Benjamin Melamed, Professor of Management Science and Information Systems, RBS/RUTCOR; Ph.D., Michigan.
Stochastic processes; modeling and simulation; telecommunications modeling; programming languages

Joseph I. Naus, Chairperson and Professor of Statistics, SAS-NB; Ph.D., Harvard.
Applied probability; data quality control; clustering

Rosa Oppenheim, Professor of Operations Research, RBS; Ph.D., Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn.
Mathematical programming; graph theory; forecasting

Lee Papayanopoulos, Professor of Engineering, RBS - MSCIS; Ph.D. Columbia.
Industrial Engineering, Operations Researach

William M. Pottenger, Associate Research Professor, Computer Science and DIMACS; Ph.D., Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Data mining, statistical relational learning, parallel processing and information extraction

Andras Prekopa, Professor of Operations Research and Statistics, SAS-NB; Ph.D., Budapest.
Stochastic processes; stochastic optimization; linear and nonlinear programming; inventory control; applications to engineering design; economics; finance

Fred S. Roberts, Professor of Mathematics, SAS-NB, and Director of the Center for Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science (DIMACS); Ph.D., Stanford.
Discrete mathematical models; graph theory; decision making; measurement theory

Andrzej Ruszczynski, Professor of Management Science and Information Systems, RBS/RUTCOR; Ph.D., Warsaw.
Stochastic programming, financial modeling, and risk management

Michael E. Saks, Professor of Mathematics, SAS-NB; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Combinatorial optimization and algorithms; extremal set theory; partially ordered sets

Glenn Shafer, Board of Governors Professor of Accounting and Information Systems, RBS; Ph.D., Princeton.
Expert systems; causal conjecture; game-theoretic probability; statistics; finance

Eduardo D. Sontag, Professor of Mathematics, SAS-NB; Ph.D., Florida.
System and control theory

Dan Stratila, Assistant Professor of Operations Research, RUTCOR/RBS; Ph.D., MIT.
Discrete optimization, large-scale computations, logistics, supply chain management

William E. Strawderman, Professor of Statistics, SAS-NB; Ph.D., Rutgers.
Decision theory; inference; multivariate statistics

Hector J. Sussmann, Professor of Mathematics, SAS-NB; Ph.D., New York.
System and control theory

Hiroki Tsurumi, Professor of Economics, SAS-NB; Ph.D., Pennsylvania.
Bayesian econometrics and statistical inference

Robert Vichnevetsky, Professor of Computer Science, SAS-NB; Ph.D., Brussels.
Numerical analysis; modeling and simulation of systems

Honggang Wang, Assistant Professor of Industrial & Systems Engineering; Ph.D., Purdue University.
System uncertainty modeling and analysis, stochastic optimization, operations research, and their applications in energy production, supply chains, and manufacturing systems.

Charles A. Weibel, Professor of Mathematics, SAS-NB; Ph.D., Harvard.
Algebraic K-theory; homological algebra; algebraic topology; category theory

Yao Zhao, Associate Professor, RBS-SCMMS; Ph.D., Northwestern.
Supply Chain Management, Inventory Control, Interface supply chain and project management