Research

Broadly, my research is on Decision Making under Uncertainty.  More specifically, I work on various aspects of Stochastic Programming including (i) modeling, (ii) theory and algorithms, and (iii) applications.  For more information:    ResearchGate       Google Scholar      Publications and Research Funding

Methodology:     

  • Distributionally Robust Optimization
  • Risk-Averse Stochastic Programming
  • Monte-Carlo Simulation for Stochastic Programming
  • Computational Stochastic Optimization

Applications:    

  • Water Resources Management (outreach video of this work)
  • Joint Sustainable Infrastructures including Water and Energy

Research Recognition

  • NSF CAREER Award, 2012 – 2018
  • Lumley Research Award  (OSU), 2016
  • INFORMS ENRE Best Publication Award in Environment and Sustainability, 2016
  • Faculty Adviser, Runner-Up INFORMS Computing Society Student Paper Award, 2017

Selected Research Talks

  • Tutorial on Distributionally Robust Stochastic Programming Using Phi-Divergences, INFORMS Annual Meeting, 2015   [accompanying tutorial paper]
  • Tutorial on Monte Carlo Sampling-Based Methods in Stochastic Programming, the Industrial and Systems Engineering Research Conference (ISERC), San Juan, Puerto Rico, 2013  [presentation]        (This tutorial talk is largely based on this paper)
  • Introductory Tutorial on Stochastic Programming, the Industrial and Systems Engineering Research Conference (ISERC), Montreal, Canada, 2014
  • Tutorial Speaker, Pre-conference tutorials at the 12th International Conference on Stochastic Programming, Halifax, Canada, 2010  [presentation]       (Parts of this tutorial are based on this paper)