Overview

My research interests are in various aspects of decision-making under uncertainty and their applications in large-scale data-driven settings. My approach to tackling these problems is founded in mathematical optimization, particularly stochastic programming. In my research, I regularly use tools from simulation and statistics. My research goal is to tackle different forms of stochastic optimization problems by designing solution methods that provide verifiable guarantees of solution quality and are computationally scalable. I also strongly emphasize developing effective software implementation of stochastic optimization algorithms. Interested readers can access source codes for the algorithms I helped develop from my Github profile page. I have successfully used my research to address problems in the planning and operations of power and health care systems. My research works are also available on Google Scholar and ResearchGate

Current Projects:

  • Funding agency: National Science Foundation; #2423246
  • Duration: 2024-2026
  • Role: Co-Principal Investigator with PI Miju Ahn.
  • Links: NSF award details
  • Funding agency: National Science Foundation; #2329739
  • Duration: 2024-2026
  • Role: Co-Principal Investigator with PI Yisha Xiang (UH) and Co-PI Wenchao Zhou (UA).
  • Links: NSF award details
  • Funding agency: Department of Energy - Office of Science; #DE-SC0023361
  • Duration: 2022-2025
  • Role: Lead Principal Investigator with PIs Guzin Bayraksan (OSU), Suvrajeet Sen (USC), Anirudh Subramanyam (Argonne/PSU), and Victor Zavala (Argonne/UWisc).
  • Links: DOE Annoucement; Media coverage.
  • Publications (that I co-authored):
  • Funding agency: Office of Naval Research; #N00014-22-1-2603
  • Duration: 2022-2025
  • Role: Principal Investigator
  • Publication:

Past Projects:

  • Funding agency: SMU Lyle School of Engineering Research Seed Funding
  • Duration: 2020
  • Role: Principal Investigator with Co-PIs Sila Cetinkaya (SMU) and Jing Wang (UT Southwestern Medical Center)
  • Publication:
  • Funding agency: SMU Lyle School of Engineering Research Seed Funding
  • Duration: 2018
  • Role: Co-Principal Investigator with PI Mohammad Khodayar (SMU)
  • Funding agency: SMU Lyle School of Engineering Research Seed Funding
  • Duration: 2017
  • Role: Principal Investigator with Co-PI Mohammad Khodayar (SMU)
  • Publication:
  • Funding agency: Air Force Office of Scientific Research; #FA9550-15-1-0267
  • Duration: 2015-2018
  • Role: Co-Principal Investigator with PI Suvrajeet Sen (USC)
  • Publications (that I co-authored):