About Me
Geunyeong Byeon is an Assistant Professor in the School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence at Arizona State University. Previously, she worked as a postdoctoral appointee in the Mathematics and Computer Science Division at Argonne National Laboratory for six months and spent a summer as a graduate research assistant at the Center for Nonlinear Studies at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Research: Geunyeong Byeon's research interests are in optimization for supporting decision-making in large, interdependent systems. Her studies explore methodologies and computational aspects of large-scale optimization and apply them to challenging applications in energy systems.
Of Recent Interest
Two-Stage distributionally robust optimization over wasserstein balls
Distribution system modeling
Benders decomposition
Federated algorithms
Teaching: Geunyeong Byeon has been involved in teaching many undergraduate and graduate classes in operations research, including linear and nonlinear optimization, continuous optimization methods, convex programming, queuing systems, and introductory operations research
Of Recent Interest
Optimization I (Fall 2022/23/24)
Computing for Data-Driven Optimization (Fall 2021; Fall 2023; Spring and Fall 2024; Spring 2025)
Probability and Statistics for Engineering Problem Solving (Spring 2021)
Service: Geunyeong Byeon was a reviewer of INFORMS Journal on Computing, Management Science, Annals of Operations Research, Journal of Global Optimization, IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, IEEE Transactions on Smart Grids, IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, Power Systems Computation Conference, IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering
Honors & Awards
Rising Stars in Computational and Data Sciences, Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences and Sandia National Laboratory, 2020
Richard and Eleanor Towner Prize for Outstanding Ph.D. Research, Honorable Mention, University of Michigan, 2019
Departmental Nomination for Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship, University of Michigan, 2019
Michigan Institute for Computational Discovery and Engineering (MICDE) Fellowship, University of Michigan, 2018
Rackham Travel Grant, University of Michigan, 2017, 2018, 2019
Michigan Institute for Computational Discovery and Engineering (MICDE) Fellowship, Honorable Mention, University of Michigan, 2017
Rackham Graduate Student Research Grant, University of Michigan, 2017
Junior Participant Fellowship for Grid Science Winter School and Conference, Center for Nonlinear Studies at Los Alamos National Lab., 2017
Industrial and Operations Engineering Departmental Fellowship, University of Michigan, 2016
Merit Scholarship, Korea University, 2009-2013
Education
Ph.D. in Industrial & Operations Engineering, 2020
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
M.S. in Industrial Engineering, 2016
Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
B.S. in Industrial Management Engineering, 2014
Korea University, Seoul, Korea