Research Group

Jacob Seidman (Applied Math & Computational Sciences, Ph.D. candidate Sep 2016-; co-advisor: Prof. G.J. Pappas)

Jacob is a Ph.D. student in the Applied Mathematics and Computational Science program at Penn. He received his undergraduate degree at Harvard University in 2016, concentrating in Mathematics. Currently, his research interests include exploring tractable non-convex optimization problems coming from engineering, computer science, and machine learning.

Jorge F. Barreras (Applied Math & Computational Sciences, Ph.D. candidate Sep 2017-)

Jorge F. Barreras earned an M.Sc. (with distinction) in Economics and a B.Sc. with a double degree in Mathematics and Economics from Universidad de Los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia. Before starting his doctoral studies he worked as a data scientist and project manager in a consulting company. His research interests are oriented to the study of social networks and opinion formation using tools from machine learning, algorithms and natural language processing.

Shaoru Chen (Electrical and Systems Engineering, Ph.D. candidate Sep 2017-)

Shaoru earned a B.E. in Automation & Control from Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China in 2017. He is currently a Ph.D. candidate at the Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania. His research interests include analysis and control of networked systems.

Mikhail Hayhoe (Electrical and Systems Engineering, Ph.D. candidate Sep 2017-)

Mikhail Hayhoe graduated from Queen's University, Kingston, Canada, with a Honour's B.Sc. in Mathematics & Engineering in 2015 and a M.A.Sc. in Applied Mathematics in 2017. He is currently at the Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania. His research interests include the analysis, optimization, and control of networked systems as well as big data and related methods

Alex Nguyen-Le (Electrical and Systems Engineering, Ph.D. candidate Sep 2020-)

Alex earned a B.S. and M.S. in Electrical Engineering at the University of California, Santa Barbara in 2017 and 2020. He worked briefly in the pharmaceutical industry before beginning his graduate education as a circuit designer, and is currently a Ph.D student at the University of Pennsylvania. His research interests are primarily in the analysis and optimization of networked systems.

PAST MEMBERS:

Postdoctoral Researchers:

Masaki Ogura (Nov 2014-Feb 2017). Current job: Associate Professor at Osaka University, Japan.

Doctoral Students:

Cassiano Becker (ESE Ph.D. 2013-2019). Current job: Postdoctoral Researcher at UPenn
Ximing Chen (ESE Ph.D. 2013-2019). Current job: Research Scientist at Facebook
Mahyar Fazlyab (ESE Ph.D. 2013-2018). Current job: Assistant Professor at John Hopkins University

Masters Students:

Zhengwei Wu (ESE M.Sc. 2012-2013). Topic: Spectral analysis of spreading processes in networks
David Sun (ESE M.Sc. 2012-2015). Topic: Predicting mean-field theory accuracy on real-world networks
Zhen Xiang (ESE M.Sc. 2014-2016). Thesis: Modeling and analysis of temporal networks
Christopher Cerezo-Falco (ESE M.Sc. 2015-2018). Thesis: MPC for epidemic control
Jingqi Li (ESE M.Sc. 2017-2019). Topic: Structural control of networked systems
Alp Aydinoglu (ESE M.Sc. 2017-2019). Topic: Data-driven control of tree ensembles
Han Wang (AMCS M.Sc. 2018-2020). Topic: Control tools for optimization algorithms

Undergraduate Students:

Ishaan Nerurkar (NETS undergraduate member)

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