Group

Current PhD Students

• 1. Qing Ye

  2. Haoyun Deng

  3. Shuai Li (Co-advised with Prof. Xin Chen)

Current Undergraduate Researchers

• 1. Swara Viswanadha

  2. Emily Wright

Current Visitors

Graduated PhD Students

1. Dr. Nan Jiang

   • Ph.D. July 2024. Thesis: ‘‘Chance Constrained Programs and Distributionally Favorable Optimization.’’ First Positions: Postdoc at Cornell Tell from 2024-2025 and Tenure-Track Assistant Professor, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) with start date August 2025.

2. Dr. Yongchun Li

   • Ph.D. April 2024. Thesis: ‘‘Sparse and Low-rank Constrained Optimization: Formulations, Theory, and Algorithms.’’ First Position: STenure-Track Assistant Professor, University of Tennessee at Knoxville.

3. Dr. Luying Sun

   • Ph.D. May 2023. Thesis: ‘‘Fair and Risk-Averse Resource Allocation in Transportation Systems under Uncertainties.’’ First Position: Senior Operation Research Analyst, Intel Inc.

4. Dr. Jie Zhang

   • Ph.D. Fall 2019. Thesis: ‘‘Stochastic Programming Approaches to Multi-product Inventory Management Problems with Substitution.’’ First Position: Teaching Assistant Professor, Northeastern University, Seattle. Current Position: Data Scientist at Nielsen Inc.

   • Co-advised with Dr. Subhash C. Sarin

Graduate Visitors and Undergraduate Researchers

1. Gerald Anh: Undergraduate researcher, Georgia Tech, January 2024-April 2024

2. Quill Healey: Undergraduate researcher, Georgia Tech, August 2023-May 2024

3. Krishna Kumar: Undergraduate researcher, Georgia Tech, January 2023-August 2023

4. Nina Lieu: Undergraduate researcher, Virginia Tech, May 2022-August 2022

5. Muyang Wang: Undergraduate researcher, Virginia Tech, May 2022-August 2022

6. Hao Dong: Undergraduate researcher, Virginia Tech, January 2022-August 2022

7. Jarret Johnston: Undergraduate researcher, Virginia Tech, January 2022-May 2022

8. Xiaohan Ma: Undergraduate researcher, Virginia Tech, August 2021-May 2022

9. Boshen Zhang (from CS): Undergraduate researcher, Virginia Tech, August 2021-May 2022

10. Stephen Dooley: Undergraduate researcher, Virginia Tech, January 2021-May 2021

11. Kunpeng Liu: Undergraduate researcher, Virginia Tech, January 2021-May 2021

12. Mark Seymour: Undergraduate researcher, Virginia Tech, August 2020-May 2021

13. Devanshu Vajir: Undergraduate researcher, Virginia Tech, January 2021-May 2021

14. Yucheng Gao: Undergraduate researcher, Virginia Tech, August 2021-December 2020

15. Shangzheng Ji: Undergraduate researcher, Virginia Tech, August 2020-December 2020

16. Qing Ye: Undergraduate researcher, Virginia Tech, August 2018-May 2020

17. Shutong Chen: Visiting graduate student from Shanghai Donghua University (China), August 2018-October 2019 

18. Ramin Salman Roughani: Undergraduate researcher, Virginia Tech, January 2019-May 2019

19. Lauren Carpenito: Undergraduate researcher, Virginia Tech, August 2019-December 2019

For the Prospective students

I am always looking for outstanding and self-motivated graduate students with strong mathematical/statistical background and exceptional proficiency in computer programming. If you are interested in working with me, please consider applying here.