Group

I am deeply grateful to all of my students, collaborators, and colleagues for their support, intellectual contributions, and dedication.

Current PhD Students

• Siyuan Chen

• Haoyun Deng

• Shuai Li

• Qing Ye

Current Undergraduate Researchers

Current Postdoc

• Dr. Jiaqi Wang

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.’’ Current Position: Tenure-Track Assistant Professor, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen.

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. Current Position: Research Scientist, Amazon 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. James Jones (Georgia Tech): Undergraduate researcher, Georgia Tech, January 2025-December 2025

2. Kian Drees (UCI): Undergraduate researcher, Georgia Tech, May 2025-July 2025

3. Swara Viswanadha: Undergraduate researcher, Georgia Tech, May 2024-July 2024

4. Emily Wright: Undergraduate researcher, Georgia Tech, May 2024-July 2024

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

23. Qing Ye: Undergraduate researcher, Virginia Tech, August 2018-July 2020

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.