Academic Leadership
Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL | Professor of Computer Science (Emeritus) | Aug 2001 – Present
Secured/contributed to NSF awards totaling ~$1.6M across network optimization and resource allocation.
Founding Director, M.S. in Computational Decision Science and Operations Research (2016–Present).
Served as CS Graduate Program Chair (2001–2006) and Chair of CS Tenure & Promotion Committee (2011–Present).
Mentored Ph.D. students placed at Microsoft, IBM, Amazon, and Apple.
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi | Professor / Assoc. / Asst. Professor | 1988 – 2003
Directed government-funded transport optimization projects (Delhi Transport Corporation & TRIPP).
Established the M.S. (Research) program adopted institute-wide.
Max Planck Institute for Informatics, Germany | Visiting Researcher | 1993 – 1997
Industry & Consulting
U.S. Department of Defense (via Roberson Associates) | Optimization Consultant | 2017 – 2018
Specialized optimization approaches for complex spectrum allocation.
IBM India Research Lab | Consultant, Optimization Algorithms | 1999 – 2001
Applied algorithmic optimization to computing-service hosting and wireless network clustering.
Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ | Post-Doctoral Member / Visiting Researcher | 1986–1987, 1999
Commercial Ventures
MobileSwan: Co-founder, Android application (2011 – Present).
CorenVRP: Co-founder, Vehicle-routing optimization software venture (2000 – 2002).