Group Highlights

 

GAMMA Graduate: Fatemeh Mousapour defends her dissertation - On the Development and Analysis of a Comprehensive Police Patrilling Model

 

GAMMA Graduate: John E. Fontecha defends his thesis - Mathematical Models for the Design of Policies to Promote Behavior/Product Adoption

 

GAMMA Seminar Series: Stochastic Decision Making in Optical Networks

On April 28, 2021, Dr. Merve Bodur will present their research on two problems related routing and wavelength assignment in telecommunication networks. Each problem is modeled as a two-stage stochastic integer program and solved through a decomposition-based approach. Dr. Bodur is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at the University of Toronto. For information on how to join this seminar, click "Learn More".

 

GAMMA Seminar Series: Mixed Integer Bilevel Optimization with k-optimal Follower: A Hierarchy of Bounds

On April 7, 2021, Dr. Oleg Prokopyev will present his research on bilevel mixed integer optimization problems. In particular, this work focuses on a Stackelberg game where the follower is not completely rational, and may not solve their problem to optimality. Dr. Prokopyev is a Professor in the Department of Industrial Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh. For information on how to join this seminar, click "Learn More".

 

GAMMA Seminar Series: Fall 2020 Schedule

We are happy to announce our GAMMA seminar series speakers for the Fall 2020 semester! Each seminar will feature current research from a graduate student, professor, or industry expert from outstide of the University at Buffalo. Seminars will be held on Thursdays at 3:00pm. Click "Learn More" to get the full schedule for the semester.

 

GAMMA Graduate: Ningji Wei begins post-doc at Carnegie Mellon University

Since defending his dissertation last May, Ningji Wei has accepted a position as a postdoctoral reserach fellow at Heinz College at Carnegie Mellon University. He is collaborating with Dr. Peter Zhang where his current research involves affinely adjustable policies of robust optimization models.

 

GAMMA Graduate: Cai Gao defends his thesis - On Routing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for Surveillance and Reconnaissance Activities

 

GAMMA Graduate: Luca Wrabetz completes M.S., next chapter at University of Pittsburgh

Upon being conferred his M.S. with concentration in Operations Research from UB's ISE department, Luca is moving to the University of Pittsburgh to pursue a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering. Here, he will be advised by Dr. Oleg Prokopyev, an academic "brother" of Dr. Walteros. Dr. Prokopyev leads work in interdiction optimization, with particular interest in applications addressing challenges such as incomplete information or sequential games. Good luck, Luca!

 

Rishabh Bhandawat receives the UB ISE Student Service and Leadership Award (Honorable Mention)

This award is presented to a graduate student who has shown their willingness to support others and that has dedicated significant time, effort and leadership to serve the university, school and/or department. This is an acknowledgement for Rishabh's leadership and dedication to the ISE department through the several activities that he conducts.

 

John Fontecha receives the UB ISE Student Service and Leadership Award

This award is presented to a graduate student who has shown their willingness to support others and that has dedicated significant time, effort and leadership to serve the university, school and/or department. This is an acknowledgement for John’s leadership and dedication to the ISE Graduate Student Association (ISE-GSA) and the Group for Applied Mathematical Modeling and Analytics (GAMMA) as well as other small acts of service that impact positively the campus.

 

Rishabh Bhandawat and John Fontecha receive the UB ISE Teaching Award (Honorable Mention)

This award is presented to a graduate student for demonstrating exceptional qualities as a teaching assistant or instructor through effective course material delivery, enthusiasm, responsibility, and professional demeanor. This is an acknowledgement for Rishabh and John’s qualities as instructors for IE320 Engineering Economy and IE306 Statistics for Engineers, respectively.

 

GAMMA seminar: Advances in Optimization and Control Techniques for Resilient Systems of Interdependent Infrastructure Networks

In this seminar, Dr. Andrés D. González (Assistant Professor at School of Industrial and Systems Engineering at University of Oklahoma) presents his research on the resilience of critical interdependent infrastructure networks.

 

GAMMA seminar: Post-Graduate School and Industry Work Discussion

Dr. Ethan Malinowski (former UB ISE Ph.D. student) presents an overview of personal industry experience with expectations and advice to current graduate students. He talks about topics ranging from work structure and environments to potential roles students could expect to occupy after completing their time in graduate school.