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CURRICULUM VITAE
Sanjay Mehrotra
847 491 3155 (Office)
Professor, Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences
Director, Center for Engineering and Health, Northwestern University
Fellow, Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences
Area of Expertise: Optimization- Decision Methodologies, Health
Policy, Analytics and Operations Management
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Education
Ph.D. in Operations Research, Columbia University (January 1987)
Dissertation Topic: Variants of Karmarkar's Algorithm:
Theoretical Complexity and Practical Implementations
Dissertation Advisor: Donald Goldfarb M.S. in Industrial Engineering, Columbia University (January 1985)
B.E. in Industrial Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (Roorkee), formerly University of Roorkee,
India (July 1983)
Employment
Professor (current), Associate Professor (September 1992 - 2000), Assistant Professor (September
1986--August 1992). Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences, Northwestern
University. Evanston, IL. Professor (January 2011 – December 2012). Courtesy secondary appointment,
Institute of Healthcare Studies, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University. Professor (August
2012 – Current) Courtsey secondary appointment, Department of Medical Social Sciences, Feinberg
School of Medicine; Northwestern University. Adjunct Associate Professor (August 2001 – July 2003).
Courtesy appointment, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago.
Over his career Mehrotra has made seminal contributions to Operations Research. A method he
developed for linear optimization is known as “Mehrotra” predictor-corrector method. His health care
management and policy research has used and developed techniques in data sciences to provide data-
driven answers to questions in health care policy and operations management. He is highly regarded for
his methodology research in the Optimization community, and policy research in the Organ
Transplantation community. He was inducted as a Fellow of the Institute for Operations Research and
Management Sciences in 2016 for his contributions to the field of Operations Research.
Director (2012 – current), Center for Engineering and Health This is a major under taking promoting collaboration between McCormick School of Engineering and
Feinberg School of Medicine. The center has promoted numerous projects resulting in many federal and
non-federal grants since its inception in 2012. The center has industrial and systems engineering,
computer science, and electrical engineering expertise that allows it to conduct data science and smart
device research, and also facilitate design and development of such devices. The faculty engaged with the
center has received grants from NSF, NIH, and AHRQ. Further information on the center is available at
http://www.feinberg.northwestern.edu/sites/ipham/centers/engineering-health.html
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Consulting
Industry analysis group, First National Bank of Chicago (1992-93). Developed and tested an
optimization-simulation model for calculating bank's reserve funds.
Argonne National Lab (1994). Development of linear programming software.
Credit Collections Department, First USA Bank (1995-96). Developed a credit collection
performance monitoring system and created a prototype for its integration with the existing
management information system.
Ibbotson Associates (1996). Developed mathematical models integrating current portfolio
management software with the index tracking software.
Industrial Virtual Reality Inc. (2000-2004). Develop virtual reality technology for use in
manufacturing
Greenway Trading, LLC (2005, 2009-2011). Developed hedge fund trading strategies.
The Joint Commission (2015-current). Developing a scheduling system for a complex team using
integer optimization
PUBLICATIONS
Publications in Refereed Journals
1. D. Goldfarb and S. Mehrotra (1988). “A relaxed variant of Karmarkar's algorithm,” Mathematical
Programming, 40(3), 285—315
2. D. Goldfarb and S. Mehrotra (1988). “A relaxed variant of Karmarkar's algorithm for linear programs
with unknown objective value,” Mathematical Programming, 40(2), 183--196
3. D. Goldfarb and S. Mehrotra (1989). “A self correcting version of Karmarkar's algorithm,” SIAM J.
on Numerical Analysis, 26(4), 1006—1015. This paper won the second prize in INFORMS
George E. Nicholson Student Paper Competition 4. S. Mehrotra and J. Sun (1990). “An interior point algorithm for convex quadratic programming that
requires O(n3.5) arithmetic operations,” Mathematics of Operations Research, 15(2), 233--253.
5. S. Mehrotra and J. Sun (1990). “An algorithm for solving smooth convex programs based on
Newton's method,” in: Mathematical Developments Arising from Linear Programming, J.C. Lagarias
and M.J. Todd, editors, Contemporary Mathematics, 114, American Mathematical Society, 265-284.
6. S. Mehrotra and J. Sun (1991). “On computing the center of a convex quadratically constrained set,”
Mathematical Programming, 50, 81-89
7. S. Mehrotra and J. Sun (1991). “A method of analytic centers for quadratically constrained convex
quadratic programs,” SIAM J. on Numerical Analysis, 28(2), 529-544
8. S. Mehrotra (1991). “On finding a vertex solution using interior point methods,” Linear Algebra and
its Applications, 152, 233-253
9. A. Armacost and S. Mehrotra (1991). “A computational comparison of the network simplex method
with the dual affine scaling method,” Opsearch, 28(1), 26--43
10. S. Mehrotra (1992). “Implementations of affine scaling methods: Approximate solutions of systems
of linear equations using preconditioned conjugate gradient method,” ORSA J. on Computing, 4(2),
102--118
11. S. Mehrotra (1992). “On the Implementation of a Primal-Dual Interior Point Method,” SIAM Journal
on Optimization, 2(4), 575—601. This work is now known as Mehrotra Predictor-Corrector
Method 12. S. Mehrotra (1993). “Deferred rank one updates in O(n3L) interior point algorithm,” Journal of the
Operations Research Society of Japan, 35(4), 345—352.
13. S. Mehrotra (1993). “Quadratic convergence in a primal-dual method,” Mathematics of Operations
Research, 18(3), 741--751
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14. R. Fourer and S. Mehrotra (1993). “Solving symmetric indefinite systems in an interior-point method
for linear programming,” Mathematical Programming, 62(1), 15--39.
15. S. Mehrotra and Y. Ye (1993). “Finding an Interior-Point in the Optimal Face of Linear Programs,”
Mathematical Programming, 62, 497-515
16. S. Mehrotra and R. Stubbs (1994). “Predictor-Corrector methods for a class of linear complementarity
problems,” SIAM Journal on Optimization, 4(2), 441-453
17. J. Czyzyk, R. Fourer and S. Mehrotra (1995). “A Study of the augmented-system and column-
splitting approaches for solving two-stage stochastic linear programs by interior-point methods,”
ORSA Journal on Computing, 7, 474-490
18. R. Monteiro and S. Mehrotra (1996). “A general parametric analysis approach and its implication to
sensitivity analysis in interior point methods,” Mathematical Programming, 73(1), 65-82
19. S. Mehrotra (1996). “Asymptotic convergence in a generalized predictor-corrector method,”
Mathematical Programming, 74(1), 11-28
20. J. Czyzyk, R. Fourer and S. Mehrotra (1998). “Using a massively parallel processor to solve large
sparse linear programs by an interior-point methods,” SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing, 19,
553-565
21. J. Czyzyk, S. Mehrotra, M. Wagner and S. J. Wright (1999). “PCx: An interior-point code for linear
programming,” Optimization Methods and Software, 11-2:(1-4), 397-430
22. R. Stubbs and S. Mehrotra (1999). “A Branch-and-cut method for 0-1 mixed convex programming,”
Mathematical Programming, 86, 515-532
23. J. Owen and S. Mehrotra (2001). “Experimental results on using general disjunctions in branch-and-
bound for general-integer linear programs,” Computational Optimization and Applications, 20(2),
159-170
24. J. Owen and S. Mehrotra (2001). “A disjunctive cutting plane procedure for general mixed-integer
linear programs,” Mathematical Programming, Ser A. 89, 437-448
25. A. Akgunduz, P. Banerjee and S. Mehrotra (2001). “Smart collision information processing sensors
for fast moving objects,” Smart Materials and Structures, 11(1), 169-174
26. J. Owen and S. Mehrotra (2001). “On the value of binary expansions for general mixed-integer linear
programs,” Operations Research, 50(5), 810-819.
27. C. Luciano, P. Banerjee and S. Mehrotra (2001). “3D animation of Telecollaborative
Anthropomorphic Avatars,” Communications of the ACM, 44(12), 64-67.
28. R. Stubbs and S. Mehrotra (2002). “Generating convex polynomial inequalities for mixed 0-1
programs,” Journal of Global Optimization, 24, 311-332
29. S. Mehrotra and Z. Li (2004), “Convergence Conditions and Krylov Subspace Based Corrections for
Primal-Dual Interior-Point Method,” SIAM Journal on Optimization, 15(3), 635-653
30. R. Thomas, S. Mehrotra, E. T. Papoutsakis, and V. Hatzimanikatis (2004), “A Model-Based
Optimization Framework for the Inference of Gene Regulatory Networks from DNA Array Data,”
Bioinformatics, 20(17):3221-3235 doi:10.1093/bioinformatics/bth389 PMID: 15247105
31. A. Akgunduz, P. Banerjee and S. Mehrotra (2005), “A Linear Programming Solution for Exact
Collision Detection,” Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering, 15(1), 48-55
32. S. Mehrotra and G. Ozevin (2007), “Decomposition-based Interior Point Methods for Two-Stage
Stochastic Semidefinite Programming,” SIAM Journal on Optimization, 18(1) : 206-222,
doi:10.1137/050622067
33. R. Thomas, Carlos J. Paredes, S. Mehrotra, E. T. Papoutsakis, and V. Hatzimanikatis, (2007), “A
model-based optimization framework for the inference of regulatory interactions using time-course
DNA microarray expression data,” BMC BioInformatics, 8:228 doi:10.1186/1471-2105-8-228
PMID: 17603872
34. S. Mehrotra and G. Ozevin (2009), “On the implementation of interior decomposition algorithms for
two-stage stochastic conic programming,” SIAM Journal on Optimization, 19(4), 1846-1880,
doi:10.1137/050643805
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35. Chih-Huang Wu, Seda Memik, and Sanjay Mehrotra (2009), “FPGA Implementation of the Interior-
Point Algorithm for Linear Programming with Applications to Collision Detection,” Proceedings 17th
IEEE Symposium on Field Programmable Custom Computing Machines, 295-298, DOI:
10.1109/FCCM.2009.38
36. Z. Li and S. Mehrotra (2009), “An Example to Demonstrate the Importance of Using Ellipsoidal
Norm in Lattice Basis Reduction for Branching on Hyperplane Algorithms,” Pacific Journal of
Optimization, 5(2), 351-365
37. S. Mehrotra and G. Ozevin (2009), “Decomposition-Based Interior Point Methods for Two-Stage
Stochastic Convex Quadratic Programs with Recourse,” Operations Research, 57(4), 964-974. DOI:
10.1287/opre.1080.0659
38. Tito Homem-de-Mello and S. Mehrotra (2009), “A Cutting Surface Method for Uncertain Linear
Programs with Polyhedral Stochastic Dominance Constraints,” SIAM Journal on Optimization, 20(3),
1250-1273. http://dx.doi.org/10.1137/08074009X
39. Olga Lyandres, Richard P. Van Duyne, Joseph T. Walsh, Matthew R. Glucksberg, and Sanjay
Mehrotra (2010), “Prediction Range Estimation from Noisy Raman Spectra with Robust
Optimization,” Analyst, 135 (8), 2111-2118, DOI:10.1039/C0AN00134A, PMID: 20532412
40. S. Mehrotra and G. Ozevin (2010), “Convergence of a Weighted Barrier Decomposition Algorithm
for Two-Stage Stochastic Programming with Discrete Support,” SIAM J. on Optimization, 20(5),
2474-2486, DOI: 10.1137/080741380
41. S. Mehrotra and Z. Li (2010), “Segment LLL-reduction of integer lattice bases using modular
arithmetic”, Algorithms, 3(3), 224-243, DOI: 10.3390/a3030224
42. Brian Leung, Chih-Hung Wu, Seda Ogrenci Memik, Sanjay Mehrotra (2010), “An Interior Point
Optimization Solver for Real Time Inter-Frame Collision Detection: Exploring Resource-Accuracy-
Platform Tradeoffs,” Proceedings 20th International Conference on Field Programmable Logic and
Applications, 113-118, DOI: 10.1109/FPL.2010.31
43. Reuben Thomas, Luis de la Torre, Xiaoqing Chang and Sanjay Mehrotra (2010), “Validation and
Characterization of DNA Microarray Gene Expression Data Distribution and Associated Moments,”
BMC-Bioinformatics, 11:576, doi:10.1186/1471-2105-11-576
44. Y. Shastri, U. Diwekar, and S. Mehrotra (2011), “An Innovative Trading Approach for Mercury
Waste Management” International Journal of Innovation Science, 3(1), 9-22.
45. Jian Hu, Tito Homem-de-Mello, and S. Mehrotra (2011), “Risk Adjusted Budget Allocation Models
with Application in Homeland Security,” IIE Transactions, 43:12, 819-839. DOI:
10.1080/0740817X.2011.578610. Best Applied Paper Prize in Operations Engineering and
Analysis. This paper received significant media attention because of its potential policy
implications. Also selected for IIE-Transaction Research Highlights published in IIE magazine,
December 2011 46. S. Mehrotra and Z. Li (2011), “Branching on Hyperplane Methods for Mixed Integer Linear and
Convex Programming Using Adjoint Lattices” Journal of Global Optimization, 49(4), 623-649, DOI:
10.1007/s10898-010-9554-4
47. M. Chen and S. Mehrotra (2011), “Self-concordance and Decomposition Based Interior Point
Methods for the Two Stage Stochastic Convex Optimization Problem,” SIAM Journal on
Optimization, 21(4), 1667-1687. http://dx.doi.org/10.1137/080742026
48. Sanjay Mehrotra and Kibaek Kim (2011), “Outcome Based State Budget Allocation for Diabetes
Prevention Programs”, Healthcare Management Science, 14(4), 324-337. DOI: 10.1007/s10729-011-
9166-7 PMID: 21674143
49. Jian Hu, Tito Homem-de-Mello, and Sanjay Mehrotra (2012), “Sample Average Approximation of
Stochastic Dominance Constrained Programs,” Mathematical Programming, 133(1-2), 171-201. DOI:
10.1007/s10107-010-0428-9
50. Sanjay Mehrotra and Kuo-Ling Huang (2012), “Computational Experience with a Modified Potential
Reduction Algorithm for Linear Programming,” Optimization Methods and Software, 27(4-5), 865-
89. DOI:10.1080/10556788.2011.634911
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51. Jian Hu and Sanjay Mehrotra (2012), “Robust and Stochastically Weighted Multi-Objective
Optimization Models and Reformulations,” Operations Research, 69(4), 936-953.
Doi:10.1287/opre.1120.1071
52. Jonathan Turner, Heron Rodriguez, Mark Daskin, Sanjay Mehrotra, Paul Speicher and Debra DaRosa
(2012), “Overcoming obstacles to resident-patient continuity of care” Annals of Surgery, 255(4):
618-622. DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3182468dcf PMID: 22311130
53. Brittany Bogle, Sanjay Mehrotra, Amer Aldeen, and George Chiampas (2012), “Assessment of
Knowledge and Attitudes Regarding Automated External Defibrillators and Cardiopulmonary
Resuscitation Among American University Students”, Emergency Medicine Journal,
10.1136/emermed-2012-201555
54. Daniela P. Ladner, Estella M. Alonso, Zeeshan Butt, Carlos Caicedo, David Cella, Amna Daud, John
J. Friedewald, Elisa J. Gordon, Gordon B. Hazen, Bing T. Ho, Kathleen R. Hoke, Jane L. Holl,
Michael G. Ison, Ray Kang, Sanjay Mehrotra, Luke B. Preczewski, Olivia A. Ross, Pamela H. Sharaf,
Anton I. Skaro, Edward Wang, Michael S. Wolf, Donna M. Woods, Michael M. Abecassis (2012),
“NUTORC - A Transdisciplinary Health Services and Outcomes Research Team in Transplantation,”
Translational Behavioral Medicine: Practice, Policy and Research, 2(4), DOI: 10.1007/s13142-012-
0176-x
55. Kuo-Ling Huang and Sanjay Mehrotra (2013), “An Empirical Evaluation of Walk-and-Round
Heuristics for Mixed-Integer Programs,” Computational Optimization and Applications, 55(3), 545-
570, DOI: 10.1007/s10589-013-9540-0
56. Sanjay Mehrotra and David Papp (2013), “Generating Moment Matching Scenarios Using
Optimization Techniques,” 23(2), 963-999, SIAM Journal on Optimization, DOI 10.1137/110858082
57. Changhyeok Lee, Cong Liu, Sanjay Mehrotra, and Mohammad Shahidehpour (2013), “Modeling
Transmission Line Constraints in Two-stage Robust Unit Commitment Problem” IEEE Transactions
on Power System, 29(3), 1221-1231.
58. He Zhang, Sanjay Mehrotra, David Liebovitz, Carl A. Gunter and Bradley Marlin (2013), “Mining
Deviations from Patient Care Pathways via Electronic Medical Record System Audits,” ACM
Transactions on Management Information Systems, 4(4).
59. Jonathan Turner, Heron Rodriguez, Debra DaRosa, Mark Daskin, Amanda Hayman, and Sanjay
Mehrotra (2013), “Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Uses Operations Research
Tools to Improve Surgeon Training,” Interfaces, DOI: 10.1287/inte.2013.0682 [This paper was
awarded Doing Good with Good OR award, and policy was implemented at NMH]
60. Ashley Davis, Sanjay Mehrotra, Mark Daskin, and Jane Holl (2013), “Nurse Staffing to Reduce Cost
and Enhance Patient Safety” Asia Pacific Journal of Operations Research, 31(1), DOI:
10.1142/S0217595914500055
61. Jonathan Turner, Kibaek Kim, Sanjay Mehrotra, Debra DaRosa, Mark Daskin, and Heron Rodriguez
(2013), “Using Optimization to Demonstrate the need for Structural Changes in Training Programs
for Surgical Medical Residents,” Healthcare Management Science, 16:217-227, DOI
10.1007/s10729-013-9230-6
62. Mehmet Basdere, Colleen Ross, Jennifer Chan, Sanjay Mehrotra, Karen Smilowitz, George Chiampas
(2013), “Acute incident rapid response at a mass gathering event through comprehensive planning
systems: a case study from the 2013 Shamrock Shuffle,” Prehospital and Disaster Medicine,
29(3):320-325 doi:10.1017/S1049023X14000399, http://journals.cambridge.org/repo_A92xNYoK
63. Ashely E. Davis, Sanjay Mehrotra, Lisa McElroy, John J. Friedewald, Anton I. Skaro, Brittany
Lapin, Raymond Kang, Jane Holl, Michael M. Abecassis, and Daniela P. Ladner (2013), “The Extent
and Predictors of Geographic Disparity in Kidney Transplantation in the United States,
Transplantation, 97(10):1049-57, doi: 10.1097/01.tp.0000438623.89310.dc PMID: 24374790.
64. Jian Hu, Tito Homem-de-Mello and Sanjay Mehrotra (2014), “Stochastically Weighted Stochastic
Dominance Concepts with an Application in Capital Budgeting,” European Journal of Operations
Research, 232(3), 572-583, doi:10.1016/j.ejor.2013.08.007
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65. Sanjay Mehrotra and He Zhang (2014), “Models and Algorithms for Distributionally Robust Least
Squares Problems,” Mathematical Programming, 146, 123-141, DOI 10.1007/s10107-013-0681-9
66. Kuo-Ling Huang and Sanjay Mehrotra (2014), “Empirical Evaluation of Walk-Relax-and-Round
Heuristics for Mixed Integer Convex Optimization Problems,” Computational Optimization and
Applications, 60(3), 559-585, DOI: 10.1007/s10589-014-9693-5
67. Sanjay Mehrotra and David Papp (2014), “A cutting surface algorithm for semi-infinite convex
programming, with an application to distributionally robust optimization,” SIAM J. on Optimization,
24(4), 1670-1697. doi: 10.1137/130925013
68. Ashley E Davis, Sanjay Mehrotra, Daniela P Ladner, Vikram Kilambi, and John J Friedewald (2014),
“Changes in Geographic Disparity in Kidney Transplantation since the Final Rule”, Transplantation,
98(9), 931-936. doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000000446 PMID: 25286057
69. Ashley E Davis, Sanjay Mehrotra, Vikram Kilambi, Joseph Kang, Lisa McElroy, Brittany Lapin, Jane
Holl, Michael Abecassis, John J Friedewald, Daniela P Ladner (2014), “The Effect of the Statewide
Sharing Variance on Geographic Disparity in Kidney Transplantation in the US”, Clinical Journal of
American Society of Nephrology, 9(8), 1449-60, DOI 10.2215/CJN.05350513
70. Jian Hu and Sanjay Mehrotra (2015), “Robust Decision Making over a Set of Random Targets or
Risk Averse Utilities with an Application to Portfolio Optimization,” IIE Transaction, 47, 358-372,
DOI: 10.1080/0740817X.2014.919045
71. Cong Liu, Changhyeok Liu, Chen and Sanjay Mehrotra (2015), “Stochastic Robust Mathematical
Programming Model for Power System Optimization,” IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, 99, 1-
2.
72. Changhyeok Lee, Cong Liu, Sanjay Mehrotra, and Zhaohong Bie (2015), “Robust distribution
network reconfiguration,” IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, 6(2), 836-842, DOI:
10.1109/TSG.2014.2375160
73. Ashley Davis, Sanjay Mehrotra, Daniela P Ladner, John J Friedewald, Anton Skaro, Jane Holl and
Michael Abecassis (2015), “Improving Geographic Equity in Kidney Transplantation Using
Alternative Sharing and Optimization Modeling,” Medical Decision Making, 35(6), 979-807, PMID:
25385750
74. Michael Chen, Sanjay Mehrotra and David Papp (2015), “Scenario Generation for Stochastic
Optimization Problems via the Sparse Grid Method,” Computational Optimization and Applications,
62(3), 669-692. DOI 10.1007/s10589-015-9751-7
75. Sanjay Mehrotra, Vikram Kilambi, Richard Gilroy, Daniela P Ladner, Goran B Klintmalm, and Bruce
Kaplan (2015), “Modeling the Allocation System: Principles for Robust Design before
Restructuring,” Transplantation, 99, 278-281. PMID: 25651120, doi:
10.1097/TP.0000000000000656.
76. Colleen Ross, Mehmet Basdere, Jennifer Chan, Sanjay Mehrotra, Karen Smilowitz, George Chiampas
(2015), Data Value in Patient Tracking Systems at Racing Events, Medicine & Science in Sports &
Exercise, 47(10), 2014-23, PMID 25668405
77. Zacharay A Abecassis, Lisa M McElroy, Ronak M Patel, Rebeca Khorzad, Charles Carroll, and
Sanjay Mehrotra (2015), “Applying Fault Tree Analysis to the Problem of Wrong Site Surgery,”
Journal of Surgical Research, 193, 88-94 pii: S0022-4804(14)00819-1. doi:
10.1016/j.jss.2014.08.062
78. Liwen Ouyang, Daniel W. Apley, and Sanjay Mehrotra (2015), “A Design of Experiment Approach
to Validation Sampling for Logistic Regression Modeling with Error-Prone Medical Records,”
Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association (JAMIA), doi:10.1093/jamia/ocv132
79. Kibaek Kim and Sanjay Mehrotra (2015), “A Two-Stage Stochastic Integer Programming Approach
to Integrated Staffing and Scheduling with Application to Nurse Management”, Operations Research,
1431-1451, published online. Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1287/opre.2015.1421
80. Daniela P. Ladner and Sanjay Mehrotra (2015). “Methodological Challenges in Solving Geographic
Disparity in Liver Allocation”, JAMA Surgery, PMID: 26536494, doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2015.3937
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81. Brittany Bogel, Hongyan Ning, Sanjay Mehrotra, Jeffery J. Goldberger, Donald Lloyd-Jones (2016),
“Lifetime Risk for Sudden Cardiac Death in the Community,” Journal of the American Heart
Association, doi: 10.1161/JAHA.115002398
82. Kuo-Ling Huang and Sanjay Mehrotra (2016), “Solution of Monotone Complementarity and General
Convex Programming Using a Modified Potential Reduction Interior Point Method,” INFORMS J. on
Computing, 36-53
http://dx.doi.org/10.1287/ijoc.2016.0715
83. Liwen Ouyang, Daniel W. Apley, and Sanjay Mehrotra (2016), “Designed Sampling from Large
Databases for Controlled Trials,” IIE Transactions (accepted). Featured Research of IIE-
Transactions in Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineer’s Industrial and Systems Engineer
Magazine (November 2016).
84. Liwen Ouyang, Daniel W. Apley, and Sanjay Mehrotra (2016), “Batch Sample Design from
Databases for Logistic Regression”, Quality and Reliability Engineering International, published
online
85. Brittany Bogle and Sanjay Mehrotra (2016), “A Moment Matching Approach for Generating
Synthetic Data”, Big Data, 4(3), 160-178, DOI: 10.1089/big.2016.0015
86. Vikram Kilambi and Sanjay Mehrotra (2017), “Improving Liver Allocation Using Optimized
Neighborhoods”, Transplantation, 101(2), 350-359, doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000001505. Concepts
based on this articles are being considered for a national change in liver transplantation by the
United Network of Organ (UNOS) Sharing Liver and Intestine Committee. The Neighborhoods
concept was implemented in LSAM software developed by SRTR, which supports UNOS’
policy discussions 87. Sanjay Mehrotra, Vikram Kilambi, Kevin Bui, Richard Gilroy, Sophoclis P. Alexopoulos, David
Goldberg, Daniela Ladner, Goran B. Klintmalm (2017), “A Concentric-Neighborhoods Solution to
Disparity in Liver Access that contains current UNOS Districts”, Transplantation, doi:
10.1097/TP.0000000000001934
88. Utku Koc and Sanjay Mehrotra (2017), “Generation of Feasible Integer Solutions on a Massively
Parallel Computer Using the Feasibility Pump”, Operations Research Letters, In Press,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orl.2017.10.003
89. Vikram Kilambi, Kevin Bui and Sanjay Mehrotra (2017), “LivSim: An Open-Source Simulation
Software Platform for Community Research and Development for Liver Allocation Policies”,
Transplantation, (accepted)
90. Manish Bansal, Kuo-Ling Huang, and Sanjay Mehrotra (2017), “Tight second-stage formulations in
two-stage stochastic mixed integer programs,” SIAM Journal on Optimization (accepted).
Refereed Conference Proceedings and Extended Abstracts 91. A. Banerjee, P. Banerjee and S. Mehrotra (1995). “Design and implementation of a virtual groupware
for layout decision problems,” Proc. ASME Design Engineering Technical Conf., DE-83 (2), 785-790
92. S. Mehrotra and J. Wang (1996). “Conjugate gradient based implementation of interior point
methods for network flow problems,” in AMS Summer Conference Proceedings, SIAM, L. Adams
and J. L. Nazareth, editors, 124-142
93. C. Luciano, P. Banerjee, T. DeFanti and S. Mehrotra (2003). “A framework for efficient and more
realistic haptics applications,” Proceedings 23rd ASME’ 2003 Computers and Information in
Engineering Conference
94. C. Luciano, P. Banerjee, T. DeFanti, S. Mehrotra (2004), “Realistic Cross-Platform Haptic
Applications Using Freely-Available Libraries” Proceedings of the 12th Symposium on Haptic
Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems, in conjunction with IEEE Virtual
Reality
95. Sanjay Mehrotra, Kibaek Kim, David Liebovitz, Jeffery Goldberger (2012), “Sudden Cardiac Arrest
Risk Assessment Using a Multivariate Model,” Journal of the American College of Cardiology,
59(13s1): E564-E564, doi:10.1016/S0735-1097(12)60565-8
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96. Sanjay Mehrotra, Kibaek Kim, David Liebovitz (2012), “Myopathy Prevalence in Statin Treated
Patients with Comorbidities and Combination Therapies,” Journal of the American College of
Cardiology, 59(13s1): E274-E274. doi: 10.1016/S0735-1097(12)60275-7
97. Ashley Davis, Sanjay Mehrotra, John Friedewald, and Daniela Ladner (2013), “Characteristics of a
Simulation Model to Investigate Geographic Disparities in the Kidney Transplantation System,”
Proceedings of the Winter Simulation Conference, 978-1-4799-2076-1/13
98. Yun Li, Lyle Berkowitz, Gary Noskin, and Sanjay Mehrotra (2014), “Detection of Patient’s Bed
Statuses in 3D Using A Microsoft Kinect” Proceedings 36th Annual International IEEE Engineering
in Medicine and Biology Conference. PMID:25571339 DOI: 10.1109/EMBC.2014.6944971
99. You Chen, Wei Xie, Carl A. Gunter, David Liebovitz, Sanjay Mehrotra, He Zhang, and Bradley
Marlin (2015), “Inferring Clinical Workflow Efficiency via Electronic Medical Record Utilization,”
Annual Symposium Proceedings, American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA), .
100. Liang Liu, Melody Yin, and Sanjay Mehrotra (2015), “Preventing venous thromboembolism in
patients admitted by hospital using Micorsoft Kinect V2”, to appear, Proceedings of BIOCAS, DOI:
10.1109/BioCAS.2015.7348283
101. Karen Smilowitz, Mehmet Basdere and Sanjay Mehrotra (2016), “Logistical challenges at mass
participation events: operations research models for marathon planning” TRISTAN
102. Liang Liu and Sanjay Mehrotra (2016), “Patient Walk Detection in Hospital Room using
Microsoft Kinect V2”, Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), DOI
10.1109/CHASE.2016.74
103. Liang Liu and Sanjay Mehrotra (2016), “Bed Angle Detection in Hospital Room using Microsoft
Kinect V2), Body Sensor Networks Conference. DOI: 10.1109/BSN.2016.7516273
104. B. Bogle, JJ Goldberger, S. Mehrotra, H. Ning, DM Lloyd-Jones (2016), “An Externally
Validated Community-Based Risk Prediction Score for Sudden Cardian Death,” Circulation 134
(Suppl 1), A14347-A14347
Author Responses to Published Editorial and Invited Opinions 105. S. Mehrotra, V. Kilambi, R. Gilroy, DP Ladner, GB Klintmalm, and B. Kaplan (2015),
“Response to robust models support redistricting liver allocation to reduce geographic disparity,”
Transplantation, author response, 99(9), e1 160-161.
106. Daniela P. Ladner and Sanjay Mehrotra (2016). “Resolving Misconceptions about Liver
Allocation and Redistricting Methodology-Reply”, JAMA Surgery, Jun 22. doi:
10.1001/jamasurg.2016.1318doi: (author response to the response to this opinion piece by Sommer E.
Gentry, Ryutaro Hirose, and David Mulligan).
Book Chapter
J. Turner, S. Mehrotra, and M. Daskin (2010), “Perspective on Healthcare Resource Management
Problems,” Editors: Man Mohan S. Sodhi Chris Tang, A Long View of Research and Practice in
Operations Research and Management Science: The Past and the Future, Chapter 13, 148(2), 231-247,
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-6810-4_13
National Workshop Reports F. Alexander, M. Anitescu, J. Bell, D. Brown, M. Ferris, M. Luskin, S. Mehrotra, B. Moser, A. Pinar, A.
Tartakovsky, K. Willcox, S. Wright and V. Zavala, “A Multifaceted Mathematical Approach for Complex
Systems,” Report of the DOE Workshop on Mathematics for the Analysis, Simulation and Optimization
of Complex System, September 13-14, 2011.
Significant Technical Reports
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1. S. Mehrotra (1989). “Implementations of affine scaling methods: Towards faster implementations
with complete Cholesky factor in use,” TR89-15, Dept. of IE/MS, Northwestern University
2. S. Mehrotra (1990). “Higher order methods and their performance,” TR90-16R1, Dept. of IE/MS,
Northwestern University
3. S. Mehrotra (1991). “Handling free variables in interior methods,” TR91-06, Dept. of IE/MS,
Northwestern University
4. S. Mehrotra (1991). “Finite termination and superlinear convergence in primal-dual methods,” TR91-
13, Dept. of IE/MS, Northwestern University
5. S. Mehrotra (1991). “An adaptive step method for a class of linear complementarity problems,”
TR91-16, Dept. of IE/MS, Northwestern University
6. S. Mehrotra (1991). “Generalized predictor-corrector methods and their performance,” TR91-17,
Dept. of IE/MS, Northwestern University
7. J. Czyzyk, R. Fourer and S. Mehrotra (1995). “Parallel solutions of multi-stage stochastic linear
programs by interior-point methods,” Report 95-69, Dept. of IE/MS, Northwestern University
8. Z. Hua, P. Banerjee, T. Tirpak and S. Mehrotra (1998). “Modeling equipment selection and
changeover based on capacity utilization of scaleable SMT machine lines”
9. D. Caglar, C-L. Li, S. Mehrotra and D. Simchi-Levi (1999). “Expensive and reliable spare parts
inventory system subject to a service constraint,” IE/MS Technical Report
10. S. Mehrotra and J. Chan (2006). “Impact of Presentation of Risks Information on Diabetics’ Self
Management Response” IE/MS Technical Report 2006-07
11. R. Thomas, S. Mehrotra, V. Hatzimanikatis, and E. T. Papoutsakis (2006), “Identification of steady-
state genetic networks: linear vs. non-linear models, simulation-optimization based inference
methods, missing genes and network architecture.”
12. S. Mehrotra (2009), “Organ Beneficiary Program: A Next Step” (manuscript)
13. EBAM Team (2011), “Meaningful Standardized Audit of Access to Electronic Health Records,”
(manuscript)
14. Leonidas Spinoulas, Sanjay Mehrotra, Zhaofu Chen, Armin Kappeler, Bao Wang, John Vozenilek
and Aggelos K. Katsaggelos (2012), “Depth and Rate Estimation from Cardiopulmonary
Resuscitation Video Sequence”, (manuscript)
15. Sanjay Mehrotra, Kibaek Kim, and David Liebovitz (2012), “Statin Related Myopathy Trends in
Combination Therapies and Comorbidities”, (manuscript)
16. Sanjay Mehrotra, Kibaek Kim, David Liebovitz, and Jefferey J. Goldberger (2012), “Prediction of
Sudden Cardiac Arrest Risk using Multifactorial Analysis”, (manuscript)
17. Kuo-Ling Huang and Sanjay Mehrotra (2012), “On Implementing a General Disjunctive Branching
Algorithm Using Lattice Basis Reduction for Mixed Integer Convex Programming,” (manuscript)
18. Kibaek Kim, Changhyeok Lee, Kevin O’ Leary, Sanjay Mehrotra (2013), “Forecast Patient Volumes
in Hospital Medicine: A Comparative Study of Time Series Models,” manuscript
19. Ashley Davis, Lisa McElroy, John Friedewald, Lisa B. VanWagner, Anna Gonzales, Donald Lloyd-
Jones, Sanjay Mehrotra, Jane H. Holl, Daniela P Ladner (2013), “Examining the Influence of Biopsy
on Organ Utilization in a Single OPO,” (manuscript)
20. Sanjay Mehrotra and He Zhang (2013), “A Two-Stage Moment Robust Optimization Model and its
Solution Using Decomposition”, (manuscipt)
21. Changhyeok Lee, Cong Liu, Sanjay Mehrotra (2014), “Two-stage Distributionally-robust
Optimization for Unit Commitment Problem”, (manuscript)
22. Yun Li, Carlos Gallo, Sanjay Mehrotra, Liang Liu, C. Hendricks Brown (2015), “Recognizing
Emotion in Speech for Behavioral Intervention Studies”, revision submitted
Papers Under Preparation or Review
Decision Optimization Methodology Research Papers
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1. Jian Hu and Sanjay Mehrotra (2014, 2017 revised), “Robust Decision Making Using a General Utility
Set,” under second review for European Journal of Operations Research
2. Mehmet Basdere, Sanjay Mehrotra, Karen Smilowitz (2016), An Interactive Method for
Multiobjective Optimization using Weight Diversification” submitted
3. Jian Hu, Yung-wen Liu and Sanjay Mehrotra (2014, 2017 revised), “A Robust Additive Multi-
attribute Preference Model using a Nonparametric Shape-Preserving Perturbation,” submitted
4. Manish Bansal and Sanjay Mehrotra (2015), “On Solving General Two-Stage Stochastic Programs,”
under preparation
5. Manish Bansal, Kuo-Ling Huang, and Sanjay Mehrotra (2017), “Cutting Surface L-Shaped
Algorithms for General Two-Stage Distributionally Robust Programs,” submitted
6. Fengqiao Luo and Sanjay Mehrotra (2017), “Decomposition Algorithms for Distributionally Robust
Optimization Using Wasserstein Metric with an Application to Machine Learning Models,” submitted
Healthcare Research Papers 7. Changhyeok Lee and Sanjay Mehrotra (2015), “A Distributionally-robust approach for finding
support vector machine,” submitted
8. Brittany Bogle, Hongyan Ning, Sanjay Mehrotra, Jeffrey Goldberger, Donald K. Lloyd-Jones (2016)
“Lifetime Risk for Sudden Cardiac Death,” submitted
9. Mehmet Basdere, Karen Smilowitz, Sanjay Mehrotra (2017), “A Study of the Lock-Free Arc Tour
Problem and Path-based Reformulations,” submitted
10. Vikram Kilambi and Sanjay Mehrotra (2017), “Assessing Renal Transplant Candidate Survival at
Listing Using a Risk-Adjusted Multi-State Semi-Markov Model”, (under revision American Journal
of Transplantation)
11. Vikram Kilambi, Gordon B Hazen, Jon J Friedewald, Daniela P Ladner, Bruce Kaplan, Kevin Bui,
and Sanjay Mehrotra (2017), “Evaluation of Accepting Kidneys of Varying Quality for
Transplantation or Expedited Placement with Decision Trees”, (submitted American Journal of
Transplantation)
General (un-refereed) Publications
1. R. Fourer and S. Mehrotra (1991). “Performance of an augmented system approach for solving least-
squares problems in an interior-point method for linear programming,” Mathematical Programming
Society Committee on Algorithms Newsletter, 19, 26-31
2. P. Banerjee and S. Mehrotra (1996). “A Prototype Architecture for Manufacturing Systems Layout
Design Using Virtual Reality,” Proc. NSF Design Manuf. Grantees Conf., Albuquerque, New Mexico
3. J. Czyzyk, S. Mehrotra, M. Wagner, and S. J. Wright (1997). “PCx User Guide”
4. S. Mehrotra (2000). “Volumetric center method for convex stochastic program using sampling,”
IE/MS Technical Report, Since 2005 2nd round of reviews were not provided by Mathematical
Programming
5. S. Mehrotra, J. Hu and K. Huang (2009). “A New Method for Finding a Feasible Integer Solution
Using Simple Ellipsoid Search,” Proc. NSF CMMI Grantees Conf., Honolulu, Hawaii
6. A. Davis, M. Daskin and S. Mehrotra (2011). “A Distributionally Robsut News-Vendor Model for
Estimating Nurse Staffing,” Proc. NSF CMMI Grantees Conf., Atlanta, GA.
7. S. Mehrotra, J. Hu and T. Homem-de-Mello, (2011), “Effective Budget Allocation to Combat
Security Risks to Vulnerable Cities,” Research Highlights, Institute of Industrial Engineer’s Monthly
Magazine. This is based on our article appearing in the December issue of the journal IIE-
Transactions. Only two articles are chosen per month are chosen by the Editor-in-Chief.
8. S. Mehrotra (2013), “Health Applications Society Helps Put Together a Highly Successful
Conference” INFORMS Health Applications Society Newsletter, 2013
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9. S. Mehrotra and O. Nohadani (2014), “Health Applications Society Members Contributed Strongly to
the Highly Successful Health System Optimization Workshop in Chicago, IL”, INFORMS Health
Applications Society Newsletter, 2014
10. S. Mehrotra and J. Friedewald (2015), “Access to Allocation Workgroup”, Northwestern University
Transplant Outcomes Research Center (NUTORC).
11. M. Anitescu, E. Constantinescu, S. Mehrotra and CG Petra, “Robust decision making for magnetic
fusion in the presence of model errors”, white paper for Integrated Simulations for Magnetic Fusion
Energy Sciences workshop 2015.
12. LivSim Manual: A Simulator for Modeling Liver Allocation Policies in US Organ Procurement and
Transplantation Network System (2017). Available from https://github.com/LivSim2017/LivSim-
Codes/blob/master/LivSim_Manual.pdf
Patent Applications 1. Mehrotra (PI), co-I Fatma Ogrenci Memik (Seda) and Ilya Mikhelson (2015), “System and
Method for Tracking Content in a Medicine Container”, Filed 2016, Serial # 14/995,653.
2. (Provisionary) Mehrotra (PI), Alan Sahakian and Ilya Mikhelson (2016),
“Tonometry based Blood Pressure Measurements using a Two-Dimensional Sensor Array”
Significant Open Software
1. PCx (with Czyzyk, Wagner and Wright) (1994) is a widely used software library for solving linear
programs available from Optimization Technology Center. 2. LivSim (2017) available from https://github.com/LivSim2017/LivSim-Codes
RESEARCH GRANTS
1. Co-Investigator (with D. Goldfarb, D. Bayer and S.T. McCormick), “Karmarkar's Method: Theory,
computational aspects, and extensions,” February 1987 to September 1989, Office of Naval Research.
2. Principal Investigator, “Karmarkar's algorithm,” January 1987 to December 1987, Northwestern
University (URGC), $3,000.
3. Principal Investigator, “Interior point algorithms for linear and convex programming,” September
1988 to January 1991, National Science Foundation (Engineering Research Initiation, numeric and
symbolic computing program), CCF-8810107, $66,472.
4. Principal Investigator, “Interior point methods in optimization,” June 1991 to November 1994,
National Science Foundation (numeric and symbolic computing program), CCF-9019469, $175,100.
5. Principal Investigator, “Interior point algorithms,” January 1991 to December 1992, GTE
Laboratories, $40,000.
6. Co-Principal Investigator (with R. Fourer), “Large-scale computational techniques in interior point
methods,” February 1993 to January 1994, Office of Naval Research, N00014-93-1-0317, $90,122.
7. Co-Principal Investigator (with David Simchi-Levi and Robert Fourer), “Parallel algorithms for
mathematical programming,” 1995, National Science Foundation (Operations Research Program),
CMMI-9412343, $37,585.
8. Principal Investigator, “Theory, algorithms and applications of interior-point methods for large-scale
mathematical programming,” March 1995 to September 1997, Office of Naval Research, N00014-95-
1-0743, $231,653.
9. Co-Principal Investigator (with P. Banerjee and T. Defanti), “Remote manufacturing decision support
using virtual reality,” June 1996 to May 1999, National Science Foundation (Integration Engineering
program), CMMI-9500396, $434,438, Northwestern Subcontract from UIC $177,466.
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10. Principal Investigator, “Methods for linear and mixed integer programs,” October 2001 to September
2002, Office of Naval Research, N00014-01-1-0048, $22,800.
11. Principal Investigator, “Methods for solving linear and nonlinear mixed integer programs,”
September 1999 to August 2002, National Science Foundation (Operations Research Program),
CMMI-9908038, $203,160.
12. Principal Investigator, “Methods for linear and mixed integer programs,” October 2001 to September
2002, Office of Naval Research, N00014-01-1-0048, ONR-N00014-01-1-0048/P00001, $34,338.
13. Co-Principal Investigator, 2002, “Institute for Design Engineering and Applications: Fostering
Creative Synthesis Across the Curriculum,” National Science Foundation (Engineering Education
Program), EEC-0230547, $100,000 (one among 6 co-PIs).
14. Co-Principal Investigator, “Virtual Reality Anthropomorphic Avatars for scalable telecollaboration
including wireless and other low-bandwidth devices,” (with P. Banerjee), National Institute of
Standards and Technology, December 2001 to December 2004, $2,000,000.
15. Principal Investigator, “Methods for linear and mixed integer programs,” October 2002 to September
2005, Office of Naval Research, N00014-01-1-0048, ONR-N00014-01-1-0048/P00002, $129,017.
16. Principal Investigator, “Generalized Branch-and-Cut Methods for Mixed Integer Programming”
September 2002 to August 2005, National Science Foundation, CMMI-0200151, $287,204.
17. Co-Principal Investigator, “Transcriptional Program of Ex Vivo Expanded T-Cells (Supplement for
using optimization models in genetic pathway modeling), Role co-PI, January 01, 2003 – December
31, 2004, R01 GM065476, $150,000. 18. Principal Investigator, “Methods for Solving Mixed Integer Programs Using Adjoint Lattices,”
September 2005 to August 2010, National Science Foundation, CMMI-0522765, $360,629
19. Principal Investigator, “Methods for Mixed Integer Programming Using Lattices,” October 2005 to
September 2008, Office of Naval Research, N00014-01-1-0048/P00001, $156,304
20. Co-Principal Investigator (equal participation with Tito Homem-de-Mello (PI)), “Optimization with
Stochastic Semi-Definite Dominance Constraints,” 09/01/2007 to 08/31/2011, National Science
Foundation, CMMI-0727532, $424,499. After two years of joint work between the co-Is the grant
was transferred to UIC, and later subcontracted to Northwestern under DMI-1033051 for $172,673K.
[Distinction: The research results based on this proposal were among the 1-2 nominations (from
among 40 funded grants) for the year 2011 NSF-wide highlights from Operations Research,
Division of Civil, Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation]
21. Principal Investigator, “Methods for Mixed Integer and Stochastic Programming,” January 2009 to
August 2011, Office of Naval Research, N00014-09-10518, $186,819
22. Principal Investigator, “Multi-objective Robust Stochastic Planning and Scheduling of Healthcare
Service Providers,” 09/01/2009 to 08/31/2013, National Science Foundation, CMMI-0928936,
$454,977 (with Mark Daskin, Heron Rodriguez, and Debra DaRosa) [Distinction: The research
results based on this proposal were among the 2-3 nominations (from among 60 funded grants)
for the year 2011 NSF-wide highlights from Service Enterprise Systems, Division of Civil,
Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation]
23. Principal Investigator, Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute
(NUCATS) Engineering into Medicine Mini-Sabbatical Award, NIH UL1RR025741 $13,300, AY
2010
24. Principal Investigator, International Program Development Curriculum Grant for “Introduction to
Healthcare Systems Engineering”, $3000, AY 2010
25. Principal Investigator, “Sparse Grid Scenario Generation and Interior Algorithms for Stochastic
Optimization in a Parallel Computing Environment”, Department of Energy, DE-FG02-10ER26037;
SC0005102, DOE-SP0011568, $485,550, 2010-2015
26. Principal Investigator, “Terra-Grid Computing Resources for Mixed Integer Programming”, Request
#16598 AY 2010, renewed 2011
27. Principal Investigator, “Distribution and Moment-Robust Optimization Models and Algorithms”,
National Science Foundation, CMMI-1100868, $200,000, 2011-2015
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28. Principal Investigator, “Models and Algorithms for Risk Adjusted Optimization with Robust
Utilities”, National Science Foundation, CMMI-1131386, $200,000, 2011-2015
29. Principal Investigator, “Addressing Geographical Disparities in Transplant Organ Accessibility
Across United States”, (with Daniela Ladner and John Friedewald) CMMI-1131568, $315,000, 2011-
2015. 2015 NSF highlights, Science, Engineering & Education Innovation
http://go.usa.gov/3knnP 30. Senior co-Investigator supporting Ashley Davis for her Graduate Student Training Grant,
“Geographic Inequities in Kidney Transplantation: Investigating possible solutions”, NIH-
1R36HS021078-01, $36,168, 09/2011-02/2013.
31. Principal Investigator, “Algorithms for Mixed Integer and Stochastic Optimization,” ONR
N00014210051, $406,243, 2011-2014
32. Principal Investigator, “Healthcare Engineering at McCormick,” Walter P. Murphy Society Research
Grant, $7,500, 2011-2012
33. Principal Investigator, “Developing Hospital Demand Process Map,” REU Supplement to National
Science Foundation, CMMI-0928936, $6,000.
34. Principal Investigator, “Advanced algorithm and optimization-based decision making tool and
coupled complex energy flow calculations,” Argonne National Lab, contract $39,590, 2012-2013
35. Co-Investigator, “Artificial Intelligence in a Mobile Intervention for Depression (AIM),” NIH1 R01
MH100482-01 (Principal Investigator, David C. Mohr, other co-Investigators: Parisa Rashidi, Mary
Kwasny, Joyce Ho, Bernice Ruo, and Jenna Duffecy). 2013-2018, Participation 5%
36. Principal Investigator, “Addressing Geographical Disparities in Transplant Organ Accessibility
Across United States”, (with Daniela Ladner and John Friedewald) CMMI-1131568: REU
Supplement $4,800
37. Principal Investigator (75%), (S. Iravani, co-PI. 25%), “Managing Downstream Patient Flow
Processes Using Improved Coordination and Staffing”, CMMI 1335585, $140,000, 2013-2016;
Additional REU Supplement, $5,000
38. Co-Investigator (Dave Cella, PI), AHRQ 1K12HS023011-01 (Role: Director, Training in Engineering
and Technology in HealthCare), “Northwestern University Patient-centered Intervention and
Engagement Training (role 5%). Engineering and Technology Training core is one of the four
training core of this training proposal, 2014-2018
39. Principal Investigator, “Development of distributionally-robust optimization methodologies for
electrical transmission operation problems with uncertainties”, 2014, Argonne National Lab, $24,250
40. Lead Principal Investigator, “Collaborative Research: Analysis and Solution Methods for Function
Robust Models”, (co-PI, Jian Hu), NU Budget $235,377, CMMI 1362003 (1361942)
41. Co-Principal Investigator, (PI, Karen Smilowitz, co-I Jennifer L. Chan, George T. Chiampas, Michael
Nishi), “GOALI: Improving Medical Preparedness, Public Safety and Security at Mass Events,”
National Science Foundation, CMMI-1405231, $349,986
42. Equal Co-Principal Investigator, (PI, Omid Nohadani), “Health Systems Optimization Workshop”,
CMMI-1445448, $15,000
43. Equal Co-Principal Investigator (PI, Daniel Apley), “A Methodology for Reliable Risk Assessment
with Error-prone Electronic Medical Records Using Optimal Design of Experiments Concepts,”
National Science Foundation, CMMI-1436574, 399,999
44. Principal Investigator, “Improving Utilization of High-KDRI Organs,” Gift of Hope, $43,758
45. Co-Investigator, “EMS & Hospital Data Matching Project,” Investigators: Goce Trajcevski, Sanjay
Mehrotra, and Shyam Prabhakaran, $8,000
46. Principal Investigator, “Methods for Solving Mixed Integer and Stochastic Optimization Problems in
Parallel”, Office of Naval Research, N000141512226, 06/01/2015-05/01/2016, $148,258
47. Principal Investigator, “Unassisted Blood Pressure Monitoring Using Arterial Tonometry and
Photoplethysmography”, National Institute of Health, 1U01EB020589-01, 09/30/2016-18, $362,070
(Year 1); $355,735 (Year 2).
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48. Principal Investigator, “Promoting Utilization of Kidneys by Improving Patient Level Decision
Making”, 1R21DK108104-01, 09/01/2016-08/31/2018, $189,842 (Year 1); $227,810 (Year 2); total
417,652.
49. Principal Investigator, “Mitigating Geographic Disparity in Deceased-Donor Liver Transplant”,
1R36HS024840-01, $32,914. 09/01/2016 to 08/31/2017. Training grant for/to Vikram Kilambi.
50. Principal Investigator, “Improving Patient Flow at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago,” (co-PI
Karen Smilowitz, Christine Nuygen (NIU)) 6/01/2016-12/31/2016, $75,886
51. Principal Investigator, “RAPID: Addressing Geographic Disparities in the National Organ Transplant
Network”, CMMI 1743886, $100,000
52. Principal Investigator, “Properties and Methods for Distrbutionally Robust Optimization with
Decision Dependent Uncertainty”, Office of Naval Research, $362,262, 01/01/2018-12/31/2020
AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS
Second prize, 1986 George E. Nicholson student paper competition, for the paper “A Self-
Correcting Version of Karmarkar's Algorithm.”
NSF Research Initiation Award, 1988
INFORMS Moving Spirit Award, 2005
McCormick Advisor of the Year Award, 2007
Program Director Nomination for NSF Research Highlights, 2011 (based on results from Grant
CMMI-0727532)
Program Director Nomination for NSF Research Highlights (based on results from Grant CMMI-
0928936)
Research Highlight, 2011, Northwestern University Annual Research Report
Prominently mentioned in the article “Engineering Healthcare” in McCormick School of Engineering
Alumni Magazine
Sudden Cardiac Arrest Risk Assessment using a Multivariate Model. Selected among the top
5% posters (94 out of nearly 2000 posters). Winner Best Poster in Diagnostic Testing for American
College of Cardiology meeting, Chicago 2012. (co-authors Sanjay Mehrotra, Kibaek Kim, David
Liebovitz and Jeff Goldberger)
Best Applied Paper Prize in Operations Engineering and Analysis for the paper “Risk Adjusted
Budget Allocation Models with Application in Homeland Security”, IIE-Transaction journal issues
July 2011-June 2012 (co-authors Jian Hu, Tito Homem-de-Mello, and Sanjay Mehrotra). This paper
also received significant media attention in 2010. Research was also featured in IIE Transaction
Magazine.
Top 10% Poster of Distinction Award at the 13thAmerican Society of Transplant Surgeons’
Symposium, 2013. “Examining the Influence of Biopsy on Organ Utilization in a Single OPO” Co-
authors: A. Davis, S. Mehrotra, L. McElroy, J. Friedewald, A. Skaro, B. Lapin, R. Kang, J. Holl, M.
Abecassis, D. Ladner, Award is given to top 10% posters presented at the conference.
Top 10% Poster of Distinction Award at the 2013 American Transplant Congress “Predictors of
Kidney Transplantation Waiting Time Inequity across the United States”, A Davis, S Mehrotra, L
McElroy, J Friedewald, A Skaro, B Lapin, R Kang, J Holl, M Abecassis, D Ladner.. Award is given
to top 10% posters presented at the conference.
Lead Article, Northwestern Medicine Magazine (Spring 2014), “Redesigning Health Care:
Engineers Apply Unique Skills To Fix Delivery Problems”
http://magazine.northwesternmedicine.org/spring-2014/features/redesigning-health-
care/?utm_source=NM%20Magazine-Online-Promo-Spring-
2014&utm_campaign=Northwestern%20Medicine%20Magazine%20Winter%202013-
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Medical Data Analysis for Marathons: Challenges and Implications for Preparedness, Honorable
Mention, Best Poster Competition (given to three posters, which were not judged the best),
INFORMS Healthcare 2015, Karen Smilowitz, Jennifer Chan, George Chiampas, Sanjay Mehrotra,
and Michael Nishi
Program Director Nomination for NSF Research Highlight in SEE Innovation (based on results
from Grant CMMI-1131568)
“Designed Sampling from Large Databases for Controlled Trials,” IIE Transactions. Featured
Research of IIE-Transactions in Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineer’s Industrial and
Systems Engineer Magazine (November 2016).
Fellow, Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences, Class of 2016
LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS
Invited lectures at Major Institutions
1. IE/Computer Science Department, Southern Methodist University (1986). “Relaxed Variants of
Karmarkar's Algorithm.”
2. Mathematics Department, Northwestern University (1986). “Relaxed Variants of Karmarkar's
Algorithm.”
3. School of ORIE, Cornell University (1987). “A Self-Correcting Variant of Karmarkar's Algorithm.”
4. IE Department, Purdue University, West Lafayette (1987). “A Self-Correcting Variant of Karmarkar's
Algorithm.”
5. IEOR Department, Columbia University (1988). “Relaxed Variants of Karmarkar's Algorithm.”
6. Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University (1992). “Interior-Point Methods
for Linear Programming.”
7. Business School, University of Illinois, Chicago (1992). “Predictor-Corrector Methods for Linear
Programming.”
8. Engineering School, University of Waterloo (1992). “Predictor-Corrector Methods for Linear
Programming.”
9. Business School, University of Iowa (1992). “Predictor-Corrector Methods for Linear Programming.”
10. GTE Laboratories (1993). “Interior-Point Methods for Convex Programming.”
11. First National Bank of Chicago (1993). “Historical Developments in Mathematical Programming.”
12. AMS-IMS-SIAM Conference (Seattle 1995). “Conjugate Gradient based Implementation of Interior
Point Methods for Network Flow Problems.”
13. Ibbotson Associates, (Chicago 1996). “Developments in Solution Technology for Mathematical
Programming.”
14. MEIE Department University of Illinois at Chicago (1997). “Interior point methods in optimization.
15. Optimization Technology Center, Northwestern University (1999). “Generalized Branch-and-Cut
Method for Mixed Integer Linear Programs.”
16. INFORMS Chicago Chapter (1999). “Branch-and-Cut Method for 0-1 Mixed Convex Programs.”
17. Optimization Technology Center, Northwestern University (2000). “Volumetric Center Method for
Convex Stochastic Programming.”
18. IE Department, University of Texas, A&M (2000). “Methods for Mixed-Integer Nonlinear
Programming.”
19. Department of Computing and Software, McMaster University (2001). “Disjunctive Methods for
Linear and Nonlinear Programming.”
20. United Airlines, Chicago (2001). “Disjunctive Methods for Linear and Nonlinear Programming.”
21. MEIE Department University of Illinois at Chicago (2001). “Disjunctive Methods for Linear and
Nonlinear Programming.”
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22. IEOR Department, Columbia University (2002). “Generalized Branching Methods for Mixed Integer
Programming.”
23. Courant Institute, NYU (2005). “Stochastic Semi-definite Programming: Theory, Algorithms and
Applications.”
24. Environmental Protection Agency (2005). “Pollutant trading for mercury waste management: An
optimization approach,”
25. Institute of Mathematics and Its Applications (2005). “On Generalized Branching Methods for Mixed
Integer Programming,” (at the Mixed Integer Programming Workshop)
26. University of North Carolina (2006). “Two Stage Stochastic Semi-definite Programming:
Decomposition Methods, Implementations and Applications.”
27. University of Wisconsin-Madison (2007), “Two Stage Stochastic Semi-definite Programming:
Decomposition Methods, Implementations and Applications.”
28. Stevens Institute of Technology (2009), “Interior Decomposition Algorithm Using Weighted Barrier
and Sparse Grid Scenario Generation in Stochastic Programming.”
29. Northwestern University, McCormick School of Engineering (2010), New Opportunities Workshop,
“Healthcare Engineering and Decision Sciences”
30. Northwestern University (2010), Department of Surgery (Retreat), Feinberg School of Medicine,
“Examples of Management Science Applications in Healthcare”
31. Northwestern University (2010), Northwestern University Comprehensive Transplant Center
(Research Group), “Role of Optimization in Transplant Decisions”
32. Northwestern University (2010), Department of Hospital Medicine, “Role of Optimization
Technology in Healthcare”
33. Northwestern University (2011), Institute for Health Studies, “Role of Optimization Techniques in
Healthcare”
34. University of Southern California (2011), Industrial and Systems Engineering Department, “Multi-
objective Multi-expert Optimization using Weight Robustness and Stochastic Dominance”
35. University of Southern California (2011), Industrial and Systems Engineering Department, “The
Role and Future of Industrial and Systems Engineers in an Interconnected World”
36. (Plenary) INFORMS Regional Conference (Ohio, August 2011), “Multi-objective Multi-expert
Optimization using Weight Robustness and Stochastic Dominance”
37. Sixth Rutgers-Stevens Workshop on Optimization of Stochastic Systems (November, 2011), “Models
and Algorithms for Distributionally Robust Two-Stage Convex Stochastic Programs”
38. Lehigh University, Industrial and Systems Engineering Department (February, 2012), “Multi-
objective Multi-expert Optimization using Weight Robustness and Stochastic Dominance: Concepts,
Properties and Applications”
39. Geographic Disparity in National Kidney Allocation: The Problem, Proposed Solutions, and Lessons
Learned (March, 2012), Research Symposium on Health and Medical Systems, SUNY, Buffalo
40. National Science Foundation (April 2012), “Multi-objective Multi-expert Optimization using Weight
Robustness”
41. Ford Design Center, Kellogg Graduate School of Business, Northwestern University, Regulatory
Decisions: A Personal Perspective (October 2012), Workshop on Risk Perception in Healthcare
42. Purdue University, Biomedical Engineering Department, “Geographic Disparity in Kidney
Allocation: The Problem, Proposed Solutions, and Lesson Learned (October 2012)
43. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Industrial and Operations Engineering Department, “Multi-
objective Multi-expert Optimization using Weight Robustness and Stochastic Dominance: Concepts,
Properties and Applications (November 2012)
44. University of Michigan, Dearborn, Industrial and Systems Engineering Department, “Geographic
Disparity in Kidney Allocation: The Problem, Proposed Solutions, and Lesson Learned. (November,
2012)
45. Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Wednesday Workshop, “Optimization of
Health and Health Delivery: A Technology Overview”, January 2013
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46. Wayne State University, Industrial Engineering Department, “A New Multi-objective Optimization
Modeling Approach with Applications in Diabetes Prevention Budget Allocation (February, 2013)
47. Simulation-Optimization Workshop, “Scenario Generation for Stochastic Programming Using
Moment Matching”, Vina del Mar, Chile, (March, 2013).
48. (Keynote) Euro-INFORMS (July 2103, Rome), “Optimizing Healthcare: Budgets, Policies and
Beyond”.
49. Lanchester University, UK, “Optimizing Healthcare: Budgets, Operations, Policies and Beyond”
(January, 2014)
50. Symposium titled, “Transplant Organ Shortage: Informing National Policies using Management
Sciences,” at AAAS annual meeting in Chicago February 2014.
51. Pennsylvania State University, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Department, “Optimizing
Operations and Policies in Healthcare” (February, 2014)
52. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Industrial and Enterprise Systems Engineering
Department, “Data, Models and Decisions in Healthcare Operations and Policies”, (March, 2014)
53. University of Minnesota, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, “Models and
Methods for Moment Robust Decision Making”, (March, 2014)
54. (Plenary) MINLP 2014 Workshop at Carnegie Mellon University, Can Interior Solutions Help
in Solving Mixed Integer Programs? (June 2014)
55. Optimizing Healthcare and Using Healthcare to Motivate Optimization Methodology, H. Milton
Stewart School of Industrial & Systems Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology (April 2015).
56. Optimizing Healthcare: Budgets, Operations, Policies, and Beyond, INFORMS Chicago Chapter
(May 2015).
57. Models: Principles of Robust System Design and their Applicability in Organ Allocation,
National Liver Public Forum on Organ Allocation, Chicago (June 2015).
58. Rutgers University, Designed Sampling from Large Databases, 4th Rutgers Applied Probability
Conference, September 2015
59. (Keynote) Optimizing Healthcare and using Healthcare to Develop new Optimization
Methodologies and Tools, INFORMS, Philadelphia, (November 2015).
60. Purdue University, Regenstrief Center for Healthcare Engineering, “Optimizing Health Care: Data,
Decisions and Devices”, (November 2015)
61. University of British Columbia, Sauder School of Business, “Solutions of Large Stochastic Programs
with Applications in Workforce Management and System Design”, (March 2016)
62. Western University, Ivey Business School, “Solutions of Large Stochastic Programs with
Applications in Workforce Management and System Design”, (March 2016)
63. Caterpillar, “Data Analytics Case Studies using Optimization for Healthcare”, (June 2016)
64. Select Forum on Liver Allocation Transplantation, “Improved Liver Allocation using Optimized
Neighborhoods”, (July 2016)
65. UNOS Liver and Intestine Committee, “Improved Liver Allocation using Optimized
Neighborhoods”, (August 2016)
66. Northwestern University Transplant Outcomes Research Center (NUTORC), “Improved Liver
Allocation using Optimized Neighborhoods”, (September 2016)
67. Northwestern University, Hepatology Fellow Seminar Series, “Addressing Disparity in Liver
Allocation using the Neighborhood Approach”, (October 2016)
68. New York Center for Liver Transplantation, (with Daniela Ladner as Lead Presenter), “Reducing
Disparity using the Neighborhood Approach” (October 2016)
69. Washington University, Department of Surgery, “Reducing Geographic Disparity in Liver Transplant
using the Neighborhood Framework” (November 2016)
70. Northwestern University, Big Data Seminar (BIDS), “Efficient Use of Error Prone Data for Predictive
Modeling and Trial Design” (February 2017)
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71. American Transplant Congress, “Alternative Models for Liver Allocation Using Nearest Neighbor
Algorithms”, (May 2017). This was an invited ½ hour presentation, and counted towards CME
credits.
72. (Keynote) International Conference on Biomedical and Health Informatics, “Process
Optimization in Healthcare”, November 2017
Additional Presentations (myself or given by students, or post docs on joint work) and
Invited Presentations during Sessions at Major Conferences 1. AMS-IMS-SIAM Conferences (Brunswick 1987, Maine 1989, Monterey 1990, Seattle 1995).
2. Mathematical Programming Society International Conferences (Japan 1988, Amsterdam 1991, Ann
Arbor 1994, Atlanta 2000), ISMP-Chicago 2009 (2)),
3. TIMS/ORSA/INFORMS Conferences Denver 1988(1), Vancouver 1989(1), Philadelphia 1990(1),
Las Vegas 1990(1), Anaheim 1991(1), Nashville 1991(2), Orlando 1992(2), San Francisco 1992(2),
Chicago 1993(3), Boston 1994(2), Detroit 1994(1), New Orleans 1995(2), Washington 1996(2),
Atlanta 1996(1), Philadelphia 1999(3), Salt Lake City 2000(1), San Antonio 2000(1), Miami 2001(3),
Miami 2006 (3), San Francisco (2), Pittsburg 2006 (3), Seattle 2007 (2), D.C. 2008 (3), San Diego
2009 (3), Texas Austin 2010 (4), Charlotte 2011 (5), Phoenix 2012 (9), Minneapolis 2013 (4); 2014
(7); 2015 (6); 2016 (5)
4. SIAM Optimization and General Conferences (Chicago 1992(2), Washington 1991(2), Boston
2008(1), Denver 2009(1), San Diego 2014 (4) (Mini symposium organizer)
5. Stochastic Programming Conference (SP-X) (2004) Arizona (1), SP-X (2010) Halifax, CA (2)
6. INFORMS Computing Society, 2011 (2); 2015 (2)
7. INFORMS Optimization Society, 2012 (5), 2014 (2)
8. IIE National Conference, 2012 (1), 2013(2)
9. Winter Simulation Conference, 2013 (1)
10. INFORMS Healthcare 2011 (1); 2013 (2); 2015 (3)
11. Health Systems Optimization 2014 (2)
12. Production and Operations Management Society Annual Meeting, 2014 (1)
13. American Transplant Congress, 2015 (1); 2016 (1); 2017 (1)
14. World Transplant Congress, 2014 (2)
15. American Heart Association, 2016 (1)
Tutorials
“Financial Optimization: A tutorial,” (2007) INFORMS Midwest Regional Conference
“The Role of Optimization in Healthcare Operations and Policy Improvement,” (2014), IIE Annual
Conference, ISERC 2014, Montreal.
Posters 1. American Transplant Congress, 2012 (1); 2013 (1); 2014 (1)
2. American Heart Association, 2012 (1); 2016 (1)
3. International Stroke Conference, 2014 (1)
4. Society of Academic Emergency Medicine, Annual Meeting, 2014 (1)
5. INFORMS Healthcare, 2015 (1)
TEACHING AND STUDENT SUPERVISION
Courses Taught
Course Number Title Years Taught
IE 224 Introduction to Accounting and Finance 1999-2001
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IE 313 Deterministic Models and Optimization 2005
IE 324-1,2 Engineering Management-I,II 1996-1998
IE 326 Economics and Finance for Engineers 2002-present
IE 328 Facility Location and Spatial Planning 1988-1989
IE 329 Production Planning and Scheduling 1986-1989
IE 407 Quantitative Methods for Decision Making 1993-present
IE 426 Production System Design and Control-I 1989-1992
IE 427 Production System Design and Control-II 1989-1992
IE 427 Integrated Resource Management 1993 to 1997
IE 450-2 Mathematical Programming-II 1991-present
IE 454 Large Scale Optimization 1991
IE 457 Integer Programming 1999,2001,2003,2
005, 2008
IE 458 Advanced Mathematical Programming 1989, 1992, 1995,
1997, 2000
IE 327 Economics and Finance for Engineers 2021-2007
Special Topics Robust Optimization 2009
IE 313 Deterministic Models and Optimization 2006, 2007 2008,
2010, 2011
Special Topics Operations Research and Management Science
in Healthcare
2009
Special Topics Introduction to Healthcare Systems Engineering 2010
Special Topics Stochastic and Robust Optimization 2010
IE 444 Healthcare Management Science 2011, 2013, 2015
IE 385 Introduction to Healthcare Systems Engineering 2012, 2013-16
IE 450-1 Mathematical Programming – I 2012
IE 393-1 Senior Design - 1 2015, 2017
MSiA 490-1 Healthcare Analytics 2014, 2015
Special Topics Data Driven Decision Making Under
Uncertainty
2016
PhD Students
1. Joseph Czyzyk (1994), “Interior Point Methods for solving stochastic linear programs,” (co-advisor
with Robert Fourer at Northwestern University).
2. Robert A. Stubbs (1997), “A branch and cut method for 0-1 mixed convex programming.” (at
Northwestern University)
3. Jen-Shan Wang, “Interior point methods for generalized network problems.” (incomplete dissertation
after 5 years at Northwestern University.)
4. Amarnath Banerjee (1998), “A Virtual reality telecollaboration environment for decision analysis
using intelligent objects,” (co-advisor with P. Banerjee at UIC). Presently an Associate Professor at
Texas A&M
5. Jonathan H. Owen (1998), “Disjunctive approaches for solving general mixed-integer linear
programs.” (at Northwestern University). Presently a GM-Fellow.
6. A. Akgunduz (2001), “Collision Detection for fast moving objects,” (co-advisor with P. Banerjee at
UIC).
7. Zhifeng Li (2005), “Lattice Basis Reduction and Mixed Integer Convex Programming.”
8. Gokhan Ozevin (2005), “Decomposition Based Interior-Point Methods for Two-Stage Stochastic
Convex Conic Programming with Recourse”
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9. Reuben Thomas (2006), “Inference of Regulatory Interactions in Genetic Systems,” Presently at UC
Berkley (Senior Post Doc/Research Assistant Professor)
10. Huanyuan Sheng, “Could not complete his dissertation after 5 years of study.”
11. Michael Chen (2008), “Solving Static and Dynamic Stochastic Optimization Problem Via Sparse
Grid and Interior Point Methods and Complexity Analysis” Presently an Assistant Professor at York
University, Canada
12. Jonathan Turner (2011), Title: “Overcoming obstacles to resident-patient continuity of care and
optimal allocation of operating room experiences.” (co-advisor, primary advisor: Mark Daskin).
Awarded IEMS Nemhauser Dissertation Award. Also, INFORMS Doing Good with Good OR
award.
13. Jian Hu, (2011), “Concepts, Analyses, and Applications of Multivariate Stochastic Dominance.”
Awarded McCormick Terminal Year Fellowship. University of Michigan, Dearborn. (co-advisor,
Tito Homem-de-Mello). Presently Assistant Professor at University of Michigan, Dearborn.
14. Kuo-Ling Huang (2012), “Improving Solvability of Continuous and Mixed Integer Convex
Optimization Problems Using Interior Approaches”, Healthcare Insurance Company
15. Ashley Davis (2013), “Addressing Geographic Disparity in Kidney Transplant.”, RTI
16. He Zhang (2014), “Distributionally Robust Optimization Models and Process Mining in Healthcare
Systems”
17. Kibaek Kim (2014), “Predictive Modeling and Stochastic Optimization in Healthcare”, Argonne
National Lab
18. Changhyeok Lee (2015), “Power System Operation and Planning Under Uncertainty with Robust
Optimization”, Health Insurance Company
19. Brittany Bogle (2015), “Accurate Lifetime Risk Assessment of Sudden Cardiac Death and Methods
for Generating Synthetic Data for Predicting Privacy using Optimization”
20. Liwen Ouyang (2016) (co-advisor, Daniel Apley), “An Optimal Design-of-Experiment-Based Batch
Sampling from Databases”, American Express
21. Vikram Kilambi (2017), “Application of Operations Research in Solid Organ Transplantation and
Random Utility Choice Models”, RAND Corporation
22. Mehmet Basadere (2018 expected) (co-advisor, Karen Smilowitz)
23. Cassandra Hall (2018 expected) (co-advisor, Seyed Iravani)
24. Fengqiao Luo (2018 expected)
25. Boyang Shang (2019 expected) (co-advisor with Daniel Apley)
Postdoctoral Fellow Supervision
1. Jun Ma (2006), went to industry
3. Jian Hu (2010-2011), University of Michigan (Dearborn)
2. David Papp (2011-12), went to North Carolina State University
4. Kuo-Ling Huang (2012-2016), went to industry
5. Utku Koc (2012-2014), went to MEF University in Turkey
6. Ilya Mikhelson (2013-2017), joined a teaching faculty position at Northwestern
7. Yun Li (2013-2014), went to Industry
8. Liang Liu (2014-2017), went to Industry
9. Manish Bansal (2014-2016), went to Virginia Tech
Masters (of Manufacturing) Student Reports
1. Michael J. Muilenburg (1990). “Improving Manufacturing Flexibility through Setup Reduction.”
2. Edward Francis (1992). “Strategic Performance Evaluation Systems.”
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Undergraduate Honor’s Project Supervision
1. Andrew Armacost (1989). “A computational comparison of the network simplex method with the
dual affine scaling method.”
2. Robert Sontoso (1998). “Using Markovitz Model in Efficient Portfolio Selection with limited number
of securities.”
3. Arif Onrusal (2000). “A Research and Information Tool for Corporate Information.”
4. Vidya Nageshwaran (2002). “Understanding the Market Crash: Before and After.”
SERVICE
Professional Service
Judge (1988), TIMS/ORSA Nicholson Student Paper Competition.
Member of SIAM (1987-present), INFORMS (1986-present) and Mathematical Programming Society
(1986-1996, 1999-present).
Organizer, Mini-symposium on Recent Computational Advances in Interior Point Methods at the
fourth SIAM conference on Optimization (Chicago 1992).
ORSA Membership Committee (1993-95).
Founding Member (1994-present), Optimization Technology Center, Between Northwestern
University and Argonne National Lab.
Co-director (1996-1998), Industrial Virtual Reality Institute, UIC.
Co-organizer, Virtual manufacturing and education conference (UIC, 1996).
Session Chair: TIMS/ORSA/INFORMS Conference Sessions (Las Vegas 1990, San Francisco 1992,
Chicago 1993, Boston 1994, Philadelphia 1999, San Antonio 2000), Mathematical Programming
Society International Conferences (Japan 1998, Amsterdam 1991).
Cluster Chair, Large Scale Mathematical Programming Cluster, INFORMS, Los Angeles, 1995.
Computational Optimization Cluster, INFORMS, Pittsburg, 2006
Member (1999), ORSA Journal of Computing, Editor-in-chief Selection Committee.
Co-chair (2001-2005), INFORMS Chicago chapter.
Elected Member (2002-2006), INFORMS Subdivision Council.
INFORMS Chapter/Fora Committee (2002-2007)
Co-Director (2005-2008), Optimization Technology Center.
Member (2005), INFORMS Publications Committee
Member (2005), Sections/Society Committee
Vice-President Chapter/Fora, INFORMS (2006-2007). Instrumental in starting new regional
conferences. Also, handled subdivisions related administrative matters.
Vice-Chair (Computational Optimization), Optimization Society (2006-2007)
Member of the INFORMS Board of Directors (2006-2007)
General Chair, INFORMS Midwest Regional Conference, 2007 (at Northwestern University, IL)
Co-General Chair, Optimization Society Bi-annual Conference, 2008 (in Atlanta, GA)
Invited Attendee – NSF Workshop on “Industrial and Systems Engineering and Healthcare: Critical
Areas of Research, 2009 (Washington, D.C)
National Science Foundation Proposal Review Panel (1998, 2002-OR, 2005-OR, 2006-OR, 2009-
SES, 2010-SES, 2010-OR, 2011-OR, 2011-SES, 2012-SES, 2013-SES, 2014-OR, 2015-Smart
Connected Health, 2015-SMOR)
Department of Energy Proposal Review Panel (2008, 2011)
One of the four group leader, Department of Energy Applied Math Workshop titled “Mathematics for
the Analysis, Simulation, and Optimization of Complex Systems”, 2011
Member, Education Committee, Society of Health Systems (2010)
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International Program Committee (ICORES 2011-2012) International Conference on Operations
Research and Enterprise Systems
Faculty Volunteer, Northwestern High school teacher intern program (1 week, Summer 2011)
Chair-elect (2012), Chair (2013-14), Optimization Society, INFORMS
Director, Northwestern Center for Engineering and Health
General Chair, INFORMS Healthcare 2013 conference
INFORMS Subdivision Council member 2013-14
Co-Chair, Health Systems Optimization Workshop, CME Accreditation for up to 8 credits.
Best Paper Award Committee, 2014, IIE Transactions special issues on Operations and Analytics
Elected Board Member, Health Systems Engineering Alliance, 2014-2016
Informs Optimization Society, Farkas Award Committee for mid-career researcher award (2015).
Best poster award judge (2015), INFORMS Helathcare 2015
Bonders’ scholarship award committee (2015), INFORMS Healthcare Society
Moderator, Optimization Society -- possible new journal discussions, 2016
Patient Centered Outcomes Research Review Panel (2016, 2017)
Advisor, Big Problem Perspectives Working Group, Northwestern, 2017-current
Advisor, Healthcare Analytics Program, Northwestern, 2017-current
Editorial Responsibilities
Honorary Editorial Board Member (2013- present) Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Health
Department Editor (Healthcare Area) (2013-present) IIE Transactions
Department Editor (Optimization Area) (2008-2012) IIE Transactions
Area Editor, Optimization, Asia P. Journal of Operations Research
Co-coordinator (2001-present), www.optimization-online.org. Helped design and co-ordinate this
highly visited site for E-prints of recent research articles on topics in optimization area.
Associate Editor (2003-2011), Operations Research.
Associate/Area Editor (2004-2011), Asia P. Journal of Operations Research.
Associate Editor (2007-present), International Journal of Information Systems in the Service Sector
Member of Editorial Board (2001-2008), IIE Transactions, Handling papers in the area of Applied
Optimization.
Associate Editor (2000-2005), International Journal of Modeling and Simulation, ACTA Press.
Handling papers in the area of optimization modeling and virtual systems.
Guest Co-editor (1997), IIE Transactions Special Issue on Virtual Reality Manufacturing.
Co-editor (1996), Proceedings for Symposium on Virtual Reality in Manufacturing Research and
Education.
Associate Editor (1995-96), Mathematical Programming.
Referee for papers in
Annals of Operations Research, Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, European Journal of
Operations Research, Linear Algebra and Its Applications, Location Science, Mathematical
Programming, Mathematics of Computation, Mathematics of Operations Research, Networks,
Operations Research, Operations Research Letters, Opsearch, ORSA Journal on Computing, SIAM
Journal on Optimization, SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization, SIAM Review, Special
Publications on Interior Point Methods, COAP, Journal of Applied Mathematics and Optimization,
Asia Pacific Journal of Operations Research, Journal of Global Optimization, IIE Transactions,
Modeling and Simulation, Optimization Letters
Book Review
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Production and Operations Analysis (2nd edition) by Steven Nahmias for Irvin.
Accounting Hilton
Administrative Responsibilities and Institutional Service
Director, Center for Engineering and Health (2012-current)
Department of Medical Social Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Senior Faculty Search
Committee (2010, 2011)
IEMS Department Recruiting Committee, Northwestern University (1996, 2009)
MEAS P&T Committee, Northwestern University (2006-2008, 2012, 2014)
MEAS Adhoc Committee, Northwestern University (2003, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2016, 2017)
IEMS Undergraduate Committee, Northwestern University (2007)
Advisor, IIE Student Chapter, Northwestern University (2007-2010)
Advisor, Northwestern Consulting Club (2008–2010)
IEMS Undergraduate Program Chair, Northwestern University (2000-2006). Successfully handled
sensitive IE program curricular changes. Piloted a new Mock Interview program for IEs. Facilitated
starting of a new consulted club. Handled major catalogue revision, curricular matters, and conducted
alumni surveys besides dealing with routine matters. Handled IE program ABET accreditation.
Presently in the process of setting up an IE mentoring program with the help of our alumni.
MEAS Undergraduate Committee, Northwestern University (2000-present). Discussions on
undergraduate educational matters, comparative analysis of the school. MEAS communications
requirement task force (2004). MEAS student satisfaction task force (2004)
MEAS Curriculum Committee, Northwestern University (2000-2006). Discussions on new courses
and proposed course changes.
MEAS ABET Committee, Northwestern University (2000-2006). Discussions on ABET
accreditation preparation.
MEAS Promotion and Tenure Committee (Department Nominated Member; 2006-2008).
Presentation and discussion on promotion and tenure cases.
MEAS Promotion and Tenure Committee (Elected Member; 2010-2011). Presentation and
discussion on promotion and tenure cases.
University Housing Committee (1999). Housing lottery issues of a new residential hall.
Department representative, McCormick Computing Committee (1993-present). Handled issues on
computing fund allocations, and received funding for undergraduate IEMS computer lab.
Department Honor's Program Chair (1988-90, 1997-2001). Advising students interested in the
departmental honor’s program.
Community Service
Lectures, articles, study groups and mentor on the Philosophy of Bhagavad Geeta (1997-present).
Bhagavad Geeta is an ancient world scripture which gave spiritual foundation to the philosophy of
non-violence to Mahatama Gandhi, and earned the respect of Albert Einstein due to its meta-physical
ideas.
Speaker (1998), “God Is Everywhere,” Hindu Temple of Greater Chicago, Lemont, IL
Faculty Advisor (2000-2002). Northwestern American Advertising Federation local chapter.
Faculty Volunteer (2000-2001). Northwestern Asian student mentor program.
Faculty Advisor (2000-2006). Northwestern OM/HSC student organization.
Hindi Evaluator (1989, 1993, 2005) for Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences language
requirement.
Faculty Advisor (2005-present). Northwestern Consulting Club.
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Invited speaker for Northwestern’s Alpha Lambda Delta Freshmen Honor Society. Invited speaker
for Northwestern’s Nugget consulting club for a conference on Off-shoring and Out-sourcing and
(2005)
Speaker (June, 2010), “Preserving, Promoting and Practicing Dharma: The Bhagavad Geeta Way”,
Forum of Hindu Awakening, Lemont Temple, IL
Global Hindu Jewel award (2010) by Hindu Jagrati Samiti
Founder, Coordinator and Organizer (September 2010 -- 2015): Children Language, Culture and
Dharma (Religion) Sunday School, Hindu Temple of Lake County, Grayslake, IL. Also leading
group discussion on Bhagavad Geeta
Speaker (September, 2010), “Eat, Love and Pray,” South Barrington Women’s Club
Founder, Organizer, Coordinator (2010-2015): Children Language, Culture and Religion Sunday
School, Park Forest, IL. Group Discussion on Bhagavad Geeta
Speaker (October, 2010), “Living, Promoting and Practicing Dharma,” Geeta Mandal, Indianapolis.
Panel Member (November, 2010, 2011), an interfaith panel on “Power of Forgiveness,” Northeastern
Illinois University
Northwestern University (November 2010), “Predictive Modeling and Engineering Design,” course
guest presentation.
CCARES Advisory Board (2011). CCARES is an Illinois wide organization leading efforts to
improve Sudden Cardiac Arrest and Emergency care of cardiac patients.
Illinois-District 10 Congressman Robert J. Dold Indian-American Advisory Board (2012)
Founder, Coordinator and Organizer (July 2015 – 2016); Children Language, Culture and Dharma
(Religion) Sunday School, Hanuman Mandir and Spiritual Community Center, Glenview, IL. Also
leading group discussion on Bhagavad Geeta
Keynote speaker (2015); Annual Graduation and Awards day, Punjabi Cultural Society of Chicago.
MEDIA COVERAGE
Research UNOS Aims to Reform Imbalances in donor liver distribution
http://www.hepatitiscenters.com/reuters/article.cfm?article=20161103pltl331447816&cat=pltl
Doctors Are Upset About a Huge Change in Organ Donation Rules
https://www.buzzfeed.com/nidhisubbaraman/liver-transplant-list-
change?utm_term=.ahn2OmBE4m#.xw6yxP3dgP
Modern Healthcare: http://dev.modernhealthcare.com/article/20150622/NEWS/150629972/plan-to-
reduce-donated-liver-disparities-draws-heated-debate Article prominently mentions my presentation
Engineers Apply Unique Skills To Fix Delivery Problems”
http://magazine.northwesternmedicine.org/spring-2014/features/redesigning-health-
care/?utm_source=NM%20Magazine-Online-Promo-Spring-
2014&utm_campaign=Northwestern%20Medicine%20Magazine%20Winter%202013-
14&utm_medium=email#loc-print
Prominently Mentioned in the article Engineering Medicine, McCormick School of Engineering
Alumni Magazine (2012)
NYC shortchanged u to $92 in federal Homeland security funds last year, Northwestern study finds;
NY Daily: http://bit.ly/cciC3c (more than 25 additional coverages)
Northwestern University Annual Research Report (2010)
Personal
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Highlights of keynote at the Punjabi Cultural Society graduation day (2015)
http://www.nriinternet.com/Associations/USA/A_Z/P/PCS_Chicago/Punjabi-Youth-
Awards/2015/index.htm
Congressman Dold honors Sunday school teachers at Grayslake Hindu Temple, India Tribune, July
12th, 2012
http://www.indiatribune.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9008:congressm
an-dold-honors-sunday-school-teachers-at-grayslake-hindu-
temple&catid=25:community&Itemid=457
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