W.
Art Chaovalitwongse
is the
Director of the
COmplex Systems Modeling and
Optimization (COSMO) laboratory. He has
conducted research in
integrating scientific
concepts and research tools from
diverse disciplines (e.g., neuroscience, computational
biology, operations research,
computational statistics) with
real life applications.
His work in epilepsy was awarded
the Excellence in Research from
the University of Florida. His
articles were also awarded the
William Pierskalla Best Paper
for Research Excellence in
Operations Research and Health
Care applications by INFORMS and ranked 5th in Top 25
Articles in Operations Research
Letters.
Art
is also a recipient of
2006 NSF CAREER Award.
Graduate Students
Chun-An
(Joe) Chou is a Ph.D. Student in the Department of
Industrial and Systems Engineering at Rutgers
University. He received an M.S. degree in Operations
Research from Columbia University and an M.S. degree
in Bioenvironmental Systems Engineering from the
National Taiwan University (NTU). He is currently
working on exploring novel methodologies of
operations research and data mining, and applying to
relevant problems in the area of computational
biology.
Liang Zhe is a Ph.D. student in the department
of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Rutgers
University. He received a Bachelor of Engineering
degree (Hons) from Computer Engineering Department,
National University of Singapore (NUS) in 2001. He
received a Master of Engineering degree from
Industrial & Systems Engineering Department (ISE),
NUS in 2003. Before joining Rutgers, He worked as a
research engineer in the ISE department at NUS. His
study is focused on Supply Chain and Logistics,
Combinatorial Optimization, and Meta-heuristics with
real world applications in oil transportation,
computational biology, and telecommunication.
Ya-Ju Fan is
a Ph.D. student in the department of Industrial and
Systems Engineering at Rutgers University. She has a B.B.A. degree in Production and Operations Management
from Fu Jen Catholic University. She received an M.S.
degree in Industrial Engineering from University of
Wisconsin-Madison in 2003. Before joining Rutgers, she
worked as a research assistant in Operations Research
Laboratory, and as a Teaching Assistant, lectured on
Engineering Economic Analysis Lab at the University of
Wisconsin-Madison. Her research is focused on the area
of Optimization and Data Mining.
Wanbin (Walter) Wang
is a Ph.D. student in the department of Industrial and
Systems Engineering at Rutgers University. He received a
Bachelor of Engineering degree from Electronic
Engineering Department, Central South University
(Changsha, P.R.China) and a Master of Engineering degree
from Automation Department, Tsinghua University
(Beijing, P.R.China). His research is focused on Data
Mining and Combinatorial Optimization.
Alumni
Graduate Students
Meeyoung
Cha received her Ph.D. in Computer Science at Korea Advanced
Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), South
Korea. She received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in the
Computer Science from KAIST in 2002 and 2004,
respectively. She has been a visitor for AT&T Research
Labs and DIMACS at Rutgers University in summer 2004 and
Fall 2005. Her research interests are on the
control-plane routing instability issues within an
autonomous system and on the resilient backbone
architecture for real-time network services (e.g., IPTV,
VoD). Currently, she is Postdoctoral Researcher at the
Max Planck
Institute for Software Systems in Germany.
Harsh Singhal
received his M.S. degree in Industrial
and Systems Engineering in 2008 under Dr. Art's
supervision. He received his B.E. degree in
Industrial Engineering and Management from the M.S. Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bangalore. His
work is
focused on Information Retrieval and
Optimization of Classification Systems for
large document databases. Currently, he is Senior
Business Analyst at
Mu-Sigma in India.
Undergraduate Students
Class of
2008:
Rebecca
S. Pottenger
is a rising sophomore at Princeton University in the
ORFE (Operations Research and Financial Engineering)
Department. She has been interested and involved in
data mining research since her junior year of high
school. In 2007, she conducted a research project
entitled "Classifying String Quartets by Composer
via Data Mining" which she presented at CCSC ’07
(Consortium for Computing Science in Colleges,
Fredericksburg, MD) and published in the Proceedings
of the IEEE 2006 Lehigh Valley STEM Conference,
Bethlehem, PA, November. She is currently working
with Professor W. Art Chaovalitwongse, Industrial
and Systems Engineering at Rutgers University,
through the Rutgers/DIMACS DHS REU (Research
Experience for Undergraduates) program, studying the
classification of epileptic patients. She plans to
continue her study of data mining in a graduate
program after completing her degree at Princeton.
Class of 2007:
Latoya Claywas a undergraduate student in COSMO
through the DIMACS Research Experience for
Undergraduates (REU) program.
Class of 2006:
Megan
Olson was a undergraduate student in COSMO
through the DIMACS Research Experience for
Undergraduates (REU) program. She is in her fifth year at
Winona State University, obtaining my B.S.T in Secondary
Math Education and B.A. in Psychology with neuroscience
major. She also has a Statistics minor. Her research is
focused on mathematics in neuroscience study.
Jai Dhyani
was a undergraduate student in COSMO through the DIMACS
Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program. In
2005, he graduated from the International Bacaloriate
Program at Richard Montgomery High School in Rockville,
MD. He attended McDaniel College for a year before
transferring to the University of Chicago, where he
majors in Mathematics and Computer Science. His research is
focused on Optimization and Data
Mining.
Class of
2005:
Jessica
McCoy
was an
undergraduate student member in
COSMO through the DIMACS
Research Experience for
Undergraduates (REU) program. She
a senior in the department of
Industrial and Systems
Engineering at North Carolina
State University, where she is
double-majoring in industrial
engineering and applied
mathematics, and minoring in
Spanish and Italian. In summer
2005, she worked on integer
programming for logistics and
scheduling problems, especially
in airline scheduling. She was
awarded the Dean's Award
for Scholarly Achievement,
NC State Univ., in April 2006.
Abhinav Jha
was an
undergraduate student member in
COSMO through the DIMACS
Research Experience for
Undergraduates (REU) program. In
summer 2005, he worked on
integer programming for
logistics and scheduling
problems, especially in vessel
scheduling of oil transportation.
He is a recipient of the Outstanding Senior Award
from the ISE department, Rutgers
University.
W.
Art Chaovalitwongse
is the
Director of the
COmplex Systems Modeling and
Optimization (COSMO) laboratory. He has
conducted research in
integrating scientific
concepts and research tools from
diverse disciplines (e.g., neuroscience, computational
biology, operations research,
computational statistics) with
real life applications.
His work in epilepsy was awarded
the Excellence in Research from
the University of Florida. His
articles were also awarded
the
William Pierskalla Best Paper
for Research Excellence in
Operations Research and Health
Care applications by INFORMS and ranked 5th in Top 25
Articles in Operations Research
Letters.
Art
is also a recipient of
Chun-An
(Joe) Chou is a Ph.D. Student in the Department of
Industrial and Systems Engineering at Rutgers
University. He received an M.S. degree in Operations
Research from Columbia University and an M.S. degree
in Bioenvironmental Systems Engineering from the
National Taiwan University (NTU). He is currently
working on exploring novel methodologies of
operations research and data mining, and applying to
relevant problems in the area of computational
biology.
Liang Zhe
Ya-Ju Fan is
a Ph.D. student in the department of Industrial and
Systems Engineering at Rutgers University. She has a B.B.A. degree in Production and Operations Management
from Fu Jen Catholic University. She received an M.S.
degree in Industrial Engineering from University of
Wisconsin-Madison in 2003. Before joining Rutgers, she
worked as a research assistant in Operations Research
Laboratory, and as a Teaching Assistant, lectured on
Engineering Economic Analysis Lab at the University of
Wisconsin-Madison. Her research is focused on the area
of Optimization and Data Mining.
Wanbin (Walter) Wang
is a Ph.D. student in the department of Industrial and
Systems Engineering at Rutgers University. He received a
Bachelor of Engineering degree from Electronic
Engineering Department, Central South University
(Changsha, P.R.China) and a Master of Engineering degree
from Automation Department, Tsinghua University
(Beijing, P.R.China). His research is focused on Data
Mining and Combinatorial Optimization.
Meeyoung
Cha received her Ph.D. in Computer Science at Korea Advanced
Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), South
Korea. She received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in the
Computer Science from KAIST in 2002 and 2004,
respectively. She has been a visitor for AT&T Research
Labs and DIMACS at Rutgers University in summer 2004 and
Fall 2005. Her research interests are on the
control-plane routing instability issues within an
autonomous system and on the resilient backbone
architecture for real-time network services (e.g., IPTV,
VoD). Currently, she is Postdoctoral Researcher at the
Harsh Singhal
received his M.S. degree in Industrial
and Systems Engineering in 2008 under Dr. Art's
supervision. He received his B.E. degree in
Industrial Engineering and Management from the M.S. Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bangalore. His
work is
focused on Information Retrieval and
Optimization of Classification Systems for
large document databases. Currently, he is Senior
Business Analyst at 
Rebecca
S. Pottenger
is a rising sophomore at Princeton University in the
ORFE (Operations Research and Financial Engineering)
Department. She has been interested and involved in
data mining research since her junior year of high
school. In 2007, she conducted a research project
entitled "Classifying String Quartets by Composer
via Data Mining" which she presented at CCSC ’07
(Consortium for Computing Science in Colleges,
Fredericksburg, MD) and published in the Proceedings
of the IEEE 2006 Lehigh Valley STEM Conference,
Bethlehem, PA, November. She is currently working
with Professor W. Art Chaovalitwongse, Industrial
and Systems Engineering at Rutgers University,
through the Rutgers/DIMACS DHS REU (Research
Experience for Undergraduates) program, studying the
classification of epileptic patients. She plans to
continue her study of data mining in a graduate
program after completing her degree at Princeton.
Megan
Olson was a undergraduate student in COSMO
through the DIMACS Research Experience for
Undergraduates (REU) program. She is in her fifth year at
Winona State University, obtaining my B.S.T in Secondary
Math Education and B.A. in Psychology with neuroscience
major. She also has a Statistics minor. Her research is
focused on mathematics in neuroscience study. 
Jai Dhyani
was a undergraduate student in COSMO through the DIMACS
Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program. In
2005, he graduated from the International Bacaloriate
Program at Richard Montgomery High School in Rockville,
MD. He attended McDaniel College for a year before
transferring to the University of Chicago, where he
majors in Mathematics and Computer Science. His research is
focused on Optimization and Data
Mining.
Jessica
McCoy
was an
undergraduate student member in
COSMO through the DIMACS
Research Experience for
Undergraduates (REU) program. She
a senior in the department of
Industrial and Systems
Engineering at North Carolina
State University, where she is
double-majoring in industrial
engineering and applied
mathematics, and minoring in
Spanish and Italian. In summer
2005, she worked on integer
programming for logistics and
scheduling problems, especially
in airline scheduling. She was
awarded the Dean's Award
for Scholarly Achievement,
NC State Univ., in April 2006.