Research and Developement and the Value of Algorithms:
"...a benchmark production planning model solved using linear programming
would have taken 82 years to solve in 1988, using the computers and the
linear programming algorithms of the day. Fifteen years later, in 2003,
this same model could be solved in roughly 1 minute, an improvement by a
factor of roughly 43 million. Of this, a factor of roughly 1,000 was due to
increased processor speed, whereas a factor of roughly 43,000 was due to
improvements in algorithms!"
About LAED:
Projects
Current Students
- Agarwal Saloni, PhD (Spring 2018).
- Hongyao Huang, PhD (Spring 2018).
- Hemant Malik, PhD (Spring 2016).
- Ka Yaw Teo, PhD (Spring 2016).
- Rashika Mishra, PhD (Fall 2015).
- Maxwell Weinzierl, PhD (Fall 2017).
Graduated Students
- Harish Babu Arunachalam, PhD. Graduated Spring 2018. Now at Verizon.
- Bogdan Armaselu, PhD. Graduated Summer 2017. Now at SpectralMD.
- David Allen, PhD. Graduated Fall 2014. Now at Ooyala.
- Marko Zivanic, PhD. Graduated Summer 2013. Now at Intuit.
- Steven Kirtzic, PhD. Graduated Spring 2013. Now at State Farm.
- Yam K. Cheung, PhD. Graduated Summer 2012.
- Anastasia Kurdia, PhD. Graduated Spring 2010. Now Professor of Practice at Tulane University.
- Steven Bitner, PhD. Graduated Summer 2010. Now at Fareness, his own startup.
- James Palmer, PhD. Graduated May 2006. Now Professor at Northern Arizona University.
- Jun Luo, PhD. Graduated May 2006. Now researcher at Lenovo.
- Megan Yoccis, MS, Summer 2019.
- Qu Zhonghua, MS, Spring 2009, now research scientist at Facebook
- Karthik Haridoss, MS (with thesis). Graduated Dec. 2002. Now at Netscout.
- Pratap Chandran, MS (with thesis). Graduated May 2005. Now
at Qualcomm.
- Maria Martinez, UG. Graduated May 2018.
- Mihai Cotet, BS (with honor thesis). Graduated December 2007.
Now working for a leading tech company in DFW.
- Scott Owen, BS (with honor thesis). Graduated May 2006.
Now working for a leading tech company in DFW.
- Jonathan Fickenscher, BS (with honor thesis). Graduated May 2006. Now a PhD student at Rice University.