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Faculty members may offer students the opportunity to work as research assistants (RAs) for monetary compensation or, if the professor deems it appropriate based on the nature of the work, for academic credit.  For details, review information on serving as a research assistant for faculty .

Directed Research

 To undertake Directed Research, students contact individual instructors and agree on a research project. To register, a written proposal must be approved and signed by the instructor, and then submitted to the Office of Graduate Affairs. The written proposal should be at least 1000 words and describe the subject matter of the Directed Research and the issues the student intends to explore in the paper.  While any full-time faculty member or visiting faculty member may supervise the research, Adjunct Professors may supervise only with the permission of Vice Dean Hertz.

Directed Research credit may be added through Monday, October 2 for Fall 2023, and Monday, February 5 for Spring 2024.

The usual allocation for Directed Research is two credits. A student may write a one-credit Directed Research.  A two-credit Directed Research project should conform to the r equirements for an Option A paper ; a one-credit Directed Research paper should be at least 5,000 words, exclusive of footnotes. A three-credit Directed Research project is highly unusual and requires the approval of Vice Dean Randy Hertz.  Students considering a 3-credit Directed Research should contact the Office of Graduate Affairs to discuss. 

For non-tax students no more than four of a student's 24 credits may consist of directed research. Tax students may take a maximum of two credits of directed research. Regardless of the type of project involved, students are, of course, expected to submit original, non-duplicative work. When in doubt about proper use of a citation or quotation, discuss the issue with the instructor. Plagiarism is a serious offense that may merit severe discipline. Requests to add Directed Research after the deadline stated above require approval of Vice Dean Hertz. Such requests should be initiated by contacting the Office of Graduate Affairs and will only be considered if your credit load (not including the Directed Research credits) does not drop below minimum requirements after the add/drop period. Students who are granted permission to late-add Directed Research will not be permitted to drop courses if the result is inconsistent with the above; please plan your schedule accordingly. After March 15, the Vice Dean may allow a student to add Directed Research only in exceptional circumstances. No more than two credits can be earned in this manner.

Read further about Requirements for Directed Research

Directed Research During the Summer Semester

Students may register for Directed Research during the summer semester. The summer registration deadlines is July 1, unless there is approval by the Vice Dean to add at a later date. Please note that full-time students will be charged per credit for Directed Research during the summer. All work must be submitted by September 1 or by an earlier deadline established by the supervising faculty member.

Writing Credit

In seminars, colloquia, and courses that offer the option to add an additional writing credit, students may earn one credit for writing a substantial paper (at least 10,000 words in length exclusive of footnotes). To earn the additional credit, students must register for the writing credit section of the course within the same semester the course is offered. The deadline for registering is Monday, October 2 for Fall 2023, and Monday, February 5 for Spring 2024.

LLM Thesis Option

LLM students have the option to write a substantial research paper, in conjunction with a seminar or Directed Research that may be recorded as a "thesis" on their transcript. At the onset of the seminar or Directed Research, the student must obtain approval from the professor that the paper will be completed for a "thesis" designation.

It should be substantial in length (at least 10,000 words exclusive of footnotes) and, like the substantial writing requirement for JD students, must be analytical rather than descriptive in nature, showing original thought and analysis. Please note the thesis designation is for a single research paper agreed upon in advance.

The student is required to submit an outline and at least one FULL PRE-FINAL draft to the faculty member in order to receive the thesis notation. When submitting a final draft of the thesis to the faculty member, the student must give the faculty member an LLM Thesis Certification form . The faculty member is required to return the signed form to the Office of Records and Registration when submitting a grade for the course.

Please note that the student will not receive additional credit for writing the thesis, but will only receive credit for the seminar or Directed Research for which he or she is registered.

International Legal Studies Students should review their program requirements for further information about writing an LLM thesis within their program.

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Thesis Archive

Gallatin M.A. students may consult previously submitted theses in the Gallatin Master's Thesis Archive (NYU Net ID required). 

Students who are interested in seeing sample theses may want to take a look at the following theses, which are available in the archive. Note that it is necessary to sign in with an NYU Net ID to view these theses. Once you are signed into the archive, you may search by date, author, title, or subject.

For more details about the different thesis formats, please see the information about types of theses on the Gallatin website.

Sample Research Theses:

• Claudia Bruce, “‘She Will Be Her Own Doll:’ Appropriate Dress and the Performance of Woman”
• Bryan Farrell, “This Is What Hope Looks Like: The Rise of the Grassroots Climate Movement in the U.S.”
• Sonja Harpstead, “Experiences in Youth Circus: Exploring Alternative Interpretations of Circus Programs"
• Loredana Loy, “Cinematic Discourse and Social Change: An Exploration of the Impact Of Animal Advocacy in Film”
• Hudson McFann, “Violent Waste: Discarding the Enemy”
• David Miller, “Designing Pro-Environmental Persuasion into Product Interfaces”
• Jessica Savage, “Harassment in Schools: A Silent Problem with Deafening Consequences”
• Jessica Stambaugh, “20th Century American Domestic Interiors and the Folk Impulse”
• Helen Warwick, “Institutionalizing Ephemeral Art: Investigating the Collection and Preservation of Transient Performative Gestures”

Sample Artistic Theses:

• Jennifer Grossman, “Quantum Echoes: Spatial Sound Practice & Embodiment through Sonic Immersion”
• Candace Ishmael, “What We Talk About When We Talk About History: The Empty Tree, Omeros and Language in Caribbean Literature”
• Dages Keates, “Foundations of the Flesh: Primitivity Reconsidered”
• Madeleine Pryor, “Documenting the Documenters”

Sample Project Theses:

• Eric Wayne Kratzer, "Technological Dependency Arising from Mobile Phone Use”
• Joel McIlven, “Re-visioning the Curriculum through Raps”
• Rachael Sharp, “Cultivating Social Imagination: An Arts-Based Intergroup Dialogue on Race”

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Advances in computational speed and data availability, and the development of novel data analysis methods, have birthed a new field: data science. This new field requires a new type of researcher and actor: the rigorously trained, cross-disciplinary, and ethically responsible data scientist. Launched in Fall 2017, the pioneering CDS PhD Data Science program seeks to produce such researchers who are fluent in the emerging field of data science, and to develop a native environment for their education and training. The CDS PhD Data Science program has rapidly received widespread recognition and is considered among the top and most selective data science doctoral programs in the world. It has recently been recognized by the NSF through an NRT training grant.

The CDS PhD program model rigorously trains data scientists of the future who (1) develop methodology and harness statistical tools to find answers to questions that transcend the boundaries of traditional academic disciplines; (2) clearly communicate to extract crisp questions from big, heterogeneous, uncertain data; (3) effectively translate fundamental research insights into data science practice in the sciences, medicine, industry, and government; and (4) are aware of the ethical implications of their work.

Our programmatic mission is to nurture this new generation of data scientists, by designing and building a data science environment where methodological innovations are developed and translated successfully to domain applications, both scientific and social. Our vision is that combining fundamental research on the principles of data science with translational projects involving domain experts creates a virtuous cycle: Advances in data science methodology transform the process of discovery in the sciences, and enable effective data-driven governance in the public sector. At the same time, the demands of real-world translational projects will catalyze the creation of new data science methodologies. An essential ingredient of such methodologies is that they embed ethics and responsibility by design.

These objectives will be achieved by a combination of an innovative core curriculum, a novel data assistantship mechanism that provides training of skills transfer through rotations and internships, and communication and entrepreneurship modules. Students will be exposed to a wider range of fields than in more standard PhD programs while working with our interdisciplinary faculty. In particular, we are proud to offer a medical track for students eager to explore data science as applied to healthcare or to develop novel theoretical models stemming from medical questions.

In short, the CDS PhD Data Science program prepares students to become leaders in data science research and prepares them for outstanding careers in academia or industry. Successful candidates are guaranteed financial support in the form of tuition and a competitive stipend in the fall and spring semesters for up to five years.* We invite you to learn more through our webpage or by contacting  [email protected] .

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There are three methods for acquiring or borrowing a dissertation completed at an institution other than New York University.

Dissertations and Theses Global  (ProQuest Digital Dissertations) This database indexes doctoral dissertations in all disciplines which were completed at participating, accredited North American colleges and universities. Some institutions outside of North America, mostly in Great Britain, are included but coverage is not exhaustive. Dissertations added to the database after 1980 contain abstracts. Most dissertations included since 1997 are available in full-text. 

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Women's and Gender Studies Master's Theses

As of 2014, all newly submitted Graduate Center dissertations and theses appear in Academic Works shortly after graduation. Some works are immediately available to read and download, and some become available after an embargo period set by the author.

Dissertations and theses from before 2014 are generally accessible only to the CUNY community, but some authors have chosen to make theirs open access.

Dissertations/Theses/Capstones from 2024 2024

Cinema and Ritual: Decolonial Feminist Approaches to Image-Making in the Americas and the Caribbean , Natalie M. Erazo

Final Report: Media Intern Position at CLAGS , Nicolle Marquez

Dissertations/Theses/Capstones from 2023 2023

An Analysis of Feminist Care Networks in the Editorial Intern Position at Women's Studies Quarterly , Angela G. Boscarino

Overview of the Intern Position at SexGenLab and the Importance of Public Scholarship , Elizabeth S. Chapin

How the U.S. Mainstream Media Perpetuates Cis White Masculine Hegemony , Yelena Dzhanova

The Queer Comedy Boom: The History of LGBTQ+ Stand-up Comedy , Marcelle Karp

The Queer Life of Lorena Hickok , Samantha D. Leyerle

Uprooting Patriarchy: Meditations on Gender, Masculinities, and Healing Through Buddhist Practices , Noah Souder-Russo

Dissertations/Theses/Capstones from 2022 2022

A History of the Center for the Study of Women and Society, 1975–2015 , Clarisa Gonzalez

Lactating Justice: Constructing a Society Economically Focused on Optimizing Health through Human Lactation , Shadley Hobour

An Overview and Assessment of the Editorial Assistant Position at Women’s Studies Quarterly , Amy M. Iafrate

A Qualitative Exploration of Discourses in Fan Community, /r/boyslove , Jessica Lin

My Favorite Thing is Monster Theory: Horror Comics and deMONSTRating Difference in Emil Ferris’s "My Favorite Thing is Monsters" , Jennifer Rossberg

Exploring the Boundaries of Queerness from Academia to Activism , Jillian M. (Silvia) Miranda

Let ‘Em Talk: An Exploration of and Challenge to the White Supremacy and Colonization of Black and Brown Girls in United States Public Schools , Keara Small

Dissertations/Theses/Capstones from 2021 2021

Put Yourself First (In a Sexy Way): Postfeminist Beauty Messaging and Resistant Media Texts , Margarita Artoglou

Constructing Curriculum: Centering Identities in Sex Education , Jozette Belmont

The Impact of State Violence on Women During the 22 Years of Dictatorship in The Gambia , Isatou Bittaye-Jobe

Fantasies of Representation: Methods of Feminist Literary Analysis , Alexandra Johnson

Towards a Decolonial Feminist Aesthetics: Gender, Race, and Empire in Theresa Hak Kyung Cha’s Dictee , Juwon Jun

What Do You Think She’s Gonna Do With a Set of Real Claws?: Gender, Race, and Sexuality in Onscreen Portrayals of Women Werewolves , Ashleigh K. Williams

The Compressed Modernity of Legalizing Same-sex Marriage in Taiwan: Digital Activism, Human Rights Discourse, and Intertwined Sexual, Political and National Identities , Jyun-Jie Yang

Dissertations/Theses/Capstones from 2020 2020

If It Wasn’t for the Women: An Exploration of Works by Renita Weems, Wil Gafney, & Kelly Brown Douglas , Charlene Adams

“I’m Real I Thought I Told Ya”: Developing Critical Media Literacy Through U.S. Latinx Digital Media Representations , Solange T. Castellar

Cracks in the Bathroom Stall: A Discourse Analysis on Transgender Bathroom Usage at Garden Spot High School , Kirsten D. Corneilson

Legitimizing Violence at the European Border: Gendered Misrepresentations at Sea and the Vulnerable Other , Michela Demelas

Transgender in College: Engaging Marginalized Collegiate Students , Lo Ferguson

¿Cómo Traducimos "Ni Una Más" al Inglés?: Latin American Manifestation of the Phenomenology of Femicide, and the United States’ Subsequent Internal Neglect , Suemi Mendez

Desexualizing Queer Identities: Methods to Validating Non-Sexual Romantic Attraction and Relationships , Unnati Patel

Dissertations/Theses/Capstones from 2019 2019

“Let’s Call Painful Sex Disorders Sexual Disabilities Instead”: A Feminist Disability Critique of Feminist Representations and Medical Representations of Sexual Disorders of Pain , Oyku Akin

Intergenerational Teenage Motherhood: Memory and Material Culture , Aspen Christian

Refusing White Privacy , Olivia Dunbar

Feminist and Anti-Feminist Discourses on Abortion in Haiti from 2010 to 2019 , Katia Henrys

“The Least Sexually Confident Women in the World”: International NGOs and the Racialized Politics of Obstetric Fistula , Googie S. Karrass

Paradoxes of Feminist Stances in “New Turkey”: Reconceiving NGO-State Relationships in the Case of KAMER , Irem Kilic

Gender Affirmative Monopoly: Who is "Trans* Enough" to Receive Gender Affirmative Treatment In Norway? , Emilie Kristine Krumsvik

HEARING/s: Will in the Carceral Archive , Kayla Morse

Sexual Harassment of Professional Women: Joan Williams's The Wintering and Her Apprenticeship with William Faulkner , Naoko Ohri

Black Amerinquen , Kayla Marie Rodriguez

Dissertations/Theses/Capstones from 2018 2018

"It's like They're Right There Next to You": Maintaining Girls' Camp Friendships via Mobile Media , Elise Bragard

Progressive Commemoration: Public Statues of Historical Women in Urban American Cities , Melanie D. Chin

Queer Repurposed Artifacts: The State of New York City’s Contemporary West Village Bars , Stephanie DeBiase

Who Is It For? Personal Writing and Antagonistic Readers , Dana Glaser

Dolls Who Speak: Sex Robots, Cyborgs and the Image of Woman , Victoria E. Pihl Sorensen

A Critical Assessment of the Internship at the NGO Committee on the Status of Women, New York , Ching-Kang Wang

Women and Work: African American Women in Depression Era America , Sarah Ward

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In partnership with the NYU Graduate School of Arts and Science (GSAS) and the NYU Department of Sociology, NYU Shanghai invites applications from exceptional students for PhD study and research in Sociology.   Participating students will be enrolled in the NYU GSAS Sociology PhD program, complete their coursework at the NYU Department of Sociology in New York, and then transition to a full-time residence at NYU Shanghai where they will undertake doctoral research under the supervision of NYU Shanghai faculty.

Highlights of the Program

• NYU degree upon graduation
• Graduate coursework at the NYU Department of Sociology in New York
• Research opportunities with and close mentorship by NYU Shanghai faculty
• Access to the vast resources of NYU GSAS and NYU Department of Sociology
• A cutting-edge research environment at NYU Shanghai, including the Center for Applied Social and Economic Research -- a thriving community of PhD candidates, post-doctoral fellows, and research associates, featuring activities such as a regular program of seminars and visiting academics, and connections with other universities within and outside China
• Financial aid through the NYU Shanghai Doctoral Fellowship , including tuition, fees, and an annual stipend
• Additional benefits exclusive to the NYU Shanghai program, including international health insurance and travel funds

Yilin Chiang

Sociology of Education, Social Stratification, Sociology of Family, Elites, Chinese Societies, Taiwan

Sangsoo Lee

Social Demography, Family, Gender, Inequality, Cross-National Study, East Asia

Social Stratification and Mobility, Sociology of Education, Urban Sociology, Quantitative Research Methods

Urban Sociology, Population Aging, Health Inequality, Survey Methods, Drug Abuse and HIV/AIDS Risks

Xiaogang Wu

Education, Inequality and Social Mobility, Survey Research and Quantitative Methods, Urban Sociology, Social Demography, Chinese Society

Recent Publications by NYU Shanghai Faculty

Chiang, Yi-Lin and Hyunjoon Park. 2023. “Three Decades of Educational Differentials in Attitude toward Divorce in Taiwan, 1985-2015.” Asian Population Studies 19(1): 22–39.

Chiang, Yi-Lin. 2022. Study Gods: How the New Chinese Elite Prepare for Global Competition. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.

Lee, Sangsoo, and Jaesung Choi. 2023. "Gendered trends and patterns of attitudes toward remarriage among the divorced in South Korea." Population Research and Policy Review 41(1): 11. doi: 10.1007/s11113-023-09760-8

Lee, Sangsoo, and Myoung-Jin Lee. 2023. "Religious homogamy and marital satisfaction in South Korea: Exploring variations across religious groups." Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (online first). doi: 10.1111/jssr.12861

Lee, Sangsoo, and Youngshin Lim. 2022. "The gendered playing field: Family socioeconomic status and national gender inequality in adolescents' out-of-school physical activity." Social Science & Medicine 305: 115062. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.115062

Lee, Sangsoo, and Hyunjoon Park. 2021. "Trends and educational variation in the association between spouses' marital histories in South Korea, 1993-2017." Demographic Research 45: 857-870. doi: 10.4054/DemRes.2021.45.27

Miao, Jia, and Xiaogang Wu. 2022. Social Consequences of Homeownership: Evidence from the Home Ownership Scheme in Hong Kong. Social Forces. DOI: 10.1093/sf/soac011.

Miao, Jia, Xiaogang Wu, and Donglin Zeng. 2022. Promoting Ageing in Place in Hong Kong: Neighbourhood Social Environment and Depression among Older Adults. Journal of Asian Public Policy. 1-18. DOI: 10.1080/17516234.2022.2040087.

Miao, Jia, Donglin Zeng, and Zhilei Shi. 2021. Can neighborhoods protect residents from mental distress during the COVID-19 pandemic? Evidence from Wuhan, Chinese Sociological Review 53(1): 27-54. DOI: 10.1080/21620555.2020.1820860.

Miao, Jia, and Xiaogang Wu. 2021. “Subjective well-being of Chinese elderly: A comparative analysis among urban China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.” Aging and Society, 41(3): 686-707. DOI:10.1017/S0144686X19001272

Miao, Jia, and Xiaogang Wu. 2019. “Neighborhood, social cohesion, and the elderly’s depression in Shanghai.” Social Science & Medicine 229: 134–143. DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2018.08.022.

Miao, Jia*. 2017. “Birth weight, family socioeconomic status and cognitive skills among Chinese adolescents.” Chinese Sociological Review 49(4): 362–381

Miao, Jia*, and Xiaogang Wu. 2016. “Urbanization, socioeconomic status and health disparity in China.” Health & Places 42: 87–95

Chen, Y., Wu, X., Hu, A., He, G., & Ju, G. (2021). Social prediction: a new research paradigm based on machine learning. The Journal of Chinese Sociology, 8(1), 1-21.

Hu, A., Wu, X., & Chen, T. (2021). Changing subjective wellbeing across the college life: survey evidence from China. Chinese Sociological Review, 1-21.

Kan, M. Y., He, G., & Wu, X. (2021). Satisfaction with Family Status and Housework Participation in Modern China. In Chinese Families: Tradition, Modernisation, and Change. Emerald Publishing Limited.

Miao, J., & Wu, X. (2021). Subjective wellbeing of Chinese elderly: a comparative analysis among Hong Kong, Urban China and Taiwan. Ageing & Society, 41(3), 686-707.

Wu, X., Li, X., Lu, Y., & Hout, M. (2021). Two tales of one City: unequal vulnerability and resilience to COVID-19 by socioeconomic status in Wuhan, China. Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, 72, 100584.

Xu, D., & Wu, X. (2021). From political power to personal wealth: Privatization and elite opportunity in post-reform China. Journal of Contemporary China, 1-21.

Zeng, D., Wu, X., & Zhang, Z. (2021). Residential and industrial enclaves and labor market outcomes among migrant workers in Shenzhen, China. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 1-23.

Bai, X., Li, Z., Chen, J., Liu, C., & Wu, X. (2020). Socioeconomic inequalities in mental distress and life satisfaction among older Chinese men and women: The role of family functioning. Health & social care in the community, 28(4), 1270-1281.

Hu, A., Kao, G., & Wu, X. (2020). Can greater reliance on test scores ameliorate the association between family background and access to post-collegiate education? Survey evidence from the Beijing College Students Panel survey. Social Science Research, 88, 102425.

Chen, Wei, Xiaogang Wu, and Jia Miao* (corresponding author). 2019. “Housing and subjective class identification in urban China.” Chinese Sociological Review 51(3): 221–250

Hu, Anning and Xiaogang Wu 2019. "Science or Liberal Arts? Family Background, Cultural Capital, and College Major Choice in China" British Journal of Sociology 70 (1):190-213

Miao, Jia, Xiaogang Wu, Xiulin Sun. 2019. “Neighborhood, social cohesion, and the Elderly's depression in Shanghai” Social Science & Medicine 229:134-143

Miao, Jia*, and Xiaogang Wu. 2019. “Subjective well-being of Chinese elderly: A comparative analysis among urban China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.” Aging and Society. 1-22.

Wu, Xiaogang 2019. “Inequality and Social Stratification in Post-socialist China." Annual Review of Sociology 45: 363-382

He, Guangye, Xiaogang Wu. 2017. "Marketization, Occupational Segregation, and Gender Earnings Inequality in Urban China." Social Science Research 65:99-111

Zhang, Zhuoni and Xiaogang Wu. 2017. "Occupational Segregation and Earnings Inequality: Rural Migrants and Local Workers in Urban China." Social Science Research 61:57-74

Wu, Xiaogang and Xi Song. 2014. "Ethnic Stratification amid China’s Economic Transition: Evidence from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region." Social Science Research 44:158-172​

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" NYU Shanghai CASER Organizes Child Development Workshop with UPenn " (Xiaogang Wu, Jia Miao)

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" How Are Neighborhood Organizations Helping Residents During the Shanghai Lockdown? "  (Jia Miao)

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" NYU Shanghai Launches New Sociology PhD " (Xiaogang Wu, Jia Miao)

Students complete the PhD degree requirements set by the NYU Department of Sociology in accordance with the academic policies of NYU GSAS. Each student will develop an individualized course plan in consultation with the Director of Graduate Study at the NYU Department of Sociology and the student’s NYU Shanghai faculty advisor. A typical sequence of study is as follows:

Begin program with funded research rotation up to 3 months preceding first Fall semester. Become familiarized with NYU Shanghai and faculty and lay a foundation for future doctoral study.

Complete PhD coursework at theDepartment of Sociology alongside other NYU PhD students. 

Return to Shanghai for second funded research rotation to solidify relationships with NYU Shanghai faculty and make further progress in research.

Under supervision of NYU Shanghai faculty advisor, pursue dissertation research and continue coursework. Depending on each student’s individualized course of study, return visits to New York may also occur. Complete all required examinations and progress evaluations, both oral and written, leading up to submission and defense of doctoral thesis.

To learn more about the NYU Sociology PhD program degree requirements, please visit this page .

Application Process and Dates

Submit applications through the NYU GSAS Application portal . Select the Sociology PhD as your program of interest, and then indicate your preference for NYU Shanghai by marking the appropriate checkbox when prompted. Applicants will be evaluated by a joint admissions committee made up of New York and Shanghai faculty. Application requirements are set by the NYU Department of Sociology, and are the same for all NYU PhD applicants regardless of campus preference. However, candidates are encouraged elaborate on their specific interest in the NYU Shanghai program and faculty in their application and personal statements.

For admission in Fall 2024, the application deadline is December 15, 2023.

Interested students are welcome to contact Vivien Du , PhD Program Manager, at [email protected] with any inquiries or to request more information.

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2020 Pamela Badian-Pessot (2020). Control Policies for Queueing Systems with Removable Servers and Energy Considerations . Advisor: Mark Lewis. P&G.

Andrew Daw (2020). Batches, Bursts, and Service Systems . Advisor: Jamol Pender. Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California.

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Sam Gutekunst (2020). Fantastic Relaxations of the TSP and How to Bound them: Relaxations of the Traveling Salesman Problem and their Integrality Gaps . Advisor: David Williamson. Bucknell University.

Xiaoyang "Andrew" Lu (2020). Joint-Parameter Estimation Bootstrap Bias Correction and Risk Forecast for Extreme Events . Advisor: Gennady Samorodnitsky.

Wei Qian (2020). Local Minima in Mixture Problems and their Algorithmic Implications . Advisor: Yudong Chen.

Mika Sumida (2020). New Revenue Management Models for Online Retailing . Advisor: Huseyin Topaloglu. Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California.

Shuang Tao (2020). Limit Theorems in Queueing Networks with Applications to Shared Mobility and Healthcare . Advisor: Jamol Pender. Uber.

Saul Toscano Palmerin (2020). Grey-Box Bayesian Optimization: Improving Performance by Looking Inside the Black-Box . Advisor: Peter Frazier. Two Sigma.

Azocar Vera (2020). Real-Time Optimization in Networks: Practical Algorithms with Provable Guarantees . Advisor: Siddhartha Banerjee.

Jian Wang (2020). Continuous Time Skip-Free Markov Process and Study of Branching Process with Immigration . Advisor: Pierre Patie.

Lifan Wu (2020). Regularly varying random fields and analyses of extremal clusters . Advisor: Gennady Samorodnitsky.

2019 David Eckman (2019). Reconsidering ranking-and-selection guarantees . Advisor: Shane Henderson. Assistant Professor, Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering, Texas A&M University.

Emily Fischer (2019). Network models and information diffusion . Advisor: Gennady Samorodnitsky. Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Wheaton College.

David Lingenbrink (2019). Information design in service systems and online markets . Advisor: Krishnamurthy Iyer. Software Engineer, Bloomberg, LLC.

Venus Lo (2019). Capturing product complementarity in assortment optimization . Advisor: Huseyin Topaloglu. Assistant Professor, Department of Management Sciences, City University of Hong Kong.

Yuhang Ma (2019). Assortment Optimization and Pricing Problems Under Multi-Stage Multinomial Logit Models . Advisor: Huseyin Topaloglu. Autonomy Engineer at Uber.

Tiandong Wang (2019). Heavy Tail Phenomena in in Preferential Attachment Networks . Advisor: Sid Resnick. Assistant Professor of Statistics, Texas A&M University.

Calvin Wylie (2019). Partly Smooth Models and Algorithms . Advisor: Adrian Lewis. Operations Research Scientist at Wayfair.

Pu Yang (2019). Spatial Resource Competition Games . Advisor: Peter Frazier, Krishnamurthy Iyer. Research Scientist, Facebook.

2018 James Dong (May 2018). The Robust Multi-product Newsvendor with Global Budgets of Uncertainty . Advisor: John Muckstadt. Data Scientist, Google.

Cory Girard (2018). Structural Results for Constrained Markov Decision Processes . Advisor: Mark E. Lewis. Wayfair.

Jiayi Guo (May 2018). Smooth quasi-Newton Methods for Nonsmooth Optimization . Advisor: Adrian Lewis. Assistant Professor, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics.

Silja Ma (2018). Sequential ranking and selection procedures and sample complexity . Advisor: Shane G. Henderson. Google Beijing.

Yuelin Sun (2018). Modelling and inference for extremal events: Methods and Techniques . Advisor: Gennady Samorodnitsky. Wayfair.

2017 Anton Braverman (May 2017). Steady-state diffusion approximations in service systems: engineering solutions and error bounds . Advisors: Andreea Minca and Jim Dai. Assistant Professor of Operations, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill.

Bangrui Chen (December 2017). Adaptive Preference Learning With Bandit Feedback: Information Filtering, Dueling Bandits and Incentivizing Exploration . Advisor: Peter Frazier. Quantitative researcher, Two Sigma Investment.

Chek Hin (Michael) Choi (August 2017). Analysis of Non-Reversible Markov chains . Advisor: Pierre Patie. The City University of Hong Kong-Shenzhen.

Jiayang Gao (August 2017). On Dynamic Pricing and Assortment Optimization in Strategic Settings . Advisor: Krishnamurthy Iyer. Quantitative Researcher, Laurion Capital Management, New York, N.Y.

Weici Hu (August 2017). Sequential Resource Allocation Under Uncertainty: An Index Policy Approach . Advisor: Peter Frazier. Google.

Nanjing Jian (August 2017). Exploring and Exploiting Structure in Large Scale Simulation Optimization . Advisor: Shane G. Henderson. Research Scientist, Amazon, Seattle, Wash.

Stephen Pallone (August 2017). Adaptive Bayes-Optimal Methods for Stochastic Search with Applications to Preference Learning . Advisors: Peter Frazier and Shane G. Henderson. Data Scientist, Uber, San Francisco, Calif.

Alice Joanna Paul (August 2017). Discrete Optimization under Ranking-Based Choice Models . Advisor: David Williamson. Olin College, Needham, Mass.

Patrick Steele (January 2017). Vehicle Routing Problems . Advisor: David B. Shmoys. Senior Operations Research Analyst, Wayfair, Boston, Mass.

JiaLei Wang (January 2017). Bayesian Optimization with Parallel Function Evaluations and Multiple Information Sources: Methodology with Applications in Biochemistry, Aerospace Engineering, and Machine Learning . Advisor: Peter Frazier. 4Paradigm, Beijing City, China.

Jian Wu (August 2017). Parallel and Scalable Bayesian Optimization . Advisor: Jim Dai. Two Sigma.

Yixuan Zhao (August 2017). Spectral Expansions and Excursion Theory For Non-Self-Adjoint Markov Semigroups With Applications In Mathematical Finance . Advisor: Pierre Patie. Quantitative Strategist, Credit Suisse, New York, N.Y.

2016 Sin Shuen Cheung (February 2016). Online and Offline Facility Location and Network Design . Advisor: David Williamson. Equity Derivatives, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, New York, N.Y.

Kenneth Chun-Ling Chong (August 2016). Models for Decision-Making and Performance Evaluation in Emergency Medical Service Systems . Advisors: Shane Henderson and Mark Lewis. Quantitative Analyst at Google, Mountain View, Calif.

Daniel Fleischman (August 2016). Computational Approaches for Hard Discrete Optimization Problems . Advisor: David Shmoys. Operations Research Scientist, Amazon, Palo Alto, Calif.

Eric Cao Ni (February 2016). Efficient Ranking and Selection in Parallel Computing Environments . Advisor: Shane Henderson. Equity Derivatives Strategist, Goldman Sachs, London, United Kingdom.

Felipe Ignacio Tagle (February 2016). Climate Extremes in a General Climate Model with Stochastic Parameterizations . Advisor: Gennady Samorodnitsky. Postdoctoral Research Associate, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom.

Chaoxu Tong (February 2016). Some Resource Allocation Problems . Advisors: Shane Henderson and David Shmoys. Software Engineer, Uber, San Francisco, Calif.

2015 James Mario Davis (August 2015). Customer Choice Models and Assortment Optimization . Advisor: Huseyin Topaloglu. Assistant Professor, Department of Industrial and Enterprise Systems Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Ill.

Jacob Feldman (August 2015). New Perspectives on Incorporating Customer Choice into Revenue Management . Advisor: Huseyin Topaloglu. Associate Professor, Operations and Manufacturing Management, Olin Business School, Washington University in St. Louis, Mo.

Nicholas James (August 2015). Multiple Change Point Analysis of Multivariate Data via Energy Statistics . Advisor: David Matteson. Software Engineer, Google, San Francisco, Calif.

Andrey Krishenik (May 2015).  Essays on Funding Liquidity and Credit Risk Decomposition . Advisor: Andreea Minca. Vice President, Deutsche Bank, New York, N.Y. 

Ravi Kumar (August 2015). Dynamic Resource Management for Systems with Controllable Service Capacity . Advisor: Mark Lewis. Scientist II, PROS, Houston, Texas.

Xiaoting Zhao (August 2015). Exploration vs. Exploitation in the Information Filtering Problem and its application in arXiv.org . Advisor: Peter Frazier. Data Scientist, Tapad, Cambridge, Mass.

2014 Wei Chen (May 2014). Methods for High Dimensional Matrix Computation and Diagnostics of Distributed System . Advisor: Martin Wells. Associate, JP Morgan, New York, N.Y. 

Yusuf Serkan Kirac (May 2014). Hedging in Levy Markets . Advisor: Robert Jarrow.

William Zachary Rayfield (August 2014). Pricing and Assortment Problems under Correlated Product Evaluations . Advisor: Huseyin Topaloglu. Decision Science Consultant, Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, Orlando, Fla.

Kunlaya Soiaporn (January 2014). On the Modeling of Multiple Functional Outcomes with Spatially Heterogeneous Shape Characteristics . Advisor: David Ruppert.

Mutiara Sondjaja (August 2014).  A Quadratic Cone Relaxation-Based Algorithm for Linear Programming . Advisor: James Renegar. Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, New York University, N.Y.

Jing Xie (May 2014). Bayesian Designs for Sequential Learning Problems . Advisor: Peter Frazier. Risk Manager, American Express Company, New York, N.Y.

2013 Dmitriy Drusvyatskiy (August 2013). Slope and Geometry in Variational Mathematics . Advisor: Adrian Lewis. Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of Washington, Seattle. 

Mathew McLean (August 2013). On Generalized Additive Models for Regression with Functional Data .  Advisor: David Ruppert. Computational Statistician, Displayr, Sydney, Australia. 

Takashi Owada (August 2013). Ergodic Theoretical Approach to Investigate Memory Properties of Heavy-Tailed Stationary Infinitely Divisible Processes . Advisor: Gennady Samorodnitsky. Assistant Professor, Department of Statistiss, Purdue University.

Yi Shen (May 2013). Stationarity and Random Locations . Advisor: Gennady Samorodnitsky. Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Waterloo.

Rolf Waeber (January 2013). Probabilistic Bisection Search for Stochastic Root-Finding . Advisors: Peter Frazier and Shane Henderson. Vice President, AQR Capital Management, Greenwich, Conn. 

Bradford Westgate (August. 2013). Vehicle Travel Time Distribution Estimation and Map-Matching via Markov Chain Monte Carlo Methods . Advisor: Dawn Woodard. Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, Alma College, Mich.

Shanshan Zhang (August 2013). Theory and Algorithms for Structured Optimization . Advisor: Adrian Lewis. Operations Research Scientist III, Amazon.

2012 Collin Chan (August 2012). Decomposition Methods for Managing Service Parts with Coupled Demands .  Advisors: Peter Jackson and Huseyin Topaloglu. Senior Associate, CLO Research and Analytics, PGIM Fixed Income. 

Maurice Cheung (May 2012). LP-based Approximation Algorithms for Scheduling and Inventory Management Problems . Advisor: David Shmoys. Senior Data Scientist, Flexport, San Francisco. 

Chao Ding (August 2012). High Dimensional Problems in Single Resource Revenue Management . Advisors: Paat Rusmevichientong and Huseyin Topaloglu. Data Scientist, Waymo, Sunnyvale, Calif. 

Kathleen King (August 2012). Logistical Models for Planning and Operating Medical Countermeasure Distribution Networks During Public Health Emergencies . Advisor: John Muckstadt. Principal Scientist, Infor, New York, N.Y.

Martin Larsson (August 2012). Essays on the Mathematics of Market Efficiency . Advisors: Robert Jarrow and Sidney Resnick. Associate Professor, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University. 

Juan Li (August 2012). Managing Inventory in Large Scale Multi-echelon Capacitated Fulfillment Systems . Advisor: John Muckstadt. Senior Data Scientist, Google.

Jiawei Qian (January 2012). Prize-Collecting Network Design . Advisor: David Williamson. Head of FICC Quant Trading, HuaTai Securities Co.,Ltd., Beijing. 

Gwen Spencer (May 2012). Approximation Algorithms for Stochastic Combinatorial Optimization, with Applications in Sustainability . Advisor: David Shmoys. Data Scientist, Operations, Stripe, Seattle, Wash.

Fan Zhu (January 2012). Factor Models for Call Price Surface without Static Arbitrage . Advisor: Martin Wells.

2011 Shirshendu Chatterjee (August 2011). Analysis of Four Particle Systems . Advisor: Richard Durrett. Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, City University of New York. 

Xiaofei (Sophia) Liu (May 2011). The Contribution of Trader Interaction to Market Noise . Advisor: Philip Protter. Sub Portfolio Manager, Millennium, New York, N.Y. 

Baldur Magnusson (January 2011). Targeted Therapies: Adaptive Sequential Designs for Subgroup Selection in Clinical Trials . Advisor: Bruce Turnbull. Global Group Head, Early Development Analytics, Novartis, Basel, Switzerland.

Matthew Maxwell (May 2011). Approximate Dynamic Programming Policies and Performance Bounds for Ambulance Redeployment . Advisor: Shane Henderson. Operations Research Specialist, SAS Institute, Inc., Cary, N.C. 

Abhimanyu Mitra (May 2011). Three Problems in Quantitative Risk Management . Advisor: Sidney Resnick. Data Scientist, Walmart Global Tech, Mountain View, Calif. 

Yuemeng (Sunny) Sun (August 2011). Price Manipulation with Dark Pools and Multi-Product Separation in Inventory Hedging . Advisor: Peter Jackson. Innofi Consulting Company Ltd., Beijing.

2010 Timothy Carnes (August 2010). Approximation Algorithms Via the Primal-Dual Schema: Applications of the Simple Dual-Ascent Method to Problems from Logistics . Advisor: David Shmoys. Software Engineering Architect, Salesforce, Seattle, Wash. 

Arijit Chakrabarty (May 2010). When is a Truncated Heavy Tail Heavy? . Advisor: Gennady Samorodnitsky. Associate Professor, Statistics and Mathematics, Indian Statistical Institute, New Delhi, India. 

Jie Chen (August 2010). Lost Sales and Emergency Order Systems Under Stuttering Poisson Demand . Advisor: Peter Jackson. Principle Member, Technical Staff, AT&T Research Lab. 

Alexander Erdelyi (January 2010). Dynamic Programming Decomposition Methods for Capacity Allocation and Network Revenue Management Problems . Advisor: Huseyin Topaloglu. Strategic Credit Risk Modelling, UniCredit Bank, Slovakia. 

Yinan Huang (August 2010). Recursive Bayesian Methods for Sequential Parameter-State Estimation . Advisor: Martin Wells. VP, E-Trading, Goldman Sachs. 

Tuohua Wu (August 2010). Modeling Multi-Period Corporate Defaults: Macro, Contagion and Frailty Effects in Default Clustering . Advisor: Martin Wells. Founding Partner, Private Trading and Fintech Enterprise, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.

2009 Selin Damla Ahipasaoglu (August 2009). Solving Ellipsoidal Inclusion and Optimal Experimental Design Problems: Theory and Algorithms . Advisor: Jeremy Todd. Associate Professor, Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Southampton. 

Bikramjit Das (August 2009). The Conditional Extreme Value Model and Related Topics . Advisor: Sidney Resnick. Associate  Professor, Engineering Systems and Design Pillar, Singapore University of Technology and Design. 

Dennis Leventhal (August 2009). Effects of Conditioning on the Convergence of Randomized Optimization Algorithms . Advisor: Adrian S. Lewis. Risk Management, Two Sigma Securities, New York, N.Y.

Chandrashekhar Nagarajan (January 2009). Algorithms for Locating Facilities Under Uncertainties . Advisor: David Williamson. Research Scientist, Facebook, San Francisco, Calif. 

Spyridon Schismenos (August 2009). A Probabilistic Analysis of Low Rank Approximations in Optimization Problems with Ellipsoidal Constraints . Advisors: Shane Henderson and Adrian Lewis. Vice President, J.P. Morgan, Credit Portfolio Group, Singapore.

Stefan Wild (January 2009). Derivative-Free Optimization Algorithms for Computationally Expensive Functions . Advisor: Christine Shoemaker. Senior Computational Mathematician / Deputy Division Director, Mathematics and Computer Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory. 

2008 Nikolay Bliznyuk (August 2008). Posterior Approximation by Interpolation for Bayesian Inference in Computationally Expensive Statistical Models . Advisor: David Ruppert. Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, University of Florida. 

Samuel Ehrlichman (August 2008). Adaptive Stochastic Simulation for Structured Problems . Advisor: Shane Henderson. Quantitative Researcher, Jane Street Capital, New York, N.Y. 

Souvik Ghosh (August 2008). The Effect of Memory on Large Deviations of Moving Average Processes and Infinitely Divisible Processes . Advisor: Gennady Samorodnitsky. Principal Staff Engineer and Scientist, LinkedIn, Mountain View, Calif. 

Gavin Hurley (May 2008). Policies for the Stochastic Inventory Problem with Forecasting . Advisor: Peter Jackson. Head of Digital and Contact Channels, EDF Energy, London, United Kingdom. 

Minbok Kim (May 2008). Consistent Variable Selection Via Adaptive Diagonal Ridge Estimator in Regression Models . Advisor: David Ruppert. Chief Investment Officer, Fount Inc., Seoul, South Korea.

Parthanil Roy (January 2008). Stable Random Fields . Advisor: Gennady Samorodnitsky. Professor, Theoretical Statistics and Mathematics Division, Indian Statistical Institute.

Emmanuel Sharef (August 2008). Nonparametric Frailty Models for Clustered Survival Data . Advisors: David Ruppert and Robert Strawderman. Executive Vice President, Portfolio Management, PIMCO, Newport Beach, Calif. 

Anke van Zuijlen (Zuylen) (August 2008). GOD Does Not Play Dice...And Neither Should Approximation Algorithms . Advisor: David Williamson. Senior Lecturer, Department of Computer Science, Cornell University.

2007 Sumit Kunnumkal (August 2007). Approximate Dynamic Programming and Stochastic Approximation Methods for Inventory Control and Revenue Management . Advisor: Huseyin Topaloglu. Associate Professor, Operations Management, Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, India. 

Davina Kunvipusilkul (2007). Scheduling chains of jobs with interval-constrained lags on a single machine . Advisor: David B. Shmoys. Deputy Director, Financial Institutions Strategy Department, Bank of Thailand.

Dmitriy Levchenkov (August 2007). Dynamic Strategies: Generation, Properties, and Forecasting Returns . Advisor: Thomas Coleman. Quantitative Research Analyst, Waterfront International Ltd., Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Jose Pedro Prina Pacheco (2007). Price-driven market equilibria and VCG auctions for a linear economic model . Advisor: Robin Roundy. Professor, School of Engineering, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile.

Peter Richtarik (August 2007). Some Algorithms for Large-Scale Linear and Convex Minimization in Relative Scale . Advisor: Michael Todd. Professor, Computer Science, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology.

Frans Schalekamp (2007). Some results in universal and a priori optimization . Advisor: David B. Shmoys. Senior Lecturer, School of Operations Research and Information Engineering, Cornell University.

Kazuhiro Shimbo (2007). Understanding mathematical models of bubbles in financial markets . Advisor: Philip Protter. CIO,  Quantitative Strategies, Asset Management One USA, New York, N.Y.

Pascal Tomecek (2007). Connections between singular control and optimal switching with applications to reversible investment . Advisor: Xin Guo.Managing Director, CIB Quantitative Research, JP Morgan Chase & Co..

Van-Anh Truong (August 2007). Approximation Methods for Supply Chain Problems . Advisor: Robin Roundy. Associate Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, Columbia University.

2006 Ugur Tuncay Alparslan (2006). Risk processes driven by stationary stable streams of claims . Advisor: Gennady Samorodnitsky. Lead, Commercial Buildings and Manufacturing Demand Team, U.S. Energy Information Administration, Washington, D.C.

Millie Chu (2006). Robust intensity modulated radiation therapy treatment planning . Advisor: Shane G. Henderson. Analytics Director, Media, T-Mobile, Bellevue, Wash.

Sujin Kim (2006). Adaptive control variates in Monte Carlo simulation . Advisor: Shane G. Henderson. Associate Clinical Professor, Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland.

Samuel George Steckley (2006). Estimating the density of a conditional expectation . Advisor: Shane G. Henderson. Principal Modeling and Simulation Engineer, The MITRE Corporation, McLean, Va.

Oguzhan Vicil (2006). Threshold inventory rationing model analysis and optimization . Advisor: Peter Jackson. Adjunct Faculty Member, Industrial Engineering Department, Bikrent University, Ankara, Turkey.

Zhitao Yang (2006). A model and techniques to improve the measurement accuracy of scanning Kelvin probe microscopy . Advisor: Michael Spencer. Portfolio manager, Head of Quantitative Trading Desk, Dijun Capital, Shanghai City, China.

Yuriy A. Zinchenko (2006). The local behavior of the shrink-wrapping algorithm for linear programming . Advisor: James Renegar. Optimization Support Engineer, Gurobi Optimization, Beaverton, Ore.

2005 Retsef Levi (2005). Computing provably near-optimal policies for stochastic inventory control models . Advisors: Robin Roundy and David B. Shmoys. Professor, Operations Management, MIT Sloan School of Management.

Ranjithkumar Rajagopalan (2005). Algorithms for some clustering problems . Advisor: David B. Shmoys. Programmer, Sucker Punch Productions, Bellevue, Wash.

Joerg Rothenbuehler (2005). Dependence structures beyond copulas: A new model of a multivariate regular varying distribution based on a finitevon Mises-Fisher mixture model . Advisor: Gennady Samorodnitsky. Senior Director, Insurance & Wealth Management Analytics Practice, Merkle, Columbia, Md.

Ayse Deniz Sezer (2005). A theory of filtration shrinkage . Advisor: Philip Protter. Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

2004 Aaron Francis Archer (2004). Mechanisms for discrete optimization with rational agents . Advisor: É va Tardos. Research Scientist, Google NYC.

Soumyadip Ghosh (2004). Dependence in stochastic simulation models . Advisor: Shane G. Henderson. Researcher, IBM TJ Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, N.Y.

Bharathkumar Rangarajan (2004). Advisor: Michael Jeremy Todd. Research Data Scientist, Facebook.

Rommel Regis (2004). Global optimization of computationally expensive functions using serial and parallel radial basis function algorithms . Advisor: Christine A. Shoemaker. Professor, Department of Mathematics, Saint Joseph's University, Philadelphia, Pa.

Amar Sapra (2004). On the behavior of price in a supply chain market for capacity . Advisor: Peter Jackson. Professor, Production & Operations Management, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, India.

2003 Chek Beng Chua (2003). An algebraic perspective on homogeneous cone programming, and the primal-dual second-order cone approximations algorithm for symmetric cone . Advisor: James Renegar. Associate Professor, School of Physical & Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

Woonghee Tim Huh (2003). Strategic capacity planning models . Advisor: Robin Roundy. Professor, UBC Sauder School of Business, Vancouver, B.C.

Paul Daniel Hyden (2003). Time dilation: Decreasing time to decision with discrete-event simulation . Advisor: Lee Schruben. Information Management and Decision Architectures Branch, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C.

Trevor Howard Park (2003). A penalized likelihood approach to principal component stabilization . Advisor: David Ruppert. Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Statistics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champagne.

Feng Zhang (2003). Capacity planning and forecast combination models . Advisor: Robin Roundy. Senior Analyst, Yinshan Petrochemical Works, Hunan, China.

2002 Ganesh Janakiraman (2002). Discrete time inventory models with lost sales and lead times: Theoretical results . Advisor: John A. Muckstadt. Professor, Naveen Jindal School of Management, University of Texas at Dallas.

Vardges Melkonian (2002). Approximation algorithms for network design problems . Advisor: É va Tardos. Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio.

Greta M. Pangborn (2002). A branch-and-cut-price implementation for airline crew scheduling . Advisor: Leslie E. Trotter, Jr. Associate Professor, Computer Science and Information Systems, St. Michael's College, Colchester, Vt.

Catalina Stefanescu (2002). Statistical models and methods for clustered exchangeable binary and survival data . Advisor: Bruce Turnbull. Professor of Management Science, European School of Management and Technology (ESMT) Berlin.

2001 Nathan John Edwards (2001). Approximation algorithms for the multi-level facility location problem . Advisor: David B. Shmoys. Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular & Cellular Biology, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.

Michael Freimer (2001). Integrating data collection and model analysis in simulation . Advisor: Lee Schruben. Fulfillment Marketplace and Shopping & Delivery Data Science, Instacart, San Francisco, Calif.

James R. Porter (2001). A branch-and-cut-price implementation for airline crew scheduling .

Emre Alper Yildirim (2001). An interior-point perspective on sensitivity analysis in linear programming and semidefinite programming . Advisor: Michael Jeremy Todd. Lecturer, School of Mathematics, University of Edinburgh.

2000 Metin Cakanyildirim (2000). Capacity expansion under uncertain demand forecasts: With applications to the semiconductor industry . Advisor: Robin O. Roundy. Professor, Naveen Jindal School of Management, University of Texas at Austin.

Dietrich Chen (2000). Revenue management: Competition, monopoly, and optimization . Advisor: Peter Jackson. Senior Director, Alvarez & Marsal, New York, N.Y.

Pan Chen (2000). Integrating production and transportation scheduling in a make-to-order environment . Advisor: Peter Jackson. Chief Data & Analytics Officer, UNIQLO China, Shanghai City, China.

Raphael Andreas Hauser (2000). On search directions for self-scaled conic programming . Advisor: Michael Jeremy Todd. Associate Professor, Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford, U.K.

Juan Esteban Pereira (2000). Distribution inventory systems: Lower bounds and a heuristic policy . Advisor: John A. Muckstadt. Chief Design Officer, Robling, Atlanta, Ga.

John W. Staudenmayer (2000). Local polynomial regression in the presence of covariate measurement error: An improved SIMEX estimator . Advisor: David Ruppert. Professor, Department of Mathmatics and Statistics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Mass.

Michael Wagner (2000). Quasi-Newton algorithms for equality-constrained optimization . Advisor: Michael Jeremy Todd. Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati.

1999 Edward W. Chan (1999). Markov chain models for multi-echelon supply chains . Advisor: John A. Muckstadt. Senior Operations Researcher, Rand Corporation, Santa Monica, Calif.

Jason Irving Cohen (1999). Markov modeling of the term structure in the Heath-Jarrow-Morton framework . Advisor: Robert A. Jarrow. High Frequency Trading Portfolio Manager, New York, N.Y.

Marta Eso (1999). Parallel branch-and-cut for set partitioning . Advisor: Leslie E. Trotter, Jr. Co-Head of Mathematics and Computer Department, The Hotchkiss School, Lakeville, Conn.

Mark Lawrence Huber (1999). Perfect sampling using bounding chains . Advisor: David B. Shmoys. Fletcher Jones Associate Professor of Mathematics and Statistics, Claremont McKenna College, Claremont, Calif.

Leonid Kopman (1999). A new generic separation routine and its application in a branch and cut algorithm for the capacitated vehicle routing problem . Advisor: Leslie E. Trotter, Jr.

Roberto Malamut (1999). Estimation of multidimensional diffusions from discrete observations for interest rate models . Advisor: David Clay Heath. Quantitative Trader, Queens County, N.Y.

Heinrich Felix Matzinger (1999). Reconstruction of a one dimensional scenery seen along the path of a random walk with holding . Advisor: Harry Kesten. Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, Georgia Institute of Technology.

Kevin Daniel Wayne (1999). Generalized maximum flow algorithms . Advisor: É va Tardos. Senior Lecturer, Department of Computer Science, Princeton, University.

1998 Kathryn Elizabeth Caggiano (1998). Flow time reduction for multistage cyclic scheduling with multiple, Partially ordered jobs . Advisor: Robert Gary Bland. Professor of Practice & Director, M.Eng. Studies, School of Operations Research and Information Engineering, Cornell University.

Jong Wang Chow (1998). Extensions to the capacitated lot-sizing problem: A Solution Framework . Advisor: John A. Muckstadt.

Fabian Ariel Chudak (1998). Improved approximation algorithms for the uncapacitated facility location problem . Advisor: David B. Shmoys. Senior Researcher, Quantum, Vancouver, B.C.

Semyon Kruglyak (1998). DNA sequencing and modeling repeat sequence evolution . Advisor: Richard Timothy Durrett. Head of Informatics, Element Biosciences, San Diego, Calif.

1997 Victoria Z. Averbukh (1997). Pricing American options using Monte Carlo simulation . Advisor: David Clay Heath. Professor of Practice & Director, M.Eng. Studies, School of Operations Research and Information Engineering, Cornell University.

Lisa Karen Fleischer (1997). Separating maximally violated comb inequalities in planar graphs . Advisor: É va Tardos.

Serkan Hosten (1997). Degrees of Grobner bases of integer programs . Advisor: Bernd Sturmfels. Professor, Department of Mathematics, San Francisco State University.

James Anton Rappold (1997). Computationally efficient models for capacitated multi-echelon production-distribution systems . Advisor: John A. Muckstadt. Instructor of Operations, Crummer Graduate School of Business, Rollins College, Winter Park, Fla.

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Johara Shireen Shahabuddin (1996). Structured Trust Region Algorithms for the Minimization of Nonlinear Functions . Advisor: Michael Jeremy Todd. IT Development Manager, ZVerizon Wireless, Dublin, Ohio.

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Robert Michael Koca (1994). Probabilistic Models of Biology Concerning Coexistence of Species, Selection Arenas, and Parental Care in Birds . Advisor: David Clay Heath. Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, Community College of Baltimore County, Catonsville, Md.

Kevin Anthony McShane (1994). Primal-dual Interior Point Algorithms for Linear Programming and the Linear Complementarity Problem . Advisor: Michael Jeremy Todd.

Jean-Didier Opsomer (1994). Optimal Bandwidth Selection for Fitting an Adaptive Model by Local Polynomial Regression . Advisor: David Ruppert. Vice President & Senior Statistical Fellow, Westat, Rockville, Md.

Antonio Pires (1994). Advisor: Narahari Umanath Prubhu.

Theodore Kenneth Ralphs (1994). Parallel Branch and Cut for Vehicle Routing . Advisor: Leslie E. Trotter, Jr. Professor, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pa.

Rekha Rachel Thomas (1994). Groebner Basis Methods in Integer Programming . Advisor: Bernd Sturmfels. Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of Washington, Seattle, Wash.

1993 Can Akkan (1993). Advisor: William Laughlin Maxwell. Professor, Sabancı Business Scholl, Sabancı University, İstanbul, Turkey.

Sharon Filipowski Arroyo (1993). Towards a Computational Complexity Theory that uses Approximate Data and Knowledge . Advisor: James Renegar. Technical Fellow, Boeing, Sammamish, Wash.

Frank Daniel Chance (1993). Advisor: Lee Schruben. President, FebTime, Inc., San Luis Obispo, Calif.

Victoria Chung-Ping Chen (1993). Advisor: David Ruppert. Department of Industrial & Manufacturing Systems Engineering, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas.

Ahmet Refik Güllü (1993). Analysis of the Production and Inventory Polocoes under the Martingale Model of Forecast Evolution . Advisor: David Clay Heath. Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering, Boğaziçi University, İstanbul Turkey.

Helena Ramalhinho Lourenço (1993). Algorithms and Computational Experiments for the Job-Shop Scheduling Problem . Advisor: David B. Shmoys. Professor, Economics and Business Department, University Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain.

Levent Tunçel (1993). Asymptotic Behavior of Interior-point Methods . Advisor: Michael Jeremy Todd. Professor, Department of Combinatorics & Optimization, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ont.

Gang Zhou (1993). Advisor: David Ruppert.

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Theodore (Ted) S. Rappaport is the David Lee/Ernst Weber Professor of Electrical Engineering at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering (NYU-Tandon) and is a professor of computer science at New York University's Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences . He is also a professor of radiology at the NYU School of Medicine .

Rappaport is the founding director of NYU WIRELESS , the world's first academic research center to combine engineering, computer science, and medicine. Earlier, he founded two of the world's largest academic wireless research centers: The Wireless Networking and Communications Group (WNCG) at the University of Texas at Austin in 2002, and the Mobile and Portable Radio Research Group (MPRG), now known as Wireless@ at Virginia Tech , in 1990.

Rappaport is a pioneer in radio wave propagation for cellular and personal communications, wireless communication system design, and broadband wireless communications circuits and systems at millimeter wave frequencies. His research has influenced many international wireless-standards bodies, and he and his students invented the technology of site-specific radio frequency (RF) channel modeling and design for wireless network deployment - a technology now used routinely throughout wireless communications.

Rappaport has served on the Technological Advisory Council of the Federal Communications Commission, assisted the governor and CIO of Virginia in formulating rural broadband initiatives for Internet access, and conducted research for NSF, Department of Defense, and dozens of global telecommunications companies. He has over 100 U.S. or international patents issued or pending and has authored, co-authored, and co-edited 18 books, including the world's best-selling books on wireless communications, millimeter wave communications, and smart antennas.

In 1989, he founded TSR Technologies, Inc., a cellular radio/PCS software radio manufacturer that he sold in 1993 to Allen Telecom which later became CommScope, Inc. (taken private in 2011 by Carlyle Group and now owned by Keysight). In 1995, he founded Wireless Valley Communications, Inc., a pioneering creator of site-specific radio propagation software for wireless network design and management that he sold in 2005 to Motorola.

Rappaport received BS, MS, and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from Purdue University, and is a Distinguished Engineering Alumnus of his alma mater.

Dr. Rappaport can be reached by contacting NYU WIRELESS Administrator Pat Donohue at [email protected] , NYU WIRELESS Center Administrator Teresa Wang at [email protected] or his assistant Leslie Cerve at [email protected] . Contact Teresa Wang if you are interested in inviting Dr. Rappaport to give a presentation or attend a meeting.

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Millimeter wave and sub-terahertz spatial statistical channel model for an indoor office building.

This research, under direction of Theodore (Ted) S. Rappaport, was led by graduate students Shihao Ju, Yunchou Xing, and Ojas Kanhere.

Driven by ubiquitous usage of mobile devices and the explosive growth and diversification of the Internet of Things (IoT), sixth-generation (6G) wireless systems will need to offer unprecedented high data rate and system throughput, which can be achieved in part by deploying systems transmitting and receiving at millimeter-wave (mmWave) and Terahertz (THz) frequencies (i.e., 30 GHz - 3 THz). These regions of the electromagnetic spectrum are capable of massive data throughput at near zero latency, key to future data traffic demand created by such wireless applications as augmented/virtual reality (AR/VR) and autonomous driving.

Importantly, the linchpin for successful deployment of mmWave and THz systems for 6G wireless communications will be their performance in indoor scenarios. Therefore, accurate THz channel characterization for indoor environments is essential to realizing the designs of transceivers, air interface, and protocols for 6G and beyond.

To this end, NYU WIRELESS has introduced NYUSIM 3.0 , the latest version of its MATLAB®-based open-source mmWave and sub-THz statistical channel simulation software , enabling the indoor MIMO channel simulations for frequencies from 500 MHz to 150 GHz with RF bandwidth of 0 to 800 MHz. The new NYUSIM 3.0 is publicly available with a simple MIT-style open source acknowledgement license. To date, NYUSIM has been downloaded over 80,000 times.

NYUSIM 3.0 implemented a 3-D indoor statistical channel model for mmWave and sub-THz frequencies following the mathematical framework of the 3-D outdoor statistical channel model adopted in earlier versions of NYUSIM. The indoor 3-D statistical channel model for mmWave and sub-THz frequencies, was developed from extensive radio propagation measurements conducted in an office building at 28 GHz and 140 GHz in 2014 and 2019 — in both line-of-sight (LOS) and non-line-of-sight (NLOS) scenarios. The team carefully measured over 15,000 power delay profiles to study temporal and spatial channel statistics such as the number of time clusters, cluster delays, and lobe angular spreads.

The adopted channel models for Version 3.0 are elaborated in a upcoming paper, “ Millimeter Wave and Sub-Terahertz Spatial Statistical Channel Model for an Indoor Office Building ” (to appear in IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, Special Issue on Terahertz Communications and Networking in the second quarter 2021) by a team of three students at NYU WIRELESS, and the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering under Rappaport’s guidance, led by Ph.D. student Shihao Ju . Besides proposing a unified indoor channel model across mmWave and sub-THz bands based on the team’s indoor channel measurements, the work provides a reference for future standards development above 100 GHz.

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UoY community update Fee payment reminder - 30 April 2024 A quick reminder that if you pay your own tuition fees or campus accommodation costs , a payment instalment is due at the end of this month. The easiest way to pay is via direct debit or the ‘My Finance’ section in e:Vision . ***A reminder to be wary about giving out your financial information *** We have been advised of a current scam where phone callers claim to be from the University finance team and ask students for personal financial details. Please remember that University staff will never contact you in this way . See more information about scammers - they’re after your money . Responsible investment at the University We have announced that the University no longer holds investments in companies that primarily make or sell weapons and defence-related products or services. The changes to our responsible investment statement, which were made in partnership with the University’s Students’ Unions, also confirm that York does not and will not invest in companies whose primary activity is tobacco, gambling, adult entertainment or predatory lending.

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Doctoral alumna selected for suny chancellor distinguished ph.d. graduate dissertation award.

By Katya Hrichak

Created to recognize outstanding doctoral candidates in the SUNY system, the awards were granted to one first place winner, four finalists, and three honorable mentions.

Brown, who received her doctorate in genetics, genomics, and development, was selected for her dissertation, titled, “Function and evolution of seminal fluid components in Drosophila.”

“My thesis work was focused on understanding the function and evolution of a major class of male reproductive proteins called seminal fluid proteins, which are important for fertility in many species, including humans,” said Brown. “Understanding the functions of insect reproductive proteins can lead to better approaches for controlling human disease vectors like mosquitos, and can even provide insight into human infertility.”

Finalists were awarded $1,000 to support engagement in professional development opportunities. With the funds, Brown hopes to attend a conference where she can make connections with other researchers in her field or take courses to develop new skills.

“I’m very grateful and honored to have been selected as a finalist for this award among all of the amazing researchers in the SUNY community,” said Brown. “This recognition means a lot, as I think a lot of fundamental biology can be better understood, or even discovered, through an evolutionary lens.”

The State University of New York’s doctoral-granting campuses eligible for this award include University at Albany, Binghamton University, University at Buffalo, Downstate Health Sciences University, SUNY ESF, SUNY College of Optometry, SUNY Polytechnic Institute, Stony Brook University, and Upstate Medical, as well as statutory campuses within Alfred University and Cornell University.