Michael C. Ferris Professor of Computer Sciences and Industrial and Systems Engineering

Research Interests:
Algorithms, environments, theory and applications of optimization.

• Menglin Cao: Piecewise Linear Homotopies and Affine Variational Inequalities
  State Farm Insurance, Bloomington, Illinois
  (PhD January 1994, 1988-1994, BS (1985) Beijing University, China)
• Steven Dirkse: Robust Solution of Mixed Complementarity Problems
  Chief Development Officer, GAMS Corporation, Washington DC
  (PhD August 1994, 1989-1994, BS (1989) Calvin College)
• Stephen Billups: Algorithms for Complementarity Problems and Generalized Equations
  Faculty, University of Colorado at Denver, Denver, Colorado
  (PhD August 1995, 1991-1995, MS (1985) Virginia Polytechnic Institute)
• Todd Munson: Algorithms and Environments for Complementarity
  Researcher, Argonne National Laboratory, Chicago
  (PhD August 2000, 1995-2000, BS (1995) University of Nebraska)
• Qun Chen: A Large Scale Integer and Combinatorial Optimizer
  
  Member of Technical Staff, Server Technology Group, Oracle Corporation, Portland, Oregon
  (PhD August 2000, 1995-2000, MS (1993) Institute of Scientific and Technical Information, China)
• Krung Sinapiromsaran: Practical Optimization of Simulations: Computation and Tools
  
  Faculty, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
  (PhD October 2000, 1994-2000, BS (1989) Chulalongkorn University, Thailand)
• Meta Voelker: Optimization of Slice Models
  Analyst, Alphatech, Washington DC
  (PhD December 2002, 1997-2002, BS (1997) Illinois Wesleyan University)
• Jin-Ho Lim: Optimization in Radiation Treatment Planning
  Faculty, University of Houston, Texas
  (PhD December 2002, 1998-2002, BS (1994) Korea University)
• Rikhardur Einarsson: Sampling Issues for Optimization in Radiotherapy
  ILOG, California
  (MS August 2004, 2002-2004, BS (2001), University of Iceland, Iceland)
• Geng Deng: Simulation Based Optimization
  Securities Litigation and Consulting Group, Fairfax, Virginia
  (PhD August 2007, 2001-2007, BS (2001), Tsinghua University, Beijing, China)
• Qian Li: Current PhD, AFOSR/NSF funded
  (Started 2002, BS (2002), Nankai University, China)
• Lisa Tang: Current PhD, NIH funded
  (Started 2006, BS (200x), University of Wisconsin, Madison)
• Laura Legault: Current PhD, CIBM funded
  (Started 2007, BS (2007), University of Wisconsin, Madison)