• Current Ph.D. Students
    • Jian Wu (Cornell University)

  • Former Ph.D. Students
    • Din-Horng Yeh (1994), (co-advised with Chen Zhou), Associate Professor, Kao Shiung Institute of Technology, Taiwan.
      Thesis Title: Sequential bottleneck decomposition and the QNET method for some open multiclass queueing networks.
    • Wanyang Dai (1996), Professor, Nanjing University.
      Thesis title: Brownian Approximations for Queueing Networks with Finite Buffers: Modeling, Heavy Traffic Analysis and Numerical Implementations;
      a pdf file of the thesis can be downloaded here (507K Bytes).
    • John Hasenbein (1998), Associate Professor, University of Texas, Austin, Texas. (Co-advised with John Vande Vate )
      Thesis title: Stability, Capacity, and Scheduling of Multiclass Queueing Networks;
      a pdf file of the thesis can be downloaded here (440K Bytes).
    • Otis Jennings (2000), Assistant Professor, Duke University.
      Thesis Title: Multiclass Queueing Networks with Setup Delays: Stability Analysis and Heavy Traffic Approximation.
    • Caiwei Li (2001), Oracle Corporation.
      Thesis title: Dynamic Scheduling of Multiclass Queueing Networks;
      a pdf file of the thesis can be downloaded here (500K Bytes).
    • Jozo Acksteiner (2001), (Co-advised with John Vande Vate )
      Thesis Title: Stability in a 2-Station Re-Entrant Line under a Static Buffer Priority Policy and the Role of Cross-Docking in the Semiconductor Industry;
      a pdf file of the thesis can be downloaded here (440K Bytes).
    • Ki Seok Choi (2003), (Co-advised with Jeannette Song at Duke University)
      Thesis title: Supply Contracts with Service Level Guarantee.
    • Junxia Chang (2004), (co-advised with Hayriye Ayhan )
      Thesis title: Dynamic Scheduling of Open Multiclass Queueing Networks in a Slowly Changing Environment;
      a pdf file of the thesis can be downloaded here (824K Bytes).
    • Wuqin Lin (2005), Assistant Professor, Northwestern University.
      Thesis title: Dynamic Control in Stochastic Processing Networks;
      a pdf file of the thesis can be downloaded here (512K Bytes).
    • Tolga Tezcan (2006), Assistant Professor, UIUC; moved to University of Rochester in 2010 (co-advised with Amy Ward )
      Thesis Title: State Space Collapse in Many Server Diffusion Limits of Parallel Server Systems and Applications;
      a pdf file of the thesis can be downloaded here (1.4M Bytes).
    • Melda Ormeci (2006). (co-advised with John Vande Vate )
      first position: Assistant Professor, The Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences of Ozyegin University, Istanbul
      Current position: The Peter T. Paul College of Business and Economics, The University of New Hampshire
      Thesis Title: Inventory Control in a Make-To-Order Environment;
      a pdf file of the thesis can be downloaded here (446K Bytes).
    • Josh Reed (2007). (co-advised with Amy Ward ) Associate Professor, New York University
      Thesis Title: Queueing Models for Large Scale Call Centers;
      a pdf file of the thesis can be downloaded here (583K Bytes).
    • Jiheng Zhang (2009) (Co-advised with Bert Zwart).
      Assistant Professor, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology,
      Thesis title: Fluid and diffusion limits for limited processor sharing systems
      a pdf file of the thesis can be downloaded here.
    • Shuangchi He (2011)
      Assistant Professor, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, National Univeristy of Singapore
      Thesis title: Many-Server Queues with Customer Abandonment
      a pdf file of the thesis can be downloaded here.
    • Xuefeng Gao (2013) (co-advised with Ton Dieker).
      Assistant Professor, Chinese University of Hong Kong.
      Thesis title: Stochastic Models for Service Systems and Limit Order Books.
      a pdf file of the thesis can be downloaded here.
    • Pengyi Shi (2013) (co-advised with Pinar Keskinocak)
      Assistant Professor, Krannert School of Management, Purdue University (starting January, 2014).
      Thesis title: Stochastic Modeling and Decision Making in Two Healthcare Applications: Inpatient Flow Management and Influenza Pandemics.
      a pdf file of the thesis can be downloaded here.
    • Jiangchuan Yuan (2014) (co-advised with Shijie Deng)
      Currently working at J. P. Morgan.
      Thesis title: Risk Diversification Framework in Algorithmic Trading.
      a pdf file of the thesis can be downloaded here.