July 2023 – Our paper “An Optimization-based Order-and-cut Approach for Fair Clustering of Datasets” has been accepted for publication in INFORMS Journal on Data Science!
July 2023 – Our paper “Spatiotemporal Vaccine Allocation Policies for Epidemics with Behavioral Feedback Dynamics” has been accepted for publication in Naval Research Logistics!
July 2023 – Our paper “A Data-driven Simulation Approach to Quantify the Effect of Group Counseling on System Performance of College Counseling Centers” has been accepted for publication in Journal of American College Health!
July 2023 – Our paper “Optimal Targeted Mass Screening in Non-uniform Populations with Multiple Tests and Schemes” has been accepted for publication in Naval Research Logistics!
June 2023 – Received the 2023 IEOM Young Research Award!
June 2023 – Served as a panelist for the Data Analytics Panel session at the IEOM Conference.
June 2023 – Attended the 8th North American Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management in Houston, Texas.
June 2023 – Our paper “Determining Large-strain Metal Plasticity Parameters using in situ Measurements of Plastic Flow Past a Wedge” has been accepted for publication in Proceedings of the Royal Society A!
May 2023 – Our paper “Quantifying the Benefits of Customized Vaccination Strategies: A Network-based Optimization Approach ” has been accepted for publication in Naval Research Logistics!
March 2023 – Our paper “Optimal Unlabeled Set Partitioning with Application to Risk-based Quarantine Policies ” has been accepted for publication in IISE Transactions!
March 2023 – Our paper “An Optimization-based Framework to Minimize the Spread of Diseases in Social Networks with Heterogeneous Nodes” has been accepted for publication in IISE Transactions!
January 2023 – Our paper “A Quantitative Simulation–based Modeling Approach for College Counseling Centers” has been accepted for publication in Simulation!
December 2022 – Our paper “Can Fast Food Eating Patterns Be Healthy? An Optimization-Based Analysis of Popular US Fast-Food Chains” has been accepted for publication in Operations Research Forum!
November 2022 – Our book chapter “Set Partitioning: Applications in Health Care” has been accepted for publication in Encyclopedia of Optimization!
October 2022 – Our paper “Optimal Targeted Mass Screening in Non-uniform Populations with Multiple Tests and Schemes” won the 2022 Pierskalla Award!
October 2021 – Our paper “Optimal Unlabeled Set Partitioning with Application to Risk-based Quarantine Policies ” was a finalist for the 2021 JFIG Paper Competition!
August 2021 – Our paper “Optimal Clustering of Frequency Data with Application to Disease Risk Categorization” has been accepted for publication in IISE Transactions!
July 2021 – Our paper “A Heuristic Scheme for Multivariate Set Partitioning Problems with Application to Classifying Heterogeneous Populations for Multiple Binary Attributes” has been accepted for publication in IISE Transactions!
January 2021 – Our paper “Screening Multi-dimensional Heterogeneous Populations for Infectious Diseases under Scarce Testing Resources, with Application to COVID-19” has been accepted for publication in Naval Research Logistics!
January 2021 – Our paper “A Robust Pooled Testing Approach to Expand COVID-19 Screening Capacity” has been accepted for publication in PLOS One!
November 2020 – Our paper “Optimal Screening of Populations with Heterogeneous Risk Profiles Under the Availability of Multiple Tests” has been accepted for publication in INFORMS Journal on Computing!
March 2020 – Our paper “Adaptive Risk-based Pooling in Public Health Screening” has been selected to receive the 2020 IISE Transactions Award!
March 2020 – Our paper “Static Risk-Based Group Testing Schemes Under Imperfectly Observable Risk” has been accepted for publication in Stochastic Systems!
October 2019 – Our paper “Optimal Group Testing: Structural Properties and Robust Solutions, with Application to Public Health Screening” has been accepted for publication in INFORMS Journal on Computing!
July 2019 – Attended the INFORMS HEALTHCARE 2019 Conference in Boston. I will give two talks: (1) Optimal optimization-based clustering techniques for the purpose of disease risk categorizations, and (2) A regret-based approach for the construction of screening strategies for dynamic and time-varying settings.
July 2019 – Our paper “A methodology for deriving the sensitivity of pooled testing, based on viral load progression and pooling dilution” has been accepted for publication in Journal of Translational Medicine!
June 2019 – Visiting Scholar in the Department of Industrial Engineering and Management at American University of Beirut.
May 2019 – Received the IISE Pritsker Doctoral Dissertation Award, 1st place!
May 2019 – Attended the IISE Annual Conference in Orlando.
April 2019 – Received the 2019 Distinguished Young Alumni Award, selected by the Department of Industrial Engineering and Management at the American University of Beirut.
April 2019 – Attended the IDEAS Conference at the American University of Beirut.
November 2018 – Attended the INFORMS 2018 Annual Meeting in Phoenix. I will talk about large-scale screening of heterogeneous populations with the possibility of multiple competing tests.
August 2018 – Our work, titled “Public health screening: One size does not fit all”, was featured in IISE Magazine!
May 2018 – Awarded 1st place for the Paul E. Torgersen Graduate Research Ph.D. poster competition
May 2018 – Our paper “Optimal Risk-based Group Testing” has been accepted for publication in Management Science!
February 2018 – Our paper “Sequential prevalence estimation with pooling and continuous test outcomes” has been accepted for publication in Statistic in Medicine!
January 2018 – Our paper “Adaptive Risk-based Pooling in Public Health Screening” has been accepted for publication in IISE Transactions!
October 2017 – Our paper “Optimal risk-based group testing strategies, with equity considerations” was runner-up for the 2017 Pierskalla Award!
October 2017 – Dissertation was a finalist for the 2017 Bonder Scholar for Applied Operations Research in Health Services.
October 2017 – Attended the INFORMS 2017 Annual Meeting in Phoenix. I will talk about static screening schemes under imperfectly observable risk.