Faculty
Associate Professor, Systems Engineering and Operations Research, College of Engineering and Computing
Jie Xu’s research focuses on stochastic optimization using simulation and its implementation in high-performance and cloud computing environment, robust data-driven decision-making and uncertainty quantification, rare event simulation, and computational intelligence. Xu’s application areas of interest include revenue management, risk management, power networks, data centers, cloud, health care, and production planning.
Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Human-robot interactions, human-robot co-learning, bio-inspired robotics, distributed resource allocation
Professor, Systems Engineering and Operations Research, Volgenau
As an instructor, Abbas Zaidi’s pedagogical approach has been to challenge his students to solve real world problems as independent thinkers, utilizing their learned techniques and not relying solely on solution recipes provided in textbooks or lectures. He thinks his job as a teacher ends the moment a student becomes an independent learner. As a teacher, he finds this journey rewarding in many ways for both himself and for his students: he thinks the students have taught him more in this process. He firmly believes that learning should be a fulfilling and, therefore, a joyful experience.
Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering and Computing
Kai Zeng is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the College of Engineering and Computing.