Curriculum Vitae


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Education

06/83---01/88: Ph.D. major in Engineering-Economic Systems and minor in Operations Research , Thesis Title ``Interior Algorithms for Linear, Quadratic and Linearly Constrained Convex Programming,'' Stanford University, Stanford, California.
10/87---11/87: Visiting Ph.D. Student, School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering , Cornell University , Ithaca, New York.
09/82---05/83: M.S. in Engineering-Economic Systems, Stanford University.
03/78---01/82: B.S. in Systems and Control, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST) , Wuhan, The People's Republic of China .

Professional Experience

01/98---present: Henry B. Tippie Research Professor, Mathematical Programming, Algorithm Design and Analysis, and Operations Research Applications, Department of Management Sciences , The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa.
09/98---10/98: Visiting Fellow, Mathematical Science Research Institute, UC Berkeley, California.
09/93---01/98: Professor, Department of Management Sciences, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa.
08/93---12/93: Visiting Scientist, Cornell University , Ithaca, NY.
06/93---present: Adjunct Professor of the Institute of Applied Mathematics, the Chinese Academy, Beijing and Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
09/90---8/93: Associate Professor, Department of Management Sciences, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa.
07/91---8/91: Visiting Scientist, Rice University , Houston, TX.
09/88---08/90: Assistant Professor, Department of Management Sciences, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa.
11/87---08/88: Research Scientist, Optimization Software Development, Integrated Systems Inc. , Santa Clara, California.
09/86---06/87: Lecturer, Mathematical Programming and Systems Optimization, Department of Engineering-Economic Systems, Stanford University .
06/83---06/86: Research Assistant, Mathematical Programming, Decision Systems and Network Planning, Department of Engineering-Economic Systems, Stanford University.

Professional Affiliations

Institute of Operations Research and Management Sciences .
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics .
Mathematical Programming Society .

Professional Activities

Semi-plenary speaker at the 17th International Symposium on Mathematical Programming, Atlanta, 2000.
Associate Editor of Mathematics of Operations Research (1999-).
Principle Organizer (1 of 2), Semidefinite Programming and Large-Scale Discrete Optimization Workshop, DIMACS and Princeton University 1999.
Associate Editor of Journal of the Operations Research Society of Japan (1998-).
Section Officer (Linear Programming, Optimization Group) of The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (1997-).
Associate Editor of SIAM Journal on Optimization (1990-1997).
Member of the International Advisory Committee for the 15th and 16th International Symposium on Mathematical Programming (1992-1997)
Topic Coordinator for the 15th International Symposium on Mathematical Programming (1992-1994).
NSF proposal review panelist.
Referee for Mathematics of Operations Research , Mathematical Programming, Operations Research , Linear Algebra and its Applications, and Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications.
Reviewer for National Science Foundation , USA; Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Chili.
The Iowa Business School Faculty Research Committee, 1996-present.
The Iowa Business School Promotion and Tenure Committee, 1995-1996.
The University of Iowa Vice President for Research Advisory Committee, 1994-1995.
Director, the Management Science Computational Optimization Lab, 1994-present.
The University of Iowa Computing Service Committee, 1991-1993.

Consulting Activities

Technical Advisory Board Member, Barcelona Design, CA.
MCI Telecommunications .
ADSS Division of AT\&T Bell Laboratory .

Awards and Funded Research

Principle Investigator (1 of 1)---$236,242, NSF Grant for Semidefinite Programming and Approximation Algorithms, 1999-2002.
Principle Organizer (1 of 2)---$15,000, Semidefinite Programming and Large-Scale Discrete Optimization Workshop, DIMACS and Princeton University, 1999.
Co-Principal Investigator (1 of 5)---$175,000, NSF Grant for Computational Infrastructure and Equipments, 1998-.
Co-Principal Investigator (1 of 4)---$100,000, NSF Grant for Hybrid Optimization for Protein Structure, 1998-1999.
Co-Principal Investigator (1 of 4)---$25,000, The University of Iowa Biosciences Initiative Pilot Grant, 1998.
Principal Investigator (1 of 1)---$84,466, NSF Grant for computational complexity, 1997-2000.
Australian Research Council, The University of New South Wales---$4,000, 1997.
The Japan Education Ministry, The Institute of Statistical Mathematics---$3,000, 1996.
Principal Investigator (1 of 1)---$195,000, NSF Grant for mathematical programming, 1995-1998.
Dutch Organization for Scientific Research (NWO), Delft University ---$12,000, 1994-1995.
Obermann Fellowship---$1,750, 1994.
The Cornell University Theory Center---$17,000, 1993-1994.
Principal Investigator (1 of 1)---$148,571, NSF Grant for mathematical programming, 1993-1995.
Award of K.~C. WONG Education Foundation, Hong Kong---$2,500, 1993.
Principal Investigator (1 of 1)---$81,578, NSF Grant for linear programming, 1990-1992.
Principal Investigator (1 of 1)---$35,000, MCI Contract for real time restoration, 1991-1992.
Principal Investigator (1 of 1)---$33,500, The College Summer Grant, College of Business of Administration, The University of Iowa, 1989-1995.
Principal Investigator (1 of 2)---$10,800, The Center for Advanced Studies Interdisciplinary Research Grant, The University of Iowa, 1991-1992.

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