One of the most gratifying aspects of academia is working with bright students, and seeing  them thrive;
 I feel most fortunate to have crossed paths with the 36 students below, whose theses I (co)supervised.
For information on their careers after graduation, 
and for links to the web pages of some of them, 
click  here.
| NAME
 |  
THESIS TITLE
 |  
YR.
 |  
COSUPERVISOR(S)
 |  
| Martin  Zubeldia 
 |  
Delay, stability, and resource tradeoffs in large distributed service systems | 2020 | 
D. Gamarnik |  
| Kimon  Drakopoulos 
 |  
Analysis and Control of Contagion Processes on Networks | 2016 | 
A. Ozdaglar |  
| Jimmy Qiuyuan Li
 |  
The Value of Field Experiments in Estimating Demand Elasticities and Maximizing Profit  | 2014 | D. Simester |  
Kuang Xu 
 |  
On the Power of (even a little) Flexibility in Dynamic Resource Allocation 
 |  
2014
 | 
 |  
| Spyros I. Zoumpoulis  |  
Networks, Decisions, and Outcomes: Coordination with Local Information and the Value of Temporal Data for Learning Influence 
Networks 
 |  
2014
 | 
M. Dahleh
 |  
| 
Jagdish 
Ramakrishnan
 |  
Dynamic Optimization of Fractionation Schedules
in Radiation Therapy  |  
2013
 | 
T. Bortfeld; D. Craft
 |  
| 
Mihalis G.
Markakis
 |  
Scheduling in Switched Queueing Networks with Heavy-Tailed Traffic
 |  
2013
 | 
E. Modiano
 |  
| 
Hoda
Eydgahi
 |  
A Quantitative Framework For Large-Scale Model
Estimation and Discrimination In Systems Biology
 |  
2013
 | 
P. Sorger
 |  
| 
Yuan
Zhong
 |  
Resource Allocation in Stochastic Processing
Networks: Performance and Scaling
 |  
2012
 | 
D. Shah
 |  
| 
Yunjian
Xu
 |  
Efficiency Loss in Resource Allocation Games
 |  
2012
 | 
 |  
| 
Alexander
Olshevsky
 |  
Efficient Information Aggregation Strategies for 
Distributed Control and Signal Processing
 |  
2010
 | 
 |  
 
| 
Theophane
Weber
 |  
Correlation Decay and Decentralized Optimization in 
Graphical Models
 |  
2010
 | 
D. Gamarnik
 |  
 
| 
Navid
Sabbaghi
 |  
Coordination and Competition in 
Resource-Constrained Channels
 |  
2008
 | 
Y. Sheffi
 |  
 
| 
Wee Peng
Tay
 |  
Decentralized Detection in Resource-limited 
Sensor Network Architectures
 |  
2008
 | 
M. Win
 |  
 
| 
Timothy Ching-Yee
Chan
 |  
Optimization under Uncertainty 
in Radiation Therapy
 |  
2007
 | 
T. Bortfeld
 |  
 
 
| 
Yann
Le Tallec
 |  
Robust, Risk-Sensitive, and Data-driven Control of Markov 
Decision Processes
 |  
2007
 | 
D. Simester
 |  
 
| 
Ramesh
Johari
 |  
Efficiency Loss in Market Mechanisms for 
Resource Allocation
 |  
2004
 | 
 |  
 
| 
Alexander
Wang
 |  
Approximate Value Iteration Approaches to 
Constrained
Dynamic Portfolio Problems
 |  
2003
 | 
 |  
 
| 
Alvin
Fu
 |  
Energy Allocation and Transmission Scheduling in
Satellite and Wireless Networks
 |  
2003
 | 
E. Modiano
 |  
 
| 
Anand
Ganti
 |  
Transmission Scheduling for Wireless and Satellite
Systems
 |  
2003
 | 
E. Modiano
 |  
 
| 
Alp
Muharremoglu
 |  
A New Perspective on Multi-Echelon Inventory
Systems
Systems
 |  
2002
 | 
 |  
 
| 
Vijay
Konda
 |  
Actor-Critic Algorithms
 |  
2002
 | 
 |  
 
| 
Peter
Marbach
 |  
Simulation-Based Optimization of Markov Decision
Processes
 |  
1998
 | 
 |  
 
| 
Benjamin
Van Roy
 |  
Learning and Value Function Approximation
in Complex Decision Processes
 |  
1998
 | 
 |  
 
| 
Constantine
Boussios
 |  
An Approach for Nonlinear Control
Design via Approximate Dynamic Programming
 |  
1998
 | 
M. Dahleh
 |  
 
| 
David
Gamarnik
 |  
Stability and Performance of Multiclass Queueing
Networks
 |  
1998
 | 
D. Bertsimas
 |  
 
| 
James, D.
Christodouleas
 |  
Solution Methods for Multiprocessor
Network Scheduling Problems, with Application to Railroad Operations
 |  
1997
 | 
 |  
 
| 
Ioannis, C.
Paschalidis
 |  
Large Deviations in High Speed
Communication Networks
 |  
1996
 | 
D. Bertsimas
 |  
 
| 
David N.C.
Tse
 |  
Variable Rate Lossy Compression and its
Effects on Communication Networks
 |  
1995
 | 
R. Gallager
 |  
 
| 
George C.
Polychronopoulos
 |  
Stochastic and Dynamic Shortest Distance
Problems
 |  
1992
 | 
 |  
 
| 
Daniel C.
Lee
 |  
On Open-Loop Admission Control into a Queueing System
 |  
1992
 | 
 |  
 
| 
George D.
Stamoulis
 |  
Routing and Performance Evaluation in 
Interconnection Networks
 |  
1991
 | 
 |  
 
| 
Zhi-Quan (Tom)
Luo
 |  
The Communication Complexity of Some Problems 
in Distributed Computation
 |  
1989
 | 
 |  
 
| 
Chee-Seng
Chow
 |  
Optimal Algorithms in Dynamic Programming:  
A Multigrid Approach
 |  
1989
 | 
 |  
 
| 
C.-C. Jay
Kuo
 |  
Parallel Algorithms and Architectures for the 
Solution of Partial Differential Equations
 |  
1987
 | 
B. Levy
 |  
 
| 
George
Hart
 |  
Minimum Information Estimation of Structure
 |  
1987
 | 
F. C. Schweppe
 |