Faculty DirectorySimge Küçükyavuz

Professor of Industrial Engineering & Management Sciences
Contact
2145 Sheridan RoadRoom D237
Evanston, IL 60208-3109
Email Simge Küçükyavuz
Website
Education
Ph.D. Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, University of California, Berkeley, CA
M.S. Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, University of California, Berkeley, CA
B.S. Industrial Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
Research Interests
Theoretical and Methodological Expertise:
- Mixed-Integer Programming
- Large-Scale Optimization
- Optimization under Uncertainty
- Network Optimization
Application Interests:
- Infrastructure (e.g. power systems, computing)
- Social networks
- Statistical learning
- Supply chain management
- Humanitarian logistics
Selected Publications
- L. Wei, A. Gomez and S. Küçükyavuz, Ideal Formulations for Constrained Convex Optimization Problems with Indicator Variables, forthcoming in Mathematical Programming, 2021.
- F. Kilinc-Karzan, S. Küçükyavuz and D. Lee, Joint Chance-Constrained Programs and the Intersection of Mixing Sets through a Submodularity Lens, forthcoming in Mathematical Programming, 2021.
- N. Ho-Nguyen, F. Kilinc-Karzan, S. Küçükyavuz and D. Lee, Distributionally Robust Chance-Constrained Programs with Right-Hand Side Uncertainty under Wasserstein Ambiguity, forthcoming in Mathematical Programming, 2021.
- H. Manzour, S. Küçükyavuz, H. Wu and A. Shojaie, Integer Programming for Learning Directed Acyclic Graphs from Continuous Data, forthcoming in INFORMS Journal on Optimization, 3(1), 46-73, 2021.
- M. Merakli and S. Küçükyavuz, Risk Aversion to Parameter Uncertainty in Markov Decision Processes with an Application to Slow-Onset Disaster Relief, IISE Transactions, 52(8), 811-831, 2020.
- N. Noyan, M. Merakli and S. Küçükyavuz, Two-stage Stochastic Programming under Multivariate Risk Constraints with an Application to Humanitarian Relief Network Design, forthcoming in Mathematical Programming, 2019.
- H. Wu and S. Küçükyavuz, Probabilistic Partial Set Covering with an Oracle for Chance Constraints, SIAM Journal on Optimization, 29(1), 690-718, 2019.
- X. Liu, F. Kilinc-Karzan and S. Küçükyavuz, On Intersection of Two Mixing Sets with Applications to Joint Chance-Constrained Programs, Mathematical Programming, 175 (1–2), 29–68, 2019.
- H. Wu and S. Küçükyavuz, A Two-Stage Stochastic Programming Approach for Influence Maximization in Social Networks, Computational Optimization and Applications, 69(3), 563-595, 2018.
- A. Atamtürk, S. Küçükyavuz and B. Tezel, Path Cover and Path Pack Inequalities for the Capacitated Fixed-Charge Network Flow Problem, SIAM Journal on Optimization, 27(3), 1943-1976, 2017.
- S. Küçükyavuz and N. Noyan, Cut Generation for Optimization Problems with Multivariate Risk Constraints, Mathematical Programming, 159(1), 165-199, 2016.
- P. Damci-Kurt, S. Küçükyavuz, D. Rajan and A. Atamtürk, A Polyhedral Study of Production Ramping, Mathematical Programming, 158(1), 175-205, 2016.
- X. Liu, S. Küçükyavuz and J. Luedtke, Decomposition Algorithms for Two-Stage Chance-Constrained Programs, Mathematical Programming, 157(1), 219-243, 2016.