Faculty DirectorySean Sinclair
Assistant Professor of Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences
Contact
2145 Sheridan RoadTech D237
Evanston, IL 60208-3109
Email Sean Sinclair
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Departments
Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences
Education
Ph.D. Operations Research and Information Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NYM.S. Operations Research and Information Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
B.Sc. Honours Mathematics and Computer Science, McGill University, Montreal, QC
Research Interests
Sean Sinclair is interested in developing algorithms for data-driven sequential decision-making with applications to societal systems. His research bridges algorithmic techniques in reinforcement learning with an operations management perspective, addressing challenges in data uncertainty, model design, and multi-objective trade-offs. His recent work includes instance-specific optimal regret guarantees for nonparametric reinforcement learning, Pareto-optimal fair resource allocation, and data-efficient algorithms for cloud compute allocation. He also emphasizes empirical analysis by designing open-source tools to evaluate the multi-criteria performance of these algorithms.
Selected Publications
“Network and Risk Analysis of Surety Bounds.”
Tamara Broderick, Ali Jadbabaie, Vanessa Lin, Manuel Quintero, Arnab Sarker, Sean R. Sinclair.
“Sequential Fair Allocation With Replenishments: A Little Envy Goes An Exponentially Long Way.”
Chido Onyeze, Sean R. Sinclair, Chamsi Hssaine, Sid Banerjee.
“Reinforcement Learning in MDPs with Information-Ordered Policies.”
Zhongjun Zhang, Shipra Agrawal, Ilan Lobel, Sean R. Sinclair, Christina Lee Yu.
“The Data-Driven Censored Newsvendor Problem.”
Chamsi Hssaine, Sean R. Sinclair.
“Multi-Objective LQR with Linear Scalarization.”
Ali Jadbabaie, Devavrat Shah, Sean R. Sinclair.
“Exploiting Exogenous Structure for Sample-Efficient Reinforcement Learning.”
Jia Wan, Sean R. Sinclair, Devavrat Shah, Martin Wainwright.
“Artificial Replay: A Meta-Algorithm for Harnessing Historical Data in Bandits.”
Siddhartha Banerjee, Sean R. Sinclair, Milind Tambe, Lily Xu, Christina Lee Yu.
“Online Fair Allocation of Perishable Resources.”
Siddhartha Banerjee, Chamsi Hssaine, Sean R. Sinclair.