Curriculum Vitae: Mohit Tawarmalani
Krannert
School
of
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B.Tech. Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, May 1993
Thesis: Feature Extraction in Turned Components
M.S. Industrial Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, May 1997
Thesis: Multistage Network Optimization and Decomposition Algorithms
Ph.D. Industrial Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, August 2001
Thesis: Mixed Integer Nonlinear Programs: Theory, Algorithms and Applications
Associate Professor, Purdue University, August 2006 - Present
Assistant Professor, Purdue University, August 2001 - August 2006
Software Engineer, ComputerVision, India, January 1995 - July 1995
Graduate Engineer, TELCO (Tata Engineering and Locomotive Company), India, July 1993 - December 1994
Mathematical Programming, Complexity and Approximation, Symbolic Computing. Research emphasis is on global optimization theory, algorithms and software. Applications and models in business, economics, systems, engineering design, and molecular design, are of particular interest.
Deterministic and Stochastic Operations Research, Mathematical Programming, Global Optimization, Convex Optimization, Applied Probability and Statistics, Quantitative Analysis, Spreadsheet Modeling and Decision Analysis, Optimization Models.
Tawarmalani, M. and N. V. Sahinidis, Convexification and Global Optimization in Continuous and Mixed-Integer Nonlinear Programming: Theory, Algorithms, Software and Applications, 504 pages, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2002.
Co-authored BARON (Branch and Reduce Optimization Navigator) for global optimization of mixed-integer nonlinear programs
Runner-up, Salgo Noren Foundation Award for Excellence in Teaching, Krannert School, 2009, 2011
2006 Beale-Orchard-Hays prize (with N. V. Sahinidis) for the paper “A polyhedral branch-and-cut approach to global optimization”
Krannert Faculty Fellow, 2006
Best Paper Award (with K. Kannan and P. De) in the fifteenth Workshop on Information Technologies and Systems (2005) for the paper “A Mechanism for Allocating Objects in a Network of Symmetric Caches”
Honorable Mention in 2005 Junior Faculty Interest Group Competition (with Y. Li) for the paper “Minimizing Flow Disruption due to Network Maintenance”
Outstanding Core MBA Teaching Award, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
INFORMS Computing Society Prize (with N. V. Sahinidis), 2004 for research excellence in the interface between Computer Science and Operations Research
Jay N. Ross Young Faculty Scholar Award, 2002–2003, Purdue University
American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AICHE) Computers and Systems Technology (CAST) Director’s Award, 1999. Best Poster: Novel Molecular Designs Via Global Optimization
CSE Fellow, Computational Science & Engineering, University of Illinois, Jan 1999–May 1999
Teaching Fellow, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Illinois, Aug 1998–May 1999
Tata Consultancy Services award for best project in the areas of CAD/CAM, Robotics & Automation, July 1993
National Science Foundation, Collaborative Research: Generating Strong Cuts for Nonlinear Programs Via Orthogonal Disjunctions and Lifting Techniques, $204171, July 2009-June 2012.
Amazon.com, $25000 (with Prof. K. Tang), Evidence Based Solutions for Global Fulfillment Network, June 2007
Huntingburg OFS project under Global Supply Chain Management Initiative, June 2006
Purdue Research Foundation Summer Faculty Grant, Relaxation Hierarchies and Continuous Lifting in Deterministic Global Optimization, 2006
Purdue Research Foundation Summer Faculty Grant, Disjunctive Relaxations of Non-convex Nonlinear Programs, 2005
Member of Institute of Operations Research and Management Science since 1996
Web Administrator of Optimization Section of Institute for Operations Research and Management Science 1996-2001
Editorial Boards: Associate Editor, Journal of Global Optimization, Associate Editor, Mathematical Methods of Operations Research, Technical Editor, Mathematical Programming Computation
Program Committee, 2011 INFORMS Midwest Meeting, 2011
Program Committee, 2009 CPAIOR International Meeting, Pittsburgh, 2009
Organized the Global Optimization Cluster for ICCOPT-MOPTA, Hamilton, 2007
Organized the Global Optimization Cluster for INFORMS, Pittsburgh, 2006
Organized the Global Optimization Cluster for INFORMS, San Francisco, 2005
Vice Chair of Global Optimization, INFORMS Optimization Society, October 2004 to November 2006
Refereed papers for Computers and Chemical Engineering, Computational Optimization and Applications, Discrete Optimization, European Journal of Operational Research, International Journal of Operations and Quantitative Management, International Journal of Systems Science, Journal of Global Optimization, Journal of Industrial and Management Optimization, Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, Management Science, Mathematical Programming, Operations Research, Operations Research Letters, Optimization and Engineering, Optimization Methods and Software, and SIAM Journal on Optimization.
Developed and Maintained Web Interface for BARON, October 1999–May 2001
Organized Paper Sessions in INFORMS, Miami, 2001, INFORMS, San Jose, 2002, INFORMS Optimization Society Meeting, Atlanta, 2008, and INFORMS, Washington DC, 2008.