Group Leader
Bio: Farzad Yousefian is an Associate Professor in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Rutgers University–New Brunswick. He received his Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2013. He obtained his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Industrial Engineering from Sharif University of Technology in 2006 and 2008, respectively. His research interests lie in distributed optimization in multi-agent networks, stochastic and large-scale optimization, nonconvex optimization, hierarchical optimization, variational inequalities, computational game theory, and applications in machine learning and transportation systems. His research has been funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award, the Office of Naval Research (ONR), and the Department of Energy (DOE). He is a recipient (jointly with his co-authors) of the Best Theoretical Paper Award at the 2013 Winter Simulation Conference (WSC). Dr. Yousefian is an active member of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM), the Mathematical Optimization Society (MOS), the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS). [CV] [Google Scholar] [ISE Page]
Education
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PhD, Industrial Eng., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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MS, Industrial Eng., Sharif University of Technology
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BS, Industrial Eng., Sharif University of Technology
Research Interests
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Distributed Optimization in Multi-Agent Networks
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Stochastic and Large-Scale Optimization
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Hierarchical and Nonconvex Optimization
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Variational Inequalities and Nash Games
Current PhD Students
Mohammadjavad Ebrahimi (Fall 2022 – present)
PhD Student
Industrial and Systems Engineering
Rutgers University
Fateme Maleki (Spring 2025 – present)
PhD Student
Industrial and Systems Engineering
Rutgers University
Sepideh Samadi (Fall 2022 – present)
PhD Student
Industrial and Systems Engineering
Rutgers University
Former PhD Students (first position)