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Chun-An (Joe)
Chou Email: joechou at rci.rutgers.edu Department
of Industrial and Systems Engineering Rutgers,
The State University of New Jersey 96 Frelinghuysen Rd., Piscataway, NJ 08854,
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Education
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Doctorate Candidate in Industrial
and Systems Engineering, Rutgers
University, 2007~ Expected 2011
Advisor: Dr. Wanpracha Art Chaovalitwongse
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M.S. in Operations Research,
Columbia University, 2007
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M.S. in Bioenvironmental
Systems Engineering, National Taiwan
University, 2002
Advisor: Dr. Ching-Pin Tung
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B.S., National Taiwan University,
2000
Honor and
Awards
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Kuhl Memorial Engineering Fellowship, 2008~2009
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Honorable Mention, Annual NJ INFORMS Student Operations Research
Contest, 2009
Research
Interests
Optimization
modeling and computational algorithms for large-scale complex problems and Decision-making
with
Methodologies:
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Operations Research
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Combinatorial optimization
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Meta-heuristics
Applications:
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Bioinformatics & Computational Biology
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Medical decision-making
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Finance
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Environmental system
Research
experience
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Research Assistant, Complex
Systems Modeling & Optimization (COSMO) Lab, Department of Industrial
& Systems Engineering, Rutgers University, 2007/01~present
Research Project: System Modeling and
Optimization in Computational Biology (supported by NSF)
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Research Assistant, Sustainable Development Lab, Department of
Bioenvironmental Systems Engineering, National Taiwan University, 2004~2005
Publications
Journals
1.
Chun-An Chou, W. Art
Chaovalitwongse et al., Column
Generation Approach with Branch-and-Price for Full Sibling Reconstruction
Problem, in preparation
2.
Chun-An Chou, W. Art
Chaovalitwongse et al.,
Applying Enhanced GRASP to a Clustering Problem: A Study of Sibling
Reconstruction in Biology, in preparation
3.
S.I. Sheikh,
T.Y. Berger-Wolf, A. Khokar, Chun-An. Chou, W. Chaovalitwongse, M.V.
Ashley, I.C. Caballero, and B. DasGupta. Combinatorial Reconstruction of
Half-Sibling Groups: Models and Algorithms. To appear in Journal of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
4.
W. Art Chaovalitwongse, Chun-An Chou et al., New Optimization Model
and Algorithm for Sibling Reconstruction from Genetic Markers, to appear in
INFORMS Journal on Computing, 2009
5.
Ching-Pin Tung, Chun-An Chou, Pattern classification using
Tabu Search to identify the spatial distribution of groundwater pumping, Hydrogeology Journal, Vol. 12(5),
488-496, 2004
6.
Ching-Pin Tung, Chun-An Chou, Application of Tabu Search to
Groundwater Parameter Zonation, Journal
of the American Water Resources Association, Vol. 38(4), 1115-1126, 2002
Working
paper
1.
Chun-An Chou, W. Chaovalitwongse, T. Berger-Wolf, B. DasGupta, S. Sheikh, A.
Khokhar, M. Ashley, and I. Caballero, Column Generation Approach for Full
Sibling Reconstruction, Working Paper, 2009
Presentation
Conferences
1.
Chun-An Chou, W. Art
Chaovalitwongse et al.,
"Enhanced GRASP for
Clustering Problem of Reconstructing Sibling Relationships using Genetic Data”,
INFORMS Annual Meeting, 2009, San Diego, CA.
2.
Chun-An Chou, W. Art
Chaovalitwongse et al.,
"Branch-and-Price in Column Generation with Nonlinear Subproblem for
Sibling Reconstruction", INFORMS Annual Meeting, 2009, San Diego, CA.
3.
Chun-An Chou, W. Art
Chaovalitwongse et al.,
"Optimal Clustering Approach via Quadratic Programming with Biological
Application", INFORMS Annual Meeting, 2008, Washington, DC.
4.
Chun-An Chou, W. Art
Chaovalitwongse et al.,
"Greedy Randomized Algorithm for Large-Scale Set Covering Problem for
Sibling Reconstruction", INFORMS Annual Meeting, 2008, Washington, DC.
5.
Ching-Pin Tung, Chun-An Chou, "Application of Tabu
Search to Optimize Groundwater Parameters Zonation", The Conference of
Agricultural Engineering, Taiwan, R.O.C., 2000
Competition
1.
Chun-An Chou , W. Art
Chaovalitwongse , Zhe Liang, “Using Mathematical Programming Techniques to
Reconstruct Sibling Relationship in Wild Populations” , NJ INFORMS Student
Operations Research Contest, 2009
Professional
Activities
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Reviewer of European Journal of Operations Research
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Student member of Institute for
Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)
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Student member of Society for
Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)
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Student member of The International
Association of Financial Engineers (IAFE)
Feel free to contact me if you have any
questions…