Dzung Phan

IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY 10598

Email: phandu@us.ibm.com

Telephone: (914) 945-1883

• Doctor of Philosophy in Applied Mathematics, University of Florida, May 2010

Title: Topics in global optimization: ellipsoidal bisection, graph partitioning and sparse reconstruction

Advisor: Prof William Hager (UF)

• Master of Engineering in High Performance Computation for Engineered Systems  at the Singapore-MIT Alliance, National University of Singapore, Jun 2004

Title: Some approaches to solving quadratically constrained convex quadratic programs

Advisors: Prof Jie Sun (NUS), Prof Georgia Perakis (MIT)

• BSc. of Mathematics at Honors Program, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, June 2001

Title: Parallel block predictor-corrector methods of Runge-Kutta type using Adams predictor types

Advisor: Prof Nguyen Huu Cong (VNU)

• the Special high school for mathematically gifted students, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, June 1997

• Research Staff Member, IBM  T.J. Watson Research Center, NY       6/2011 - present

• Postdoctoral Researcher, IBM  T.J. Watson Research Center, NY       2010 - 2011

• Research Assistant, Department of Mathematics, University of Florida (2004 - 2010)

  - Gradient-based algorithms for signal processing and image reconstruction

  - Quadratic programming techniques for graph partitioning

  - Reconstruction methods for positron emission tomography to study metabolic process

• Teaching Assistant, University of Florida (2007 - 2010)

Courses: Pre-calculus I-II, Numerical linear algebra

• Researcher/Lecturer, Hanoi University of Technology (2001 - 2002)

             Course: Introduction to linear algebra

• Optimization theory and algorithms

• Inverse problems in medical imaging and signal processing

• Graph partitioning

• Optimization methods for electric power systems

• An ellipsoidal branch and bound algorithm for global optimization, SIAM Journal on Optimization, Vol. 20, pp. 740-758, 2009 (with W. Hager) pdf

• Gradient-based algorithms for sparse recovery, SIAM Journal on Imaging Sciences, Vol. 4, pp. 146-165, 2011, (with W. Hager and H. Zhang) pdf

• A fast algorithm for image reconstruction in partially parallel MR imaging, SIAM Journal on Imaging Sciences, Vol. 5, pp. 90-118, 2012, (with Y. Chen, W. Hager, F. Huang, X. Ye and W. Yin) pdf

• Lagrangian duality and branch-and-bound algorithms for optimal power flow, (Operations Research, in press) pdf

• An exact algorithm for graph partitioning, (Mathematical Programming, with W. Hager and H. Zhang) pdf

• Two-stage stochastic optimization for optimal power flow under renewable generation uncertainty, (submitted to ACM Transactions on Modeling and Computer Simulation, with S. Ghosh) pdf

• Power generation management under time-varying power and demand conditions, (Proceedings of the 2011 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting,  with S. Ghosh, D. Iancu, D. Katz-Rogozhnikov and M. Squillante) pdf

• Security-constrained unit commitment and economic dispatch with stochastic analysis, (Proceedings of the 2011 RFI workshop on Computation Needs for the Next-Generation Electric Grid, Phan et al.)

• A two-stage nonlinear program for optimal electrical grid power balance under uncertainty, (Proceedings of the 2011 Winter Simulation Conference, with S. Ghosh) pdf

• Distributed methods for solving the security-constrained optimal power flow problem, (Proceedings of the 2012 IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference, with J. Kalagnanam) pdf

• Parallel block predictor-corrector methods using Adams predictor types, (Proceedings of Applied Mathematics conference, Hanoi, p. 122-126, Oct 2001)

• Quadratic programming techniques for multilevel algorithms, (preprint, with W. W. Hager)

• A system for solving large-scale security-constrained economic dispatch problem in near real-time, ( Invention disclosure YOR820110280, filed US patent, with J. Kalagnanam)

• A Method for Planning Economic Energy Dispatch in Electrical Grid under Uncertainty, (Invention disclosure YOR820110518, filing US patent, with S. Ghosh)

• An ellipsoidal branch and bound algorithm for solving quadratically constrained quadratic programs, The international conference on nonconvex programming: local and global approaches - theory, algorithms and applications, National Institute for Applied Sciences, Rouen, France, Dec 2007  

• Some approaches for solving quadratic programs, 32nd SIAM Southeastern-Atlantic Section Conference, Orlando, Mar 2008  (best paper award nomination)

• An efficient branch and bound algorithm for global optimization, SIAM Conference on Optimization, Boston, May 2008 

• Solving graph bisection minimization problems using convex relaxations, 2nd SIAM Gators Student conference, Gainesville, Mar 2009

• Continuous optimization techniques for graph partitioning, 33rd SIAM Southeastern-Atlantic Section Conference, South Carolina, Apr 2009

• An exact algorithm for solving the graph partitioning problem, 20th International Symposium of Mathematical Programming, Chicago, Aug 2009

• Gradient-based algorithms for signal processing and image reconstruction, INFORMS Annual Meeting, San Diego, Oct 2009

• A fast numerical algorithm for sensitivity encoding with arbitrary k-space trajectories, SIAM Conference on Imaging Science, Chicago, Apr 2010

• University of Florida Alumni Fellowship for PhD study, Aug 2004 - Aug 2008

• Singapore-Massachusetts Institute of Technology Alliance Fellowship for Ms study,  Jun 2002 - Jun 2004

• Undergraduate Scholarship supported by Vietnam Government, Aug 1997 - Jun 2001

• Outstanding Student Awards, University of Florida ,  Aug 2004, 2005, 2006

• Best Student Award upon Graduation, College of Science - Vietnam National University, Jun 2001

• First and Third Places in “Student Scientific Research Competition” of the Mathematics Department and College of Science (VNU), respectively, May 2001

• Ranked 2nd in the Vietnam National University’s Entrance Examination, Jul 1997

• Referee journals, Computational Optimization and Applications, Numerische Mathematik, Optimization Letters,

  Optimization Methods and Software

• Principal organizer/webmaster weekly seminars, Numerical Analysis group, UF, 2008 - 2010

• One of Organizers of the 2nd SIAM Gators Student conference, UF, Mar 2009

• Member, American Mathematical Society (AMS), 2004 - present

• Member, Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM), 2004 - present

• Member, Mathematical Programming Society (MPS), 2008 - present

• Member, Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS), 2007 - present

• UNIX, Windows, C/C++, Fortran, Matlab, Mathematica, ILOG CPLEX, MPI, LaTex