Jitamitra Desai

Jitamitra Desai is an Associate Professor of Operations Research in the Decision Sciences (DS) group at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore.

My research interests are primarily in mathematical/computational decision analytics, particularly in developing large-scale (big-data) optimization algorithms and their applications, notably in aviation, transportation and location theory, energy analytics, and wireless communication networks. I also dabble in some miscellaneous OR problems arising in networks and graphs, stochastic decision analysis, and am starting to dig into some biological applications.

When I am not working, you can usually find me playing tennis, drinking coffee, following the technology startup space, or just having a rollicking time being a dad.

Specialties: Optimization theory, algorithms and computing, with applications to select management and decision science problems!

Research

Areas Of Specialization: Optimization, Decision Sciences, Data Analytics, Operations Research

Teaching

• Optimization (Linear-, Nonlinear-, Integer-, Advanced Math-Programming)
• Decision Science
• Global optimization/Convex and nonconvex analysis
• Graph theory and network flows

Awards

• Winner of the IISE 2017 Annual Conference Best Paper Award (Modeling and Simulation Track) for the work presented on ‘hybrid departure pushback control policies’
• Winner of the IISE 2017 Annual Conference Best Paper Award (Operations Research Track) for the work presented on ‘data driven algorithms for the aircraft sequencing problem’
• Winner of the Nanyang Education Award (2014), a university-wide teaching recognition for the best teaching/advising record, given by the President of NTU (cash award: $5000 and plaque)
• Awarded the 1st place prize (cash award: $1000) in the INFORMS subdivision NIJ-OR Challenge Competition.
• Recipient of Engineers’ Week Award (2007), on behalf of Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE) – awards ceremony coverage by USA Today (circulation of 3 million).
• Awarded the best SIAM Graduate Student Seminar Prize (cash award: $100) by the SIAM VT Student Chapter, May, 2005.
• Appeared in the Work Perfect series of IIE magazine (March, 2007).

Education

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Industrial & Systems Engineering Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Advisor: Dr. Hanif D. Sherali

Master of Science (MS), Industrial & Systems Engineering Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Advisor: Dr. Hanif D. Sherali

Bachelor of Technology (BTech) Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IIT-M) Advisor: Dr. G. Srinivasan