Pradeep Varakantham

Education

• PhD University of Southern California (2003 — 2007)
• BTech International Institute of Information Technology (1998 — 2002)

Companies

• Associate Professor Singapore Management University (2017)
• Associate Professor, Coordinator AI Track (BSc IS) Singapore Management University (2017)
• Assistant Professor Singapore Management University (2009 — 2017)
• Post-doctoral fellow CMU (2007 — 2009)
• Graduate Assistant University of Southern California (2003 — 2007)

Teaching Topics

• Computer as an Analysis Tool
• Software Systems & Solutions electives
• IS Software Foundations
• Object Oriented Application Development

Publications

Journal Articles [Refereed]

• Zone pAth Construction (ZAC) based approaches for effective real-time ridesharing, by LOWALEKAR, Meghna; VARAKANTHAM, Pradeep; JAILLET, Patrick. (2021). Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research, 70 119-167.
• Online spatio-temporal matching in stochastic and dynamic domains, by LOWALEKAR, Meghna; VARAKANTHAM, Pradeep; JAILLET, Patrick. (2018). Artificial Intelligence, 261 71-112.
• Risk-sensitive stochastic orienteering problems for trip optimization in urban environments, by VARAKANTHAM, Pradeep; KUMAR, Akshat; LAU, Hoong Chuin. (2018). ACM Transactions on Intelligent Systems and Technology, 9 (3), 1-25.
• Sampling based approaches for minimizing regret in uncertain Markov Decision Problems (MDPs), by AHMED, Asrar; VARAKANTHAM, Pradeep; LOWALEKAR, Meghna; ADULYASAK, Yossiri; JAILLET, Patrick. (2017). Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research, 59 229-264.
• Dynamic repositioning to reduce lost demand in bike sharing systems, by GHOSH, Supriyo; VARAKANTHAM, Pradeep; ADULYASAK, Yossiri; JAILLET, Patrick. (2017). Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research, 58 387-430.
• An extended study on addressing defender teamwork while accounting for uncertainty in attacker defender games using iterative Dec-MDPs, by SHIEH, Eric; JIANG, Albert Xin; YADAV, Amulya; VARAKANTHAM, Pradeep Reddy; TAMBE, Milind. (2016). Multiagent and Grid Systems, 11 (4), 189-226.
• Robust execution strategies for project scheduling with unreliable resources and stochastic durations, by FU, Na; LAU, Hoong Chuin; VARAKANTHAM, Pradeep. (2015). Journal of Scheduling, 18 (6), 607-622.
• TESLA: An extended study of an energy-saving agent that leverages schedule flexibility, by KWAK, Jun Young; VARAKANTHAM, Pradeep Reddy; MAHESWARAN, Rajiv; TAMBE, Milind; BECERIK-GERBER, Burcin. (2014). Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems, 28 (4), 605-636.