Contact Information
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Edwardson School of Industrial Engineering Member of the Purdue Institute for Inflammation, Immunology, and Infectious Diseases Co-Director, Network Morphospace Lab Purdue University 315 N. Grant Street West Lafayette, IN 47907-2023 Email: mventresca (at) purdue (dot) edu Office: Grissom 292 |
Please DO NOT contact me concerning graduate student admission; they will be ignored. Thank You.
Research
My research focuses on developing models and algorithms for analyzing, predicting, designing, optimizing, and controlling complex systems in order to discover deeper scientific insight and achieve operational/design outcomes. I have a genuine interest in both theoretical and applied pursuits, typically gravitating toward those requiring expertise in at least one of:
- Approximation algorithms, which aim to efficiently solve difficult optimization problems, while also providing guarantees on solution quality and run-time performance.
- Automated design and inference, whereby robust algorithms are developed for the purpose of automatically designing complex systems, or to ascertain the underlying principles or rules of a given system.
- Combinatorial optimization, where one searches for, or constructs, an optimal object from a (typically extremely large) finite set of objects (e.g., graphs, schedules, routes, resource allocation strategies or payoffs).
- Complexity engineering, where concepts from complexity science such as emergence and self-organization are applied to the design of complex systems.
- Machine learning/Data Science, which leverages computational power to statisticall analyze, or learn from large and/or complex data sets in order to develop intelligent systems.
- Mathematical modeling, which uses mathematics to describe and create abstract models of real world systems.
- Nature-inspired computing, which seeks to develop algorithms based on concepts such as evolution and swarming intelligence to solve complex real-world problems.
- Network science, which focuses on understanding, controlling and predicting the structure and function of interconnected systems as well as processes acting upon them.
To find out more about my research please see my list of publications.