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Dr. Zhuang's Group Members

 

Current Group Members:

Margaret Ardizzone (Undergraduate Student)

  • Working with Dr. Zhuang since Fall 2019
  • Supported by an NSF REU supplementary award for AY 2020-2021

Mirka Arevalo (Undergraduate Student)

  • Working with Dr. Zhuang since Summer 2020
  • Supported by the 2020 Collegiate Science & Technology Entry Program (CSTEP) 
  • Project: FEMA role in mitigating the propagation of false COVID-19 rumors on Twitter

Ridwan Al Aziz (Ph.D. Student, May 2018 to present)

  • Working on big data analytics
  • 2019 ISE Teaching Assistant of the Year Award
  • Aziz, R., M. He, and J. Zhuang. "An Attacker-defender Resource Allocation Game With Substitution and Complementary Effects," Risk Analysis, forthcoming.
  • Hunt, K., P. Agarwal, R. A. Aziz, and J. Zhuang "Fighting fake news during disasters: Machine learning, game theory shown to be effective tools to monitor, debunk misinformation," ORMS Today, February, 2020.

Daniel Deslippe (Undergraduate Student)

  • Working with Dr. Zhuang since Spring 2020

Colette Fraser (Undergraduate Student)

  • Working with Dr. Zhuang since Spring 2019
  • Supported by an NSF REU supplementary award for AY 2019-2020, and AY 2020-2021

Kyle Hunt (Undergraduate Student: 2017-2019; Ph.D. Student: Spring 2020 - )

  • Supported by an NSF REU supplementary award for AY 2018-2019, 2019-2020
  • 2019 UB Undergraduate Research and Scholarship Award of Distinction
  • 2019 UB SEAS Dean’s Undergraduate Achievement Award
  • Undergraduate Research Award, UB CURCA (two times), 3/2018; 9/2018
  • Hunt, K., P. Agarwal, and J. Zhuang "Monitoring Misinformation on Twitter during Crisis Events: A Machine Learning Approach," Risk Analysis, forthcoming.
  • Hunt, K., P. Agarwal, and J. Zhuang "Technology Adoption for Airport Security: Modeling Public Disclosure and Secrecy in an Attacker-defender Game," Reliability Engineering & System Safety, forthcoming.
  • Ding, X., X. Zhang, R. Fan, Q. Xu, K. Hunt, and J. Zhuang "Rumor Recognition Behavior of Social Media Users in Emergencies," Journal of Management Science and Engineering, forthcoming.
  • Dong, Y., X. Chen, K. Hunt, and J. Zhuang "Defensive Resource Allocation: The Roles of Forecast Information and Risk Control," Risk Analysis, forthcoming.
  • Hunt, K., B. Wang, and J. Zhuang "Misinformation Debunking and Cross-Platform Information Sharing through Twitter during Hurricanes Harvey and Irma: A Case Study on Shelters and ID Checks," Natural Hazards, 103(1), 861-883, 2020.
  • Song, C., C. Guo, K. Hunt, and J. Zhuang "An Analysis of Public Opinions Regarding Take-Away Food Safety: A 2015-2018 Case Study on Sina Weibo," Foods, 9, 511, 2020.
  • Hunt, K., P. Agarwal, R. A. Aziz, and J. Zhuang "Fighting fake news during disasters: Machine learning, game theory shown to be effective tools to monitor, debunk misinformation," ORMS Today, February, 2020.
  • Agarwal, P., K. Hunt, S. Srinivasan, and J. Zhuang "Fire Code Inspection and Compliance: A Game-Theoretic Model Between Fire Inspection Agencies and Building Owners," Decision Analysis, forthcoming.
  • Agarwal, P., K. Hunt, J. Zhuang, B. Sarkar, A. Sarkar, and R. Sharma "An Exploratory Analysis for Performance Assessment of State Police Forces in India: An Eclectic Approach," Operational Research, forthcoming.
  • Hunt, K., P. Agarwal, and J. Zhuang "Tracking storms of misinformation spread amid disasters--Machine learning can be used to identify ‘fake news’ shared via social media" (cover story), ISE Magazine, 51(9): 28-32, 2019.
  • Hunt, K., P. Agarwal, and J. Zhuang. “Applying Machine Learning to Track Misinformation During Disasters,'' Proceedings of the 2019 Industrial and Systems Engineering Research Conference (IISE 2019), Orlando, Florida, May 18-21, 2019. (Full paper refereed. 8 pages.)

Esther Jose (Undergraduate Student: 2017-2020; Ph.D. Student: Fall 2020 - )

  • 2020 UB SEAS Dean’s Undergraduate Achievement Award
  • 2020 ISE Celebration Honored Student Speaker
  • 2020 IISE Northeast Regional Conference, Second Place Best Paper Award
  • 2020 J. Scott Fleming Merit Award
  • 2020 Tau Beta Pi Student Leadership Scholarship, NY Nu chapter
  • 2019 David Beneson Memorial Award
  • 2019 Leaders in Excellence, UB Engineering Alumni Association
  • 2019 Exemplary Student Leader Award, UB
  • 2019 Frederick H. Thomas Memorial Scholarship
  • 2019 UB Engineering Alumni Association Leaders in Excellence Award
  • 2019 Tau Beta Pi National Scholar
  • 2019 Exemplary Student Leader Award
  • 2018 Frederick H. Thomas Memorial Scholarship
  • Third place, ISE 2019 poster competition award
  • 2019 National Tau Beta Pi Scholarship Award

Manaswi Mancha (Undergraduate Student)

  • Working with Dr. Zhuang since Fall 2020

Carter Wilcox (Undergraduate Student)

  • Working with Dr. Zhuang since Spring 2021

Netra Mittal (Undergraduate Student)

  • Working with Dr. Zhuang since Spring 2021

Lana Kim (Undergraduate Student)

  • Working with Dr. Zhuang since Fall 2021

Saif Ahmed Chowdhury (M.S. Student)

  • Working with Dr. Zhuang since Fall 2021

 

 

Graduated Ph.D. Students:

Puneet Agarwal (Ph.D. 2021)

  • Dissertation: Monitoring and Controlling Rumors, Misinformation, and Disinformation on Social Media
  • Placement: Assistant Professor, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Department, California Polytechnic State University
  • 2020 ISE Graduate Student Teaching Award
  • 2019 Geohazards research award from UB's Center for Geohazards Studies
  • Agarwal, P., R. Al Aziz, and J. Zhuang "Interplay of Rumor Propagation and Clarification on Social Media during Crisis Events---A Game-Theoretic Approach," European Journal of Operational Research, forthcoming.
  • Agarwal, P., J. Tang, A. Lakshmi Narayanan, and J. Zhuang "Big Data and Predictive Analytics in Fire Risk using Weather Data," Risk Analysis, 40(7): 1438-1449, 2020.
  • Hunt, K., P. Agarwal, and J. Zhuang "Monitoring Misinformation on Twitter during Crisis Events: A Machine Learning Approach," Risk Analysis, forthcoming.
  • Hunt, K., P. Agarwal, and J. Zhuang "Technology Adoption for Airport Security: Modeling Public Disclosure and Secrecy in an Attacker-defender Game," Reliability Engineering & System Safety, forthcoming.
  • Hunt, K., P. Agarwal, R. A. Aziz, and J. Zhuang "Fighting fake news during disasters: Machine learning, game theory shown to be effective tools to monitor, debunk misinformation," ORMS Today, February, 2020.
  • Agarwal, P., K. Hunt, S. Srinivasan, and J. Zhuang "Fire Code Inspection and Compliance: A Game-Theoretic Model Between Fire Inspection Agencies and Building Owners," Decision Analysis, forthcoming.
  • Agarwal, P., K. Hunt, J. Zhuang, B. Sarkar, A. Sarkar, and R. Sharma "An Exploratory Analysis for Performance Assessment of State Police Forces in India: An Eclectic Approach," Operational Research, 21, 1125-1151, 2021.
  • Hunt, K., P. Agarwal, and J. Zhuang "Tracking storms of misinformation spread amid disasters--Machine learning can be used to identify ‘fake news’ shared via social media" (cover story), ISE Magazine, 51(9): 28-32, 2019.
  • Agarwal, P., and Zhuang, J. Twitters and Early Warning Systems: Limits and Potential for India. Asian Early Warning Systems: A View, southasiadisasters.net, Special Issue No. 170, June 2018.
  • Hunt, K., P. Agarwal, and J. Zhuang. “Applying Machine Learning to Track Misinformation During Disasters,'' Proceedings of the 2019 Industrial and Systems Engineering Research Conference (IISE 2019), Orlando, Florida, May 18-21, 2019. (Full paper refereed. 8 pages.)

Nafisa Mahbub (Ph.D. 2021)

  • Dissertation: An Approach to Effective Disruption of Human Trafficking through Data-Driven Spatial-Temporal Prevalence Estimation and Optimal Interdiction of Interdependent Illicit Trades
  • Placement: Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Military Institute of Science & Technology, Bangladesh
  • Mahbub, N., A. Le, and J. Zhuang "Online Crowd-funding Strategy: A Game-theoretical Approach to a Kickstarter Case Study," Annals of Operations Research, forthcoming.

Mohammed Hassan Y Alyaqub (Ph.D. 2021)

  • Dissertation: A Bi-Level Modeling Approach to Deter Illicit Traffic of Nuclear and Radioactive Materials
  • Placement: Assistant Professor, Department of Systems Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia

Vineet Madasseri Payyappalli (Ph.D. 2019)

  • Dissertation: Data-Driven Fire Risk Management: Spatio-Temporal Prediction and Resource Allocation Models
  • Placement: Data Scientist, WestRock
  • Madasseri Payyappalli, V., and J. Zhuang. "A Data-Driven Integer Programming Model for Soccer Clubs' Decision Making on Player Transfers," Environment Systems and Decisions, 39(4): 466-481, 2019.
  • Behrendt, A. V. Madasseri Payyappalli, and J. Zhuang. "Modeling the Cost Effectiveness of Fire Protection Resource Allocation in the United States: Models and a 1980-2014 Case Study," Risk Analysis, 39(6): 1358-1381, 2019.
  • Guan, P., J. Zhang, V. Madasseri Payyappalli, and J. Zhuang. "Modeling and Validating Public-private Partnerships in Disaster Management," Decision Analysis, 15(2): 55-71, 2018.
  • Madasseri Payyappalli, V., J. Zhuang, and V. R. R. Jose. "Deterrence and Risk Preferences in a Sequential Attacker-Defender Game with Continuous Defense Effort," Risk Analysis, 37(11): 2229-2245, 2017.

Ali Pala (Ph.D. 2019)

  • Dissertation: Homeland Security Models: Screening, Patrolling, and Information Sharing
  • Placement: Senior Operations Research Engineer, Arute Solutions
  • 2019 ISE Graduate Student Researcher of the Year Award
  • Pala, A. and J. Zhuang. "Information Sharing in Cybersecurity: A Review," Decision Analysis, 16(3): 157-237, 2019.
  • Pala, A. and J. Zhuang. "Security Screening Queues with Impatient Applicants: A New Model with a Case Study," European Journal of Operational Research, 265(3): 919-930, 2018.
  • Pala, A., J. Zhang, J. Zhuang, and N. Allen. "Behavior Analysis of Illegal Fishing in the Gulf of Mexico," Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, 15(1): 1-10, 2018.
  • Catalano, M., E. Newell, A. Pala, J. Coles, and J. Zhuang. "A 2008-2013 Case Study: US Visa Applicant Security Screening Wait Time Analysis,'' Proceedings of the 2015 Industrial and Systems Engineering Research Conference (ISERC 2015), Nashville, Tennessee, May 30-June 2, 2015. (Full paper refereed. 8 pages.)

Jing Zhang (Ph.D., 2018)

  • Dissertation: Detection, Interdiction, and Defensive Resource Allocation Games in Homeland Security
  • Placement: Data Scientist, Ford Motors
  • Zhang, J., Y. Wang, and J. Zhuang "Modeling Multi-Target Defender-attacker Games with Quantal Response Attack Strategies,"Reliability Engineering and System Safety, forthcoming.
  • Pala, A., J. Zhang, J. Zhuang, and N. Allen. "Behavior Analysis of Illegal Fishing in the Gulf of Mexico," Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, 15(1): 1-10, 2018.
  • Zhang, J., and J. Zhuang. "Modeling a Multi-target Attacker-defender Game with Multiple Attack Types,'' Reliability Engineering and System Safety, 185: 465-475, 2019.
  • Zhang, J., J. Zhuang, and B. Behlendorf. "Stochastic Shortest Path Network Interdiction Considering Partially Strategic Attackers with a Case study of Arizona-Mexico Border," Reliability Engineering & System Safety, forthcoming.
  • Zhang, J., J. Zhuang, and V. R. R. Jose. "The Role of Risk Preferences in a Multi-target Attacker-Defender Resource Allocation Game," Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 169: 95-104, 2018.
  • Coles, J., J. Zhang, and J. Zhuang. "Partner Selection in Disaster Relief: Partnership formation in the presence of incompatible agencies," International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 27: 94-104, 2018.
  • Coles, J., J. Zhang, and J. Zhuang. "Bridging the Research-Practice Gap in Disaster Relief: Using the IFRC Code of Conduct to develop an aid model," Annals of Operations Research, forthcoming.
  • Coles, J., J. Zhang, and J. Zhuang. "Scalable Simulation of a Disaster Response Agent-based network Management and Adaptation System (DRAMAS)," Journal of Risk Research, 22(3): 269-290, 2019.
  • Guan, P., J. Zhang, V. Madasseri Payyappalli, and J. Zhuang. "Modeling and Validating Public-private Partnerships in Disaster Management," Decision Analysis, 15(2): 55-71, 2018.
  • Coles, J., J. Zhang, and J. Zhuang. "Experiments on Partnership and Decision Making in a Disaster Environment," International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 18: 181-196, 2016.
  • Coles, J., J. Zhang, and J. Zhuang. "Partnership Behavior in Disaster Relief Operations: A case study comparison of the responses to the tornado in Joplin, Missouri and Hurricane Sandy along the Jersey Coast," Natural Hazards, 84(1), 625-647, 2016.

Bairong Wang (Ph.D., 2018)

  • Dissertation: Crisis Communication on Social Media: Behaviors and Pattens
  • Placement: Assistant Professor, Department of Management Science, Shanghai Maritime University
  • 2017-2018 NSF Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant
  • Hunt, K., B. Wang, and J. Zhuang "Misinformation Debunking and Cross-Platform Information Sharing through Twitter during Hurricanes Harvey and Irma: A Case Study on Shelters and ID Checks," Natural Hazards, 103(1), 861-883, 2020.
  • Wang, B. and J. Zhuang. "Rumor Response, Debunking Response, and Decision Makings of Misinformed Twitter Users during Disasters," Natural Hazards, 93(3): 1145-1162, 2018.
  • Wang, B. and J. Zhuang. "Crisis Information Distribution on Twitter: A Content Analysis of Tweets during Hurricane Sandy," Natural Hazards, 89(1): 161-181, 2017.
  • Chu, Z, W. Wang, B. Wang, and J. Zhuang. "Research on Factors Influencing Municipal Household Solid Waste Separate Collection: Bayesian Belief Networks,'' Sustainability, 8(2), 152, 2016, 14 pages.

Peiqiu Guan (Ph.D., 2015)

  • Dissertation: Public and Private Partnership in Disaster Management
  • Placement: Modeling/Scoring/Analysis-Analyst, Citibank N.A.
  • Guan, P., J. Zhang, V. Madasseri Payyappalli, and J. Zhuang. "Modeling and Validating Public-private Partnerships in Disaster Management," Decision Analysis, 15(2): 55-71, 2018.
  • Guan, P., M. He, and J. Zhuang, and S. Hora. "Modeling A Multi-target Attacker-defender Game with Budget Constraints," Decision Analysis, 14(2): 87-107, 2017.
  • Guan, P. and J. Zhuang. "Modeling Resources Allocation in Attacker-defender Games with 'Warm Up' CSF," Risk Analysis, 36(4): 776-791, 2016.
  • Guan, P. and J. Zhuang. "Modeling Public-private Partnerships in Disaster Management via Centralized and Decentralized Models," Decision Analysis, 12(4): 173-189, 2015.
  • Yaraghi, N., P. Tabesh, P. Guan and J. Zhuang. "Comparison of Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) and Monte-Carlo AHP under Different Levels of Uncertainty," IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 62(1): 122-132, 2015.

John Coles (Ph.D., 2014)

  • Dissertation: Modeling and Simulating the Network Behavior of Agencies during Disaster Relief Operations
  • Placement: Senior Research Scientist, CUBRC (after declining an Assistant Professor offer from Stevens Institute of Technology
  • Coles, J., J. Zhang, and J. Zhuang. "Partner Selection in Disaster Relief: Partnership formation in the presence of incompatible agencies," International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 27: 94-104, 2018.
  • Coles, J., J. Zhang, and J. Zhuang. "Bridging the Research-Practice Gap in Disaster Relief: Using the IFRC Code of Conduct to develop an aid model," Annals of Operations Research, forthcoming.
  • Coles, J., J. Zhang, and J. Zhuang. "Scalable Simulation of a Disaster Response Agent-based network Management and Adaptation System (DRAMAS)," Journal of Risk Research, 22(3): 269-290, 2019.
  • Coles, J., J. Zhang, and J. Zhuang. "Experiments on Partnership and Decision Making in a Disaster Environment," International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 18: 181-196, 2016.
  • Coles, J., J. Zhang, and J. Zhuang. "Partnership Behavior in Disaster Relief Operations: A case study comparison of the responses to the tornado in Joplin, Missouri and Hurricane Sandy along the Jersey Coast," Natural Hazards, 84(1), 625-647, 2016.
  • Coles, J. and J. Zhuang. "Introducing Terrorist Archetypes: Using Terrorist Objectives and Behavior to Predict New, Complex, and Changing Threats," Military Operations Research, 21(4): 47-62, 2016.
  • Coles, J., J. Zhuang, and J. Yates "Case Study in Disaster Relief: A Descriptive Analysis of Agency Partnerships in the Aftermath of the January 12th, 2010 Haitian Earthquake," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 46(1): 67-77, 2012.
  • Coles, J. and J. Zhuang. "Decisions in Disaster Recovery Operations: A Game Theoretic Perspective on Organization Cooperation," Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, 8(1), Article 35, 1-14, 2011.
  • Catalano, M., E. Newell, A. Pala, J. Coles, and J. Zhuang. "A 2008-2013 Case Study: US Visa Applicant Security Screening Wait Time Analysis,'' Proceedings of the 2015 Industrial and Systems Engineering Research Conference (ISERC 2015), Nashville, Tennessee, May 30-June 2, 2015. (Full paper refereed. 8 pages.)

Cen Song (Ph.D., 2014)

  • Dissertation: Screening Strategies in the Face of Strategic Applicants with Network Queuing
  • Current Position: Associate Professor, School of Business Administration, China University of Petroleum.
  • Song, C., C. Guo, K. Hunt, and J. Zhuang "An Analysis of Public Opinions Regarding Take-Away Food Safety: A 2015-2018 Case Study on Sina Weibo," Foods, 9, 511, 2020.
  • Song, C., J. Guo, and J. Zhuang "Analyzing Passengers' Emotions following Flight Delays -- A 2011-2019 Case Study on Skytrax comments," Journal of Air Transport Management, 89, 101903, 2020.
  • Song, C. and J. Zhuang. "Modelling Precheck Parallel Screening Process in the Face of Strategic Applicants with Incomplete Information and Screening Errors," Risk Analysis, 38(1): 118-133, 2018.
  • Song, C. and J. Zhuang. "Regulating Food Risk Management—A Government–Manufacturer Game facing Endogenous Consumer Demand," International Transactions in Operational Research, forthcoming.
  • Song, C. and J. Zhuang. "N-Stage Security Screening Strategies in the Face of Strategic Applicants," Reliability Engineering and System Safety, 165: 292-301, 2017.
  • Song, C. and J. Zhuang. "Two-Stage Security Screening Strategies in the Face of Strategic Applicants, Congestions and Screening Errors," Annals of Operations Research, 258(2): 237-262, 2017.
  • Song, C. and J. Zhuang. "Modeling A Government-Manufacturer-Farmer Game for Food Supply Chain Risk Management," Food Control, 78: 443-455, 2017.

Fei He (Ph.D., 2013)

  • Dissertation: Balancing Pre-Disaster Preparedness and Post-Disaster Relief for Natural Disasters and Terrorism
  • Placement: Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Texas A&M University-Kingsville.
  • He, F., J. Zhuang, and N. Rao. "Discrete Game-Theoretic Analysis of Attack and Defense in Correlated Cyber-Physical Systems,'' Annals of Operations Research, forthcoming.
  • He, F. and J. Zhuang. "Balancing Pre-disaster Preparedness and Post-disaster Relief," European Journal of Operational Research, 252(1): 246-256, 2016.
  • Rao, N., C. Ma, F. He, D. Yau, and J. Zhuang. "Cyber-Physical Correlation Effects in Defense Games for Large Discrete Infrastructures,'' Games, 9(3), Article 52, 1-24, 2018.
  • Rao, N., C. Y. T. Ma, K. Hausken, F. He, D. Yau, and J. Zhuang, "Defense Strategies for Asymmetric Networked Systems with Discrete Components,'' Sensors, 18(5), Article 1421, 2018.
  • Rao, N., S. Poole, C. Ma, F. He, J. Zhuang, and D. Yau. "Defense of Cyber Infrastructures Against Cyber-Physical Attacks Using Game-Theoretic Models,'' Risk Analysis, 36(4): 694-710, 2016.
  • He, F. and J. Zhuang. "Modeling 'Contracts' between Terrorist Groups and Governments in a Sequential Game,'' Journal of the Operational Research Society, 63(6): 790-809, 2012.
  • Rao, N., C. Y. T. Ma, K. Hausken, F. He, D. Yau., and J. Zhuang. “Game-Theoretic Strategies for Asymmetric Networked Systems,'' Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Information Fusion (FUSION 2017), Xi'an, China, July 10-13, 2017. (Full paper refereed. 8 pages.)
  • Rao, N., N. Imam, C. Y. T. Ma, K. Hausken, F. He, and J. Zhuang. “On Defense Strategies for System of Systems Using Aggregated Correlations,'' Proceedings of the 2017 IEEE International Systems Conference (IEEE SysCon 2017), Montreal, Quebec, Canada, April 24-27, 2017. (Full paper refereed. 6 pages.)
  • Rao, N., C. Y. T. Ma, K. Hausken, F. He, and J. Zhuang, "Game-Theoretic Approach to Cyber-Physical Infrastructures: UltraScience Net Case Study,'' Proceedings of the 2016 IEEE International Conference on Multisensor Fusion and Integration for Intelligent Systems (MFI 2016), Baden, Germany, September 19-21, 2016. (Full paper refereed. xx pages.)
  • Rao, N., C. Y. T. Ma, K. Hausken, F. He, and J. Zhuang, "Defense Strategies for Infrastructures with Multiple Systems of Components,'' Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Information Fusion (FUSION 2016), Heidelberg, Germany, July 5-8, 2016. (Full paper refereed. 8 pages.)
  • Rao, N., C. Ma, U. Shah, F. He, and J. Zhuang. "On Resilience of Cyber-Physical Infrastructures Using Discrete Product-Form Games,'' Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Information FUSION (FUSION 2015), Washington, D.C., July 6-9, 2015. (Full paper refereed. 8 pages.)
  • Rao, N.,C. Ma, F. He, J. Zhuang, and D. Yau. "Cyber-Physical Correlations for Infrastructure Resilience: A Game-Theoretic Approach,'' Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Information FUSION (FUSION 2014), Salamanca, Spain, July 7-10, 2014. (Full paper refereed. 8 pages.)
  • He, F., J. Zhuang, N. Rao., C. Ma, and D. Yau. "Game-Theoretic Resilience Analysis of Cyber-Physical Systems,"Proceedings of the 1st IEEE International Conference on Cyber-Physical Systems, Networks, and Applications (CPSNA 2013), Taipei, Taiwan, August 19-20, 2013. (full paper refereed, acceptance rate~=37%, 6 pages.)
  • Rao, N., S. Poole, C. Ma, F. He, J. Zhuang, and D. Yau. "Cyber and Physical Information Fusion for Infrastructure Protection: A Game-Theoretic Approach,'' Proceedings of the 1st IEEE International Symposium on Resilient Cyber Systems (ISRCS13), San Francisco, California, August 13-15, 2013. (Full paper refereed. 6 pages.)
  • Rao, N., S. Poole, C. Ma, F. He, J. Zhuang, and D. Yau. "Cyber and Physical Information Fusion for Infrastructure Protection: A Game-Theoretic Approach,'' Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Information FUSION (FUSION 2013), Istanbul, Turkey, July 9-12, 2013. (Full paper refereed. 8 pages.)
  • Rao, N., S. Poole, C. Ma, F. He, J. Zhuang, and D. Yau. "Game-Theoretic Approach to Cyber-Physical Infrastructures: UltraScience Net Case Study,'' Proceedings of the third Workshop on Design, Modeling and Evaluation of Cyber Physical Systems (CyPhy'13), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, April 8-11, 2013. (Full paper refereed. X pages.)

Jie Xu (Ph.D., 2013)

  • Dissertation: Robust Screening Policy at Security Queues in the Presence of Strategic Applicants with Private Information
  • Placement: Business Consultant, Neuric Technologies Llc.
  • Xu, J. and J. Zhuang. "Modeling Costly Learning and Counter-learning in a Defender-attacker Game with Private Defender Information," Annals of Operations Research, 236(1), 271-289, 2016.
  • Xu, J., J. Zhuang, and Z. Liu. "Modeling and Mitigating the Effects of Supply Chain Disruption in a Defender-attacker Game," Annals of Operations Research, 236(1), 255-270, 2016.

Xiaojun Shan (Ph.D., 2012)

  • Dissertation: Game-theoretic Defensive Resource Allocations inthe Face of a Partially Strategic Attacker Considering Equity Constraints
  • Current Position: Assistant Professor, Engineering Management Program, University of Houston-Clear Lake.
  • Shan, X., and J. Zhuang. "A Game-Theoretic Approach to Modeling Attacks and Defenses of Smart Grids,"Reliability Engineering and System Safety, forthcoming.
  • Shan, X. and J. Zhuang. "Modeling Cumulative Defensive Resource Allocation against a Strategic Attacker in a Multi-period Multi-target Game," Reliability Engineering and System Safety, 179: 12-26, 2018.
  • Shan, X. and J. Zhuang. "Modeling Credible Retaliation Threats in Deterring the Smuggling of Nuclear Weapons using Partial Inspection---A Three-Stage Game," Decision Analysis, 11(1): 43-62, 2014.
  • Shan, X. and J. Zhuang. "Subsidizing to Disrupt Terrorism Supply Chain---A Four Player Sequential Game," Journal of the Operational Research Society, 65(7): 1108-1119, 2014.
  • Shan, X. and J. Zhuang. "Cost of Equity in Homeland Security Resource Allocation In the Face of A Strategic Attacker," Risk Analysis, 33(6): 1083-1099, 2013.
  • Shan, X. and J. Zhuang. "Hybrid Defensive Resource Allocations in the Face of Partially Strategic Attackers in a Sequential Defender-attacker Game,'' European Journal of Operational Research, 228(1): 262-272, 2013.

 

 

Graduated M.S. Students with Thesis Options:

Lakshmi Narayanan, Adithya Narayanan (M.S. 2021)

  • Thesis: Enhancing News Article Perception with Quantification of Contextual Metrics: Partisanship and Reaction Polarity
  • Placement: Ph.D. Student, University at Buffalo
  • Agarwal, P., J. Tang, A. Lakshmi Narayanan, and J. Zhuang "Big Data and Predictive Analytics in Fire Risk using Weather Data," Risk Analysis, 40(7): 1438-1449, 2020.

Marko Lazin (M.S. 2021)

  • Thesis: Government Tone and Public Sentiment Coronavirus Tweets in the 10 Most Populated U.S. Cities
  • Placement: TBA

Pritish Shivananda Adiga (M.S. 2021, co-advised with Dr. Qing He)

  • Thesis: Predicting PPE demand in hospitals and shortages due to COVID 19 using a discrete time Markov chain stochastic model and neural network based classification model
  • Placement: Demand Planning Manager, Tesla

Atharva Manoj Patke (M.S. 2021)

  • Thesis: Modelling the Effects of the Trade War between the US and China: A Game Theoretic Approach
  • Placement: TBA

Saurabh Sanjay Kulkarni (M.S. 2021)

  • Thesis: Covid 19 Impact on PPE demand: Analyzing and Forecasting PPE Demand of California State Counties
  • Placement: TBA

Kruthika Madhusudhana (M.S. 2021)

  • Thesis: Text Classification Models for Automatic Detection of Fake Covid Products and News on Social Media
  • Placement: TBA

Mourya Busareddy (M.S. 2021)

  • Thesis: Forecasting Passenger Demand and Estimating the Impact of the COVID 19 on US Air Transport Passenger Demand using Intervention Analysis
  • Placement: TBA

Nilashish Swapan Singha (M.S. 2021)

  • Thesis: Impact of Covid-19 on the Meat Industry: A Game Theoretic Perspective
  • Placement: TBA

Antonio Dimitrov (Undergraduate Student: 2018-2019; M.S., 2020)

  • Thesis: Decision Modeling of the Spread of Rumors on Online Social Media
  • Placement: Continuous Improvement Engineer at GAL Manufacturing

Sujay Dayanand Anjarlekar (M.S., 2020)

  • Thesis: Optimization of Online Advertising on Search-engines
  • Placement: Commercial Operations Analyst, Almirall LLC

Yash Ahuja (M.S. 2019)

  • Thesis: Strategic Execution of a Smart City Project: A Game theoretic model between Government Agencies and Citizens
  • Placement: Software Engineer, Smartsoft International Inc.

Arpit Rana (M.S. 2019)

  • Thesis: Exploratory Data Analysis of Wildfires in USA
  • Placement: Analytics Engineer, ACV Auctions

Zonghao Wang (M.S. 2019)

  • Thesis: Modeling Rumor Spreading Decisions on Social Media
  • Placement: Went back to China

Shivasubramanian Srinivasan (M.S. 2018)

  • Thesis: Fire Safety Code Inspection -- A Game between Fire Inspection Agency and Building Owners
  • Placement: Supply Chain Operations Analyst, FreshDirect
  • Hunt, K., P. Agarwal, S. Srinivasan, and J. Zhuang "Fire Code Inspection and Compliance: A Game-Theoretic Model Between Fire Inspection Agencies and Building Owners," Decision Analysis, forthcoming.

Mohit Singh Panesir (M.S. 2018)

  • Thesis: Blockchain Applications for Disaster Management and National Security
  • Placement: Analytics Associate, Factspan

Haritha Appojala (M.S., 2018)

  • Thesis: Exploratory Data Analysis, Regression, Prediction and Optimization Models using National Bridge Inventory Database
  • Placement: Senior Operations Research Analyst, FedEx

Junlin Tang (M.S., 2018)

  • Thesis: Big Data and Predictive Analytics in Fire Risk using Weather Data
  • Placement: Valuation Analyst, Citi
  • Agarwal, P., J. Tang, A. Lakshmi Narayanan, and J. Zhuang "Big Data and Predictive Analytics in Fire Risk using Weather Data,"Risk Analysis, 40(7): 1438-1449, 2020.

Meilin He (M.S., 2017)

  • Thesis: An attacker-defender resource allocation game with complementary and substituting effects.' on cyber security project
  • Placement: Financial Analyst, Citi
  • Aziz, R., M. He, and J. Zhuang. "An Attacker-defender Resource Allocation Game With Substitution and Complementary Effects," Risk Analysis, forthcoming.
  • He, M., L. Devine, and J. Zhuang. "Perspectives on Cybersecurity Information Sharing among Multiple Stakeholders using a Decision Theoretic Approach," Risk Analysis, , 38(2): 215-225, 2018.
  • Guan, P., M. He, and J. Zhuang, and S. Hora. "Modeling A Multi-target Attacker-defender Game with Budget Constraints," Decision Analysis, 14(2): 87-107, 2017.

Vijoe Maria Michael Raj (M.S., 2017)

  • Thesis: An Advanced Analytical Approach for Optimal Resource Allocation to Fire Departments
  • Placement: Senior Operations Research Analyst, Fedex

Shiva Subramanian Ganesan (M.S., 2017)

  • Thesis: A Game Theory Framework to Architecture Decision Making Process
  • Placement: Bioinformatics Scientist, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

Urvashi Lalit Shah (M.S., 2015)

  • Thesis: Game-Theoretic Approach to Resilience of Cyber-Physical Network Infrastructures and Preventive Strategies for Providers in the face of EMP threats
  • Placement: Senior Analyst, Stanley Black & Decker
  • Rao, N., C. Ma, U. Shah, F. He, and J. Zhuang. "On Resilience of Cyber-Physical Infrastructures Using Discrete Product-Form Games,'' Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Information FUSION (FUSION 2015), Washington, D.C., July 6-9, 2015. (Full paper refereed. 8 pages.)

Vineet Madasseri Payyappalli (M.S., 2015)

  • Thesis: Modeling Risk Preferences in a Sequential Attacker-Defender Game with Continuous Defense Effort
  • Placement: Continue as a Ph.D. student with Dr. Zhuang
  • Guan, P., J. Zhang, V. Madasseri Payyappalli, and J. Zhuang. "Modeling and Validating Public-private Partnerships in Disaster Management," Decision Analysis, 15(2): 15(2): 55-71, 2018.
  • Madasseri Payyappalli, V., J. Zhuang, and V. R. R. Jose. "Deterrence and Risk Preferences in a Sequential Attacker-Defender Game with Continuous Defense Effort," Risk Analysis, 37(11): 2229-2245, 2017.

Xiaowen Wang (M.S., 2014)

  • Thesis: Simulating a Multi-stage Screening Network---A Queueing Theory and Game Theory Application
  • Placement: Software Quality Engineer, Microstrategy.
  • Wang, X., C. Song, and J. Zhuang. "Simulating A Multi-Stage Screening Network---A Queueing Theory and Game Theory Application,'' in Game Theoretic Analysis of Congestion, Safety and Security, K. Hausken and J. Zhuang (eds.), pp. 55-80, Springer Series in Reliability Engineering, Springer, 2015.

Wei-Yuan Hsu (M.S., 2012)

  • Thesis: Heuristics, Optimization, and Equilibrium Analysis for Automated Wargames
  • Placement: Graduate student, University of Connecticut
  • Hsu, W., E. Newell, J. Zhuang, and D. Ross. "Heuristics, Optimization, and Equilibrium Analysis for Automated Wargames," Proceedings of the 2012 Industrial and Systems Engineering Research Conference. (Full paper refereed. 10 pages.)
  • Wei-Yuan did a summer internship with Dr. Zhuang at the U.S. Air Force Research Lab (Rome, NY) in summer 2011

Mohsen Golalikhani (M.S., 2011)

  • Thesis: Modeling arbitrary layers of continuous level defenses in facing with strategic attacker
  • Placement: Ph.D. Student, University at Buffalo.
  • Golalikhani, M. and J. Zhuang. "Modeling Arbitrary Layers of Continuous Level Defenses in Facing with A Strategic Attacker," Risk Analysis, 31(4): 533-547, 2011.
  • Ali, M., M. Golalikhani, and J. Zhuang. "A Computational Study on Different Penalty Approaches for Solving Constrained Global Optimization Problems with the Electromagnetism-like Method,'' Optimization, 63(3): 403-419, 2014.

Cen Song (M.S., 2011)

  • Thesis: Food Supply Chain Risk Management: A Sequential Game between Retailers and Regulating Government in the face of Strategic Consumers
  • Placement: Continue as a Ph.D. student with Dr. Zhuang
  • Song, C. and J. Zhuang. "Modeling A Government-Manufacturer-Farmer Game for Food Supply Chain Risk Management," Food Control, 78: 443-455, 2017.
  • Song, C. and J. Zhuang. "Regulating Food Risk Management—A Government–Manufacturer Game facing Endogenous Consumer Demand," International Transactions in Operational Research, forthcoming.

Han Wu (M.S., 2011)

  • Thesis: Publicity vs. Impact --- A Sequential Game with a Non-profit Organization and N Donors
  • Placement: Ph.D. Student, University of Louisville
  • Zhuang, J., G. Saxton, and H. Wu. "Publicity vs. Impact in Nonprofit Disclosures and Donor Preferences: A Sequential Game with One Nonprofit Organization and N Donors,'' Annals of Operations Research, 221(1): 469-491, 2014.

Long Zhang (M.S., 2011)

  • Thesis: Modeling Free-gym as an Incentive Game between Healthcare Insurance Company and Policy Subscribers
  • Placement: International Cooperation Bureau, Supreme People's Procuratorate, China

Jerome Ndayishimiye Niyirora (M.S., 2010)

  • Thesis: Differential Equations Modeling of Patients and Physicians Dynamics in Emergency Rooms: Optimal control solutions and heuristic implementation methods
  • Placement: Instructor, Department of Health Information Management, State University of New York Polytechnic Institute
  • Niyirora, J. and J. Zhuang. "Fluid approximations and control of queues in emergency departments," European Journal of Operational Research, 261(3): 1110-1124, 2017.

Other Graduated M.S. Students

Mengran Hao (M.S. Student):

  • Hao, M., S. Jin and J. Zhuang. "Robustness of Optimal Defensive Resource Allocations in the Face of Less than Fully Rational Attackers,'' Proceedings of the 2009 Industrial Engineering Research Conference, p.p. 886-891.

Meiling Jiang (Ph.D. Student, School of Management)

  • Working on information diffusion on networks

Shilan Jin (M.S. Student)

  • Jin, S., Z. Liu and J. Zhuang. "Monte Carlo Simulation-Based Supply Chain Disruption Management for Wargames," Proceedings of the 2010 Winter Simulation Conference, p.p. 2682-2693, 2010. (Full paper refereed.)
  • Hao, M., S. Jin and J. Zhuang. "Robustness of Optimal Defensive Resource Allocations in the Face of Less than Fully Rational Attackers,'' Proceedings of the 2009 Industrial Engineering Research Conference, p.p. 886-891.

John Urschel (M.S. Student)

  • Mr. Urschel did not write any thesis/dissertation with Dr. Zhuang
  • Urschel, J. and J. Zhuang. "Are NFL Coaches Risk and Loss Averse? Evidence From Their Use of Kickoff Strategies,'' Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports, 7(3), Article 14, 2011.
    • Highlighted in "What NFL Coaches and Investors Share," The Wall Street Journal, September 22, 2011. PDF.

Graduated B.S. Students:

Denil Oonnittan (Undergraduate Student)

  • Working with Dr. Zhuang from Fall 2020 to Spring 2021

Sarah Gifford (Undergraduate Student)

  • Working with Dr. Zhuang from Spring 2019 to Spring 2021

Thomas Short (Undergraduate Student)

  • Working with Dr. Zhuang from Spring 2019 to Spring 2020

Lucas Wickham (Undergraduate Student)

  • Working with Dr. Zhuang in Spring 2020

Ji Ho Lee (Undergraduate Student)

  • Working with Dr. Zhuang from Fall 2019 to Spring 2020

Zay Ya Min Yin (Undergraduate Student)

  • Working with Dr. Zhuang in Fall 2019

Katherine Rollins (Undergraduate Student)

  • Working with Dr. Zhuang in Fall 2019

Thomas Panzica (Undergraduate Student)

  • Working with Dr. Zhuang from Fall 2018 to Fall 2019

Saumya Pandey (Undergraduate Student)

  • Working with Dr. Zhuang in Spring 2019 and Fall 2019

Michael Marianiello (Undergraduate Student)

  • Working with Dr. Zhuang in spring 2019 and Fall 2019

Jonathan Garriques (Undergraduate Student)

  • Summer 2019 (Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) for underrepresented students)

Elizabeth Friar (Undergraduate Student)

  • Working with Dr. Zhuang in Spring 2019 and Fall 2019

Brandon Francisco (Undergraduate Student)

  • Working with Dr. Zhuang in Fall 2019

Felicity Carmichael (Undergraduate Student)

  • Working with Dr. Zhuang in Fall 2019

Bruck Adam (Undergraduate Student)

  • Summer 2010 (CSTEP/SUNY LSAMP Research Program for underrepresented students); finished one research report and one poster for the project "International Collaboration and Competition following Volcanic ash Clouds---A Game Theory Perspective" PDF.
  • Fall 2010: IE 498 Undergraduate Research with Dr. Zhuang
  • Fall 2010: CSTEP/SUNY LSAMP Research Internship with Dr. Zhuang

Leonard Arambam (Undergraduate Student)

  • Starting with Dr. Zhuang since Spring 2013

Kristen Alcazaren (Undergraduate Student)

  • Fall 2012, Spring 2013, Fall 2013: IE 498 Undergraduate Research with Dr. Zhuang
  • Undergraduate Research Award, UB's Center for Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities, April 2013

John Balzani (Undergraduate Student)

  • Fall 2013: IE 498 Undergraduate Research with Dr. Zhuang
  • Undergraduate Research Award, UB's Center for Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities, November 2013

Adam Behrendt (Undergraduate Student)

  • Working with Dr. Zhuang since Fall 2015
  • Supported by an NSF REU supplementary award for AY 2016-2017
  • Behrendt, A. V. Madasseri Payyappalli, and J. Zhuang. "Modeling the Cost Effectiveness of Fire Protection Resource Allocation in the United States: Models and a 1980-2014 Case Study," Risk Analysis, 39(6): 1358-1381, 2019.
  • Behrendt, A., K. Lukasiewicz, D. Seaberg, and J. Zhuang. "Trends in Multidisciplinary Hazard and Disaster Research: A 1982-2017 Case Study," Risk Analysis, forthcoming.

Matthew Brondum (Undergraduate Student)

  • Spring 2013, Fall 2013: IE 498 Undergraduate Research with Dr. Zhuang
  • Spring 2014: School of Engineering and Applied Sciences' Senior Scholar Program with Dr. Zhuang
  • Undergraduate Research Award, UB's Center for Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities, May 2013; December 2013
  • Supported by an NSF REU (Research Experiences for Undergraduates) supplementary award for AY 2013-2014 for the project Link
  • Matt presented our research at INFORMS 2013 (Minneapolis, MN, 10/2013)
  • Senior Scholar, UB's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 2014

Lauren Coviello (Undergraduate Student)

  • Since Spring 2013: CSTEP/SUNY LSAMP Research Program for underrepresented students
  • Finished a poster "Terrorist Attacks in Relation to the Top 10 Tourist Countries" PDF.

Marie Catalano (Undergraduate Student; graduated in May 2013 and joined Cornell University)

  • Spring 2012, Fall 2012: IE 498 Undergraduate Research with Dr. Zhuang
  • Spring 2013: School of Engineering and Applied Sciences' Senior Scholar Program with Dr. Zhuang
  • Spring 2013: IE 499 Independent Study with Dr. Zhuang
  • Working on an NSF project on visa screening Link.
    • Undergraduate Research Award, UB's Center for Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities (CURCA), April 2012
    • Undergraduate Research Award, UB's Center for Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities (CURCA), October 2012
    • Supported by an NSF REU (Research Experiences for Undergraduates) supplementary award for AY 2012-2013
  • Marie presented our research at INFORMS 2012 (Phoenix, AZ, 10/2012) and SRA 2012 (San Francisco, CA, 12/2012)
  • Catalano, M., E. Newell, A. Pala, J. Coles, and J. Zhuang. "A 2008-2013 Case Study: US Visa Applicant Security Screening Wait Time Analysis,'' Proceedings of the 2015 Industrial and Systems Engineering Research Conference (ISERC 2015), Nashville, Tennessee, May 30-June 2, 2015. (Full paper refereed. 8 pages.)

Hao Chen (Undergraduate Student)

  • Since Spring 2011: Research Internship (UB CURCA Research Program for undergraduate students)
  • Working on sustainability games
  • Spring 2011: IE 498 Undergraduate Research with Dr. Zhuang

May Cheung (Undergraduate Student)

  • Since Spring 2010: Research Internship (UB CURCA Research Program for undergraduate students)
  • Fall 2010, Spring 2011, Summer 2011: IE 498/499 Undergraduate Research with Dr. Zhuang
  • Spring 2012: School of Engineering and Applied Sciences' Senior Scholar Program with Dr. Zhuang
  • Cheung, M. and J. Zhuang. "Regulation Games Between Government and Competing Companies: Oil Spills and Other Disasters,'' Decision Analysis, Special Issue on Games and Decisions in Reliability and Risk, 9(2): 156-164, 2012.
  • May presented our research at UB's Celebration of Academic Excellence (Buffalo, NY, 4/2011) and Second New York Conference on Applied Mathematics (Buffalo, NY, 4/2011).

Thomas Darlington (Undergraduate Student)

  • Spring 2013: IE 498 Undergraduate Research with Dr. Zhuang
  • Undergraduate Research Award, UB's Center for Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities, May 2013, December 2013
  • Supported by an NSF REU supplementary award for AY 2013-2014 for the project Link
  • Tom presented our research at INFORMS 2013 (Minneapolis, MN, 10/2013)

Laura Devine (Undergraduate Student)

  • Work with Dr. Zhuang from Fall 2014 to Spring 2017
  • Supported by an NSF REU supplementary award for AY 2014-2015, and 2015-2016
  • He, M., L. Devine, and J. Zhuang. "Perspectives on Cybersecurity Information Sharing among Multiple Stakeholders using a Decision Theoretic Approach," Risk Analysis, , 38(2): 215-225, 2018.
  • Seaberg, D., L. Devine, and J. Zhuang. "A Review of Game Theory Applications in Natural Disaster Management Research," Natural Hazards, 89(3): 1461-1483, 2017.
  • Zhuang, J. and L. Devine. "Playing for resilience: Game theory and its applications can optimize responses to natural disasters and terrorism,'' Industrial Engineer, June 2015, 4 pages.

Christopher Diaz (Undergraduate Student)

  • Working with Dr. Zhuang from Sep 2013 to May 2015
  • Supported by an NSF REU supplementary award for AY 2014-2015

Madeline Donegan (Undergraduate Student)

  • Working with Dr. Zhuang from Fall 2017 to Spring 2019

Jodie-Ann Duquesnay (Undergraduate Student)

  • Fall 2010, Spring 2011, Fall 2011, Spring 2012: CSTEP/SUNY LSAMP Research Internship with Dr. Zhuang
  • Spring 2011, Fall 2012: IE 498 Undergraduate Research with Dr. Zhuang
  • Duquesnay, J. and J. Zhuang. "Social Media and Disaster Preparedness" (poster), Technical Research Exhibition at the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) 2012 Annual Convention, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, March 28th - April 1st, 2012.
    • Undergraduate Research Award, UB's Center for Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities, February 2012

Sabrina Fleurantin (Undergraduate Student)

  • Summer 2009 (CSTEP/SUNY LSAMP Research Program for underrepresented students)
  • Working on a project "The Effect of Volcanic Eruption on Climate and Global Warming"
  • Finished one report and one poster

Nikhitha Garapati (Undergraduate Student)

  • Starting with Dr. Zhuang in Spring 2016

Vincenzo Giancaspro (Undergraduate Student)

  • Working with Dr. Zhuang since Fall 2017

Benjamin Grace (Undergraduate Student)

  • Starting with Dr. Zhuang since Fall 2016

Ryan Hauser (Undersgraduate student)

  • Spring 2013: working on a time-series data analysis

Donald Hession (Undergraduate Student)

  • Working with Dr. Zhuang since Summer 2017

Jesse Iannarelli (Undergraduate Student)

  • Working with Dr. Zhuang from summer 2018 to spring 2019

Raman Kadariya (Undergraduate Student)

  • Working with Dr. Zhuang in Fall 2018

Fanni Kozma (Undergraduate Student)

  • Working with Dr. Zhuang since Fall 2016

Christopher Kujawinski (Undergraduate Student)

  • Since Spring 2011: Research Internship (UB CURCA Research Program for undergraduate students)

Lawzeem Latif (Undergraduate Student)

  • Working with Dr. Zhuang in Fall 2018

Elyse Levine (Undergraduate Student)

  • Working with Dr. Zhuang from Fall 2017 to Spring 2019
  • Supported by an NSF REU supplementary award for AY 2018-2019

Zhihao Liu (Undergraduate Student)

  • Research Internship (UB CURCA Research Program for undergraduate students)
  • Fall 2010 and Spring 2011: IE 498 Undergraduate Research with Dr. Zhuang
  • Working on energy games between developing and developed countries

Kathryn Lukasiewicz (Undergraduate Student)

  • Working with Dr. Zhuang since Spring 2016
  • Supported by an NSF REU supplementary award for AY 2016-2017
  • Behrendt, A., K. Lukasiewicz, D. Seaberg, and J. Zhuang. "Trends in Multidisciplinary Hazard and Disaster Research: A 1982-2017 Case Study," Risk Analysis, forthcoming.

Giovanni Madejski (Undergraduate Student)

  • Since Spring 2012: Research Internship (UB CURCA Research Program for undergraduate students)
  • Fall 2012, Spring 2013, Fall 2013: IE 498 Undergraduate Research with Dr. Zhuang
  • Madejski, G., X. Shan, J. Zhuang, and N. Rao "Modeling Attacks and Defenses of Smart Grids using Game Theory," under review.
  • Undergraduate Research Award, UB's Center for Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities, April 2013, May 2013

Elizabeth Newell (Undergraduate Student; graduated in May 2013 and joined GE)

  • Since Spring 2010: Research Internship (UB CURCA Research Program for undergraduate students)
  • Spring 2013: School of Engineering and Applied Sciences' Senior Scholar Program with Dr. Zhuang
  • Undergraduate Research Award, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Summer 2010, based on our research
  • Undergraduate Research Award, UB's Center for Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities (CURCA), December 2011, May 2012, October 2012, March 2013
  • Supported by an NSF REU (Research Experiences for Undergraduates) supplementary award for AY 2012-2013 on visa screening Link.
  • Air Force Research Lab-sponsored Research assistant, Fall 2011
  • Fall 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013: IE 498 Undergraduate Research with Dr. Zhuang
  • Zhuang, J. and E. A. Newell. "Technology Evolutionary Games in Complex Transportation Systems in the Face of Adaptive Adversaries," invited white paper published at Homeland Security Studies and Analysis Institute website, following the Fifth Annual U.S. Department of Homeland Security University Network Summit, Washington D.C., March 2011.
  • Hsu, W., E. Newell, J. Zhuang, and D. Ross. "Heuristics, Optimization, and Equilibrium Analysis for Automated Wargames," Proceedings of the 2012 Industrial and Systems Engineering Research Conference (Full paper refereed. 10 pages.)
  • Editor Assistant, Decision Analysis Today, January 2011-August 2013
  • Elizabeth presented our research at INFORMS 2012 (Phoenix, AZ, 10/2012), ISERC 2013 (San Juan, Puerto Rico, 5/2013)
  • Catalano, M., E. Newell, A. Pala, J. Coles, and J. Zhuang. "A 2008-2013 Case Study: US Visa Applicant Security Screening Wait Time Analysis,'' Proceedings of the 2015 Industrial and Systems Engineering Research Conference (ISERC 2015), Nashville, Tennessee, May 30-June 2, 2015. (Full paper refereed. 8 pages.)

Leurys Mesa (Undergraduate Student)

  • Working with Dr. Zhuang in Spring 2016, Fall 2016

Nevin Mutlu (Undergraduate Student)

  • Spring 2011: School of Engineering and Applied Sciences' Senior Scholar Program with Dr. Zhuang
  • Working on disaster relief network

Eric Niblock (Undergraduate Student)

  • Working with Dr. Zhuang from summer 2018 to fall 2018

Kyoung Eun (April) Park (Undergraduate Student)

  • Working with Dr. Zhuang from Jan 2014 to August 2015

Joao Pedro Pimentel Abbade (Undergraduate Student)

  • Working with Dr. Zhuang in Summer 2016

Vincent Philippone (Undergraduate Student)

  • Working with Dr. Zhuang in Fall 2016

Robert Purkiss (Undergraduate Student)

  • Working with Dr. Zhuang from Fall 2015 to Spring 2016

Jerry Qu (Undergraduate Student)

  • Working with Dr. Zhuang from Summer 2016 to Spring 2017

Aeliya Rashid (Undergraduate Student)

  • Working with Dr. Zhuang since Summer 2017

Sarah Schwartz (Undergraduate Student)

  • Working with Dr. Zhuang from Spring 2017 to Spring 2018

Daniel Seaberg (Undergraduate Student)

  • Starting with Dr. Zhuang since Fall 2014
  • Supported by an NSF REU supplementary award for AY 2014-2015, and AY 2015-2016
  • Seaberg, D., L. Devine, and J. Zhuang. "A Review of Game Theory Applications in Natural Disaster Management Research," Natural Hazards, 89(3): 1461-1483, 2017.
  • Behrendt, A., K. Lukasiewicz, D. Seaberg, and J. Zhuang. "Trends in Multidisciplinary Hazard and Disaster Research: A 1982-2017 Case Study," Risk Analysis, forthcoming.

Tyree Singleton (Undergraduate Student)

  • Working with Dr. Zhuang since Summer 2017
  • Supported by the 2017 Collegiate Science & Technology Entry Program (CSTEP) 
  • Project: Analysis of Retweet Distribution and Information Sharing on Twitter

Matthew Sixt (Undergraduate Student)

  • Working with Dr. Zhuang from Fall 2018 to Spring 2019

Alexander Stojanovski (Undergraduate Student)

  • Working with Dr. Zhuang since Fall 2017

Benjamin Swart (Undergraduate Student)

  • Working with Dr. Zhuang since Fall 2017

Paige Tesmer (Undergraduate Student)

  • Working on security screening modeling
  • Spring 2013, Fall 2013: IE 498 Undergraduate Research with Dr. Zhuang
  • Undergraduate Research Award, UB's Center for Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities, April 2013
  • Supported by an NSF REU (Research Experiences for Undergraduates) supplementary award for AY 2013-2014 for the project Link
  • Alpha Pi Mu (ISE Honors Society)
  • David M. Benenson Memorial Scholarship 2014
  • Institute of Industrial Engineering, UB Chapter Secretary AY 2013-14
  • University College London Study Abroad Program (Spring 2012)

Bailey Wei (Undergraduate Student)

  • Working with Dr. Zhuang since Summer 2017

Victoria Xue (Undergraduate Student)

  • Working with Dr. Zhuang from Summer 2016

Benjamin Yi (Undergraduate Student)

  • Starting with Dr. Zhuang since Fall 2013
  • Fall 2013 Honors Contract project

Graduated High School Students:

Marcus Alexander (12th grade High School Student from City Honors High School)

  • 2010 BEAM/SEAS Honors Research Summer Program for underrepresented students
  • Finished one research report and PPT presentation entitled "Evolutionary Game Theory: The Basic Models"

Alexa Ditonto (11th grade Student from Orchard Park High School)

  • 2012 BEAM/SEAS Honors Research Summer Program for underrepresented students
  • Working on a project "Disaster Trends: Comparing and contrasting disaster response using data and milestones, Part I"

 

Dana Marie (11th grade Student from Clarence High School)

  • 2011 BEAM/SEAS Honors Research Summer Program for underrepresented students
  • Working on a project "Empirical Analysis of the Correlation between Terrorism Activities and Defense Allocation."

 

Katherine Metzler (11th grade Student from Kenmore West High School)

  • 2013 BEAM/SEAS Honors Research Summer Program for underrepresented students
  • Working on a project "Disaster Trends: Comparing and contrasting disaster response using data and milestones, Part II"

 

Mary Rose Ricotta (11th grade Student from Immaculata Academy)

  • 2012 BEAM/SEAS Honors Research Summer Program for underrepresented students
  • Working on a project "Disaster Trends: Comparing and contrasting disaster response using data and milestones, Part II"

 

Past Visiting Scholars:

Yiran Cao (Visiting Graduate Student)

  • Graduate Student, Nanjing University
  • Visiting Dr. Zhuang's group from October 2015 to April 2016

Guohua Chen (Visiting Scholar)

  • Associate Professor, Nanjing University
  • Visiting Prof. Zhuang's group from Mar 2016 to Mar 2017
  • Working on supply chain mangament and simulation

Yulin Deng (Visiting Professor)

  • Assistant Professor, Business School of Hohai University
  • Visiting Dr. Zhuang's group from June 2010 to December 2010
  • Working on incentive mechanisms

Xuejun Ding (Visiting Professor)

  • Associate Professor, Dongbei University of Finance and Economics
  • Visiting Dr. Zhuang's group from September 2017 to September 2018
  • Ding, X., X. Zhang, R. Fan, Q. Xu, K. Hunt, and J. Zhuang "Rumor Recognition Behavior of Social Media Users in Emergencies," Journal of Management Science and Engineering, forthcoming.

Jing (Jenny) Fu (Visiting Ph.D. Student)

  • Ph.D. Student, Huazhong Normal University
  • Visiting Dr. Zhuang's group from August 2013 to January 2015
  • Working on information theory

Qingwu Gao (Visiting Professor)

  • Associate Professor, Nanjing Audit University
  • Visiting Dr. Zhuang's group from March 2018 to March 2019
  • Gao, Q., J. Zhuang, and Z. Huang "Asymptotics for a delay-claim risk model with diffusion, dependence structures and constant force of interest," Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics, 353: 219-231, 2019.
  • Gao, Q. and J. Zhuang. "Stability Analysis and Control Strategies for Worm Attack in Mobile Networks via a VEIQS Propagation Model," Applied Mathematics and Computation, in press.

Jun Hu (Visiting Ph.D. Student)

  • Ph.D. Student, Tsinghua University
  • Visiting Dr. Zhuang's group from March 2019 to September 2019
  • Wang, J., J. Hu, S. Shen, J. Zhuang, and S. Ni. "Crime Risk Analysis through Big Data Algorithm with Urban Metrics," Physica A, 545: 123627, 2020.

Jianyuan Huang (Visiting Professor)

  • Professor, College of Public Administration, Hohai University
  • Visiting Dr. Zhuang's group from July 2009 to December 2009
  • Working on water resource allocation game

Jie Jin (Visiting Ph.D. Student)

  • Ph.D. Student, Beihang University
  • Visiting Dr. Zhuang's group from September 2017 to September 2018
  • Jin, J., J. Zhuang, and Q. Zhao. "Supervision After Certification: An Evolutionary Game Analysis for Chinese Environmental Labeled Enterprises," Sustainability, 10(5), Article 1494, 2018.

Xianghong Lai (Visiting Professor)

  • Assistant Professor, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology
  • Visiting Dr. Zhuang's group from February 2014 to August 2014

Zhimei Lei (Visiting Ph.D. Student)

  • Ph.D. Student, Dalian University of Technology
  • Visiting Dr. Zhuang's group from October 2015 to October 2017

Feng Li (Visiting Ph.D. Student)

  • Ph.D. Student, University of Science and Technology of China
  • Visiting Dr. Zhuang's group from September 2016 to May 2017
  • Li, F., Q. Zhu, and J. Zhuang. "Analysis of Fire Protection Efficiency in United States: A Two-stage DEA based Approach," OR Spectrum, 40(1): 23-68, 2018.

Lihua Li (Visiting Professor)

  • Associate Professor, People’s Public Security University of China
  • Visiting Dr. Zhuang's group from September 2016 to September 2017

Shuying Li (Visiting Ph.D. Student)

  • Ph.D. Student, Tsinghua University
  • Visiting Dr. Zhuang's group from November 2014 to December 2014, and from September 2015 to September 2016
  • Li, S., J. Zhuang, and S. Shen. "Dynamic forecasting conditional probability of bombing attacks based on time series and intervention analysis,'' Risk Analysis, 37(7): 1287-1297, 2017.
  • Li, S., J. Zhuang, and S. Shen. "A Three-stage Evacuation Decision-making and Behavior Model for the Onset of an Attack,'' Transportation Research Part C, 79: 119-135, 2017.
  • Li, S., J. Zhuang, S. Shen, and J. Wang. "Driving-forces Model on Individual Behavior in Scenarios considering Moving Threat Agents,'' Physica A, 481: 127-140, 2017.

Manxiu Ning (Visiting Professor)

  • Associate Professor, Fuzhou University
  • Visiting Dr. Zhuang's group from December 2014 to December 2015
  • Ning, M., J. Gong, X. Zheng, and J. Zhuang. "Does New Rural Pension Scheme Decrease Elderly Labor Supply? Evidence from CHARLS,'' China Economic Review, 41: 315-330, 2016.

Zifeng Su (Visting Scholar)

  • Ph.D. Student, Harbin Engineering University, China
  • Visiting Dr. Zhuang's group from August 2015 to August 2016
  • Working on disaster management project

Jia Wang (Visiting Ph.D. Student)

  • Ph.D. Student, Tsinghua University
  • Visiting Dr. Zhuang's group from September 2018 to September 2019
  • Li, S., J. Zhuang, S. Shen, and J. Wang. "Driving-forces Model on Individual Behavior in Scenarios considering Moving Threat Agents,'' Physica A, 481: 127-140, 2017.
  • Wang, J., J. Hu, S. Shen, J. Zhuang, and S. Ni. "Crime Risk Analysis through Big Data Algorithm with Urban Metrics," Physica A, forthcoming.

Jingjing Wang (Visting Scholar)

  • Associate Research Fellow, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences
  • Visiting Dr. Zhuang's group from August 2015 to August 2016
  • Working on disaster management project

 

Sulian Wang (Visiting Ph.D. Student)

  • Ph.D. Student, Tsinghua University
  • Visiting Dr. Zhuang's group from December 2016 to June 2017

Tao Wang (Visting Scholar)

  • Officer, Public Security Department of Jiangsu Province
  • Visiting Dr. Zhuang's group from February 2015 to April 2016
  • Wang, T., and J. Zhuang. "The True Meaning of Terrorism and Response to Terrorism," Social Sciences, 6(6): 160-168, 2017.

Yan Wang (Visiting Student)

  • Graduate Student, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  • Visiting Dr. Zhuang's group from May 2014 to July 2014
  • Zhang, J., Y. Wang, and J. Zhuang "Modeling Multi-Target Defender-attacker Games with Quantal Response Attack Strategies,"Reliability Engineering and System Safety, forthcoming.

Wenxing Xu (Visiting Professor)

  • Associate Professor, Beijing Institute of Petrochemical Technology
  • Visiting Dr. Zhuang's group from December 2016 to November 2017
  • Xu, W., W. Wang, Q. He, C. Liu, and J. Zhuang. “An improved multi-objective particle swarm optimization algorithm and its application in vehicle scheduling,'' Chinese Automation Congress, Jinan, China, October 20-22, 2017. (Full paper refereed, 4230-4235, 6 pages.)

Xuhui Zheng (Visiting Professor)

  • Associate Professor, Fuzhou University
  • Visiting Dr. Zhuang's group from December 2014 to December 2015

Qifeng Wan (Visiting Ph.D. Student)

  • Ph.D. Student, Central South University
  • Visiting Dr. Zhuang's group from November 2019 to November 2020
  • Wan, Q., X. Xu, X. Chen, and J. Zhuang "A Two-stage Optimization model for Large-Scale Group Decision-Making in Disaster Management: Minimizing Group Conflict and Maximizing Individual Satisfaction," Group Decision and Negotiation, forthcoming.

An Zhou (Visiting Ph.D. Student)

  • Ph.D. Student, Harbin Engineering University
  • Visiting Dr. Zhuang's group from October 2019 to October 2020
  • Chu, Z. A. Zhou, Y. Ma, J. Zhuang, L. Zhang, and J. Ma. "Comparison of Municipal Solid Waste Treatment Capacity in China: A Tournament Graph Method," Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management, forthcoming.

Mingyun Gu (Visiting Ph.D. Student)

  • Ph.D. Student, China University of Geosciences
  • Visiting Dr. Zhuang's group from September 2019 to September 2020

 

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