Dzung Phan

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

Email: abowd4@r.postjobfree.com

Telephone: 914-***-****

Education

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

Professional Experience

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

Research Interests

Optimization theory and algorithms

Inverse problems in medical imaging and signal processing

Graph partitioning

Optimization methods for electric power systems

Publications

820110518, filing US patent, with S. Ghosh)

Conferences/Talks

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

Honors and Awards

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

Professional Activities

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

Professional Affiliations

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

Computer Skills

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

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