Michael Ferris

Position title: Faculty, Department of Computer Sciences; Director, Data Sciences Hub, Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery

Email: ferris@cs.wisc.edu

Research Summary

Dr. Ferris' research is concerned with algorithmic and interface development for large scale problems in mathematical programming, including links to the GAMS and AMPL modeling languages, and general purpose software such as PATH, NLPEC and EMP. He has worked on many applications of both optimization and complementarity, including fish management, covid vaccine delivery, cancer treatment planning, energy modeling, economic policy, traffic and environmental engineering, video-on-demand data delivery, structural and mechanical engineering.

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