J. G. "Jim" Dai Leon C. Welch Professor of Engineering School of Operations Research and Information Engineering Cornell University

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Research interest

• Applied Probability: Fluid models, diffusion models, stochastic processes, and reinforcement learning
• Resource allocations in processing networks that model semiconductor wafer fabrication lines, communications networks, data centers, and service systems
• Modeling and optimization for customer contact centers, hospital inpatient operations, airline yield management, and ridesharing networks
  
  • Dai's papers listed on Google Scholar
  • Dai's papers listed on ORCID.
  • Dai's papers listed on Google Scholar (recent papers first)

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Students Current PhD students Lucy Huo (ORIE) Chang Cao (Stat) Former Ph.D. Students

News [2020] J. G. Dai and J. Michael Harrison, Processing Networks: Fluid Models and Stability, Cambridge University Press. [June 2022] Stochastic Network Conference (SNC) at Cornell. Next SNC will be in Sweden in June 2024. [2022-2023] Jim Dai chairs the award committee for ACM SIGMETRICS Achievement Award. The nomination deadline is April 4, 2023. [2019-present] Jim Dai is a trustee of Applied Probability Trust that publishes two academic journals: Journal of Applied Probability and Advances in Applied Probability.

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last updated on Feb 24, 2023