{"id":28,"date":"2012-01-07T11:11:28","date_gmt":"2012-01-07T16:11:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/codes\/?page_id=28"},"modified":"2023-07-18T00:09:41","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T04:09:41","slug":"people","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/codes\/people\/","title":{"rendered":"People"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>CODES Director<\/h3>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-28 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/codes\/people\/cassandras\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/codes\/files\/2012\/01\/cassandras-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-59\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-59'>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Prof. Christos G. Cassandras\r\n<\/strong><br \/>\r\n\r\nPosition: <strong>Distinguished Professor<\/strong> of Engineering, <strong>Head<\/strong> of Division of Systems Engineering, and <strong>Professor of <\/strong>Electrical and Computer Engineering\r\n<br \/>\r\n<a href=\"mailto:cgc@bu.edu\"> cgc@bu.edu<\/a>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/christosgcassandras.org\/\">https:\/\/christosgcassandras.org\/<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h4><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"line-height: normal;\"><a href=\"\/codes\/files\/2012\/01\/cassandras.jpg\"><\/a><\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/christosgcassandras.org\/\"><\/a><\/h4>\n<h3>Current Students<\/h3>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-28 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/codes\/people\/jimmy-queeney-headshot-180x180\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/codes\/files\/2019\/09\/Jimmy-Queeney-Headshot-180x180-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-1629\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/codes\/files\/2019\/09\/Jimmy-Queeney-Headshot-180x180-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/codes\/files\/2019\/09\/Jimmy-Queeney-Headshot-180x180-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/codes\/files\/2019\/09\/Jimmy-Queeney-Headshot-180x180.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-1629'>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Jimmy Queeney<\/strong><br \/>Position: <strong>Ph.D. candidate <\/strong>of Systems Engineering (2018)<br \/><a href=\"mailto:jqueeney@bu.edu\"> jqueeney@bu.edu<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/codes\/people\/kaiyuan\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/codes\/files\/2020\/08\/kaiyuan-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-1682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/codes\/files\/2020\/08\/kaiyuan-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/codes\/files\/2020\/08\/kaiyuan-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/codes\/files\/2020\/08\/kaiyuan.png 514w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-1682'>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Kaiyuan Xu<\/strong><br \/>Position: <strong>Ph.D. candidate <\/strong>of Systems Engineering (2019)<br \/><a href=\"mailto:xky@bu.edu\"> xky@bu.edu<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/codes\/people\/profilepicture\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/codes\/files\/2020\/09\/profilePicture-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-1688\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/codes\/files\/2020\/09\/profilePicture-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/codes\/files\/2020\/09\/profilePicture-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/codes\/files\/2020\/09\/profilePicture.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-1688'>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Andres S. Chavez Armijos<\/strong><br \/>Position: <strong>Ph.D. candidate <\/strong>of Systems Engineering (2019)<br \/><a href=\"mailto:aschavez@bu.edu\"> aschavez@bu.edu<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/codes\/ehsansabouni_2\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/codes\/files\/2022\/04\/EhsanSabouni_2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-1757\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/codes\/files\/2022\/04\/EhsanSabouni_2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/codes\/files\/2022\/04\/EhsanSabouni_2-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/codes\/files\/2022\/04\/EhsanSabouni_2.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-1757'>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ehsan Sabouni<\/strong><br \/>Position: <strong>Ph.D. candidate <\/strong>of Systems Engineering (2020)<br \/><a href=\"esabouni@bu.edu\"> esabouni@bu.edu<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/codes\/anni-li\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/codes\/files\/2022\/04\/Anni-Li-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-1761\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/codes\/files\/2022\/04\/Anni-Li-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/codes\/files\/2022\/04\/Anni-Li-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-1761'>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Anni Li<\/strong><br \/>Position: <strong>Ph.D. candidate <\/strong>of Systems Engineering (2020)<br \/><a href=\"anlianni@bu.edu\"> anlianni@bu.edu<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/codes\/people\/photo_sabbir_ahmad\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/codes\/files\/2023\/07\/Photo_Sabbir_Ahmad-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-1814\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/codes\/files\/2023\/07\/Photo_Sabbir_Ahmad-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/codes\/files\/2023\/07\/Photo_Sabbir_Ahmad-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-1814'>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Sabbir HM Ahmad<\/strong><br \/>Position: <strong>Ph.D. candidate <\/strong>of Systems Engineering (2021)<br \/><a href=\"sabbir92@bu.edu\"> sabbir92@bu.edu<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>Recent Graduated Students<\/h3>\n<table width=\"821\" height=\"351\" style=\"height: 351px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"137\">Salom\u00f3n Wollenstein<\/td>\n<td width=\"47\">Ph.D.<\/td>\n<td width=\"53\">2022<\/td>\n<td width=\"947\">Estimation and optimization methods for transportation networks<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"137\">Wei Xiao<\/td>\n<td width=\"47\">Ph.D.<\/td>\n<td width=\"53\">2021<\/td>\n<td width=\"947\">Optimal control and learning for safety-critical autonomous systems<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"137\">Shirantha Welikala<\/td>\n<td width=\"47\">Ph.D.<\/td>\n<td width=\"53\">2021<\/td>\n<td width=\"947\">Overcoming local optima in control and optimization of cooperative multi-agent systems<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"137\">Rui Chen<\/td>\n<td width=\"47\">\u00a0Ph.D.<\/td>\n<td width=\"53\">2020<\/td>\n<td width=\"947\">Control and Optimization Methods for Problems in Intelligent Transportation Systems<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"137\">Arian Houshmand<\/td>\n<td width=\"47\">\u00a0Ph.D.<\/td>\n<td width=\"53\">2020<\/td>\n<td width=\"947\">Eco-routing and Scheduling of Connected and Autonomous Vehicles<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"137\">Rebecca Swaszek<\/td>\n<td width=\"47\">\u00a0Ph.D.<\/td>\n<td width=\"53\">2019<\/td>\n<td width=\"947\">Fleet Load Balancing Strategies for Shared Mobility-On-Demand Systems<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"137\">Nan Zhou<\/td>\n<td width=\"47\">\u00a0Ph.D.<\/td>\n<td width=\"53\">2019<\/td>\n<td width=\"947\"><span>Cooperative Control for Multi-Agent Persistent Monitoring Problems<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"137\">Yue Zhang<\/td>\n<td width=\"47\">\u00a0Ph.D.<\/td>\n<td width=\"53\">2019<\/td>\n<td width=\"947\">Methods in Intelligent Transportation Systems Exploiting Vehicle Connectivity, Autonomy and Roadway Data.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"137\">Xinmiao Sun<\/td>\n<td width=\"47\">\u00a0Ph.D.<\/td>\n<td width=\"53\">2017<\/td>\n<td width=\"947\">Static and Dynamic Optimization Problems in Cooperative Multi-Agent Systems<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sepideh Pourazarm<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0Ph.D.<\/td>\n<td>2017<\/td>\n<td>Control and Optimization Approaches for Energy-Limited Systems: Applications to Wireless Sensor Networks and Battery-Powered Vehicles<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Julia Lima Fleck<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0Ph.D.<\/td>\n<td>2016<\/td>\n<td>Topics in Perturbation Analysis for Stochastic Hybrid Systems<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Yasaman Khazaeni<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0Ph.D.<\/td>\n<td>2016<\/td>\n<td>An Event-Driven Approach to Control and Optimization of Multi-Agent Systems<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Xuchao Lin<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0Ph.D.<\/td>\n<td>2014<\/td>\n<td>Optimal Control Approaches for Persistent Monitoring Problems<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Yanfeng Geng<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0Ph.D.<\/td>\n<td>2013<\/td>\n<td>Control and Optimization Approaches for Power Management in Energy-Aware Battery-Powered Systems<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Tao Wang<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0Ph.D.<\/td>\n<td>2013<\/td>\n<td>Optimization Methods for Intelligent Transportation Systems in Urban Settings<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Ali Kebarighotbi<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0Ph.D.<\/td>\n<td>2012<\/td>\n<td>Scheduling, Optimization and Perturbation Analysis in Stochastic Hybrid Systems<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Chen Yao<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0Ph.D.<\/td>\n<td>2011<\/td>\n<td>Perturbation Analysis, Optimization and Resource Contention Games in\u00a0Stochastic Hybrid Systems<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Minyi Zhong<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0Ph.D.<\/td>\n<td>2010<\/td>\n<td>Distributed Control and Optimization in Energy Limited Cooperative Systems<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Xu Ning<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0Ph.D.<\/td>\n<td>2009<\/td>\n<td>Control and Optimization Approaches for Power Management in Wireless Sensor Networks<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Jianfeng Mao<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0Ph.D.<\/td>\n<td>2008<\/td>\n<td>Dynamic Energy Management in Resource Limited Systems with Real-Time 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