Jeff Linderoth

Jeffrey Linderoth
Professor and Department Chair
330 North Orchard Street, Room 4116
Madison WI 53715
Preferred pronouns: he/him/his
Joined WID: 2010
linderoth@wisc.edu
https://directory.engr.wisc.edu/ie/faculty/linderoth_jeffrey


Models and Algorithms for Large-Scale Numerical Optimization

About

Outside interests include golf, tennis, cooking and chess.

Education

  • BS, General Engineering highest honors, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
  • MS, Operations Research, Georgia Institute of Technology
  • PhD, Industrial Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology

Research Description

Jeffrey Linderoth’s research focuses on modeling and solving real-world, large-scale optimization problems. Specific research areas within optimization include integer programming used for modeling yes/no decisions, and stochastic programming useful for decision making under uncertainty. His research places a particular emphasis on developing high-performance, distributed optimization algorithms and software. 

Honors

  • INFORMS Fellow, 2016
  • INFORMS Computing Society ICS Prize, 2014
  • Polygon Engineering Council Outstanding Instructor, Industrial Engineering, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013
  • Department of Energy Early Career Principal Investigator Award: Applied Mathematics, Computer Science, and High-Performance Networks, 2005-2007
  • IBM Faculty Partnership Award, 2005-2006
  • Best Paper Award, with S. J. Wright, Computational Optimization and Applications, 2003.
  • SIAM Activity Group on Optimization Prize, with K. Anstreicher, N. Brixius, and J.-P Goux, 2002
  • Enrico Fermi Scholar, Argonne National Lab, 1999-2000.