Sun, Jie

Biography

Academic Qualifications:  PhD in Applied Mathematics (1986), University of Washington, USA  MSc in Operations Research (1983), University of Washington, USA  BS (equivalence) in Engineering Mechanics (1970), Tsinghua University, PRC Employment History:  Assistant Professor (1986-92), Northwestern University (USA)  Senior Lecturer (1993-97), Associate Professor (1998-2002), Professor (2002- 08), National University of Singapore  Chair Professor (2009-14), National University of Singapore  Professor (2014-Present), National University of Singapore and Curtin University, Australia Research Work: Specialized in operations research and mathematical optimization in particular in interior point methods, semismooth Newton’s methods, and convex optimization. Has been working in MIT and ETH as a visiting scientist. Career Highlight:  Fellow of Singapore-MIT Alliance  Outstanding Faculty Researcher, National University of Singapore  Outstanding University Researcher, National University of Singapore  Highly Cited Mathematician 2003-2012 (Institute of Scientific Information) Editorship, Conference Committees and Plenary Talks:  Co-editor of Pacific Journal of Optimization  Associate Editor of Mathematical Programming  Associate Editor of Optimization Methods and Software  Associate Editor of Journal of Industrial and Management Optimization  Chair of Advisory Committee of Asia-Pacific Journal of Operational Research  Chair of Pacific Optimization Research Activity Group 2011-14  Plenary Speech at more than 25 International Conferences  Chair or Committee Member of more than 35 International Conferences Funding  Won over 3 million dollars in competitive research projects  Currently has 4 ongoing projects with National Science Foundation of China, Hong Kong Graduate Research Foundation, and Australia Research Council of over 1 million dollars

Research Interest

Optimisation Optimisation Theory And Algorithms Operations Research And Operations Management High Performance Computation