Mark E. Lewis (engineer)

Mark E. Lewis is an industrial engineer and professor at Cornell University. He was the first African-American faculty member hired in Industrial Engineering at University of Michigan and the first tenured African-American faculty member at the School of Operations Research and Information Engineering at Cornell University.[1] Lewis' research is focused on stochastic processes, and queueing theory and Markov decision processes in particular.[2]

Mark E. Lewis
EducationEckerd College (BS & BA, 1992)
Florida State University (MS, 1995)
Georgia Tech (PhD, 1998)
Scientific career
FieldsIndustrial engineering
InstitutionsCornell University (since 2005)
University of Michigan (1999-2005)
ThesisBias Optimality in a Two-Class Nonstationary Queueing System

Education

Lewis received a BS degree in mathematics and a BA degree in political science at Eckerd College, graduating in 1992.[3] He proceeded to earn an MS degree in theoretical statistics from Florida State University in 1995 and a PhD degree in industrial and systems engineering from Georgia Tech in 1998.[2] Lewis' PhD thesis Bias Optimality in a Two-Class Nonstationary Queueing System[4] at Georgia Tech was advised by Robert E. Foley.[5]

Career

After his PhD, Lewis spent a year at the University of British Columbia as a postdoctoral fellow. In 1999, he joined the faculty at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor as Assistant Professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering.[3][6] Lewis became Associate Professor at the Operations Research and Information Engineering department at Cornell University in 2005 and was promoted to Full Professor in 2011.[2]

Lewis founded the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) Minority Issues Forum in 2001 and served as its first president.[7] In 2009, Lewis co-chaired the 15th INFORMS Applied Probability Conference at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY.[8][9] Lewis acted as chair of the Applied Probability Society in 2012-2014.[10][11]

Lewis was Associate Dean for Diversity and Faculty Development for Cornell University's College of Engineering 2015-2020.[12][13] In this role, he acted as task force chair of the Faculty Diversity Committee, which was convened in 2017.[14] Lewis served as principal investigator on the Cornell University Engineering Success Program to increase the participation of underrepresented minority and first-generation college students.[15][16]

Research

Lewis researches the optimal control of non-stationary systems, developing policies for admission and pricing at non-stationary queueing systems with finite capacity and multiple customer classes, with applications in production, communication, and the airline industry.[17]

He studied the dynamic control and optimal resource allocation of service systems, such as call centers, through "upgrades, reneging, and retrials" (for example after market segmentation).[18]

Lewis also develops methods for optimization of Markov decision processes to study problems such as inventory control and revenue management.[19]

Awards and honors

References
  1. "Black History Month - 2019 Honoree". Mathematically Gifted & Black. Retrieved 2020-03-30.
  2. "Mark Lewis Is Now a Full Professor". September 12, 2011. Retrieved 2020-03-30.
  3. "Mark E. Lewis". IEEE. Retrieved 2020-03-30.
  4. "INFORMS - Mark E. Lewis". Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS). Retrieved 2020-04-22.
  5. "ISyE Faculty, Robert E. Foley - Ph. D. Students". Retrieved 2020-03-30.
  6. "University of Michigan, Faculty History Project - Industrial & Operations Engineering". Retrieved 2020-03-30.
  7. "Minority Issues and Concerns". Retrieved 2020-03-30.
  8. "ORIE Hosts Meeting of the Applied Probability Society". November 17, 2009. Retrieved 2020-04-22.
  9. "Award Abstract #0936115 - Conference: Support for Young Researchers to Attend the 15th INFORMS Applied Probability Society Conference; Cornell University, Ithaca, New York; 12-15 July 2009". Retrieved 2020-04-22.
  10. "Previous APS Chairs". Retrieved 2020-03-30.
  11. "ORIE's Mark Lewis elected Chair of the Applied Probability Society". February 8, 2013. Retrieved 2020-04-17.
  12. "Professor Mark Lewis named Associate Dean for Diversity Programs". Retrieved 2020-03-30.
  13. "Public Prep, Cornell University Extend Multi-Year, Multi-Faceted Partnership to Create Extraordinary Collegiate Experiences for Girls Prep and Boys Prep Students and Alumni". Retrieved 2020-03-31.
  14. "From the Hill - News and updates from campus - September/October 2018". Cornell Alumni Magazine. Retrieved 2020-03-30.
  15. "Award Abstract #1317501 - CUES: Cornell University Engineering Success Program". Retrieved 2020-04-22.
  16. "Sara Hernández to lead Grad School diversity efforts". Retrieved 2020-04-22.
  17. "Award Abstract #9908321 - Optimal Admission and Pricing in Non-stationary Queueing Systems". Retrieved 2020-04-22.
  18. "Award Abstract #0826255 - Upgrades, Reneging and Retrials: Advanced Dynamic Control of Service Systems". Retrieved 2020-04-22.
  19. "Award Abstract #0900460 - Collaborative Research: Uncountable Markov Decision Processes and their Applications to Optimization of Large-Scale Stochastic Systems". Retrieved 2020-04-22.
  20. "Award Abstract #9870295 - Optimal Admission Policies for a Nonstationary Queueing System". Retrieved 2020-04-22.
  21. "Alumni Newsletter, Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering, Summer 2001" (PDF). Michigan Engineering. Retrieved 2020-03-30.
  22. "Pathways to STEM Careers: Preparing the STEM Workforce of the 21st Century". Retrieved 2020-03-30.
  23. "George B. Dantzig Dissertation Award". Retrieved 2020-03-31.
  24. "Award Abstract #0132811 - PECASE: Monotone Optimal Policies in Parallel Processing Networks". Retrieved 2020-03-30.
  25. "IOE News" (PDF). Michigan Engineering, Industrial and Operations Engineering. Retrieved 2020-03-30.
  26. "Harold R. Johnson Diversity Service Award winners announced". April 26, 2004. Retrieved 2020-03-30.
  27. "White House honors three engineering faculty members". May 18, 2004. Retrieved 2020-03-30.
  28. "Award Abstract #0540808 - PECASE: Monotone Optimal Policies in Parallel Processing Networks". nsf.gov. Retrieved 2020-03-30.
  29. "MAA-NAM Blackwell Lecture". National Association of Mathematicians. Retrieved 2020-03-30.
  30. "2014 MAA MathFest - Invited Addresses". Retrieved 2020-03-30.
  31. "The MAA-NAM David Harold Blackwell Lectures". Retrieved 2020-03-31.
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