Sheldon Howard Jacobson,
Ph.D.
University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Sponsored
Research (Over $4.5M)
- National
Science Foundation, Research Initiation Award, 9/1994 to
8/1998, "Building and Analyzing Discrete Event Simulation Models of
Complex Systems: A Computational Complexity Approach," Division of
Design, Manufacturing, and Industrial Innovation, DMI-9409266.
- Air
Force Office of Scientific Research, 2/1995 to
1/1998, "Building and Analyzing Discrete Event Simulation Models of
Complex Manufacturing Systems: A Computational Complexity Approach,"
Division of Mathematical and Computer Sciences, F49620-95-1-0124.
- National
Science Foundation (with H.D. Sherali),
9/1995 to 8/1996, "Engineering Research Equipment: Workstations for
Computational Studies in Large-Scale Simulation and Mathematical
Programming Research," Division of Design, Manufacturing, and
Industrial Innovation, DMI-9423929.
- Air
Force Office of Scientific Research, 2/1998 to
11/2000, "Discrete Manufacturing Process Design Optimization Using
Generalized Hill Climbing Algorithms," Division of Mathematical and
Computer Sciences, F49620-98-1-0111.
- Air
Force Office of Scientific Research, 5/1998 to
5/2001, "AASERT - Optimal Discrete Manufacturing Process Design
Optimization," Division of Mathematical and Computer Sciences,
F49620-98-1-0432.
- Federal
Aviation Administration (with John E. Kobza),
7/1999 to 12/2000, "Deployment of Aviation Security
Technologies," DTFA01-99-C-00085.
- National
Science Foundation, 1/2000 to 12/2002, "A Study of
Local Search Strategies Using Generalized Hill Climbing Algorithms,"
Division of Design, Manufacturing, and Industrial Innovation, DMI-9907980.
- Air
Force Office of Scientific Research (subcontracted through Austral
Engineering and Software, Inc.) (with
J.A. Stori), 10/2000 to 10/2001, “Software
System for Criteria Management in Multi-Objective Optimization-Guided
Design of Sequences of Materials Processes," Division of
Mathematical and Space Sciences, F49620-00-C-0044.
- Air
Force Office of Scientific Research, 12/2000 to 11/2003,
"Designing Optimal Generalized Hill Climbing Algorithms, with
Applications to Discrete Manufacturing Process Design Optimization,"
Division of Mathematical and Space Sciences, F49620-01-1-0007.
- National
Science Foundation (with John E. Kobza),
9/2001 to 8/2007, "Collaborative Research: A Study of Aviation Access
Control Security Systems,” Division of Design, Manufacturing, and
Industrial Innovation, DMI-0114499.
- National
Science Foundation (with Edward C. Sewell), 1/2003 to
6/2005, “Collaborative Research: Research on Designing Vaccine Formularies
for Childhood Immunization,” Division of Design, Manufacturing, and
Industrial Innovation, DMI-0222597.
- Air
Force Office of Scientific Research, 3/2004 to
2/2007, "A Heuristic Design Information Sharing Framework for Hard
Discrete Optimization Problems," Division of Mathematical and Space
Sciences, FA9550-04-1-0110.
- National
Science Foundation (with Edward C. Sewell), 8/2005 to
7/2009, “Collaborative Research: Pediatric Vaccine Formulary Design and
Optimization,” Division of Design, Manufacturing, and Industrial
Innovation, DMI-0457176.
- Air
Force Office of Scientific Research, 3/2007 to
11/2009, " Finite-Time Performance of Local Search
Algorithms: Theory and Application,” Division of Mathematical and
Space Sciences, FA9550-07-1-0232.
- National
Science Foundation, 7/2008 to 6/2009, “SGER-III-CXT: A
Computational Approach to Zoning Analysis” Division of Information &
Intelligent Systems, IIS-0827540.
- National Science
Foundation (with Wendy
Cho, Edward C. Sewell), 7/2009 to 6/2012, “Collaborative Research:
Shifting Paradigms: Causal Inference via Subset Selection” Division of
Social and Economic Sciences, SES-0849223.
- National Science
Foundation, 8/2009 to
7/2012, “New Approaches to Protecting Transportation Infrastructure,”
Division of Design, Manufacturing, and Industrial Innovation,
CMMI-0900226.
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research, 7/2010 to 7/2013, "Optimal
Dynamic Asset Allocation Problems: Addressing the Impact of Information
Uncertainty and Quality,” Division of Mathematical and Space Sciences,
FA9550-10-1-0387.
- National Science Foundation,
8/2012 to 7/2015, “A Game Theoretic Approach to Pediatric Vaccine
Pricing,” Division of Civil, Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation,
CMMI-1161458.
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research,
2/2015 to 2/2018, " Optimal Dynamic Asset Allocation Problems: New
Approaches for Managing Input Data Uncertainty,” Division of Mathematical
and Space Sciences, FA9550-15-1-0100.
- National Science Foundation,
3/2016 to 3/2018, “Workshop: Setting a Broader Impact Innovation
Roadmap; Arlington, Virginia; May 2016,” Division of Civil, Mechanical and
Manufacturing Innovation, CMMI-1629955.
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research, 3/2019 to 3/2022, "Optimal
Real-time Decision-making in an Uncertain World,” Division of Information
and Networks, FA9550-19-1-0106.
Corporate
Gifts
- ALCOA
Foundation (with C.P. Koelling), 10/1997 to
10/1998, $60,000 to support the ISE Computational Laboratory and the
Simulation and Optimization Laboratory, Department of Industrial and
Systems Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
Last Updated: 22 April 2019