Research Spotlight
Using real-world scenarios arising from business, government and societal challenges, Professor Jitamitra Desai emphasizes the relevance and role of path-breaking research in Decision Sciences in a data-driven world.
Businesses make binary yes-or-no decisions daily—on investments, resource allocation, and production scheduling. PhD scholar Boggadi Sudheer Kumar Reddy, Decision Sciences area, shares how his research leverages Second-Order Cone Programming (SOCP)-based optimization techniques to solve Binary Quadratic Programming problems across finance, engineering, and manufacturing more efficiently.
I am Antra. Given the growing population and the increasing health risk among people of all ages, an efficient healthcare delivery system is the need of the hour. In my thesis, I look at three different problems in the healthcare sector and try to come up with data-driven models for the efficient working of healthcare systems
Murari Srinivasa investigates specific aspects of problems related to adoption and usage of modern public transport systems due to gaps in serving the passenger at the last mile. His research contributes to literature across academic disciplines of transportation, optimization and marketing while focussing on an extremely relevant real-world problem linked to public welfare.
Ever thought about how our world dances through time and space? Well, my research is all about understanding this rhythm, especially when it comes to house prices. In real estate, the potential of spatio-temporal models remains largely untapped. In my thesis, I explore the fascinating world of house prices using these models. I focus on two vibrant locations, Bangalore and Greater London. Here is the twist – I am not just looking at one observation at a location and time. I am considering multiple observations simultaneously, breaking away from the norm.
Aishvarya is a doctoral student in Decision Sciences. Her work is related to data-driven decision-making in the field of online sports regulation. Her thesis focuses on online fantasy sports, which is a booming industry and is very popular especially among youngsters.
Doctoral scholar Anchal Soni talks about her research which provides informed and calculated decision-making ability to the advisors of financial markets as well as other areas of research like climate and health sciences.
“Combinatorial optimization is used to develop efficient solutions for a variety of problems, including airline network problems, deciding which taxis in a fleet should be routed to pick up customers, and determining the optimal way to deliver packages. Md Shahrukh Anjum’s thesis explains more
My thesis uses statistical models to solve three problems linked to climate change and epidemiology. My work sheds light on the impact of global warming on other weather event