YOUNGHO LEE, PH.D. -- Biographical Sketch

Youngho Lee is a Senior Consultant at Cox Associates, a Denver-based applied research and consulting company that has entered into an exclusive technology development and consulting partnership with Vissant Technologies. Dr. Lee specializes in wireless and optical network design and optimization software tools. Dr. Lee oversees and works with Cox Associates' eleven scientists and mathematicians to develop and apply computer simulation models, artificial intelligence (AI) data-mining algorithms and predictive modeling methods, and telecommunications network optimization software products to improve business and engineering decision-making.

 

Prior to joining Cox Associates in 2000, Dr. Lee was an Associate Professor since 1997 at Korea University’s Department of Industrial Engineering. Dr. Lee also served as a Distinguished Member Technical Staff (DMTS) from 1992 to 1997 at the US WEST Advanced Technologies, Boulder, CO where he led and directed several research and development projects. Dr. Lee holds a Ph.D in Industrial Engineering from Virginia Tech University, and an MS and BS in Industrial Engineering from Seoul National University.

 

Dr. Lee has published and participated in several working papers, conference papers and research papers in the last ten years. Dr. Lee’s vast works have spanned areas such as telecommunications, management information systems, service engineering systems and discrete optimization theory and modeling.   Some of Dr. Lee’s most recent journal references within the last six years are listed below:

 

EDUCATION

 

PhD     Industrial Engineering                Virginia Tech University (year)

MS       Industrial Engineering                Seoul National Unversity (year)

BS        Industrial Engineering                Seoul National Unversity (year)

 

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

 

 

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 

Associate Professor. Korea University, Department of Industrial Engineering. 1997-2000.

 

Distinguished Member Technical Staff.   US West Advanced Technologies Group. 1992-1997

 

 

AWARDS

 

Koopman Prize, 1996, INFORMS (the Institute for Operations Research and Management Science.

 

Circle of Excellence Award, 1995, US WEST and ORSA (Operations Research Society of America)

 

Special Achievement Award, 1994, US WEST

 

Ph.D. Thesis Award, 1993,  IIE (Institute of Industrial Engineers).

 

COMPUTER SKILLS

 

PUBLICATIONS

 

1.       "A branch and cut algorithm for solving an intra-ring synchronous optical network design problem," jointly with D. Sherali, J. Han, S. Kim, Vol. 35, No. 3, pp. 223-232, Networks, 2000

 

2.       “A Lagrangian dual-base branch-and-bound algorithm for the generalized multi-assignment problem,” Y. Lee, J. Park and B. Lim, Management Science, Vol. 44, No. 12, pp. S271-281, 1998.

 

3.       “Generating Cuts from Surrogate Constraint Analysis for Zero-One and Multiple Choice Programming,” Y. Lee, N. Sherali and F. Glover, Computational Optimization and Applications, Vol. 8, 151-172, 1997.

 

4.       “Branch and Cut Algorithms for a Steiner Tree-Star Network Problem,” Y. Lee, Yuping Qiu, and J. Ryan, INFORMS Journal on Computing, Vol. 8, No. 3, pp. 1-8, 1996.

 

5.       “A Hub Location Problem in Designing Digital Data Service Networks,” Y. Lee, J. Park and B. Lim, Location Science, Vol. 4, No. 3, pp. 185-194, 1996.

 

6.       “Simulation Modeling for Process Re-engineering in the Telecommunications Industry,” Y. Lee and A. Elcan, Interfaces, Vol. 26, No. 3, pp. 1-9, 1996.

 

7.       “Tighter Representation for Set Partitioning Problems,” Y. Lee and H. Sherali, Discrete Applied Mathematics, Vol. 68, No. 1, pp. 153-168, 1996.

 

8.       “Scheduling Target Illuminators in Naval Battle-Group Anti-Air Warfare,” Y. Lee, H. Sherali and D. Boyer, Naval Research Logistics, Vol. 42, No. 5, pp. 737-755, 1995.

 

9.       “Sequential and Simultaneous Liftings of Minimal Cover Inequalities for Generalized Upper Bound Constrained Knapsack Polytopes,” Y. Lee and H. Sherali, SIAM Journal on Discrete Mathematics, Vol. 8, No. 2, pp. 133-153, 1995.

 

10.   “A Simultaneous Lifting Strategy for Identifying New Classes of Facets for the Boolean Quadratic Polytope,” Y. Lee, H. Sherali and W. Adams, Operations Research Letters, Vol. 17, pp. 19-26, 1995.

 

11.   “Unrelated Machine Scheduling with Time-Window and Machine-Downtime Constraints; an Application to a Battle Group Problem,” Y. Lee and H. Sherali, Annals of Operations Research, Vol. 50, pp. 339-365, 1994.

 

12.   “Discrete Time Queues with Phase Dependent Arrivals,” Y. Lee, M.N. Magalhaes and J.N. Daigle, IEEE Transactions on Communications, Vol. 42, No. 4, pp. 606-614, 1994.

 

13.   “Strong Formulations and Cutting Planes for Designing Digital Data Networks,” Y. Lee, L. Lu, Y. Qiu and F. Glover, Telecommunications Systems, Vol. 2, pp. 261-274, 1994.

 

14.   "New modeling approaches for the design of local access transport area networks," Jointly with H. D. Sherali, Lee, T. Park, EJOR, Accepted, 1999.

15.     "A branch and cut algorithm for solving an intra-ring synchronous optical network design problem allowing   demand splitting," jointly with H. D. Sherali, J. Cole Smith, Acepted in INFORMS Journal on Computing, 1999.

 

Some of recent works on telecommunication systems are listed below:

 

1.        Y. Lee , Y. Kim, and J. Kim, "A broadband access network problem in designing mass market multimedia       networks," INFORMS International Meeting, Seoul, S. Korea, June 19-21, 2000.

2.        Y. Lee, J. Han, K. Kang, S. Kim, "An ATM Switch Capacity Allocation Problem," INFORMS Telecom, Boca       Raton, FL, USA, pp. 122-123, March 5-8, 2000.

3.        Y. Lee and H. Cho, "An optimal network design and evolution problem of local access networks"  8th    International conference on telecommunication systems: modeling and analysis, Nashville, TN, USA,  pp.      114-131, March 9-12, 2000.

4.        Y. Lee, H. D. Sherali, J. Han, S. Kim, “A branch and cut algorithm for solving an intra-ring synchronous optical      network design problem,” INFORMS National Meeting Cincinnati, 1999, May 2-5 pp.73, USA

5.        Y. Lee, J. Han, S. Kim, “A physical ring design problem of synchronous optical networks for mass market multimedia telecommunications,” INFORMS National Meeting Philadelphia, 1999, November 7-10 pp.72,   USA

6.        J.C. Smith, H.D. Sherali, and Y. Lee, "Models and algorithms for SONET design problem," INFORMS National Meeting Philadelphia, 1999, November 7-10 pp.72, USA

 

Dr. Lee has also been awarded a US Patent. A title and description of the patent is listed below:

 

1.        “Method for Assigning Inter-nodal Traffic Loads to Channels in SONET rings,” 1996.