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MIT CDO Faculty Research

Research Domains

The research conducted by CDO's affiliated faculty covers a wide range of topics in both methodology and applications.

Methodological domains include:

  • Complexity Theory
  • Computational Mechanics
  • Deterministic and Stochastic Facility Location
  • Fast Solution Methods for Integral Equations
  • Finite Element Methods
  • Grid Generation
  • Hybrid Atomistic-continuum Models
  • Interior Point Methods for Convex Optimization
  • Large Eddy Simulation
  • Large-scale Optimization Solution Methods
  • Linear Optimization (LP)
  • Mathematical Programming and Combinatorial Optimization
  • Molecular Modeling
  • Monte Carlo Methods
  • Multidisciplinary Design and Optimization
  • Multiscale Material Modeling
  • Numerical Linear Algebra
  • Optimal Control of Distributed Systems
  • Parallel and Distributed Computation and Algorithms
  • PDE Optimization
  • Probabilistic Combinatorial Optimization
  • Real Time Computation
  • Reduced Order Modeling/Reduced Basis Methods
  • Robust Optimization
  • Semidefinite Optimization (SDP)
  • Solution Methods for Integer Programming
  • Uncertainty Quantification for PDE-based Models
  • Wavelets

Application domains include:

  • Aeroacoustics
  • Aircraft Design
  • Air Traffic Control
  • BioMEMS
  • Cellular Manipulation
  • Communications Systems
  • Computational Aerodynamics
  • E-commerce
  • Fluid Structure Interaction
  • Internet
  • Inverse Problems
  • Large-scale Distributed Simulation
  • MEMS
  • Micro/Nanofluidics
  • Molecular Modeling
  • Molecular Separation and Manipulation
  • Nanoscale Fluid Mechanics
  • Revenue Management
  • Supply Chain Management

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