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SERVICE ACTIVITIES
· Member, Faculty Senate, Oregon State University (2000-2002)
· Member, Affirmative Action Committee, Oregon State University (2000-Present)
· Co-Faculty Advisor: Management Information Systems Association, WIU (1997)
· Member: Council on Admissions, Graduation, and Academic Standards, WIU (1997)
· Member: Awards Committee, IMDS Department, WIU (1998)
· Member: Assessment Subcommittee, IMDS Department, WIU (1998)
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Proceedings and Conference Presentations:
Using GRASP to solve the Capacitated Concentrator Location Problem, Bernard T. Han and V.T. Raja, Decision Sciences Institute Proceedings, November 2000.
The State of the Art in Network Design and Management, V.T. Raja, and Bernard T. Han, Decision Sciences Institute Proceedings, November 1999.
Optimal Telecommunication Facility Planning Under Uncertainty, V.T. Raja and Bernard T. Han, Proceedings of Association for Information Systems, Americas Conference on Information Systems, August 1995.
A Robustness Approach to the Telecommunication Facility Management Problem in the Presence of Demand Uncertainty from End-Users, V.T. Raja, Bernard T. Han and Bin Tong Chen, Proceedings of the Third INFORMS Telecommunications Conference, March 1995.
An Intelligent Solver for the Generalized Telecommunication Facility Location Problem, V.T. Raja and Bernard T. Han, Decision Sciences Institute Proceedings, November 1994.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Using GRASP to solve the Capacitated Concentrator Location Problem, Bernard T. Han and V.T. Raja, Decision Sciences Institute National Meeting, Orlando, Florida, November 2000.
The State of the Art of Network Design and Management, V.T. Raja, and Bernard T. Han. Presented at the Decision Sciences Institute National Meeting, New Orleans, November 1999.
An Efficient Heuristic for Solving a Generalized Concentrator Location Problem, V.T. Raja and Bernard T. Han. Presented at the INFORMS National Meeting, Seattle, October 1998.
An AI-based Heuristic for solving a Generalized Concentrator Location Problem, Bernard T. Han and V.T. Raja. Presented at the INFORMS National Meeting, Seattle, October 1998.
Student Perceptions of Electronic Classrooms, V.T. Raja, and Anil Kumar. Presented at the Midwest Business Administration Conference, Chicago, Illinois, March 1998.
Integration of India into the Global Economy – An Information Technology Perspective, V.T. Raja, and Anil Kumar. Presented at the Midwest Conference on Asian Affairs, Dekalb, Illinois, September 1997.
Optimal Telecommunication Facility Planning Under Uncertainty, V.T. Raja and Bernard T. Han. Selected for presentation at Americas Conference on Information Systems, Pittsburgh, PA, August 1995.
A Lagrangean Heuristic for the Design of Capacitated Star-Star Concentrator Networks, V.T. Raja. Presented in an invited session at the INFORMS Joint National Meeting, Los Angeles, April 1995.
A Robustness Approach to the Telecommunication Facility Management Problem in the Presence of Demand Uncertainty from End-Users, V.T. Raja, Bernard T. Han and Bin Tong Chen. Presented at the Third INFORMS Telecommunications Conference, Boca Raton, Florida, March 1995.
An Intelligent Solver for the Generalized Telecommunication Facility Location Problem, V.T. Raja and Bernard T. Han. Presented at the Decision Sciences 25th Annual Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii, November 1994.
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Publications:
JOURNAL PAPER UNDER REVISION
An Efficient Heuristic for Solving a Generalized Capacitated Concentrator Problem, V.T. Raja, and Bernard T. Han (To be revised and resubmitted to Telecommunication Systems Journal). JOURNAL PAPER UNDER REVIEW
The State of the Art in Network Design and Management, V.T. Raja and Bernard T. Han. Paper currently under review for possible publication in Omega.
A scenario-based Robust Optimization Model for Optimal Design of Local Access Networks, V.T. Raja and Bernard T. Han. Paper currently under review for possible publication in Telecommunication Systems Journal.
WORK-IN-PROGRESS
An AI-Based Heuristic for Solving a Generalized Capacitated Concentrator Problem , V.T. Raja and Bernard T. Han
Using a GRASP Heuristic for Solving a Generalized Capacitated Concentrator Problem , Bernard T. Han and V.T. Raja
Network Planning and Management for Data Communications
Location Science; Wireless Networks; Graph Theory
Network Optimization; Network Security; Virtual Education
Artificial Intelligence based techniques and heuristic search algorithms
Scenario and Interval based Robust Optimization
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Education:
Ph.D. Business Administration Washington State University
August 1998
Major: Management Information Systems
Minor: Operations Research/Computer Science
Dissertation: Optimal Design of Local Access Networks
M.S. Mathematics Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India
June 1989
Thesis: Graph Algorithms and their Implementation
B.S. Mathematics Loyola College, Madras, India
June 1986
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Employment:
September 1998 – Present Assistant Professor
Accounting, Finance, and Information Management
Oregon State University, Corvallis
August 1996-August 1998 Assistant Professor
Information Management and Decision Sciences,
Western Illinois University, Macomb, Illinois
August 1994-July 1996 Research Staff
Office of Grants and Research Development
Washington State University, Pullman, Washington
August 1990-July 1994 Teaching Assistant
Department of Management & Systems
Washington State University, Pullman, Washington
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Professional Membership/Service:
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
· Decision Sciences Institute
· The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences
· Association for Information Systems
· Midwest Business Administration Association
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
· Reviewer: European Journal of Operational Research
· Reviewer and Discussant: IS Track, Decision Science Institute (DSI) Conference
· Reviewer: Discussant, Session Chair:
· IS Track: Midwest Business Administration Association (MBAA) Conference
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Sponsored Research:
January 2001 Recipient, Newcomb Summer 2001 Research Grant,
College of Business, Oregon State University
January 2000 Recipient, Newcomb Summer 2000 Research Grant,
College of Business, Oregon State University
March 1997 Recipient, Travel Grant,
College of Business and Technology, Western Illinois University
April 1995 Recipient, Certificate of Excellence in Research and Cash Award in recognition of a First Place Finish in the Social and Administrative Sciences Division of the Graduate and Professional Student Research Exposition held by Washington State University
November 1994 Recipient, Travel Grant, Graduate School
Washington State University
April 1994 Recipient, Travel Grant, Department of Management and Systems, Washington State University
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Course Links:
All course related handouts are available in the Public Folder.
May 2000 Recipient, Top Professor Award, Mortar Board Honor Society,
Oregon State University
April 1998 Recipient, Outstanding Teacher Award,
College of Business and Technology, Western Illinois University
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